The possibilities of the cinematic medium are so huge for an artist, that rarely have we seen stories told on the silver screen that happen entirely in one setting. That’s more of a theatre thing, screenwriters must reckon, and in fact a lot of single-setting movies are stage adaptations looking to be faithful to the […]
Author: Caio Coletti
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10 Great Movies That Are Ambitious Failures
Ambition in art, and specifically in cinema, is always complicated. As much as we as an audience want filmmakers to take risks and aim to make the best movie they can, it’s never pleasant when artists shoot for the stars without the talent to back it up. Moreover, ambitious projects are always a risk, commercially […]
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10 Great War Movies You May Not Have Seen
Cinema-goers all around the globe, but especially in the United States, are suckers for war movies. They tend to capture the audience’s imaginary with feats of bravery from courageous soldiers, or horrific scenes of violence that make us question the morality of going to war, even when it seems necessary. Regardless of the point of […]
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10 Times Authors Hated The Movie Versions Of Their Books
Adapting a book to the screen is always a tricky job. There can be great pieces of written prose that do not inspire interesting cinematic translations, purely because movies and books are very different mediums with very different tools at their disposal. Moreover, some screenwriters and moviemakers are not actually interested in adapting a work […]
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10 Promising Directors Who Haven’t Made Their Best Movies Yet
A filmmaker’s career can have a whole host of ups and downs through the years. As directors with multi-decade trajectories can attest, there’s no success big enough to prevent you from stumbling and falling with the next film. Because of said unpredictability, it’s hard to tell if a filmmaker really achieved their full potential in […]
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The 10 Worst Movies Rated Higher Than 7.0 On IMDb
IMDb ratings have been the center of some controversies recently, especially because of groups of “fans” that took it upon themselves to storm the ratings of films like “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and the Ghostbusters remake to make them lower. The ratings have always been an inexact tool to say the least, though, as […]