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AMP's The 25 Best Asian Films of 2019
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. January 26, 2020 AMP Group 29 of the contributors of Asian Movie Pulse have voted the 25 Best Films of 2019, resulting in what we consider a great selection, both regarding the order and the overall diversity, since the list includes films from Japan, S. Korea, China, Taiwan, Georgia, The Philippines, Laos, Mongolia, Tibet, and India, while the genres include everything from extreme violence and mainstream films to art-house, documentaries, animation and even a short. Without further ado, here are the best films of 2019, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2018, but since they mostly circulated in 2019, we decided to include them. Missing from imdb: #18 [url=https://letterboxd.com/film/the-wandering-chef/]The Wandering Chef[/url] (Park Hye-rong, S. Korea) -
Rotten Tomatoes: 30 Essential LGBTQ Documentaries
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. Queer cinema hinges on stories about the one and the many. LGBTQ documentary films, though, can only ever offer both: portraits of individuals necessarily speak more broadly about the community they come to represent, while chronicles of a group (or a family, or a segment of the population) can only ever do so through individual testimonials and the singular vision of the filmmaker at hand. Films like Portrait of Jason and Tongues Untied, for instance, tell contemporary viewers as much about the individual stories about gay Black men presented on screen as about the communities (real and imagined) that their respective filmmakers brought to bear on their finished films. The following list of LGBTQ documentaries offers us windows into the past, allowing us glimpses into moments made worthy by their mere documentation. Yet to say nonfiction filmmaking has merely documented the LGBTQ community is to sell short the work that some of the seminal documentaries listed below have accomplished. Projects like 1977’s Word is Out, which compiled testimonials from men and women about their experiences coming to terms with their sexuality and coming out, began sketching on screen what a community could and did look like. Similarly, aptly-titled works like Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community and Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives offer not just potent history lessons but snapshots of how Americans were conceiving of their own community-building in the years following the 1969 Stonewall riots. There is also, of course, no way of discussing queer nonfiction cinema without calling up the urgent historiographical work of films like Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, How to Survive a Plague, and We Were Here. These projects remind us that telling the history of the AIDS crisis necessarily inverts ACT UP’s famous Silence=Death rallying cry: to memorialize those lost and to chronicle their activist fights is to refuse the erasure which so drove the early years of the crisis, both in the press and at the White House. The list below, which reaches back to the late 1960s and includes recent projects from around the globe that have further broadened what kinds of LGBTQ stories get told, is an invitation to see how queer and straight filmmakers alike have made real-life narratives pulsate with meaning. To look at this list of documentaries is to see the commingling of the one and the many. Together they create a kaleidoscopic vision of what the queer community has looked like on the big screen. Here are our 30 essential LGBTQ documentaries, in order of release. – Manuel Betancourt -
ICM Forum Country Polls: Ireland
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. Poll conducted in April 2022 34 participants 33 titles received 25+ points 135 titles in total -
The Guardian's 20 Best African Films – Ranked!
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. As the UK’s leading African film festivals showcase the past decade’s classics online, we pick 20 great landmarks from the continent’s dazzling movie-making history by Peter Bradshaw Thu 1 Oct 2020 13.26 BST -
African Arguments' Best of the 2010s: African films
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. BY WILFRED OKICHE DECEMBER 20, 2019 In the past decade, Africa’s film industries have shown a plucky ability to play in the big leagues. The rise of streaming platforms has democratised distribution, while filmmakers across the continent have increasingly been welcomed to major film festivals resulting in a wave of international co-productions. It is an impossible task to select the best films from an entire decade, but the incredible works below all reflect the quality of African films from the past ten years. These films didn’t just make a splash, but had something to say and have showed serious staying power. -
Pixar Directors Recommend: Films for Families (7 to 12 Years)
Favs/dislikes: 5:0. "Kids deserve to watch great films, especially in these times. But where to turn when you need a quality watchlist of family films? Pixar to the rescue! A bunch of the renowned studio's filmmakers have shown up in your hour of need, to make personal recommendations from the Pixar vault and far beyond, separated into three age groupings: All Ages, 7 to 12 Years and 12 Years and Over. (Be sure to look at the All Ages list for ideas for the whole family.) Enormous thanks to Angus MacLane (co-director of Finding Dory and director of BURN·E, Toy Story of Terror! and Small Fry), Domee Shi (director of Bao), Kristen Lester (director of Purl), Daniel Chong (story artist on Cars 2, Inside Out, Toy Story of Terror!, and creator of We Bare Bears!), Peter Sohn (director of The Good Dinosaur), Valerie LaPointe (Head of Story on Toy Story 4, director of Lamp Life), Brian Fee (director of Cars 3), Enrico Casarosa (director of La Luna), and Andrew Stanton (director of WALL·E, Finding Nemo and Finding Dory). We encourage you to read the notes to see individual director recommendations (and some explanations!). For age groupings, you know your children best so explore all three lists and screen at your discretion. We cross-checked the age groupings with Common Sense Media, and then asked children’s film specialist Nicola Marshall to finesse them. Read more from Nicola in our blog." Full list on iCM [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/pixars+picks+family+films/fergenaprido/]Pixar's Picks: Family Films[/url] The other lists on iCM [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/pixar+directors+recommend+films+for+families+all+ages/fergenaprido/]Pixar Directors Recommend: Films for Families (All Ages)[/url] [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/pixar+directors+recommend+films+for+families+12+years+and+over/fergenaprido/]Pixar Directors Recommend: Films for Families (12 Years and Over)[/url] -
Documentary Films of Central Asia
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. This set was released ca. 2006 by Public Fund Center of Central Asian Cinematography with the assistance of the Open Society Institute, in an effort to spread appreciation of Central Asian filmmaking and understanding of the nations and peoples of Central Asia. It was released to diplomatic and educational institutions. The set includes the following 10 DVDs: 1. Kazakh Documentary Films of Soviet Epoch (Films 1-9) 2. Kazakh Documentary Films of Independence (Films 10-11) 3. Kyrgyz Documentary Films of Soviet Epoch (Films 12-15) 4. Kyrgyz Documentary Films of Independence (Film 16) 5. Tajik Documentary Films of Soviet Epoch (Film 17) 6. Tajik Documentary Films of Independence (Film 18) 7. Turkmen Documentary Films of Soviet Epoch and Independence 8. Uzbek Documentary Films of Soviet Epoch 9. Uzbek Documentary Films of Independence 10. The Lord of the Flies: Film on the Border of Epochs (Film 19) Most of these films are not yet on imdb, but I am adding them as I watch each DVD. -
iCM Forum's Favourite Canadian Films - Top 723
Favs/dislikes: 5:0. From the iCM Forum's August 2017 Poll, based on the contributions from 39 participants. -
Christopher Nolan Presents: Films That Inspired Dunkirk
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. Christopher Nolan curates BFI Southbank season of influences on new film Dunkirk Personally curated by the award-winning director, Christopher Nolan Presents will offer audiences unique insight into the films that influenced his hotly anticipated take on one of the key moments of the Second World War. 24 May 2017 BFI Southbank is delighted to present a season of films that have inspired director Christopher Nolan’s new feature [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/dunkirk-2017/]Dunkirk (2017)[/url], released in cinemas across the UK on Friday 21 July. Christopher Nolan Presents, which will run from 1-31 July, has been personally curated by the award-winning director and will offer audiences unique insight into the films that influenced his hotly anticipated take on one of the key moments of the Second World War. The season will include a special preview screening of Dunkirk on Thursday 13 July, which will be presented in 70mm and include an introduction from the director himself. Nolan is a passionate advocate for the importance of seeing films projected on film, and, as one of the few cinemas in the UK that still shows a vast amount of celluloid film, BFI Southbank will screen all the films in the season on 35mm or 70mm. In 2015 Nolan appeared on stage alongside visual artist Tacita Dean at the BFI London Film Festival to discuss the importance of celluloid as an artistic medium, and he consistently shoots on film despite the industry’s move toward digital. Here, Nolan sums up his programming choices for this exclusive season: “You might expect a season of films leading up to a screening of Dunkirk to be a selection of war movies. But I chose to approach Dunkirk more as survival story than war film. One look at James Jones’ essay on ‘Phony War Films’ (in which he takes down several of my old favourites) immediately shows you the perils of taking on real-life combat in a dramatic motion picture. In Jones’ estimation All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone, 1930) said it first and best: war dehumanises. Revisiting that masterpiece it is hard to disagree that the intensity and horror have never been bettered. For me, the film demonstrates the power of resisting the convention of finding meaning and logic in individual fate. “Most of the other films in this series fall into two different but overlapping categories. From established classics of tension like The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953) and Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) through to the more recent ticking-clock nail-biters Speed (Jan de Bont, 1994) and Tony Scott’s final film, the relentless Unstoppable (2010), our season explores the mechanics and uses of suspense to modulate an audience’s response to narrative. “Other titles explore the possibilities of purely visual storytelling, whether literally, in the case of the silent epics – Stroheim’s Greed (1924) and Murnau’s Sunrise (1927) – or in part, like the thrilling windswept beaches and crashing waves of Ryan’s Daughter (David Lean, 1970). The relationship of geographical spectacle to narrative and thematic drive in these works is extraordinary and inspiring. Pure cinema. “The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) is a timeless and affecting verité narrative, which forces empathy with its characters in the least theatrical manner imaginable. We care about the people in the film simply because we feel immersed in their reality and the odds they face. The visual splendour, intertwined narratives and aggressively anachronistic music of Hugh Hudson’s Chariots of Fire (1981) combined to create a masterpiece of British understatement whose popularity rapidly obscured its radical nature. “Finally, no examination of cinematic suspense and visual storytelling would be complete without Hitchcock, and his technical virtuosity in Foreign Correspondent’s (1940) portrayal of the downing of a plane at sea provided inspiration for much of what we attempted in Dunkirk. All the films are screened on 35mm or 70mm prints. I hope you will enjoy the rare opportunity of seeing these incredible movies in their original analogue glory, as nature intended.” Presented in Chronological order. See also: [url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/dunkirk-christopher-nolan-films-inspired/]Indiewire Gallery[/url] -
Esquire's The 50 Best LGBTQ Movies Ever Made
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. By Tyler Coates and Dave Holmes Jun 23, 2020 The good news: this year you have time for some movies. Under normal circumstances, June busts out all over with Pride Month parties and parades. The gay neighborhood thumps with house music. Your bank, cable company and sandwich shop rush to remind you of their support for the LGBTQ+ community. And if you can bear the crowds, you leave a Pride festival with a draft-beer buzz, an application for a rainbow-flag credit card, and a paper fan with Chelsea Handler’s face on it. It’s a lot, but it’s ours. This year, the public events of LGBTQ Pride Month—much like sports, school, and life itself—are cancelled. We’re stuck inside unless we’re marching for police reform. The few bars that have reopened are for the reckless and foolish, and let's be honest: there’s only so much dancing a person can do on Zoom. The conditions are optimal for you to catch up on your queer cinema. We’ve come a ways in fifty years, from the self-loathing middle-aged men of The Boys In The Band to the peppy teens of Love, Simon. The range runs from the shoestring brilliance of The Watermelon Woman to the big-budget glitter-bomb that is Rocketman. 1982’s tentative Making Love derailed the careers of its two lead actors; 2017’s Call Me By Your Name cemented its pair as movie stars. While gay characters tended until much too recently to be one-dimensional, white, and doomed, in 2018 Barry Jenkins won a Best Picture Oscar telling the layered and hopeful story of a gay Black man in Moonlight. There’s a lot of history to explore, and there’s never been a better time to do it. Borrow a streaming service password from family– however you define it!–and dive in. -
IndieWire's The 40 Best Fantasy Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 4:0. From Studio Ghibli classics to the two entries of the "Lord of the Rings" saga most deserving of inclusion, these movies took us to new worlds. IndieWire Staff Jul 2, 2020 9:00 am “Home is behind; the world ahead.” J.R.R. Tolkien’s motto in “The Lord of the Rings” also captures one of the things that’s so powerful and intoxicating about the art of movies itself: that feeling of leaping through the screen, leaving your life behind, and being immersed in something totally new. Escapism is often used as a dismissive term, even by those who use it endearingly. But the cinema has a capacity for escape unlike any other medium — shouldn’t that be embraced? The best fantasy filmmakers — Jean Cocteau, Guillermo del Toro, and Hayao Miyazaki, among so many others — understand the psychological power of escapism. Sometimes you need to step outside of yourself to look back in. The best escapist entertainments ultimately bring us back to ourselves. These 40 fantasy films open up new worlds and new paths of understanding and empathy. Space-borne fantasy — “Star Wars” and its ilk, a rich enough world to inspire its own list — is excluded here, as are films in which fantasy is expressed primarily as simply daydreams. These are triumphs of imagination and world-building that seem incapable of losing their power to enchant. -
AMP's 30 Asian Zombie Movies That Are Worth Your Time
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. March 25, 2019 By Don Anelli Ever since it lurched onto the silver screen in 1932, the zombie has become one of the most prominent horror figures in the genre. As they are responsible for numerous adaptations, retooling and reboots over the years, the popularity of the genre has waned over the years here in America which is pretty much barely an issue in Asia. With plenty of incredibly enjoyable titles in their long history that simply don’t get the publicity in America due to way too much coming out here already, it’s time to offer a spotlight on some of these under-appreciated and overlooked gems from Asia. The Haunted Cop Shop 1 & 2 are counted as a single entry -
AMP's 40 Great Japanese Films of the 00s (2000-2009)
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. May 28, 2020 Panos Kotzathanasis When someone talks about the Japanese movie industry in the 00s, inevitably the discussion goes towards anime, which, in the specific decade, accounted for 60% of the local film production. With films like Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away” and the rest of Studio Ghibli’s productions, along with masterpieces from Satoshi Kon, Mamoru Oshii, Katsuhiro Otomo and other great filmmakers, there is no wonder why the 00s were considered “Japanese Cinema’s Second Golden Age”, particularly for the penetration of local films in cinemas around the world. However, anime were not the only story Japanese cinema had to tell in this decade. Yojiro Takita also won an Oscar, Shinji Aoyama and Naomi Kawase won at Cannes, Hirokazu Koreeda continued his successful festival run, Yoji Yamada made an exceptional trilogy of samurai films, Shunji Iwai directed one of the most critically acclaimed film of the decade, Kinji Fukasaku released his last film and Takeshi Kitano his most successful. Furthermore, cult (exploitation) and horror favorites Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Miike and Sion Sono established themselves as masters of the categories, while a number of independent directors also arose. Without further ado, here is the list with the best films of the 00s, in random order, again with a focus on diversity, in a list that, once more, could feature many more titles. 20th Century Boys trilogy is counted as one entry. -
Guillermo del Toro Presents: Film Noirs from 20th Century Studios
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. In anticipation of Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming release [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/nightmare+alley-2021/]Nightmare Alley[/url], TIFF Cinematheque presents a curated selection of film noirs from 20th Century Fox, hand-picked by del Toro himself. Inspired by the runs of similar genre-making studio films such as the highly-stylized gangster pictures championed by Warner Bros. in the 1930s (which cemented the anti-hero archetype in the face of the Hays Code’s guidelines) and the legendary monster movies helmed by Universal Studios between the ’30s and ’50s (whose creatures became the visual and emotional reference points for all subsequent horror-movie monsters) del Toro sees the brilliant stream of film noirs made under the 20th Century Fox banner as equally deserving of canonization. Before taking a turn down Nightmare Alley, come see the director’s top five influential film noirs from the studio's golden age of hard-boiled cinema, all on archival 35mm prints or in restored presentations. -
Curnblog's The 100 Greatest Australian Films: Cinema Down Under
Favs/dislikes: 3:0. James Curnow / October 30, 2014 Why write a list of the 100 greatest Australian films? While recently browsing through a book on the history of Australian cinema, it occurred to me that most Australian film buffs and cinephiles actually have a very limited concept of the nation’s cinematic output. Except for those films that first garner significant positive attention internationally, Aussies are often very reluctant to bother seeing the great movies being produced in their own backyards. A perfect example lies in the recent release of the Australian horror film, The Babadook, which faded into oblivion upon its initial local release before subsequently garnering significant critical and commercial attention internationally. As a result, local audiences are now paying a little more attention. There are many reasons for this tendency: cultural-cringe, poor marketing, and a perceived tendency in Australian films to be either too serious or too broad. The result is that a lot of people (both within and outside of Australia) miss seeing many films which they would probably thoroughly enjoy. And so, to help those who might be interested in broadening their knowledge of the nation’s cinema, I’m pulling together a five-part series of articles on the 100 greatest Australian films of all time, running from The Story of the Kelly Gang in 1906, right up to the recent release of The Rover. And so, without further ado, here is Part One. -
AMP's The 25 Best Asian Films of 2021
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. December 14, 2021 18 of the contributors of Asian Movie Pulse from America, Oceania, Europe and Asia have voted the 25 Best Films of 2021, resulting in what we consider a great selection, particularly since the offer of titles this year was much wider, as the industry started to recover from the disaster that was 2020, particularly during the second semester. In that regard, the list includes films Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, S. Korea, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Lebanon, Iran, China and Taiwan, while crime thrillers, animations, shorts, action and documentaries have found a place. Without further ado, here are the best Asian films of 2021, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2020, but since they mostly circulated in 2020*, we decided to include them, in one of the calmer votes in the history of AMP. *I think that's a typo in the article, and it should read "mostly circulated in 2021" -
Fan Movie Spirit Awards's Top 21st Century Chinese Language Films
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. Originally intended as the 20 Best Chinese Movies in 20 Years, here are the top 50 films from the poll (including ties). The first few paragraphs in English (from Google Translate): 20 years of Chinese-language movies, the most memorable movies... Published on January 07, 2020 In a blink of an eye, it is now 2020. It has been 20 years since 2000. In the past 20 years, too many excellent Chinese-language films have been born, and we have also experienced many shining moments of Chinese-language films. Therefore, entering the node of 20 years, we also very much hope to remember the 20 years that have just passed by Chinese-language movies in our way, and to reminisce about those movies that have left us a deep impression. This is also the original intention of the "20 Best Chinese Movies in 20 Years" announced by the No. 6 Fan Movie Spirit Awards. We really hope that we can come together and leave a little memory for the past 20 years. Moreover, the scale of our vote this time is quite large. At least, the final voting lineup completely exceeded my imagination. In the end, the organizing committee of our Fan Movie Spirit Awards invited a large number of film practitioners, scholars, media professionals, film critics and pan-cultural people from the three places, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, who are concerned about Chinese films. Among the voters, there are also many familiar names and voters. We also have no restrictions on participating in the voting. Each person selects the 20 films in his mind that best represent the 20 years from 2000 to 2019 in Chinese-language films. The total number of votes is counted, and the 20 with the highest votes are selected. In the end, the list of Chinese-language movies 20X20 was officially released. A full list of the 239 participants can be found at the bottom of the article. #1 film received 175 votes, while the films at #50 received 21 votes. Ties at #13, 22, 24, 32, 37, 39, and 50 (two films) and at #45 (five films). [url=https://www.fareastfilms.com/?news_post_type=top-20-chinese-language-films-announced-at-cinephile-prize-ceremony]Alternate Source 1[/url] and [url=https://www.douban.com/group/topic/162777979/]Alternate Source 2[/url] -
Notos Top 40 Turkish Films
Favs/dislikes: 6:0. Notos Magazine ran a poll of 383 film experts. A top 40 has been located thus far. Any help in improving this list is appreciated. Source information (in Turkish) http://azsekerli.com/turk-sinemasinin-en-iyileri-notos-dergisi/ 383 Uzman Türk Sinemasının En İyi 40 Filmini Seçti. İşte Sonuçlar Edebiyat dergisi Notos her yıl düzenledikleri ve Şubat aylarında açıkladıkları "büyük soruşturma"sında bu yıl "Yüzyılın 40 Filmi"ni konu etmiş. Dergi yönetimi sinemadan anlayan 383 kişiye favori filmlerini sormuş, gelen yanıtlarla da Türk sinemasının en iyi 40 filmini belirlemiş. Bu önemli listeden ilk 20 film aşağıda. Bizce hemen bir kontrol edip 2016'da seyredilecekler listesi yapmakta fayda var :) http://shiftdelete.net/turk-sinemasinin-en-iyi-40-filmi-68226 Türk Sinemasının En İyi 40 Filmi Edebiyat Dergisi Notos, Türk sinema tarihinin gelmiş geçmiş en iyi 40 filmini bir liste altında topladı. Yeşilçam’ın doğuşundan günümüze kadar gelen ele alan filmler, görülmeye değer. Edebiyat Dergisi Notos, sinema ve edebiyat dünyasında yer alan 383 kişinin görüş ve önerileri sonrasında ortaya çıkan 287 film arasından bir liste hazırladı. 287 aday film arasından gelmiş geçmiş en iyi 40 film belirlendi. http://www.babil.com/notos-oyku-sayi-56-kitabi-kolektif -
FESPACO 2021 - In Competition
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. The 15 films in competition for the main prize, the [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/fespaco+film+festival+-+etalon+de+yennenga/]Étalon de Yennenga[/url], in October 2021. Section fiction La compétition des 15 films, longs métrages de fiction, est au centre de l’attention du festival et présente la sélection des films les plus en vue du continent, suscitant des discussions et débats animés. Cette section célèbre la créativité, la diversité et la grande productivité du continent. Elle tente d'offrir un aperçu plus large du cinéma d'aujourd'hui et de demain du continent africain et de sa diaspora en donnant la possibilité à son public de se comprendre, de s'identifier et de se projeter. -
Red Planet Films - Top 100
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Goombastomp's Made in Canada: The 80 Greatest Canadian Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. by Ricky Fernandes Da Conceição Published: July 1, 2020 Last Updated on January 1, 2021 Greatest Canadian Films Today is Canada Day and to celebrate I’ve compiled a list of the best Canadian movies of all time. What follows is a list of films spanning decades and covering a wide variety of genres, themes, and styles— and all made in Canada. A few quick notes before moving ahead: I’ve decided not to include short films so don’t expect something like Norman McLaren’s Neighbours to appear on the list. As with all lists, the choices here are obviously subjective. Normally, in the past, I would write one capsule review for each film but since I plan on releasing a list for every other year in the decade, I’ve instead decided to simply include one screenshot along with the official plot synopsis courtesy of IMDB.com. Sorry guys, but these lists are time-consuming, and I’ve quickly come to learn that most people don’t bother reading every capsule review either way— so why bother? That out of the way, here are the 80 best Canadian movies, each represented by one perfect screenshot. Special Mention: [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/sweet+movie/]Sweet Movie (1974)[/url] -
Idle Youth
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. A list of films about youth (<30) where nothing really happens. Films arranged chronologically by country. Feel free to make suggestions. -
IndieWire's The 50 Greatest Romantic Comedies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 2:0. There’s something uniquely cinematic about romantic comedies — something that makes them a natural fit for the movies, and vice-versa. There’s a special alchemy that allows us to believe in the magic of meet-cutes, happily ever afters, and all of the agonizing contrivances that tend to pop up between the two; that gives storytellers permission to transpose the stuff of operas and fables into the fabric of real life. On paper, a film like “Pretty Woman” might be a retrograde fairy tale about a hooker with a heart of gold and the rich businessman who can afford it, but the chemistry between Julia Roberts and Richard Gere is so explosive that you surrender to the sentiment of it all. It’s hard to imagine how the mismatched couple in “Something Wild” might possibly sustain a lasting relationship after the credits roll, but where that movie leaves you — and the journey it takes to get there — is so thrilling and alive that you can’t help but trust it. Literally nothing in “Love Actually” makes sense if you stop and think about it for even a few seconds, but love, actually, always seems to add up in the moment. Richard Curtis’ magnum opus was a British production (in case you couldn’t tell), but even some of its many storylines find something naggingly American about the aspirational nature of the rom-com genre. No other country is populated by such radically different strangers, nor so enriched by the unexpected collisions between them; from “Bringing Up Baby” to “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” Hollywood has always been eager to sell the idea that we’re all just one chance encounter away from happiness. That might help to explain — if only in part — why the rom-com canon is as white and heteronormative as the history of the American film business, and why that canon is ripe for re-evaluation now that Hollywood doesn’t see the same value in the genre that it once did. Of course, the romantic comedy is also something of a universal language, and other film industries (Bollywood most of all) have been churning these stories out for local audiences faster than we can hope to keep up. Fingers crossed that we find a way to disentangle “foreign cinema” from the arthouse, because there are so many mainstream hits from around the world that never make it to American screens. In that light, IndieWire’s list of the 50 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time is more of a start than a final statement; it’s a living document that we’ll change up and add to as time goes by. One thing that will stay the same, however, is that rom-coms have a recognizable grammar all their own; meet-cutes, montages, banter, a weird preponderance of journalists, sex scenes that always indicate a dark turn at the end of the second act… these aren’t just love stories that happen to be funny, they’re a sacred art unto themselves. And these are 50 of the masterpieces that prove it. By David Ehrlich, Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland, Anne Thompson, Chris O'Falt, Zack Sharf, Jude Dry, Ryan Lattanzio, Tambay Obenson, Tom Brueggemann Feb 14, 2020 10:00 am -
Fyodor Dostoevsky Adaptations
Favs/dislikes: 0:0. Adaptations of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novels and short stories. Arranged chronologically by title. Work in Progress 1-13: short story "A Gentle Creature" (Krotkaya/Кроткая, also known as "The Meek One"). -
Fotogramas' 25 Films That Every LGBTI Adolescent Must See
Favs/dislikes: 1:0. 25 Films (and One Series) That Every LGBTI Adolescent Must See. When love is so big that it does not fit in any closet. By Juan Arcones 09/02/2020 Adolescence for people with non-normative sexualities and identities lacks references, although each time we advance more. Here we give you a list of films that every LGBTI teenager should see. Because yes, out there there are stories that have already been told, that deserve to be told, and that should be told. - - - 25 PELÍCULAS (Y UNA SERIE) QUE TODO ADOLESCENTE LGTBI DEBERÍA VER Cuando el amor es tan grande que no cabe en ningún armario. POR JUAN ARCONES 09/02/2020 La adolescencia de personas con sexualidades e identidades no normativas está falta de referentes, aunque cada vez avanzamos más. Aquí os dejamos una serie de películas que todo adolescente LGTBI debería ver. Porque sí, porque ahí fuera hay historias que ya han sido contadas, que merecen ser contadas, y que deben ser contadas.
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