The Effects of Classic American Films on Bollywood
Classic American Films were what set the standard for what cinema should be. This was in the days before computer special effects and excessive violence as these Classic Films displayed that great...
View ArticleTracking Down Hard to Find Film Classics
Any true film buff will tell you that part of the fun of being a fan of classic films is trying to track them down. Sometimes the hunt can get a little frustrating if you don’t know where to start....
View ArticleFinding Art House Films and Theaters near You
Some people think that to step into any art house cinema that you would have to be some sort of snob. This is not the case at all as many cinema enthusiasts have simply grown tired of mainstream...
View ArticleThe American Adaptations of New and Old Foreign Films
How should one feel about American remakes of Foreign Films, both old and new? One on hand, I personally believe American Filmmakers doing a remake of a foreign film is a waste of both money and...
View Article3 Films You Can Actually Find
We get a lot of requests her for film recommendations that people actually have a chance of finding. See, sometimes we’re so high-brow we recommend stuff that can’t be found at Blockbuster or DIRECT tv...
View ArticleHow the Spaghetti Western Genre Came to Be
The Spaghetti Western is a genre of film that was originally panned by critics, and is now citied as the inspiration for the current generation of Hollywood directors. These were usually helmed by...
View ArticleAkira Kurosawa and an Introduction to Classic Japanese Cinema
In a career that spanned 57 films over 30 years, Akira Kurosawa became the face of Japanese cinema. In his early years, Kurosawa was subjected to the early deaths of two of his brothers and an...
View ArticleCold War Fears in American Espionage Thrillers
The Cold War era inspired some of the best action-espionage films of the 20th Century. With the threat of nuclear war between the West and Communist forces of the USSR and China, “Fail Safe”, starring...
View ArticleFour Sci-Fi Flicks that Inspired the ‘Star Wars’ Films
“Star Wars” has become known the world over with others such as Star Trek as the premiere Sci-Fi films in the industry. However, science fiction did exist before Star Wars and Star Trek, and some of...
View ArticleFellini and Antonioni: Two Masters of Italian Cinema
Both Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni were not only masters of cinema, but the films they made were popular throughout the world in their heyday. Fellini began as a neorealist filmmaker in...
View ArticleCensorship in the Early Days of Hollywood
Censorship in the Early Days of Hollywood The Evolution of The History of Cinema As An Art Form By contrast, to most of the arts in society, cinema has only been around for a little over one hundred...
View ArticleThe Art House of the Film World
Throughout its evolution, the genre has been characterized by nonlinear narratives, thematic visual devices and scenes with multiple interpretations. They are a little harder to find than your average...
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