Argentinian enfant terrible filmmaker Gaspar Noé (Enter the Void [2009]) may now at long last finally have his masterpiece with Climax, an unimaginably beautiful nightmare mixture of ecstatic dance and horror most extreme. An absolutely mindblowing, and occasionally frustrating experience––this is Noé after all, the New French Extremity provocateur behind such tortuous endurance tests as […]
Day: October 1, 2018
Parallel – VIFF 2018 Review
“They’re so similar you can barely tell them apart,” says a yawning husband about to turn in, to his wife Marissa (Kathleen Quinlan), regarding two images she’s nitpicking over for a photo spread at the beginning of Isaac Ezban’s latest flashy sci-fi thriller, Parallel. For such a prosaic and off-the-cuff remark it’s an incredibly eerie […]
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The 10 Scariest Opening Scenes to a Horror Movie
Some films begin with mystery, and some come roaring out of the gate. Having a great opening scene no matter what kind can be the most important part when an audience is considering staying for the ride or instantly checking out; for horror, it seems that the opening scene plays a large role when considering […]
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The 10 Most Stylized Action Movies of All Time
With all their shootouts and car chases and fist fights, action movies clearly exist in a heightened version of reality. The heroes and villains are very clear-cut and unambiguous, and the characters undertake death-defying stunts and come out without a scratch. It’s not the most realistic genre – but it has the potential to be […]
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10 Movie Trilogies With All Three Great Movies
It’s pretty clear by now that trilogies are important in film history. From The Godfather to the “Before” trilogy, good trios have proven worthy of the love of the masses. Sometimes it’s hard to complete a story in just one film. In that case, you make three. Three great stories, all complementing each other to […]
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10 Recent Movies That Divide Audiences and Critics
While critics and audiences have always had different tastes and opinions when it comes to certain movies, over the past few years it seems those differences have become overly radical. Nowadays, audiences seem to loathe movies that critics praise, and vice versa. If you were to pinpoint one movie over the last that started this […]