As it is common practice when every decade comes to an end, in the final months and weeks of 2019, film sites across the internet started to multiply with more and more lists recapping and assessing the best of cinema of the previous 10 years. The problem with these kinds of lists is that they […]
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10 Movies You Should Not Watch While Eating Food
Food is one of the most versatile things on the planet. It’s one of the rare examples of something that people literally need to consume in order to continue living, but whose opinions and feelings towards can vary wildly. Depending on who you are asking, food can be a treat or reward. A chore or […]
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The 10 Most Influential American Movies of The 1980s
Though the 1970s are often heralded as the greatest decade in American film history, the 1980s established a more longstanding influence on the actual future of film. The ‘80s film landscape continued the trend of blockbusters introduced in the late ‘70s while setting up the breakthrough of independent film in the ‘90s. It also brought […]
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The 10 Best Films From Cine Quinqui of Spain
Quinqui, pronounced “kinky,” coming from the word “delinquent,” is a Spanish film genre that explores working class life during the Transition period. For those who may not know, the Transition is from 1975, the fall of the fascist dictatorship to democracy in the late 1980’s. While politicians grappled for a dignified, moderate identity in the […]
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10 Great Cult Movies Favored By Martin Scorsese
In 1998 Martin Scorsese compiled a list of his favourite guilty pleasures for Film Comment magazine. Included with them were a further hundred films, termed his “random pleasures”. These were grouped into fifty he considers “unguilty [but] something spoils them”, and fifty which on the whole are “not good” but still “worthwhile”. Widely regarded as […]
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The 10 Most Surprisingly Good Movies of 2020
Every year, there is a slew of massive cinematic disappointments. While this continues to leave people frustrated, it is an unfortunate inevitability. As a cinephile, you will never make it through a year without a Batman v Superman or Terminator Genisys. Although it’s easy to make this the subject matter of your film-focused discussions, there […]