From the late 1950s to the early ’70s, the Japanese New Wave (Nūberu Bāgu) shattered cinematic conventions with radical storytelling,…

Modernist cinema shattered conventions, rejecting classical storytelling in favor of ambiguity, subjectivity, and stylistic innovation.

By pushing cinematic boundaries and…

Poetic Realism was the beating heart of 1930s French cinema, fusing gritty social realism with dreamy, fatalistic romance. Its fog-drenched…

Given that the Academy is introducing the first new awards category in a quarter century in 2026, Best Casting, here's…

Alfred Hitchcock didn’t just define suspense—he shaped modern cinema.

From his silent-era thrillers to psychological nightmares, his work perfected the…

The slasher film emerged as a dominant horror subgenre in the 1970s and 1980s, often defined by masked killers, suspense-driven…

Camp cinema thrives on theatricality, excess, irony, and subversion. Some films achieve camp unintentionally through melodrama and overindulgence, while others…

From towering infernos to cataclysmic comets, disaster movies tap into our deepest fears and wildest spectacle-driven thrills.

Whether showcasing real-life…

For decades, the Academy Awards divided Sound Design into two categories:

Best Sound Editing (formerly “Best Sound Effects”) recognized the…

One of Hollywood’s most beloved and enduring genres. Known for its rapid-fire dialogue, battle-of-the-sexes, social class satire, and farcical misunderstandings,…

The Academy Award for Best Art Direction was awarded from 1927 to 2012 before being renamed Best Production Design to…