Each year the nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture are announced and invariably each year people decry the exclusions. This list will do this very thing, for it’s easy to feel justified in saying that The Florida Project (2017) should have earned a nomination for Sunday’s ceremony. Sean Baker’s wonderful, enlightening drama is […]
Day: March 2, 2018
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The 10 Quirkiest Movies of The 21st Century
When one mentions weird movies, it conjures to mind the Burtonesque — who has not heard of his films like “Edward Scissorhands,” “Beetlejuice” and “Corpse Bride”? Gothic horror aside, weird covers a gamut of sub-genres – romance, science fiction, historical fiction — with examples being “The Lobster,” “The Fountain” and “Cloud Atlas.” Overall, weirdness creates […]
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The 20 Best Greek Movies of The 21st Century
Greek cinema has not always been what you would call a flourishing business. Unsupported in terms of state funding and obstructed by tribulations and prohibitions of the country’s recent political history and the economic crisis that made things financially even more challenging especially for new directors, Greek cinema has not been very popular among audiences […]