Documentary filmmaking can help us examine issues or events in greater detail, as well as preserve them for the historic record. Welcome to Chechnya does both with heartbreaking heroism, urging western audiences to at the very least acknowledge the genocide that continues to this day.— A.F. ...
Dig Deeper Behind The Scenes Of 'This Is Spinal Tap,' The Fake Documentary That Was Actually All Too Real Also ranks #5 on The Best Movies About Music Also ranks #7 on Great Movies About Starting a Band 23 L.A. Confidential Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce 130 votes Three...
Pinto’s meandering mélange of art, science, biography, theory and beauty was arguably the best documentary of 2014. The sex scenePinto, who has been living with HIV for two decades, spend much of the film musing on human sexuality. Still, it comes as something of a surprise when he ...
scenes as a fellow Texan caught in Scott’s gravitational pull. A handful of too-tight close-ups and a final stand-off over some cash-filled saddlebags allows Boetticher to flex his bag of economical filmmaking tricks, all in service of an oddly endearing tale of honorable outsiders vs. g...
Martial arts films are always a safe bet when it comes to engaging action, and luckily, this impressive feat of filmmaking is available in its entirety for free on YouTube. Sammo Hung, who previously appeared in this list as a director, gets a chance to shine as the film's main villain...
an event Anim was not present to witness. Note how the fading of the scenes forms wrinkles on the countenance of Anim's mother, drawing a logical link between the family separation and her aged appearance in the eyes of her son. "Flee" is a documentary elevated by animation that chisels ...
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year. Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, Rolling Thunder is a one of a kind experience, from mast...
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The documentary-style farm scenes elevate it far beyond traditional gay dramas, and it doesn’t make the mistake of confusing tragedy with quality. It’s the story of a young man named Johnny (Josh O’Connor), who is stuck (in many ways) managing his family’s livelihood in the...
History has kind of reduced this epic to its quotable scenes and earworm theme song, but it’s a better movie than you remember, a great example of James Cameron’s truly robust filmmaking style. Titanic paramount+ Top Gun: Maverick Year: 2022Runtime: 2h 10mDirector: Joseph Kosinski ...