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Take One's The Beginnings of the Beginnings: Canada's Top 10 Fiction Feature Film Debuts Since 1968
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. by Tom McSorley Take One December 2003-March 2004 Issue In thinking about a list of the Top 10 debut fiction features since 1968 from the perpetually troubled, utterly indomitable Canadian feature film industry, it is appropriate to borrow the title of Peter Harcourt's seminal article comparing Gille Groulx's [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/le+chat+dans+le+sac/]Le Chat dans le sac[/url] and Don Owen's [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/nobody+waved+good-bye/]Nobody Waved Good-Bye[/url], two remarkable first features that arrived four years earlier. In "1964: The Beginning of a Beginning," Harcourt identifies the cultural and political implications of the start, however accidental and clandestine it may have been (given both films were intended to be documentaries), of something vitally important to a still very young Canadian cinematic culture: the possibilities of creating relevant, recognizably Canadian fiction feature films. ... This particular Top 10 list, initiated by the Canadian Film Centre on the 10th anniversary of its Feature Film Project and, coincidentally, the 35th birthday of Telefilm Canada, focuses its attention on the best debut fiction features produced in this country since money first began to trickle out of the CFDC. Film Centre executive Wayne Clarkson realizes full well that Canadian feature film history did not begin with the CFDC, but, as he says, "it did begin to become more consistent in terms of actual production activity with respect to feature films." Moreover, in any process of list-making, Clarkson emphasizes, there is that inevitable "combination of pleasing thoughts about what's included and the disappoint of what's not. For example, we should make special mention of three films in particular that came very close: Michel Brault's [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/entre+la+mer+et+leau+douce/]Entre la mer et l'eau douce[/url] (1968), Thom Fitzgerald's [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/the+hanging+garden/]The Hanging Garden[/url] (1997) and Don McKellar's [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/last+night/]Last Night[/url] (1998), which I consider one of the best debut films ever. My note: Atanarjuat isn't actually Kunuk's debut fiction feature, but it seems that was not well-known at the time. He'd made two shorter hour-long dramas a decade earlier. Or perhaps they were dismissed as "medium-length films", which they also did with Cronenberg, as mentioned in the article. -
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Taste of Cinema - 10 Essential Films For An Introduction To Caribbean Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. The Caribbean has always been known for its music, food, political conflicts (Cuba’s blockade and Puerto Rico still being the only colony in the world) and its beaches, but it has never been known for its movie industry. In recent years there has been a huge growth in local productions, thus attracting big studios to come to the area to film their movies. Films like “The Rum Diaries”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Cool Running’s” and documentaries like “Sicko”, have all been made in and around the area. Rich in landscapes, tropical beaches, and beautiful women, for some the potential of filmmaking in the Caribbean is relatively unknown; so as a native local I decided to compile a list of some movies from the area you should watch, from animated feature, to comedies, to drama. Hopefully the cinema of the Caribbean can get to an international standing in the coming years. But for now, here’s a preliminary list of what I consider to be an excellent introduction to the film styles of the Caribbean. Posted on July 5, 2014 by Ivan Negroni -
Taste of Cinema: The 10 Best Psychological Western Movies
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. "The western genre is a storied one. From the Sergio Leone zapata vehicles, whose towering Man with No Name trilogy continues to loom high as a cinematic infuence, to the subversiveness of Anthony Mann’s films, the undisputed classics have mostly retained their power. The western’s template has undergone decade after decade of revision and refinement to continually find and captivate audiences of all ages, demographics and persuasions. Its once straightforward morality conceits more malleable than once thought, the Western has brought some of the most memorable film characters of all time to life, and continues to light up the big and small screens alike. Often using star wattage and visual slickness to sell rugged storylines set upon frontier times in the American west, the Western continues to pump out interesting works. In recent years, filmmakers have increasingly exercised considerable creativity in enmeshing western tropes with the horror, comedy and thriller genres – taking a distinct landscape and pitting their inhabitants against new dilemmas with subversive twists. For reference, films such as the brutally frightening Bone Tomahawk and the whip-paced Ron Howard-helmed The Missing have successfully mashed two fairly disaprate filmic styles together to craft stark and unsettling cocktails. The western’s evolution has seen important films released from the 40s till the present day, and many owe a debt, or at the very least a tip of the fedora or stetson to, noir and crime thriller. The psychological-inflected western intitially channelled and drew upon wartime paranoia and often imbued its characters with layers of regret, uncertainty, brooding and deep-seated sadness in much the way noir does. Below is a list of films one could characterize as being of the psychological western mould – that is a revisionist take on the genre which, while retaining common themes and visual cues, deals increasingly with interpersonal relationships and the darkness associated with minds plagued by haunted histories. Tormented psyches aplenty, audiences kept guessing in the dark. The films below offer darker thrills or the kind of domestic emotional whirlwinds more commonly found in classic melodrama. Or both. Less linear, more layered, sometimes rife with flashbacks, and often dealing with the enemy within and the torments of the past as much as the threat of a wayward bandit or indominable gunslinger." -
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The 10 Best African Films in the History of Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. The [url=http://www.festival.fcat.es/2018/04/la-critica-vota-las-10-mejores-peliculas-africanas-de-la-historia/]15th annual Tarifa-Tangiers African Film Festival[/url] and magazine [url=http://www.fotogramas.es/Cinefilia/mejores-peliculas-africanas]Fotogramas[/url] asked a group of 10 critics to vote on the best African films in the history of cinema. -
The 10 Best Electronic Film Scores of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. Since the invention of electronic instruments in the 1960s, a giant multiplicity of genres had evolved. With the huge possibilities regarding the synthesis of futuristic sounds, it doesn’t surprise that electronic instruments established themselves as essential part of movie scoring. The following list will name the 10 best all-electronic scores of all time. It only contains scores with a complete or nearly complete electronic instrumentation. -
The 10 Best Films About The Nature of Truth
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. “Photography is truth. The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second” – Jean-Luc Godard From Akira Kurosawa to Sidney Lumet, many directors have managed to create great movies illustrating the nature of truth. Here is a list of some exquisite works of art on this subject. -
The 10 Best Films by Sabu
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The 10 Best Micro-Budget Movies of The 21st Century
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. The term “microbudget” may seem a little vague, and while many authorities on film can’t quite agree on what amount of money qualifies as a microbudget film, this list will focus on feature films made for less than $250,000 USD (or equivalent). I will mostly discuss first-time films and/or features that established their respective directors as a “new voice” or gained them a much wider global audience. With the advent of affordable, accessible and powerful filmmaking tools such as the DSLR and DV cameras and even the iPhone, an entirely new generation of filmmakers have been granted the power to make a feature film without the help of a major studio or major financial investors. While the 1980’s and 90’s saw the rise of self-funded films such as The Evil Dead, Clerks and El Mariachi, the turn of the new millennium saw the rise of the video-maker, and movements such as Mumblecore, which, spurred on by the Dogme 95 movement in Europe, led to a much wider acceptance of not only digital cinema in general, but also the use of consumer-grade cameras within mass cinema culture. Below are some of the best, most influential and most groundbreaking microbudget films made since the year 2000. While only three were shot on actual celluloid film, all are remarkable pieces of cinema that have left a lasting impression on audiences and moviemakers alike. All serve as a reminder that no matter your budget, you can craft a great movie from little more than the resources at your disposal and an iron will to create. The films are in no particular order. -
The 10 Best Movies About The Poetry of Everyday Life
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. Here’s something most of you have probably figured out already: things don’t always work out like they do in most movies. Sometimes you get the girl, sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you get the girl and lose her within a short space of time. It doesn’t matter how much you love her. People have a mind of their own, they don’t follow a conventional movie script. We make plans for this grand future only for something to happen that will forever ruin this future from happening. You ask the Gods why this is happening. You’ve been a good person. You don’t deserve any of this. It’s their silence that hurts the most. Dreams don’t always come true. Movies are full of dreamers who make their dreams come true: Rocky goes the distance, Billy Elliot defies his blue-collar upbringing and becomes a professional ballet dancer, a slumdog can become a millionaire, the short but spirited Rudy can fulfill his dream of playing football for the University of Notre Dame, etc. Sometimes these films can brighten our day and there’s certainly truth to be found in each of these movies. You should chase your dreams. You shouldn’t give up when faced with an obstacle. But sometimes we need to watch something a little closer to life. A little less fluff, a little more human. A film that doesn’t sugarcoat the existential darkness woven into our existence. Something far more relatable. These people on the screen are just like you and me. We are not alone. In this list I have compiled 10 films that celebrate or portray everyday life. Some are more cynical than others, but I thought it was important to not just choose depressing films because even those with daily struggles – though don’t we all have them? – life isn’t constantly depressing. Sometimes it’s perfectly mundane. Sometimes there’s incredible joy to be found in the smallest of things. One film introduces a series of selfish human animals. Another film shows the sadness of a lonely man, the necessity of friendship. There’s redemption in there. There’s the acceptance that things don’t always go as planned. Individuals overcoming bureaucratic entities. There are men on barstools waiting for their lives to start, not realizing that it has already started. There are those who understand that time is running out and begin to make the best of the little time they have. These are films that take their sweet time. They can be slow. They take their time with the environment and the characters. They give us that moment of awareness of the present moment. It’s fleeting, but it’s there. We smile and rejoice. We hope we’ll remember it as life goes on. -
The 10 Best Movies Influenced by 20th Century Occultism
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. Aleister Crowley, an English novelist, poet, artist and “ceremonial magician” has had a acute influence on art. However, this influence is woven within the context of his philosophical religious movement, Thelema, and the impact that it has had upon its adherents (both past and present). Thelema’s influence throughout the last century is an influence that is one that persists within the shadows of culture. It developed as a re-imagining of renaissance-era philosophical law/logic that originated within the secret societies of Europe, such as Francis Dashwood’s Hellfire Club, The French Club des Hashischins (Hashish-User’s Club), the philosophy of Francois Rabelais (a Franciscan Monk, most known for his synthesis of Christian humanism with the ideals of the Greek Stoic philosophy), as well as the influence of various other hermetic orders such as the Freemasons. Crowley, influenced by the ideals of Dashwood and the humanist philosophy of Rabelais, decided to embark on a path toward the design of a hermetic order that would combine the organizational structure of such previous groups with the philosophical underpinnings of Rabelais. In this way, Crowley believed he could revive interest into what was termed ‘Magick’, a ritual practice different from stage performance what is generally termed by Thelemites as “magic”. To Crowley, the performance of ceremonial Magick was essential to the process of self-discovery and self actualization. He described the process of Magick as being the act of : “[finding out for oneself], and make sure beyond doubt, who one is, what one is, why one is …Being thus conscious of the proper course to pursue, the next thing is to understand the conditions necessary to following it out. After that, one must eliminate from oneself every element alien or hostile to success, and develop those parts of oneself which are specially needed to control the aforesaid conditions.” This process of self-discovery actualized by the practice of Magick has found its way into experimental film, blockbusters, comic books, novels, television and performance art. Thelema, though not as popular as an organized religious practice as it was in the past has seeped its way into the creation of popular media by creators like Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, H.R. Giger and Alejandro Jodorowsky. The following list of films expresses the impact that Thelema and its occult antecessors have had on film culture. -
The 10 Best Movies Influenced by Marxist Philosophy
Favs/dislikes: 0:1. Karl Marx was one of the most influential philosopher of all time and consequently his work has influenced a lot of films. The spectator faces Marxist problems such as: proletariat conditions, bourgeoisie dominance, the evolving technology and its connection to society, and revolution. Every problem is only a signal of the advent of the communist era, which consists of final justice on earth. This is the core of an entire movement which deeply influenced the world. Obviously there were other philosophers, many influenced by Marx, who expanded those core elements in many other directions, some of them contemporaneous to him including Engels, Kautsky, Bernstein and others after his death (Rosa Luxemburg, Gyorgy Lukacs, Antonio Gramsci, Ernst Bloch). Every one of them shared a faith in proletariat justice, where object and subject finally identify each other. Lower industrial classes are the “soil” for the revolution and will bring true values for all humanity but doing this demands the fall of the dominant industrialized class: the bourgeoisie. Fraternity is the key word to the basis of a community, and Communism is the ultimate community where humanity frees itself from physical and mental slavery. Marx has never described a “communist” society but he gave some advice in his Critique of the Gotha Program. He said that capitalism is the world where slave-masses serve the few dehumanized bourgeoisies. Once this is known it’s easy to understand that for a film to be Marxist it should reflect reality as closely as possible. It should reflect the horribleness of bourgeois society and the honorable values brought about by the proletarian class. That is a simplified point of view in respect to the Marxist way to see arts (in particular in respect to Lukacs’s literary theories), but it shows the core of this concept. In fact, during the Soviet era, the most common type of film coming from “red” countries,was the documentary. What ‘s better than reality itself to show how society and socialism work? Exemplary examples are the “Kino-pravda” works created by Dziga Vertov. The main ideas expressed Marx evolved through time and in particular during the 67-68’ period which brought a sort of renaissance and reconsideration of the core Marxist ideas, which ends in a post-structuralist philosophical movement. In this final development of “revolutionary” ideas, Marx was an influence along with others, so it can be said that in cinema’s post-68’ period is not a continuation of the Russian montage school. Considering the history of socialism and the history of cinema, there is a wide range of achievement among the movies influenced by Marx and these show many different aspects of Marx ideas, demonstrating the multifaceted dimensions of this movement. On the other hand it is possible to show what Marxism has meant to humanity through the eyes of a number of directors. -
The 10 Best Movies That Criticize Consumerism (Taste of Cinema)
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The 10 Most Philosophical Animated Movies of All Time (Taste of Cinema)
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The 10 Weirdest Documentaries of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. The cliché that fact can be stranger than fiction rings true in the case of these documentaries. Unbelievable characters, unexpected twists and general weirdness make this list a little unsettling when you stop to consider it is all really life drama. At times you feel like you are watching a Lynch, or Cronenberg film, but the fact that this all actually happened may leave you feeling a little unhinged. -
The 10 Worst Edited Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. Editing is a heavily overlooked aspect of films when it comes to casual audiences. Good editing makes the very existence of a film’s edits seem invisible; someone who wills to dissect movies will pay close attention to the pacing and cutting of a film. Either way, a film that is well edited will never distract you from everything else that is going on. The only exception to this rule is a segment that blows you away with either something innovative or something swift. “Requiem For a Dream” features many cuts, but it boils an anxiety within its viewers to mimic the withdrawals the onscreen characters are facing. Thelma Schoonmaker has famously turned every Scorsese film she has worked on into a cinematic waltz. If you pay enough close attention to the less-blatant examples as well, you will find a new respect for some of your favourite films. But, this list isn’t about that. This is a list of 10 of the most toxic editing you can find. These are edits that will either give you a migraine within microseconds, confuse you beyond belief, or will be so pointless that the featured film will annoy you. Unlike most good editing jobs, these examples detach you from a film and will make you aware of each and every little cut (or lack thereof). With that being said, here are 10 films with some of the worst editing in cinematic history. -
The Best Fantasy Films of All Time (Consensus)
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. The list from Reel Fives pre-launch movie rankings for the best fantasy movies of all time. After an extensive online search, found 40 published rankings for fantasy. Reel Fives has taken all of those rankings and aggregated them into definitive rankings for the top 72 fantasy movies of all time. For each ranked list of top movies for the fantasy genre, they have taken the top five ranked films. Top 10 (Original List with 72 Movies) Percent of online top fives movies appear in shown 1 . The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001): 70% 2 . The Wizard of Oz (1939): 50% 3 . The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): 40% 4 . The Princess Bride (1987): 32.5% 5 . Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001): 30.0% 6 . Pan's Labyrinth (2006): 27.5% 7 . The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002): 22.5% 8 . Beauty And The Beast (1946): 15.0% 9 . Willow (1988): 12.5% 10 . It's a Wonderful Life (1946): 10% Fantasy Movie Ranking Sources with top spot. Games Radar........List of top 50 (The Wizard of Oz) Time Out...............List of top 50 (LOTR: FOTR) Good Movies List.List of top 50 (LOTR: ROTK) Film School WTF..List of top 100 (LOTR Trilogy) List Challenge.......List of top 50 (The Wizard of Oz) Watch Mojo..........List of top 10 (LOTR Trilogy) The Top Tens.......List of top 10 (LOTR: ROTK) Fantasy 100.........List of top 100 (LOTR Trilogy) Ranker..................List of top 388 (LOTR: ROTK) Arrowstorm Entertainment . List of top 5 (LOTR Trilogy) Flickchart.............List of top 2889 (Ghostbusters) Rotten Tomatoes.List of top 50 (The Wizard of Oz) Metacritic.............List of top 575 (The Wizard of Oz) American Film Institute..List of top 10 (The Wizard of Oz) What Culture........List of top 20 (LOTR: FOTR) Film Crave............List of top 500 (LOTR: ROTK) Hub Pages...........List of top 10 (Harry Potter Series) Thoughts on Fantasy.List of top 25 (LOTR Trilogy) AZCentral.............List of top 10 (The Wizard of Oz) Wired Editor's Choice..List of top 10 (Excalibur) Wired Readers' Choice.List of top 10 (LOTR: FOTR) The Daily Beast...List of top 10 (LOTR Trilogy) Reelz....................List of top 10 (LOTR: ROTK) Digital Dream Door..List of top 100 (LOTR: ROTK) IGN.......................List of top 25 (LOTR: FOTR) Funny or Die........List of top 5 with No particular order Cinema Blend......List of top 5 (LOTR Trilogy) Movies Online......List of top 5 (LOTR Trilogy) Top 5 Goodies.....List of top 5 (Pan's Labyrinth) eBay.....................List of top 10 (LOTR Trilogy) Bibliognome........List of top 5 (Willow) 411 Mania...........List of top 5 (LOTR Trilogy) Movie Film Review..List of top 100 (It's a Wonderful Lif) List Surge............List of top 10 (The Hobbit Trilogy) Movie Guide........List of top 10 (It's a Wonderful Life) Black Gate...........List of top 10 (LOTR: TTT) Escape Club........List of top 5 (The Princess Bride) Rinn Reads..........List of top 5 (LOTR Trilogy) Man, I Love Films..List of top 10 (LOTR Trilogy) These Fantastic Worlds..List of top 10 (LOTR: ROTK) The full list with 72 movies and link for every source at the bottom link -
The China Syndrome
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The Different Types of External Conflict & 10 Great External Conflict Examples
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. External conflict is an essential part of screenwriting in that it’s essential in driving any plot. It is different to internal conflict in that whilst internal conflict is within the characters, external is outside of the character. In this article we’ll seek to define what external conflict is as well as provide some brilliant external conflict examples. We’ll look at: What is External Conflict? What are the Different Types of External Conflict? Which are the Best Examples of External Conflict? Defining External Conflict External conflict is when characters are faced with forces outside themselves, beyond their control, which oppose their needs and wants. Internal and external conflict are not mutually exclusive, both are necessary in well written stories. External conflict is the basis of the entire plot, driving the narrative forward. Whilst internal conflict adds depths to characters and storylines. External conflict is essentially the outside forces that pressure the protagonist into action. Internal conflict will be the pressure a protagonist puts on themselves, something that external conflict can exacerbate, motivate or call into question. But external conflict is the pressure point unique to this story. A protagonist has a long life outside the point at time in which we are seeing them and. The external conflict is usually the reason why we are meeting them at this point in their life. This is unless of course the story encapsulates the protagonist‘s entire life, in which case conflict will be many and varied. External conflict is the antagonist force for a protagonist and it can take many forms… Types of External Conflict There are three primary forms of external conflict within screenwriting. Each is vital to understanding antagonists and obstacles. Nature vs Character – This is when the world is opposing the goals of the protagonists. This could be a natural disaster, a global pandemic or an evil creature of some kind. Character vs Character – This is the simplest form of conflict and involves the battle of the protagonist and antagonist, both of whom have opposing goals, needs and wants. Society vs Character – In this form of conflict, the protagonists are faced with a society that opposes them. Dystopian societies involve this form of conflict, where it seems that the protagonist is overwhelmed by societal oppression. These three forms of external conflict are the most common but not the only forms. There are other subcategories that can be extrapolated from each. These often include: Supernatural vs Character (a variant of Nature vs Character eg. Ghost Stories, Poltergeist) Technology vs Character (a variant of Society vs Character eg. 2001 Space Oddysey, Blade Runner). Animal vs Character (another variant of Nature vs Character mixed with Character vs Character eg. Moby Dick, Jaws). The aforementioned three are the primary forms of external conflict. However, you’ll see in our examples that from the three primary forms of external conflict, secondary ones will spring. Furthermore, types of external conflict are by no means mutually exclusive. To the contrary, they often spawn and feed each other. External conflict is rarely the only conflict in a film of course. In most films, the external conflict feeds into and creates internal conflict within the characters who have to deal with it. Internal and external conflict need each other to survive and it’s in this relationship that drama thrives. Let’s take a look at some examples… -
The Fantasy Guide's Top 10 Epic Fantasy Movies
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The Film Stage's Best Undistributed Films of 2016
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The Film Stage's Best Undistributed Films of 2017
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The Guardian 10 Top Sports Documentaries
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