Starting in the art world of Paris in the 1920s by artists and poets such as Andre Breton, Guillaume Apollinaire and Louis Aragon, surrealism was adopting as a way of allowing the unconscious to freely express itself. Inspired by the dream theories of Sigmund Freud, surrealism foregoes rational explanation in favour of strange juxtapositions, illogical […]
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10 Famous Directors Who Have Made Only One Good Movie
Being a one-hit-wonder is something that happens all the time in the music industry. Bands crack the code and create a chart-topping song, but a lot of the time, these bands have multiple other songs that are pretty good, if not better. But when it comes to directors and filmmaking, it’s a little harder to […]
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The 10 Scariest Movies Without Any Jump Scares
What is horror? The dictionary describes horror as “an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust”. These three approaches to horror represent three different styles of the horror movie. Horror movies designed to create a feeling of fear is what horror movie purists would refer to as a true example of a horror movie. However, […]
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The 10 Saddest Romantic Movies of All Time
Romantic love is one of the most tumultuous of emotions, ranging from elation to heartbreak in mere moments. It’s something nearly all people experience, making sad romantic films one of the most popular of film genres. Whether it’s the forces of society, illness, being married to the wrong person or simply unable to deal with […]
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10 Great Movies That Perfectly Understand The Female Psyche
This is a man’s world. James Brown was right. Sometimes a male mind’s rationale appears on the surface of every man-made structure, norm, and pattern. Behind the surfaces, though, this is a woman’s world, too. No, a dynamic woman isn’t found behind every successful man. A woman, in a both rough and delicate cloth of […]
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10 of The Most Surprising Character Twists in Movies
Characters are at the heart of a film and without interesting, appealing characters, a film will inevitably fail to engage an audience. A memorable character can see a film elevated from good to great and even ensure that a film stands the test of time. Though we may often be able to sort characters into […]