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Are These The Best Films of the 21st Century?

August 29, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Lists are arbitrary. Here’s mine.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: BBC, Best of, Children of Men, Film, Foreign Film, Top 100

Why you should never eat oranges (if you’re a fictional character)

May 9, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung 10 Comments

A brief history of film’s deadliest fruit.

Filed Under: Movies, TV Tagged With: Children of Men, foreshadowing, movies, oranges, The Americans, The Godfather, TV

10 best extended takes and tracking shots

October 4, 2025 by thestakemag 1 Comment

As we wait for Gravity, the Stake picks our 10 favorite extended shots in movie history.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Atonement, Boogie Nights, Children of Men, Cinematography, Goodfellas, Gravity, Magnolia, Serenity, Snake Eyes, The Passenger, The Shining, Touch of Evil

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