Nagisa Oshima's career extends from the initiation of the "Nuberu bagu" (New Wave) movement in Japanese cinema in the late 1950s and early 1960s, to the contemporary use of cinema and television to express paradoxes in modern society. After an early involvement with the student protest movement in Ky

Pop, Power, Social revolution

Andrés Caicedo is a cult artist for Colombian youth. He was part of the Grupo de Cali, a group of young bohemians who share their liking for film, rock n' roll and salsa music in Cali, Colombian during the seventies. Besides committing suicide, when he was 26 years old, Caicedo left a vast multidisc

Experimental, Slangy, Urban, Violent

Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Academy Award nominated director/producer/writer/special effects & make-up artist Guillermo del Toro's films bridge the gap between cult favourite and mass market success, producing comic book adaptations like Hellboy, Hellboy II, and Blade II, along with historical fanta

Atmospheric, Beautiful , Dark, Dreamy, Ethereal, Fantasy, Grotesque, Horror, Mythic, Surreal

(born September 7, 1909, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]—died September 28, 2003, New York, New York, U.S.) Turkish-born American director and author, noted for his successes on the stage, especially with plays by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, and for his critically ac

Angry, Anxiety, Classic hollywood, Classical, Pioneering, Rebel, Social revolution, Sophisticated