David Lynch’s work masterfully blended the bizarre and the mundane to emphasize the odd. As a key figure in modern cinema, Lynch designed immersive environments, transporting viewers to inner worlds shaped by mood, texture, and a sense of uneasy artifice. His work seamlessly explored genres of melodrama, film noir, and art cinema, while drawing on ...
David Lynch’s work masterfully blended the bizarre and the mundane to emphasize the odd. As ...
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With gorgeous animation and a compelling plot, Greta Gerwig’s fantasy adventure Barbie whisks you off on a journey of friendship, bravery, and self-discovery. She sprinkles her magic dust all over the film, turning it into a witty, empowering, and surprisingly relatable ride. The filmmaker not only entertains viewers but also subtly delivers the message of ...
With gorgeous animation and a compelling plot, Greta Gerwig’s fantasy adventure Barbie whisks you off ...
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Christopher Nolan’s latest outing is a thought-provoking exploration of the complex motivations and inner conflicts that shaped Oppenheimer’s role in history, shedding light on the profound impact of his work on both global politics and humanity as a whole. It is a biographical drama that explores the life of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian ...
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From Moonstruck (1987) to Leaving Las Vegas (1995), here are the best Nicolas Cage movies, ranked. In a world where so many actors play it safe, Nicolas Cage stands out as a true original, always pushing the boundaries. Over the course of his four-decade career, he’s worked in every genre and brings his unique energy ...
From Moonstruck (1987) to Leaving Las Vegas (1995), here are the best Nicolas Cage movies, ...
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From Tom Cruise to Dwayne Johnson, these are the highest-paid actors in 2023. You know how the old adage goes, “You’ve got to spend money to make money”? Apparently, Hollywood has been sipping on that wisdom like it’s a mid-afternoon kale smoothie. And why wouldn’t they? The endgame has always been ‘box office gold’, and ...
From Tom Cruise to Dwayne Johnson, these are the highest-paid actors in 2023. You know ...
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From Being John Malkovich (1999) to High Fidelity (2000), here are 13 best John Cusack movies ranked. John Cusack comes from a notable family of filmmakers and artists. His father Richard Cusack is a documentary filmmaker, and his elder sister Joan Cusack is an accomplished actress. John Cusack’s multi-decade career has seen several highs and ...
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French filmmaker Mia Hansen-Love has been a tour de force in global cinema for decades now. Her unique cinematic style tackles the complexity of youth, desire, and morality all the while embracing beauty, romanticism, and sexual expression with panache. One Fine Morning, her eighth feature maintains her consistent realistic narrative style laced with subtle emotional ...
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Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont’s Oscar-nominated film Close charts the emotional journey of two close friends, Léo and Rémi, and the rupture of their bond caused by a toxic homophobic mindset. In this sophomore film, Dhont sensitively deals with the subject of attraction towards the same sex in adolescence. He examines how a bigoted society, with ...
Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont’s Oscar-nominated film Close charts the emotional journey of two close friends, ...
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Sarah Polley’s third feature film as a writer-director, Women Talking is based on an epistolary novel based on true incidents, written by Miriam Toews. The plot revolves around a series of horrific rapes that terrorised the spiritually devout Christian Mennonite colony in Manitoba, Bolivia, between 2005 and 2009. The victims were sprayed with an anesthetic intended ...
Sarah Polley’s third feature film as a writer-director, Women Talking is based on an epistolary novel ...
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Director duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s multiple Oscar winning Everything Everywhere All At Once is an amusing, heartwarming sci-fi action adventure. The story revolves around a weary Asian American woman who is unable to settle her taxes that leaves her personal and professional life in a mess. It is also a pastiche of comedy ...
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Charlotte Wells’ astute debut feature Aftersun (2022) rings with a rare authenticity in its flawless portrayal of dysfunctional characters. A daughter embarks on an emotional journey with her father in this complex, slow-paced drama, only to discover him as a person she has never truly known. The events unfold through quotidian incidents that help the two ...
Charlotte Wells’ astute debut feature Aftersun (2022) rings with a rare authenticity in its flawless ...
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An unflinchingly crafted prison drama based on true events, Great Freedom centers around an ill-starred individual Hans (Franz Rogowski), who is sent to prison straight from a concentration camp after World War II has ended. He endures much humiliation because of his homosexuality in a period when it was illegal in post-WWII Germany. Directed by Austrian ...
An unflinchingly crafted prison drama based on true events, Great Freedom centers around an ill-starred ...
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French director Audrey Diwan’s sophomore film Happening, which won the Golden Lion at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, is a stinging reflection of society’s biases towards women. Adapted from an autobiographical book by Annie Ernaux, its plot isn’t new. But the tale is worth retelling in light of the recent debate over women’s reproductive rights. ...
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A tender and poignant portrait of childhood, Playground is characterized by its exploration of universal but difficult questions while remaining grounded in everyday settings and harsh realities. Before we thoroughly grasp the various challenges of adulthood, we are impressionable and emotionally pliable as children. Such sagaciously sharp insights about growing up form the crux of ...
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Argentina, 1985, a Spanish courtroom drama directed by Santiago Mitre, depicts the country’s historic Trial of the Juntas, the first-ever conviction of a military dictatorship by a civilian judicial system. The 140-minute-long film narrates the gruesome tale of bureaucracy and moral corruption by examining the famous case from the viewpoint of its chief prosecutor, Julio ...
Argentina, 1985, a Spanish courtroom drama directed by Santiago Mitre, depicts the country’s historic Trial ...
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