Director: Jonathan Glazer Under The Skin is an unclassifiable and amazing rarity, its one of those odd masterpieces that cinema delivers us very sporadically, a unique and brilliant sci-fi thriller directed by Jonathan Glazer and based on Michael Faber’s homonymous novel from the year 2000. The film has received a curious acclaim from critics and …
You may haven’t seen any or very few of his films, but I assure you that you have heard his name before: Alfred Hitchcock. The British director (with American nationality), is recognized as one of the greatest minds in cinema history as “The Master of Suspense.” With films in his repertoire such as Spellbound (1945), …
Director: Francis Ford Coppola Born in Detroit in 1939, Francis Ford Coppola left his mark as one of the most important and influential American directors inside the cinematographic sphere. He is one of the most prominent figures in the movement known as New Hollywood, which was influenced by movements such as the Italian Neorealism and …
Today is the 15th anniversary of the epic Funeral, the debut album of the Canadian band Arcade Fire. What we have here is one of those very rare cases in which a debut album turns out to be an instant classic, an explosion of superlative talent and creativity, a work that can’t be surpassed by …
Director: Darren Aronofsky We go back to 1877: it had took Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky one year to compose the music of his first ballet adaptation entitled “Swan Lake”. A story based on the traditional German tale “The Stolen Veil” by Johan Musaus. The first live performance of Swan Lake was disastrous, critics destroyed the performance, …
Director: Lars von Trier Currently, Lars von Trier is one of the most controversial filmmakers. He has been exiled from the Cannes Film Festival, denounced for sexual harassment and racism, and has been highly criticized and declared as mentally ill due to the themes of his films. At the same time, Von Trier is considered …
Director: Akira Kurosawa (Japan) Akira Kurosawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, on March 23, 1910, as the youngest child of seven children by an officer descended from Samurais, and a woman that came from a family of merchants in Omori, Tokyo. Initially, Kurosawa found himself drawn to art. After finishing high-school, he studied at the …
Director: Tomas Alfredson Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in); has become one of the most peculiar independent films of the recent years. The film adaptation of the novel by John Ajvide Linqdvist by the Swedish director Tomas Alfredson, is one of the most rewarding cinematic surprises in a long time. We …
Sexual abuse of children is the most heinous crime that a person can be charged with, even murderers and other rapists in prison treat pedophiles abominably, not to mention that it is the most difficult charge to refute. Young children cannot express traumatic experiences they do not understand, so adults can tend to make mistakes …
On June 15, 1979, a totally unique, enigmatic and disturbing album was about to see the light and leave its mark as one of the best albums ever made. Unknown Pleasures is the debut album by the English band Joy Division. Today, the album continues to receive constant praise from the critics and the public, …
