As 2023 begins to kick into gear, it’s essential to look back at what made the previous year so great. Before readers move onto another year of new and exciting releases, Taste of Cinema will once again discuss the highlights from the previous year. This list specifically focuses on the best science fiction films from […]
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All 9 Sam Mendes Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Born in Berkshire in 1965, Sam Mendes began his directing career in theatre, masterminding successful runs of ‘Oliver!’ and ‘Caberet’. Turning to filmmaking, he struck gold in 1999 with his debut film, ‘American Beauty’. The drama went on to win big at the box office and at the Academy Awards, securing Mendes a Director Oscar […]
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The 10 Most Underrated Crime Movies of The 2010s
Since the genesis of cinema, the crime genre has unfalteringly persisted as a firm favourite among audiences worldwide. Although the ‘40s or the ‘90s are often referenced as great times for noir and neo-noir cinema, respectively, the 2010s boasts its own hefty share of crime classics. Most movie fans are already familiar with well-publicised triumphs […]
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All 8 Darren Aronofsky Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Darren Aronofsky is back! Having built off a successful career out of spiking the viewer’s heart rate manyfold with shocking movies that chill to the bone, Hollywood’s marquee provocateur is once again on everyone’s lips with the Brendan Frasier-starring “The Whale”, a theater play adaptation that tells the story of a 600-lb man trying to […]
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10 Underrated 2022 Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen
In 2022, moviegoers were treated with a bounty of instant classics at the multiplex that proved that cinema is alive and well. Many high-profile blockbusters that earned impressive box-office receipts and discourse magnets that were showered in accolades have already been discussed at length in the many round-up lists you will come across around this […]
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10 Great Thriller Movies Favored By Pauline Kael
In one of her last essays for the New Yorker, Pauline Kael turned the criticism inward. She celebrated and lamented having had to write in the pre-rental era, which meant that each “Current Cinema” column responded in real time to a film she had just seen, or it recalled films that remained stuck in the […]