First of all, I’d like to say that I, too, am not the biggest fan of saying something that people hold dear is “overrated.” Especially a performance, for I am neither a performer nor an academic in the field of performing arts. I am most definitely not Stanislavski. My knowledge is limited to reading books […]
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All 27 Edward Norton Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
Some actors are lucky enough to be one of almost every movie goers’ favorite actors. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro… these are some pretty heavy names, and you can also add to this list an actor that belongs to a younger generation. This actor would be none other than Edward Norton. Usually dubbed […]
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The 9 Most Pretentious Movies of The 21st Century
In Eleanor Coppola’s documentary Heart of Darkness, her husband Francis laments, “Nothing is so terrible as a pretentious movie. I mean a movie that aspires for something really terrific and doesn’t pull it off is shit, it’s scum…and everyone will walk on it as such.” Of course Coppola is saying that he’d rather make a […]
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10 Not-So-Great Movies Made By Great Directors
Even the greatest filmmakers are not infallible. A director with the sharpest eye and the clearest creative vision and the strongest command of the form can still fall into some of the traps that make a bad movie. You can never be entirely certain what will click with an audience or what the critics will […]
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10 Great Movies That Are Hard To Totally Understand
Nowadays, it’s fun to say “Interstellar” is the film that’s the most incredibly complex, philosophical, and hard to understand. It’s also fun to know that such statement is a fallacy, be it a good movie or not. When discussing difficult cinema, we’re referencing art and poetry. Surrealism, experimentation, fantasy, and puzzles. These are the subjects […]
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10 Great Movie Scenes Where The Actor Wasn’t Acting
There are many different approaches one can have when making a film, and one can certainly stick to the script and to whatever gets planned in pre-production. Many directors are known for wanting to plan in advance everything that will end up in the film, down to the last line. But sometimes, a great cinematic […]