Arun Kumar

An ardent cinephile, who truly believes in the transformative power and shared-dream experience of cinema. He blogs at ‘Passion for Movies.’

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best films of 2021
50 Best Films Of 2021 (Updated April 2022)

2021 has fared better off for cinema compared to the pandemic-hit 2020. Theatres are open…

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10 Best Guillermo del Toro Movies, Ranked

Mexican-born Guillermo del Toro is one of the rare auteurs, whose individuality as an artist…

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The 25 Most Influential Filmmakers Of All Time

From D.W. Griffith to Ingmar Bergman, these are some of the most influential filmmakers of…

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50 Great Resources Filmmakers Can’t Afford To Miss (Used By Film Insiders)

Filmmakers today can instantly access a wealth of film-related resources online. For many aspiring filmmakers,…

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15 Best Brad Pitt Movies, Ranked

The uber cool, utterly charming Brad Pitt has dazzled us with diverse roles across genres.…

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30 Best French Films Of All Time, Ranked

Right from the era of Lumiere brothers and Méliès’ cackling moon, the French film industry…

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The Best Films From Every Decade, Starting 1910s

Cinema is uniquely the predominant modern art form. Narrative cinema in particular originated in the…

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30 Best Italian Movies Of All Time, Ranked

From 8 1/2 (1963) to Bicycle Thieves (1948), we rank the the best Italian movies of all…

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10 Greatest Akira Kurosawa Movies, Ranked

The history of cinema encompasses a rather huge chunk of world history. And within this…

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40 Greatest Movie Characters Of All Time, Ranked

Roger Ebert once said, “The movies are like a machine that generate empathy.” Stories and…

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12 Essential Giallo Films, Ranked

The word ‘giallo’ literally means ‘yellow’ in Italian. It’s derived from the term ‘yellow-back’, i.e.,…

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30 Best LGBTQ Movies Of All Time, Ranked

The LGBTQ community’s existence has long been subject to erasure by the conformist, hetero-normative society.…

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What Is Mise-en-scène? 7 Films That Are Perfect Illustrations

Mise-en-scène, a phrase from the French language pronounced meez-on-senn, originated in the theater somewhere in…

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15 Best Films Of The 2010 Decade, Ranked

The form and mode of storytelling has seen significant changes across decades — from the…

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Christmas In August (1998) Review: Meditative, Life-Affirming Drama

The posters for South Korean filmmaker Jin-ho Hur’s Christmas in August (1998) show a man and a…