When it comes to blending the boundaries between monster and man, no one does it better than Academy Award-winning director, Guillermo del Toro. Whether he’s directing a superhero film or a gothic romance, he brings his unique visual flair to any story he’s at the helm for. What do you think his best film is? Do you agree with our list? Keep reading to see where your favorite monster story lands on our list of the best Guillermo del Toro movies of all time. Guillermo del Toro Movies and TV Shows 12. Blade II (2002) Guillermo del Toro Interview • Blade…
Hayao Miyazaki is regarded as one of the greatest directors in the history of animation. Over 50+ years, Miyazaki made some of the most critically-lauded animated films; earning him numerous awards, including an honorary Oscar for “inspiring generations of artists to work in the medium and illuminate its limitless potential.” We’re going to rank the best Hayao Miyazaki movies by way of three criteria: story, animation, and direction. By the end, you’ll know the great films in an oeuvre of cinema classics. Continue reading 12 Best Hayao Miyazaki Movies, Ranked for Filmmakers
The John Carpenter filmography is widespread and diverse. Although many of his peers may have matched or exceeded his output, few directors evoke as specific an aesthetic by name alone. Anyone who’s seen a few John Carpenter films would recognize his affinity for practically created monsters, rich concepts, and sick synth-rock inspired soundtracks composed by the director himself. His stories explore the dark side of the unknown, the hubris of man’s institutions, and the middle ground where science and the spiritual world meet. Not all Carpenter movies are created equal, however; in this article, we’re going to share our comprehensive…
Darren Aronofsky is one of the most interesting directors working today. His body of work is all the more impressive when you realize he’s made such an impact with only seven feature-length films.While he’s served as a producer on great films like Jackie and White Boy Rick, for this list, we’re only looking at his seven directorial features. Much like his filmography, this list is bound to be divisive, so let’s start analyzing the best Darren Aronofsky movies. Continue reading 9 Best Darren Aronofsky Movies, Ranked for Filmmakers
Fight Club never really left. David Fincher directed it. Brad Pitt played Tyler Durden. Edward Norton played the unnamed narrator slowly losing his grip on reality. Chuck Palahniuk wrote the novel. Jim Uhls adapted it into the screenplay. Together they made a film that punched you in the face, hugged you, and then punched you again.The fight club quotes from this movie became something rare. Lines that escaped the screen and lived in the real world. You hear them in arguments. You see them tattooed on skin. You find them in college essays and corporate parody. That does not happen…
War movies have been in our collective cinematic obsession since cinema was invented. There’s just something about these films that hooks you. They might drag you into the trenches, or lock you inside a tank, or maybe even throw you stranded in the jungle. There’s no other genre like it.So we sat down and ranked our picks for the 20 best war movies of all time. What’s our criteria? How can you rank such a brilliant roster of war films? It’s tough, but we tried anyway. We chose from a balance of authentic directing, sharp cinematography, rugged production design, and…
The best liminal space movies create a unique feeling of being caught between places that feel familiar yet strangely unsettling. Through empty hallways, deserted malls, endless corridors, and dreamlike landscapes, these films use liminal spaces to evoke a sense of nostalgia, anxiety, curiosity, and wonder within the viewer. From psychological horror to surreal drama, the movies on this list showcase some of cinema's most memorable examples of liminality. Continue reading 13 Best Liminal Space Movies Ranked
One of the magical things about film is when the camera blends into the world and captures life as it happens. Nature documentaries have endured ages of filmmaking through three things working together: cinematographic patience to capture a subject the human eye doesn’t have the opportunity to, scientific storytelling that makes what’s being captured mean something, and the urgency to explore the relationship between living organisms and the environment around them.The genre took its first steps into the mainstream with Disney’s True-Life Adventures in the 1940s. The series of nature documentary films, both short and feature-length, was charming, sincere, and…
The Star Wars franchise features many of the most famous, frequently quoted lines in movie history. Select bits of dialogue from the later films might be more appropriately called “infamous.” But more of the series’ best-known quotes are revered for being well-written parts of iconic scenes. Some lines simply delight because of the imagination and personality the filmmakers and actors display. But others transcend the franchise’s sci-fi setting and have been adopted as common advice on a variety of real-life topics. We’ve put together a list of some of the series’ very best quotes, with some analysis on what makes…
On paper, Ari Aster’s 2018 debut Hereditary is a gore-gone-wild take on what happens when you can’t outrun your genetics. For those who took a chance on this first time director’s idea of ‘hereditary’ horror, the story turned out to be a much greater, much more layered tale about motherhood and psychology than maybe bargained for.Slowly but surely, the story weaves together a twisted mosaic of events viewers might not have been able to quantify, with a final sequence just as loud, dark, and layered as that first shot of Peter’s bedroom. In this article, we’ll give you a complete…
