Though each passing decade has uniquely changed the face of film, the seventies undeniably sent shockwaves through the cinematic landscape. Movie screens still reverberate today from the aftershocks, and nowhere are the effects felt more profoundly than in the horror genre. The loosening of censorship restraints broke the mold for what could be shown on […]
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The 10 Best Films of Robert Bresson
Robert Bresson (1901-1999) was among the most unique directors of the European arthouse, with a working theory of cinematic purity (outlined in his 1975 Notes sur le cinématographe) that rejected all the dramatic convention he considered archaic holdover from the theatre, to make exclusive use of the unique capacities of the film medium, namely the […]
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The 9 Best Horror Movies That Take Place In Daylight
For as long as horror movies have existed, darkness has been the standard-setting to quickly and easily establish threat and malice. Being afraid of the dark is widely seen as a normal part of growing up and can be used as a universal shorthand for fear. It’s coded into every facet of our society. Darkness […]
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10 Great Japanese Movies You May Have Never Seen
When writing the previous “10 great underseen Japanese movies” list, it quickly became clear that 10 films are just a fraction of the amount of brilliant underseen Japanese movies that are out there just waiting to be explored. The list talked about movies from 10 different directors in a variety of genres, but still it […]
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10 Films You May Never Have Seen That Inspired Your Favorites
If there’s one thing that makes film a life long passion, it’s the constant sense of discovery that comes along with it. For an art form that, relatively, hasn’t existed for too long, it’s one that constantly and quickly evolves, with easily traceable threads and influences eventually leading to a plethora of under seen gems. […]
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10 Great Movies Made In Dangerous Environments
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 […]