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The best sports movies of all time, from 'Field of Dreams' to 'Creed'
Sports are the apex of genuine human drama. Sure, for non-fans, professional athletics can seem like frivolous games, and in the broad view, thatâs perhaps what they are. But sports are also a framework to tell great stories â of winners and losers, triumph and tragedy, conquering behemoths and inspiring underdogs. No wonder, then, that filmmakers frequently draw upon sports for inspiration. Yes, sports movies can be filled with clichĂ©s, but there are many that manage to either subvert them or deliver them with so much emotion itâs like experiencing them for the first time. In this ranking of the 50 greatest sports movies, weâve stuck to traditional athletic competition â apologies to The Color of Money and Searching for Bobby Fischer. RECOMMENDED:đ€ŸÂ The best Olympics movies to get you in the Olympic Spiritđ The 15 most epic surf moviesđ The best biopics of all-time, ranked
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Movies about youth & rebellion: The 50 best youth-gone-wild films
If weâre being honest, not all the kids are all right. In fact, some are downright rude. Murderous, even. Yes, to be young is to feel the weight of societyâs expectations on your shoulders, but the young people on our list of cinemaâs most memorable depictions of youth in revolt arenât just your average angsty adolescents. To be frank, many of them are irredeemable assholes. But that doesnât mean we canât catch a vicarious thrill from watching their exploits, and recall the days when we ourselves were young, dumb and angry at the world, rather than old, tired and resigned. Weâve ranked these movies as a countdown of bad behaviour, from mildly obnoxious to the straight-up criminal. Our only parameter: they must be teens and younger, not twentysomethings.   Recommended: đ§ The 100 best teen movies of all-timeđ The best teen romance movies of all-timeÂ đ€Ż The most controversial movies of all-timeđŹ The best thriller movies of all-time
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The best Los Angeles movies of all time
Naturally, there are a lot of movies set in Los Angeles â itâs literally where American movies come from, after all. And yet, âLA moviesâ seem less exalted than, say, New York movies or Paris movies. Maybe itâs because the city is harder to romanticise than other major cities, what with all the traffic, cosmetic tweakments and obsession with kale. Whatever the reason, it makes coming up with a list of truly great LA movies a tough task. But the great ones are really great. In terms of tone and subject matter, theyâre as sprawling as the landscape itself, covering everything from showbiz dramas and inner-city thrillers to fizzy musical comedies and shadowy noirs. Here are our all-time favourites. Recommended: đœ The 101 best New York movies of all timeđ The 27 best Chicago movies of all timeđ The 32 best London movies of all timeđ„ The 54 best movies set in Paris
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The 50 best foreign films of all time
Genius South Korean director Bong Joon-ho said it best, while collecting his Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2019 for his future historic Oscar winner, Parasite: âOnce you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing filmsâ. He was teasing, but itâs true: far too many filmgoers are scared off by the notion of international cinema. In cultural shorthand, âforeign filmsâ has long been a euphemism for snootiness, a stereotype that has indeed kept American audiences from experiencing some of the greatest movies ever made. Once you open yourself up to them, though, youâll quickly find thereâs nothing to be intimidated by, because the world of global cinema contains something for everyone, from eye-popping action flicks to goofy comedies, charming musicals to stylish thrillers to philosophical dramas. Thatâs why, in compiling this list of the best foreign films of all-time, we had to set some guidelines. We omitted silent films and determined that the movies had to be in a language that wasnât English: so goodbye Britain and Australia. Other than those caveats, consider this your travel guide to the wide, wonderful world of international film. Written by David Fear, Keith Uhlich, Andy Kryza, Joshua Rothkopf & Matthew Singer Recommended: đ„ The 100 best movies of all-timeđ«đ· The 100 best French movies of all-time, rankedđ°đ· The best Korean movies of all-timeđ„ The 25 best martial arts movies of all-timeÂ
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The 50 most-deserving Oscar winners of all time
To the victor goes the spoils â and to the losers goes the social media outrage. Thatâs effectively how the Oscars operate. As the actual telecast honours the yearâs standout cinematic performances, viewers jump on Twitter to express righteous anger over just how wrong the voters got it. It makes sense: the Academy has screwed up often enough that you almost expect it to happen half the time. Every once in a while, though, the Academy gets it spot-on â and those instances deserve recognition. Here are 50 times when they nailed the bullseye. Recommended: đ The 20 worst Oscar winners in historyđ The best films of 2022đ The most anticipated movies coming out in 2023đ„ The 100 best movies of all time
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NYCâs best television shows: The top 25 Gotham series
To mark the much-anticipated return of Mad Men to the small screen (its sixth-season premiere airs Sunday, April 7 at 9pm on AMC), weâve compiled the most quintessentially Gotham series of all time. What makes one of NYCâs best television shows, you ask? It could be a number of thingsâcharacters with particularly New York attitudes, nontouristy shooting locations, authentic period detailsâbut we should note that weâve excluded any locally shot news and chat shows. (Sorry, The Daily Show and vintage Conan.) If any omissions rub you the wrong way, like our decision to leave off Sex and the City (weâre kidding!), let us know in the comments.
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Sundance: The 2011 fest kicks off
You're used to things beginning with an audible bang when you schlep into Utah's Park City, parka-clad and pleasantly buzzed from the oxygen-thin altitude, to celebrate the ten days of marathon filmgoing and blitz-marketing known as the Sundance Film Festival. One or two big-name titles start things off with gala premieres on the fest's first Thursday night. Red carpets get rolled out. Flashbulbs go off. Famous faces break into smiles. Crowds squeal. But though the 2011 edition kicked off its usual to-do at the cavernous Eccles Theater with celebritiesânotably Harry Belafonte, the subject of the docuportrait Sing My Songâand audience members with tickets were allegedly turned away at the door, the fact that films had already started screening during the day gave the evening a slightly already-in-progress feeling. The first Dramatic Competition film to screen at the Eccles was not a star-studded affair, but a scrappy slice-of-life drama named Pariahâthe sort of earnest, regional low-budget indie that would have fit in with Sundance's lineup 25 years ago. It was, by many accounts, a mellow beginning for what can be a maelstrom-filled affair, suggesting the tone for '11 would be, hey, like, chill out. This year's official symbol is a delicate snowflake; "Be there" is the motto. Um, where else would we be? So you can imagine the sigh of relief that came from the great unshaven masses of film journalists when we showed up to our inaugural press screening and it resembled the cacop
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Ashes of Time Redux
Unless you caught Wong Kar-waiâs 1994 moody martial-arts flick during a blink-and-ya-missed-it run at your local Chinatown theater, the only way to see this whacked-out wuxia was on DVD. But with all due respect to Tai Seng, the San Francisco company thatâs sporadically released Ashes of Time on various home-video formats, the joy of locating a copy was always followed by a buzzkill. The source print appeared to have been excavated from a sandpaper factory and the murky transfer made you wonder whether your TV screen needed a Windex wipe-down. Even the filmâs creator couldnât find a complete negative in decent condition. But thankfully, Wong has pieced together what he calls a âdefinitiveâ cut, unleashing a spruced-up Redux version of his swords-slinger drama. The auteur trimmed seven minutes to tighten the pace and added a new score from renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, but itâs the reworking of the filmâs visuals that signals the true difference. Cinematographer Christopher Doyleâs imagery is not only crystal clear now, but has also been digitally color-coded for maximum Day-Glo effect. Travelers wander under key-lime green skies, and blade-wielding warriors battle before psychedelic lemon-meringue hills. To call this new Ashes gorgeous and retina-searing is an understatement; you may want to schedule a postscreening ophthalmologist appointment. Does the fresh coat of pixel paint make the filmâs labyrinthine plot about an assassin (Leslie Cheung), his clients and their various lo