Sep 24
Fans of botched crime capers, black comedy and snow will frequently rate Fargo as one of the best movies ever made. Equally among critics and casual moviegoers, it has been universally rated as the Coen brothers’ greatest achievement and one of the best films to come out of the nineties. I’m biased, but I would …
Sep 14
Whether it is a homemade short, amateur animation or box office smash, I reveal to you the top 5 qualities that I look for in every film.
1. A meaningful storyline
A film without one of these is like a cheese sandwich without any cheese. Even if the acting and entertainment is filling, there is still …
Feb 28
So, the 84th Academy Awards are now behind us. The event, while spectacular in its execution, yeilded some rather unremarkable results that didn’t really surprise anyone.
Favourites The Artist and Hugo had 10 and 11 nominations respectfully, ultimately going home with 5 awards each. The Artist’s awards were undoubtedly better though, taking the holy trinity …
Feb 24
I recently went to see Polanski’s latest film Carnage, in which two couples meet to discuss one of their children hitting the other one in the face. In an hour and a half of virtually no cuts, the movie grows from a nervous exchange of pleasantries into a full on battle of words, with the …
Nov 03
Pixar Animation Studios are the leading producers of animated films in the world today. The studio that has brought us great films like Toy Story and Cars continues to develop its techniques and technology to unleash the next generation of animated movies. Their domination, however, has not been unchallenged. Similarly, DreamWorks Animation has …
Oct 13
Making movies is a massive industry. A reasonably successful movie can easily make more money than your entire family would spend over several generations. But what about those at the very top? What about those that are remembered for being the most successful movies at the box office? What is it that makes them so …
Sep 26
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Very few film score motifs, and even fewer that contain just two notes, are as instantly recognisable and universally …
Sep 19
Set in the illustrious eighteenth century and detailing the exploits of an Irish peasant who, through gambling, fraud, and murder, works his way up into the English aristocracy, Stanley Kurbick’s 3-hour period drama Barry Lyndon is not a light-hearted film by any means. The score, which is solely compiled from pieces of music …
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