The 15 Best Miramax Films. Today, the indie world and the film world at large lost a giant in the field, watching Disney close the doors and turn the lights off on Miramax.
As sad a day like today is, and as uncertain as the future is, we can still hold on to the memories. Most of them are now on Blu-ray. Or at least Laser Disc (because we all own one). Without further tears in our eyes, we’d like to remember Miramax for their 15 Best Films. If you’re like me and Rob Hunter, your rental queue is already full. 15. The Pitch: Even if Rob Hunter doesn’t think Larry Clark’s harsh film about drug and sexual abandon amongst the youth in NYC is well acted, he’s wrong, and the movie is brilliant and challenging. 14. The Pitch: You probably haven’t seen this odd and creepy little flick, but if you have consider yourself one of the lucky few. 13. The Pitch: This film is mostly known for its twist, which is a shame, because the entire film is a thing of beauty. 12. 11.
Cinematic revolutions: the ideas that drove movies. There's a great moment in Carol Reed's Odd Man Out: James Mason spills a drink, looks into its bubbles, and sees his troubles in them.
Twenty years later, Jean-Luc Godard, who admired Reed, had a similar scene in his movie Two or Three Things I Know About Her. Ten years after that, Martin Scorsese had Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver stare into the bubbles of a drink. Scorsese is a fan of Reed and Godard. To watch such a visual idea pass from film-maker to film-maker is to look into the DNA of the movies. Cinema has been the autobiography of our times, glammed up like biographies often are. David Lynch agrees. That was true from the beginning.
Think of something simple, like a forward tracking shot. And that's only the start. Jump a decade to Japan in the 30s and you find more wry movie innovation. After the second world war, ideas drove movies even more. Seven years later, Denmark's austere, gently spoken minimalist film-maker Carl Theodor Dreyer released Ordet. Lin Firth says film industry underestimates audiences' intelligence. Filmgoers are being underestimated by the movie industry and not being offered enough intelligent work that might require some concentration, the actor Colin Firth said at a screen version of John le Carré's classic spy novel was shown at the Venice film festival.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy had its world premiere in Venice, one of three British films in competition for the Golden Lion. As if on cue, the hot, muggy Italian weather that the city has had over the last five days was replaced by British rain and grey skies. Firth spoke to journalists after the film's first screening, joined by the film's lead Gary Oldman – who plays George Smiley – and actors John Hurt, Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Strong.
It is a film which demands concentration and is far from fast-paced – the polar opposite of a Bond or a Bourne spy movie. Mind F*ck Films list. Explore Lists Reviews Images Update feed Categories MoviesTV ShowsMusicBooksGamesDVDs/Blu-RayPeopleArt & DesignPlacesWeb TV & PodcastsToys & CollectiblesComic Book SeriesBeautyAnimals View more categories » Added by Alabama1971 on 22 May 2010 04:58 1359885 Views 82 Comments Vote!
Mind F*ck Films Add header image. The Ten Best Horror Movies You Haven’t Seen. October means Halloween, and Halloween means horror, and horror? Well that means some damn good movies. I presume many of you are searching for a good horror flick to curl up with this month, and while I will advise you to first consult my 10 Best Horror Films of Decade list, I thought I’d compile a new one made up of films that aren’t quite as widely known. Yes, I love The Ring, The Orphanage and The Descent, but there are smaller, more niche movies that are deserving of your attention, and really, once you’ve been scared or grossed out once, it’s not quite the same if you watch the same film again.
Here are some new titles that some of you may have seen, but I predict most of you will have not. The Top 10 War Time Movies. A touch of fantasy in the Spanish Civil War is what makes this movie part our countdown. As the world around her crumbles into chaos, Ofelia escapes the tyranny of her sadistic stepfather by entering an eerie magical world. Filled with stunning visual effects, this mesh of fairy tale and war drama is what gives this movie its must-watch status.
Roberto Benigni stars as Guido, a charming Italian Jew leading a carefree life until the occupation of Nazi troops in Italy. 10 Certified Fresh Psychological Thrillers. Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design. By Maria Popova The much-awaited monumental monograph of the greatest graphic designer of all time.
Saul Bass (1920-1996) is one of the most iconic and influential visual communicators of the 20th century — possibly the most famous graphic designer of all time — having broken out of the conformity of the 1950s to shape the aesthetic of generations of designers and animators with his bold and lively film title sequences and graphic design. (His insights on creativity and advice on doing quality work are also a timeless treat for any creator.) Yet no definitive monograph of his prolific, monumental work has existed — until now. I want everything we do to be beautiful.