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The Directorial Debut: Top 10 Most Impressive First Films by Modern Directors

Sherlyn Harnandez
by Sherlyn Harnandez
The first film is the most honest. Before the studio interference, before the compromises that come with success, before the filmmaker learns to repeat themselves — there’s the debut. Often made for no money, often against the odds, sometimes technically rough, but frequently alive in ways that polished later work......

Animated Art: 10 “Adult” Animated Films That Prove the Medium Isn’t Just for Kids

Sherlyn Harnandez
by Sherlyn Harnandez
Animation is not a genre. It is a technique — a way of making images move. The idea that moving drawings are inherently for children is a parochial Western prejudice that Japanese, French, and increasingly global cinema has been dismantling for decades. The films on this list use animation precisely......