Essential Films Canon

A ranked list of the best films of all-time.

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1. Woman Walking Downstairs

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average rating is 3 out of 5

Eadweard Muybridge’s fascination with the nude resembles the concern classical artists had with the body. His Woman Walking Downstairs (1887) takes the simplicity of the act to celebrate human beauty within a new art-form. Conversely, a quarter of a century later, Marcel Duchamp pushed the boundarie… →

2. Cockatoo Flying

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average rating is 2 out of 5

Because parrots are swift fliers, Eadweard Muybridge’s ambition to record them using chronophotography invites admiration. Cockatoo Flying (1887) is an early example of a bird in flight. For the first time in history, scientists gained the opportunity to analyse in detail the movement of avian wings… →