Were you to pick one genre that Hong Kong cinema is most representative of, what would you choose? Swashbuckling Wuxia epics? Slapstick 80s comedy? Over-the-top exploitation horror? Or would you choose crime movies? Particularly, action-packed productions exemplifying the Chinese concepts of heroic brotherhood and honor? If crime movies are your choice, well-chosen. One of the […]
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10 Great Bizarre Movies You May Have Never Seen
Some praise the feeling of realism in Vittorio De Sica’s films set in post-war Italy. Others enjoy the way Werner Herzog’s varied documentaries beautifully immerse audiences in the universal human condition. The ten films listed below go for broke in making viewers forget about the world as they know it and challenge them to say […]
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10 Vietnam War Movies Not Set In Vietnam
The Vietnam War was more than just a war. It became part of Western cultural consciousness in a way that other conflicts of the 20th and 21st century failed to achieve. The Korean War, the Bosnian War, Afghanistan and both wars in Iraq have their place in cinematic history: the World Wars even more so. […]
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10 Great A24 Films You’ve Probably Never Seen
Outside of Disney, it is rare to find a movie studio that has its own fanbase. Fortunately, the NYC based A24 is no ordinary film studio. In a risk-averse cultural landscape increasingly stuffed with blockbusters, sequels, and remakes, A24 stands out due to their penchant for specialty filmmaking. Often boundary-pushing, challenging, or just plain bizarre, […]
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10 Great Road Movies Without Destination
There is something inherently cinematic in the road trip. In the travelogue of sights, in the ever-changing surroundings and continuous road, the compression of space – city after city – and the expansion of time – the monotony of travel itself. In the way travel makes one perpetually a foreigner, newly attuned to each passing […]
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10 Films By Iconic Directors That Have Sadly Been Overlooked
An audience’s response to a film’s release can often be a wild gamble. Sometimes, the strangest films can become hits, and the most phenomenal and erudite films can wither and die at the box office. Even the creative exports of famed directors can’t always ensure a packed theatre. As a result, across film history, a […]