The year is over, and despite mixed reactions about the overall quality of films, most people can agree that there were some real gems in 2018. Nobody was doubting movies like First Man or Roma. People could tell that those movies would be a success, but what about movies that didn’t seem all that promising? […]
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10 Directors Who Made 5 Great Movies in a Row
Being a great director is a little bit like being a great sportsman. It’s all about maintaining form. And just like a soccer player such as Messi or Ronaldo might have a run of five perfect years in a row, some of the very best filmmakers have strong periods where they keep knocking out hit […]
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The 10 Most Anticipated Foreign Language Movies of 2019
Famous Film Theorist and The co-founder of the influencing “Cahiers du cinéma” believed that “The cinema makes an imprint of the duration of the object”, that it embraces the objective reality of both the fictional and real world around it, even if confronted with cinematic manipulation like the montage. Russian realist Andrei Tarkovsky approved: Cinema […]
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The 10 Best Documentary Films of 2018
Documentary films always seem to be left aside when it comes to year’s best films tops so that is why we’ve decided to make a list dedicated in its entirety to the non-fictional genre. And just like last year (https://www.tasteofcinema.com/2018/the-10-best-documentaries-of-2017), despite receiving much less attention, many of the films on this list are as good, […]
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All 8 Best Picture Oscar Nominees From 2018 Ranked
After one of the ugliest campaigns in years, the Best Picture nominees have finally been announced. Hot on the heels of the news, intense flare ups have already begun, revealing a deep divide between the establishment and a diversifying industry. While the gains in diversity — Roma has an indigenous Mexican lead, Black Panther celebrated […]
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Top 10 Failed Oscar-Bait Movies of 2018
An Oscar bait movie can be defined as one created specifically to win Oscars. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they are bad, but they contain moments that feel deliberately made to capture the attention of Oscar bait movies. They are usually composed of one or two crucial elements. They’re usually based on true stories. They […]