Today, with hindsight, critics recognise the 1990s as a belle époque in cinema history. The talent that this decade gave stage to was astonishing, especially in the form of the crime genre. Audiences were assured to see at least one defining crime classic every single year of the decade. As a sequel to the previous […] 361kd
Quentin Tarantino dubbed: “‘80s cinema, along with the ‘50s, the worst era in Hollywood history. In the ‘80s, it was self-censorship. It was the rise of political correctness after the ‘70s, where everything was just ‘go as far as you can. ’Then, all of a sudden, everything got watered down. Everything was cynical, then, in […]
From the genesis of cinema to the present day, the western genre has remained a favourite with audiences worldwide. Its tales are metaphors for a dog-eat-dog world. Our rivalries, conflicts and inner thoughts are brought to life through a time period when people used bloodshed as currency. The westerns of Classical Hollywood sought to uphold […]
In-between the neo-noir golden age of the 1990s and the high volume of superb crime movies in the 2010s, the 2000s are often discarded as an uneventful interim period for the genre. With notable exceptions, such as No Country For Old Men or Oldboy, the 2000s were characterised by many great comedies, but arguably less […]
“Truth, beauty, freedom, love.” Baz Luhrmann’s films are an incendiary bubblegum crossroads, where Italian grand opera, Bollywood, Greek myths and Hollywood Technicolor collide. Growing up in rural Herons Creek, New South Wales, Baz Luhrmann was informed by his father’s profession as a cinema owner and the ballroom dancing he practiced with his mother. In the […]
The 2000s were without a doubt an explosive halcyon for comedies, with Will Ferell reigning as the heavyweight champion. Every year of the decade was jam-packed with iconic classics from the Frat Pack, the Apatow Mafia, the Farrelly Brothers, Mike Myers, Todd Philips and Adam McKay, to name a few. That said, many other seminal […]
