A dark ending doesn’t always mean a violent one. Sometimes the silence and ambiguity of an ending causes one to feel uneasy and unfulfilled by the story. A movie ending should solidify the themes and concepts that the film intended to interpret over the course of its scenes. In the case of these films, the […]
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10 Great Movies That Are Written, Directed, and Starring The Same Person
Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Woody Allen, and Orson Welles are amongst some of the most well-known self-written and self-directed actors in cinema. Other names like Sylvester Stallone, George Clooney, and Tom Hanks have also proven themselves capable in making a film that they have written, directed, and acted in themselves. The concept of an auteur […]
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10 Great Movies That Defy The Rules of Genre
How were film genres created? Through the more recent decades of cinema, it has become increasingly common for films to blend elements of different genres in order to tell unique, eye opening, and sometimes disturbing stories. Part of what makes a film “defy” its genre is the director’s innovative use of cinematography and musical score. […]