Horror cinema has been through a lot of ups and downs over the past century, but one thing has always remained the same: you can’t beat the classics. It’s an age-old saying, but one that certainly has its merits. Though the genre is ever-evolving and the case can be made for better eras in horror, black-and-white classics are the roots that would sprout something everlasting – paving the way for the films of today.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) is now considered the greatest film of all time according to the critics that voted in the British Film Institute’s 2012 Sight & Sound poll. The survey, which…
It is one of the most beloved films of the French new wave. But why does The 400 Blows hold up so well? It’s clear why Breathless does – its fretful jump-cuts,…
Steven Spielberg’s ‘Schindler’s List’ And Alain Resnais’ ‘Night and Fog’: A Comparative Analysis: In the process of critiquing a film — determining its fundamental “focus” is one of the earliest and primary…
Andrzej Wajda’s Ashes and Diamonds (‘Popiol i diament’, 1955) is considered as one of the most important Polish films of all time. Championed by Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, this film…
How tragic that man can never realize how beautiful life is until he is face to face with death. How tragic, indeed! Akira Kurosawa’s thought-provoking commentary on life is such a powerful work…
