Great Movies

Ever since the invention of the movie-camera, danger has always served as a core ingredient of cinema. The very nature of its original form is a recipe for disaster, a highly flammable nitrate film-base, used from the time of its invention in 1888 all the way into the early 50s. For whatever reason, when it […]

Everyone is familiar with the feeling of watching a film that resonates with them so deeply, pulling apart the sinews of their heart, that one cannot return to them in fear that they are too hard to bear a second time or that their magic will be lost. In each case, the films uncover a […]

Movies, in their purest form, have an extraordinary ability to evoke the deepest human emotions within their viewers. Some films can be so deeply touching, irksome or elating that it leaves us in a totally different mood when the credits roll. This is even more fitting when the movie carries a moral or ethical message. […]

Bending time and space has long been a subject that has fascinated audiences. There is something about the ability to travel through time that greatly appeals to us, after all who doesn’t like the idea of being able to relive amazing moments, find out the winning lottery numbers, redo past mistakes or to influence maybe […]

Nobody is a stranger to the conflicting feeling of eagerly sitting down to watch what has been described to them as a great film, only to realize from the opening scenes that the two hours and change left to the movie’s runtime is going to be a battle of endurance. Another analogous film going experience, […]

The innocents, by not conceiving evil, have the capacity to marvel at the world as a mirror of the purity of their spirit. They have no judgments or pre-established concepts so they experience life through their instincts. This is why innocence is often related to childhood. But once the evils of society are known in […]