When it comes to science fiction, you can certainly explore infinite possibilities the genre has to offer. But certain films and filmmakers allow this exploration to the innermost core of ourselves, the human condition. Since you’re already operating in a genre that could include space travel, clones, dreams, or apocalyptic settings, you can strip everything […]
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10 of The Bleakest Movie Endings of All Time
The world births without reason and dies without it. This existential fear has worried intellectuals and scholars through the ages and the final answer is still waiting. In an insane world where no answer is guaranteed, evil finds its way to evade justice. The only way out is hedonism, to forget the chaos of the […]
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10 Great A24 Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen
Since emerging on the scene in 2013, A24 has quickly become a studio whose name is synonymous with groundbreaking, provocative independent cinema. Known as a studio that gives power back to the filmmakers, A24 has enlisted some of the best directors in the business and has inspired a new generation of independent filmmakers. Some of […]
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The 15 Best Movies At VIFF 2019
Now that the sun has set on the 38th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (which ran from September 26th to October 11th, 2019), Taste of Cinema offers up our favorites from what was another bustling, exciting, and very impressive festival. As with previous years at VIFF, it was a very crowded field with so many […]
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10 Popular Horror Movies That Aren’t Really Scary
We are living in the golden age of horror. The output of the genre was always proliferous, but the quality of the films was not always worth mentioning. Now, in the 21st century, the films have become better in creating and maintaining chills, scares, and atmosphere. These films are often psychological and also contain a […]
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10 Great Movies That Were Initially Polarizing
Some films debut to universal acclaim and instantly gain classic status, but often it takes time to win over an audience. It’s hard to determine what a film’s legacy will look like based on the first reactions it gets, and some films initially deemed to be divisive gain a new critical appreciation after years of […]