The 1990s were a great decade for film: with a booming film industry, all genres seemed to be back on the table to be optioned and made into film, and the tightly constructed, ingenious genre of the thriller found itself gaining prominence once again. As an antidote to the increasingly dominant blockbuster action fare that […]
Day: March 12, 2017
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10 Fantastic Non-Horror Movies by Famous Horror Directors
There’s no denying the fervent fan base of the horror genre, with a handful of directors flourishing and rising to the most respected ranks within the genre’s ballpark. Yet, it’s a double-edged sword, since the rest of the industry regards scary movies as the ghettos of celluloid, and even for those hall-of-famers, it’s extremely difficult […]
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The 15 Best Movie Car Chases of All Time
Nothing has grabbed an audience and pulled them to the edge of their seats quite like a car chase. Even gunfights and martial arts have nothing on it. Done right, a cinematic car chase can define a movie and make it a classic. Lots of things can set a car chase apart from its competition: […]
Pulling Focus: A History of Violence (2005)
“[David Cronenberg] has been, film for film, the most audacious and challenging director in the English-speaking world.” – J. Hoberman Murder ballads Toronto, Canada’s most incendiary favorite son, director David Cronenberg’s name is synonymous with a cinematic subgenre he essentially created––”body horror.” And certainly his deft psychological thriller from 2005, A History of Violence, […]
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6 Reasons Why “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring” is a Modern Masterpiece of South Korean Cinema
“Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring” is a South Korean movie directed by Ki-duk Kim and starring Yeong-su Oh, Young-min Kim, Jong-ho Kim, Jae-kyung Seo, and Yeo-jin Ha. Released in 2003, the movie follows the life of a Buddhist monk, taking place in a monastery in the middle of a forest. We follow him as […]