The first known horror film dates all the way back to 1896, when the French silent film Le Manoir du Diable shocked audiences with cutting-edge special effects and a dark (for the time) fantasy aesthetic. Over a century later, filmmakers are still constantly engineering new ways to frighten us, whether it’s through eerie special effects, […]
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10 Great UFO Movies For Believers
Extraterrestrial encounters have always been a fascination of science-fiction, visions of strange life forms evolved to the conditions of different worlds, or to technological powers far beyond our own. On film one thinks first of the alien invasion, the saucer fleet of War of the Worlds (1953) and the looming mothership of Independence Day (1996), […]
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10 Great Movies About Filmmaking You May Have Never Seen
Filmmakers making films about filmmaking, on paper, sounds as if it borders on the neurotic. But who else but filmmakers know how to guide us into such stories, such worlds. Perhaps the most well-known film on this subject is none other than Fellini’s 8 1/2 (1963), a film which won’t be discussed simply because it’s […]
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The 10 Most Underrated Crime Movies of The 2010s
Crime is one of the most traditional and fruitful film genres; it’s embedded into the very essence of cinematic history and language, from Fritz Lang’s “M” to “Uncut Gems.” It’s something so essential that any overview of “The Best Of” movies from any decade will doubtlessly feature countless crime pictures, the 2010s being no exception. […]
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10 Great Cult Sci-fi Films You May Not Have Seen
While 2020 hasn’t been devoid of quality cinema, it has been lacking in some areas. There was no way around that. A pandemic hit, which pushed so many releases forward. This has resulted in something of a lackluster year for moviegoers. Although the last twelve months have brought us plenty of gems, some people have […]
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The 10 Best Non-English Language Films of 2020
Being such a turbulent year, 2020 would be forgiven for not being a year with many great films, but surprisingly enough plenty of fantastic ones were still released. Sure, loads of films were pushed back to 2021 and it was a lot harder to get a hold of films since we couldn’t always go to […]