A look into Guillermo Del Toro’s mind and personification of creatures and their stigmatas.
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From Gustave Dore’s depictions of Andromeda chained to the rock, to British author Alex Comfort’s “sex manual”—The Joy of Sex, bondage has been an omnipresent feature in the annals of sex history and art.
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In response to the movement in Hong Kong, Taiwan also experienced a film renaissance due to a decline in popularity of locally produced films.
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The first mention of the word “vampire” in literature was from the short story The Vampyre in 1819 by author John William Polidori. The story was taken from a tale told by Lord Byron himself during a contest between Mary and Percy Shelly and Polidori.
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Brought up on the Japanese exploitation cinema of the 1970s, film makers such as Quentin Tarantino owe a huge amount to these hyper violent and sexually charged gore features.
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Gaspar Noé is no stranger to provocation. In fact, the French director seems to delight in finding opportunities to make his audience squirm.
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10 V-Day Movies: Grab your partner, your chocolate, or your left hand, and enjoy some lawless, horror, or horny flicks. Who said romance is dead?
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Chance encounters, an aversion to the rules and free-form writing are all ingredients that have formed the cinematic oeuvre of Hong Sang-soo. While essays have been written in attempts to deconstruct the code that is his body of work—in reality, his work is much more simple.
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In the early 1980s, the Japanese economy was booming; the miraculous post-war economic recovery was in full swing and society was at the mercy of a decadent fever.
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This December 25th we bid you explore the world of alternative Christmas movies.
Movies that will instil you with loneliness, darkness, and fear, yet have you unable to tear your eyes away from the screen. As this has been an alternative year, why not check out some alternative movies to match.
The line between art and pornography has long been a contentious issue within the creative community — with pornography at times be overlooked, swept under the proverbial carpet, in favour of more cultured artistic pursuits.
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GATA dives deep into the world of the successful Spanish director to analyze his latest debut at the Oscars, and do a journey through his best films.
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The Matrix is known for its emerald-tinted, cyber-punk, soft-club, industrial-dystopian aesthetic. A pillar of late 90s pop culture and the era's unique approach to design and fashion. What is the “Matrix”?
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GATA Magazine had the pleasure to sit down with curator, DJ, skater, artist, and actor Leo Fitzpatrick in his New York gallery, “Public Access” to chill and talk about his career, life, and achievements in and out of the big screen.
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Scary movies on Halloween are the equivalent of chocolate on Valentines Day or presents on Christmas. They are something that you’ll never age out of- unless you become weak-hearted that is.
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Despite not being a big industry compared to the US, Latin cinema produces a large number of films from the most diverse genres. These movies, before concentrated only in their countries (almost not being shown even in neighbouring countries), decade after decade they are gaining more relevance in the international market.
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The dark world of Park Chan-wook is a far cry from the recent explosion of pop culture to emerge from South Korea in recent years, whether it be K-pop or K-Dramas. His films are twisted reconstructions of greek tragedies, art films with their DNA soaked in exploitation cinema; and enigmatic fusions of genres, mixing the best that European and Asian art has to offer.
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The Shining is a Stanley Kubrick masterpiece. Kubrick was able to tell an incredible story, bringing it to life with innovative and unforgettable direction and cinematography.
There is much to be said about The Shining, from its phenomenal acting, bold symbolism, and the countless hours writers and critics have dedicated to analyzing the film’s every scene.