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Film Genres

We dissect your favourite genres — drama, horror, sci-fi, you name it! — and offer notes for a better understanding of their codes and conventions.



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What is Neo-Noir? Themes and History Explained
Posted On December 15, 2021 Jons Klaessens 0

Few genres are as instantly recognisable as Film Noir. During the 40s and 50s Hollywood produced a large collection of …

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What is Film Noir? History and Themes Explained
Posted On May 2, 2020 Staff 0

The term film noir was coined in the late 1940s by French critic Nino Frank, but it wasn’t adopted by …

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Defining Satire in Film
Posted On April 26, 2020 Jons Klaessens 0

“Gentlemen! You cannot fight in here! This is the War Room!” This iconic line is shouted by a fictional US …

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Blaxploitation Cinema
Posted On October 21, 2019 Cristina Conde 0

In the early 1970s, blaxploitation (or blacksploitation) became a popular subgenre of film emerging from the US. Uniquely, these films …

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