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American studio horror has been on the upswing as of late with critical and commercial bulldozers such as It and A Quiet Place ranking among the highest box office earners of their year, beating many $100m+ budgeted blockbusters. Jordan Peele’s socially conscious Get Out continued to improve the perception for horror, a genre which has often and unfairly been regarded… Read more »
Dear TOC fans, Our original Taste of Cinema page was hacked in the last two weeks, and thanks for the help from the Facebook team, we are now able to retrieve the page. Sorry about the trouble those spam posts have caused our fans there. Thanks for all the concerns and support during this incident. We will update content from our… Read more »
A good muse is hard to find. But luckily for movie lovers, some of the greatest actors and directors found mutual inspiration in each other, and produced some iconic art in the process. One might imagine that the right combination of premier talent would simplify the creative process, but this has not always been the case. On the contrary, many… Read more »
Now that the sun has set on the sensational 37th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (which ran from September 27th – October 12th, 2018), 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 movies vying for our… Read more »
“I’ve seen too many movies,” is a phrase I utter on a regular basis. I usually say this when I’m watching a movie and I’m able to predict the rest of the movie. I can see all the little signs. I can feel what’s coming. I’ve just seen too many movies. Granted sometimes I’m surprised. I’ve even been surprised by twist… Read more »
From child star to super star, Natalie Portman has had a very interesting career. Getting a role at such a young age (and in such a non-friendly film like Léon: The Professional) does not always guarantee that you will have success for the rest of your life. However, Portman leaped into the Star Wars prequels as a main character. That… Read more »
There’s an old saying that crime doesn’t pay – but one thing’s for sure: it certainly does make for excellent movies. It’s almost troubling just how many acclaimed films revolve around illegal activity, including underworld-based classics like The Godfather, Bonnie and Clyde, Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction. It has to be said that American filmmakers and audiences appear to have a… Read more »
A large amount of films today rely so tightly on the narrative structure that they can underuse the aspects of the cinematic language. All films boil down to what story you’re telling or how you’re going to tell it. However, with the minimal use of story, plot, and character – you can actually achieve the most cinematic experience possible. By… Read more »
Horror movies are horrifying, at least that’s what many people want them to be, and a lot of the times we get films that are just creepy and give us all chills and we leave with maybe a few laughs about how we jumped at that one part and say how we simply don’t get scared at certain things. Although… Read more »
Though the definition of what merits a classic film is a subject of some debate, in general a classic film is a film that has lasting worth, timeless quality and holds up to repeated viewings. According to the National Film Registry, a film needs to be at least twenty five years old in order to qualify as a classic film…. Read more »
With Halloween approaching, there has never been a better time to settle down with Netflix and get spooky for a few hours with a horror movie or two. But currently, with Neflix’s apparent strategy of “quantity over quality”, that leaves you to sift through all of the garbage horror movies in your queue to try and find something decent. That’s… Read more »
“A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it up and makes it again.” – Jean Renoir The critical designation of three films as a Trilogy is made to emphasize the Director’s fixation on a particular subject or his development and treatment of a theme or style. The directors that have been included in this list… Read more »
With so many releases, it’s hard to catch every little thing that comes out, and unfortunately that means that many gems are missed. With the horror genre being one of the more filled genres around, this seems to happen more and more, no matter the year. In this list, there are some older films, but there are also some recent… Read more »
What does it mean to be a human being? What is our longing to be homo sapiens on this planet? What about our human condition makes it’s so vital to possess the full essence of being a human being? Everyone has thoughts on this and I can assure you this list won’t answer those questions. Probably won’t come close. Yet… Read more »
What constitutes a cult classic? It’s a term that has been used to describe when a film has failed to find a large audience and instead collected a small but devoted following. Does that definition still hold true? In part, yes. However, there are plenty of films that have failed commercially but are able to find a small and passionate… Read more »
Magnum opus, masterpiece, chef d’ oeuvre or swan’s song. Regardless of what we choose to name it, we know what we speak of when we speak of an immensely great work of art and in this case film. The ones in this list may be indeed what the word betrays, the master’s greatest work or simply one of their greatest,… Read more »
