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The 9 Most Iconic Cinéma Vérité Movies of All Time
Making a movie takes a lot of planning—budget, locations, production design, actors, lights, and a hundred technical things, along with the most important elements, written lines and actions. But cinema surprises us, and so do the genius filmmakers that came before us, who invented new ways of story...
January 29, 2026
Why Gore Verbinski Thinks Unreal Engine is Killing Cinema
If you go back and watch Gore Verbinski's Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, you'll notice one thing right away: The CGI looks fantastic. I mean, all of the characters pop off the screen, and it's hard to believe the movies came out around 20 years ago. At the time, the graphics felt revolutionary. T...
January 29, 2026
7 Iconic Films That Will Make You Want to Move to New York
Do you also hop on the “movies” train to take you all around the globe? I do that a lot, particularly because I can be lazy. Judge me all you want, but my trips are planned by the greatest filmmakers of all time. So, yeah! I think I’m winning here. The only downside? I don’t have photos for Instagra...
January 29, 2026