Filmmaker have frequently turned to the world of music to find the subject of their documentaries. Singers and icons abound worthy of closer inspection, and films provide an opportunity for fans and neutrals alike to journey deeper into their lives behind the public facade. Music documentaries have a rich history too: films like Jonathan Demme’s […]
Day: January 24, 2018
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10 Great Movies To Watch If You Liked “Fight Club”
Fight Club was a box-office bomb upon its release yet it has since became a cult classic, an artistic triumph, and cultural anomaly. The film has gone on to inspire several articles and video that interpret the film as a cinematic criticism of anarchy, nihilism, and hyper-masculinity, all confidently claiming the film perceives these practices […]
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The 10 Most Tragic Movies of All Time
Tragedy for the purposes of this list does not mean films that are very sad. Rather the films selected explore themes associated with Greek and sometime Shakespearian Tragedy. Throughout this list, philosophers and theorists of the tragic have been cited. This use of theory to discern what is properly tragic is controversial. Raymond Williams for […]