My Favorite Movies
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| 1 |
The Maltese Falcon 1941, PG)
If you haven't seen this mind-bogglingly essential noir classic, get on the stick already. |
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| 2 |
Pulp Fiction 1994, R)
The rat-a-tat dialogue. The pitch-perfect performances. The visual kinetics. This is one feverishly-impassioned mash note to movies. And it's fucking hilarious. |
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| 3 |
Citizen Kane 1941, PG)
Think this sixty-five year old movie is irrelevant? Charles Foster Kane IS Donald Trump, only more charismatic, less ugly, and a helluva lot more interesting. |
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| 4 |
Casablanca 1942, PG)
A perfect movie. Period. |
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| 5 |
Tokyo Drifter 1966, Unrated)
An orgy of primary color and style envelops a story with real noir heft. Masterpiece. |
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| 6 |
The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc) 1928, Unrated)
Carl Dreyer's masterful take on the martyr's life is achingly lovely, anchored by Maria Falconetti's somber, expressive beauty. |
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| 7 |
Santa Claus 1959, Unrated)
Santa scores wacky dust from Merlin the Magician and fights the devil. If Alastair Crowley grabbed a camera after a mug of mescaline-spiked eggnog, this'd be the result. And, yes, it's a kid's film. |
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| 8 |
Le Samouraļ (The Godson) 1967, PG)
One of the finest French neo-noirs. Existentialism wrapped in Gallic cool. Watch NOW. |
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| 9 |
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982, PG)
Admit it, you grinch. It made you cry. It made me cry. |
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| 10 |
Bringing Up Baby 1938, Unrated)
The greatest screwball comedy ever made. I'll belt anyone who says otherwise. |
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| 11 |
Serpico 1973, R)
A direct and brilliant meditation on ethics, and a gangbusters crime drama. Pacino rocks. |
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| 12 |
Suspiria 1977, R)
Love it or hate it, I defy anyone to forget this deranged, hallucinatory, visually ravishing, and ferociously creative horror film once they've seen it. |
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| 13 |
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964, PG)
Its satire stings more potently now than ever. Likely not a favorite film of our current administration. |
