Monday, September 23, 2019

50 years ago: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid released

Buch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Released: September 23, 1969

Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox

Genre: Western

Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 102.31 Worldwide: ?

Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: 692.24 Worldwide: 1219.4

Directing: George Roy Hill

Screenwriting: William Goldman

Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin

Review:

“One of the most-popular, appealing, beguilingly star-driven, tragi-comedy Westerns ever made.” FS Goldman’s “witty script” FS is “loosely based” FS on the real-life “charming, turn-of-the-century, train-robbing outlaws” FS and “early 1900’s anti-heroes” FS “Robert Leroy Parker (Butch Cassidy) and Harry Longbaugh (The Sundance Kid) and the Hole in the Wall gang.” FS

“One of the screen’s great buddy teams was born when Paul Newman and Robert Redford saddled up for this rollicking comic western about two legendary outlaws.” TV As the “two handsome leads,” FS they “redefined the buddy movie” A07 with their chemistry. “With a gleam in his baby blues, Newman dazzles as Butch, while Redford became a superstar with his self-deprecating portrayal of the dashing, trigger-happy Sundance.” TV

The story follows the “free-wheeling, non-chalant Butch (Newman) and sharpshooting Sundance (Redford)” FS from the Old West to “their final confrontation in South America.” VD After they “bungle their second attempt on the Union Pacific Express…[they] are relentlessly pursued by authorities in a posse. With Sundance’s beautiful, school-teacher lover Etta Place (Ross), they flee to Bolivia to seek further wealth. In the end, they are outnumbered and die in a blazing, hail of bullets, freeze-frame shootout, reminiscent of Bonnie and Clyde.” FS

“The movie’s key song ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head’ is a fun counterpart to the actual plight of our friends.” A07 The song is featured during a light-hearted scene where Butch takes Etta on a bicycle ride.

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Oscars:

Wins: 4 – Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Song (“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”), Best Original Score

Nominations: 7 – including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound

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Monday, August 12, 2019

Buzznet: Movies That Are Considered to Be Almost Flawless

Originally posted 8/12/2019.

Almost flawless? That definitely doesn’t describe this article. “Movies That Are Considered Flawless.” By whom? The suggestion is that some kind of consensus has been achieved in selected the movies presented here. However, this article – while not credited to anyone – clearly is an individual fan’s personal favorites. That makes sense considering that Buzznet is a social media platform allowing members to share content. I have no problem with personal lists and consider it a low blow to tell someone his or her tastes are wrong. If it is a personal list, though, OWN IT.

As if to muster credibility, a handful of classics like Jaws, Vertigo, West Side Story, and 2001: A Space Odyssey are thrown in alongside a list of mostly 21st-century films that are far from universal classics. While putting together best-of lists is a very subjective thing, it is telling that this list offers titles like Silence and You Were Never Really Here which have appeared on exactly zero other lists compiled by Dave’s Movie Database.

Actually, this isn’t a list, but a hastily assembled and poorly edited article. How else do you explain Her and You Were Never Really Here each showing up TWICE? The article also presents 38 movies (why 38? I have no idea) in an unranked, nonchronological, seemingly random order.

Nonetheless, this “list” has been presented as a curiosity with the films listed in order of ranking by Dave’s Movie Database.

1. Schindler’s List (1993)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3. Titanic (1997)
4. The Godfather Part II (1974)
5. Jaws (1975)
6. Vertigo (1958)
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
8. Pulp Fiction (1994)
9. Forrest Gump (1994)
10. West Side Story (1961)

11. Unforgiven (1992)
12. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
13. The Incredibles (2004)
14. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
15. Fight Club (1999)
16. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
17. There Will Be Blood (2007)
18. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
19. Mulholland Drive (2001)
20. The Big Lebowski (1998)

21. The English Patient (1996)
22. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
23. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
24. Get Out (2017)
25. Her (2013)
26. The Thing (1982)
27. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
28. Whiplash (2014)
29. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
30. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

31. Creed (2015)
32. Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn (1987)
33. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
34. John Wick (2014)
35. Hot Fuzz (2007)
36. The Witch (2016)
37. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
38. Silence (2016)

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Sunday, August 11, 2019

Films 101: "The 100 Best Movies of All Time"

Films 101:

The 100 Best Movies of All Time

The home page for Films101.com says, “the best movies of all time, picked by critics and filmmakers.” On their about page, it offers slightly more detail, saying that the Films 101 database “comes from all-time best movie lists and movie awards.” There’s no indication when the list was initially posted and how often or when it has been updated.

The website also offers ratings (again, with no explanation of where they come from), yearly top tens, and links for blockbusters, award winners, foreign films, genres, and more.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
4. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
5. Vertigo (1958)
6. The Godfather (1972)
7. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
8. Psycho (1960)
9. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
10. The Searchers (1956)

11. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
12. Rashômon (1950)
13. Casablanca (1942)
14. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
15. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
16. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
17. Raging Bull (1980)
18. Pulp Fiction (1994)
19. Chinatown (1974)
20. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)

21. Annie Hall (1977)
22. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
23. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
24. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
25. Some Like It Hot (1959)
26. Taxi Driver (1976)
27. Metropolis (1927)
28. Goodfellas (1990)
29. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
30. The Godfather Part II (1974)

31. Schindler’s List (1939)
32. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1970)
33. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
34. Gone with the Wind (1939)
35. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
36. On the Waterfront (1954)
37. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
38. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
39. Apocalypse Now (1979)
40. All About Eve (1950)

41. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
42. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
43. Double Indemnity (1944)
44. Beauty of the Day (Belle de Jour) (1967)
45. The Adventure (L’Avventura) (1960)
46. Raise the Red Lantern (Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua) (1991)
47. The Graduate (1967)
48. The Apu Trilogy: The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) (1959)
49. Nashville (1975)
50. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)

51. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
52. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)
53. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
54. L.A. Confidential (1997)
55. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
56. To Live (Ikiru) (1952)
57. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988)
58. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise (Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie) (1972)
59. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
60. King Kong (1933)

61. Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (aka “Nosferatu, the Vampire”) (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)
62. North by Northwest (1959)
63. Ran (1985)
64. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
65. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
66. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
67. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
68. It Happened One Night (1934)
69. Unforgiven (1992)
70. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

71. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
72. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
73. Do the Right Thing (1989)
74. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
75. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
76. Fargo (1996)
77. The Wild Bunch (1969)
78. The Third Man (1949)
79. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
80. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

81. Touch of Evil (1958)
82. Rome, Open City (Roma Città Aperta) (1945)
83. Blow-Up (1966)
84. West Side Story (1961)
85. L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe”) (1934)
86. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
87. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Mongatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)
88. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
89. Blade Runner (1982)
90. High Noon (1952)

91. Ashes and Diamonds (Popiól I Diament) (1958)
92. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
93. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
94. The Apartment (1960)
95. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
96. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
97. The Lady Eve (1941)
98. Rear Window (1954)
99. The Conversation (1974)
100. Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) (1946)

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Rotten Tomatoes: Top 100 Movies

Originally posted 7/31/2019.

Rotten Tomatoes may be the most famous movie review site in the world. They aggregate reviews from multiple sources and movies get a score from 0 to 100% based on how many of those reviews are positive.

They also rate the top movies of all time, but those lists are neither a straight rundown of movies scoring the best nor are they reflections of those movies receiving the most reviews. One would assume as that list is updated, the changes would merely reflect the inclusion of a few newer titles, but the lists have varied widely over the years (for example, see the lists referenced in the resources at the bottom of the page). Also, Rotten Tomatoes annoyingly updates their “Top 100 Movies of All Time” list without indicating any dates of revisions.

Rotten Tomatoes also puts out a list of the “200 Essential Movies to Watch Now” which is put together by their editorial staff, seemingly not driven by how the movies have been rated on the site. Again, they frustratingly don’t bother to post dates to show when this list was posted. I have found a couple of those lists which I’ve factored into the mix.

With all that in mind, Dave’s Movie Database assembled its own Rotten Tomatoes list by averaging three lists from over the years along with a ranking of the 300+ movies to have received 100% ratings over the years. Here are the results:

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Third Man (1949)
3. All About Eve (1950)
4. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
5. Rear Window (1954)
6. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
7. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
8. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
9. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
10. 12 Angry Men (1957)

11. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
12. Get Out (2017)
13. Inside Out (2015)
14. Metropolis (1927)
15. Moonlight (2016)
16. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
17. It Happened One Night (1934)
18. The Godfather (1972)
19. Selma (2014)
20. North by Northwest (1959)

21. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
22. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
23. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
24. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
25. Vertigo (1958)
26. Jaws (1975)
27. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
28. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
29. Toy Story (1995)
30. Casablanca (1942)

31. Modern Times (1936)
32. Laura (1944)
33. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
34. King Kong (1933)
35. Toy Story 2 (1999)
36. The Terminator (1984)
37. Psycho (1960)
38. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari) (1920)
39. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
40. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

41. Taxi Driver (1976)
42. The Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
43. On the Waterfront (1954)
44. M (1931)
45. Alien (1979)
46. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
47. Playtime (1967)
48. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
49. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
50. Rebecca (1940)

51. Frankenstein (1931)
52. The Dark Knight (2008)
53. Spotlight (2015)
54. Wonder Woman (2017)
55. Lady Bird (2017)
56. The Big Sick (2017)
57. Paddington 2 (2017)
58. Boyhood (2014)
59. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
60. Arrival (2016)

61. Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
62. Repulsion (1965)
63. Zootopia (2016)
64. La La Land (2016)
65. Baby Driver (2017)
66. The Searchers (1956)
67. Toy Story 3 (2010)
68. The Godfather Part II (1974)
69. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
70. Up (2009)

71. Let the Right One In (Låt Den Rätte Komma In) (2008)
72. Chinatown (1974)
73. The Rules of the Game (La Regle du Jeu) (1939)
74. Mary Poppins (1964)
75. Hell or High Water (2016)
76. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
77. The Babadook (2014)
78. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
79. Double Indemnity (1944)
80. Army of Shadows (L'Armée des Ombres) (1969)

81. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
82. The Jungle Book (2016)
83. Finding Nemo (2003)
84. Pinocchio (1940)
85. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
86. Schindler’s List (1993)
87. Apocalypse Now (1979)
88. High Noon (1952)
89.

  • Before Sunrise (1952)
    90. Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la Peur) (1953)

    91. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
    92. Man on Wire (2008)
    93. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
    94. Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
    95. Waste Land (2010)
    96. Poetry (2010)
    97. Still Walking (Aruitemo Aruitemo) (2008)
    98. Dunkirk (2017)
    99. Afghan Star (2008)
    100. Leave No Trace (2018)

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    Thursday, July 18, 2019

    Internet Movie Database: Top 100 Movies

    Internet Movie Database:

    Top 100 Movies

    The Internet Movie Database includes ratings for movies. Their “Top Rated Movies” list shows which movies rate highest. A 2013 list ranks movies based on their metascores. A 2012 list, simply identified as being created by ChrisWalczyk55, was posted on the site which appears to be his own personal list, but includes 65 movies from the IMDB “Top Rated Movies” list. The three lists have been aggregated here to create one list. Here are the top 100 movies:

    1. The Godfather (1972)
    2. Schindler’s List (1993)
    3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
    4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    5. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
    6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
    7. Pulp Fiction (1994)
    8. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
    9. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    10. Amadeus (1984)

    11. Apocalypse Now (1979)
    12. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
    13. Raging Bull (1980)
    14. Taxi Driver (1976)
    15. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    16. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
    17. The Godfather Part II (1974)
    18. 12 Angry Men (1957)
    19. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    20. Forrest Gump (1994)

    21. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
    22. Casablanca (1942)
    23. Psycho (1960)
    24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    25. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
    26. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
    27. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
    28. Modern Times (1936)
    29. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
    30. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

    31. Citizen Kane (1941)
    32. Goodfellas (1990)
    33. Gladiator (2000)
    34. Vertigo (1958)
    35. The French Connection (1971)
    36. Wall-E (2008)
    37. The Pianist (2002)
    38. City Lights (1931)
    39. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
    40. The Green Mile (1999)

    41. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
    42. Patton (1970)
    43. Metropolis (1927)
    44. Braveheart (1995)
    45. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
    46. A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (2011)
    47. Rear Window (1954)
    48. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
    49. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
    50. The Great Dictator (1940)

    51. Some Like It Hot (1959)
    52. Chinatown (1974)
    53. Toy Story 3 (2010)
    54. Unforgiven (1992)
    55. On the Waterfront (1954)
    56. The Apartment (1960)
    57. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
    58. Gone with the Wind (1939)
    59. North by Northwest (1959)
    60. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

    61. Good Will Hunting (1997)
    62. Double Indemnity (1944)
    63. L.A. Confidential (1997)
    64. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
    65. There Will Be Blood (2007)
    66. Ran (1985)
    67. No Country for Old Men (2007)
    68. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
    69. Ben-Hur (1959)
    70. The Third Man (1949)

    71. The Deer Hunter (1978)
    72. Jurassic Park (1993)
    73. Fargo (1996)
    74. Platoon (1986)
    75. Finding Nemo (2003)
    76. Rocky (1976)
    77. It Happened One Night (1934)
    78. The Truman Show (1998)
    79. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
    80. Network (1976)

    81. Jaws (1975)
    82. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
    83. The Exorcist (1973)
    84. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
    85. Before Sunset (2004)
    86. The Dark Knight (2008)
    87. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
    88. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
    89. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
    90. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1971)

    91. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
    92. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
    93. Fight Club (1999)
    94. Army of Shadows (L'Armée des Ombres) (1969)
    95. Shoah (1985)
    96. Inception (2010)
    97. Superman II (1980)
    98. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    99. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
    100. Pépé le Moko (1937)

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    Monday, June 10, 2019

    Time Out: 100 Best Films

    Time Out:

    100 Best Films

    Time Out is a London-based magazine which offers reviews of various forms of entertainment, including film. Over the years, they have published various all-time best lists of movies and a book of the 1000 top movies. This list is an aggregate of six of those lists (see resources at the bottom of the page). Astonishingly, only 10 titles appear on all six lists.

    1. The Godfather (1972)
    2. Citizen Kane (1941)
    3. Taxi Driver (1976)
    4. Chinatown (1974)
    5. Apocalypse Now (1979)
    6. Some Like It Hot (1959)
    7. Raging Bull (1980)
    8. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
    9. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
    10. Blade Runner (1982)

    11. The General (1927)
    12. Goodfellas (1990)
    13. Pulp Fiction (1994)
    14. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
    15. The Red Shoes (1948)
    16. A Matter of Life and Death (aka “Stairway to Heaven”) (1946)
    17. Annie Hall (1977)
    18. The Shining (1980)
    19. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
    20. Gone with the Wind (1939)

    21. Casablanca (1942)
    22. Mean Streets (1973)
    23. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
    24. The Third Man (1949)
    25. The Piano (1993)
    26. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
    27. Schindler’s List (1993)
    28. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
    29. Vertigo (1958)
    30. North by Northwest (1959)

    31. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
    32. The Searchers (1956)
    33. Jaws (1975)
    34. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
    35. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    36. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta Il West) (1968)
    37. Fargo (1996)
    38. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
    39. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
    40. Double Indemnity (1944)

    41. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
    42. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
    43. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
    44. Notorious (1946)
    45. The Deer Hunter (1978)
    46. Brazil (1985)
    47. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
    48. Paris, Texas (1984)
    49. Don’t Look Now (1973)
    50. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

    51. Withnail and I (1987)
    52. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    53. Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) (1988)
    54. There Will Be Blood (2007)
    55. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
    56. All About Eve (1950)
    57. The Apartment (1960)
    58. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    59. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
    60. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

    61. Boogie Nights (1997)
    62. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
    63. Kes (1969)
    64. On the Waterfront (1954)
    65. Breaking the Waves (1996)
    66. La Haine (1995)
    67. Rear Window (1954)
    68. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
    69. The Wild Bunch (1969)
    70. L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe”) (1934)

    71. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
    72. Touch of Evil (1958)
    73. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
    74. Psycho (1960)
    75. Performance (1970)
    76. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
    77. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
    78. American Beauty (1999)
    79. His Girl Friday (1940)
    80. Léon: The Professional (1994)

    81. Rashômon (1950)
    82. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1971)
    83. City Lights (1931)
    84. An American in Paris (1951)
    85. Blue Velvet (1986)
    86. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
    87. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
    88. Harold and Maude (1971)
    89. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954)
    90. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    91. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
    92. Monster (2003)
    93. Andrei Rublev (1996)
    94. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
    95. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
    96. Naked (1993)
    97. Se7en (Seven) (1995)
    98. Black Narcissus (1947)
    99. Hidden (Caché) (2004)
    100. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

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    Friday, April 26, 2019

    Avengers: Endgame caps off the first phase of the Marvel Universe

    Avengers: Endgame

    Released: April 26, 2019

    Studio: Disney

    Genre: super hero

    Box Office (numbers in millions):

    Domestic: 858.30 Worldwide: 2799.44

    Adjusted for Inflation:

    Domestic: 934.68 Worldwide: 3165.00

    Directing: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

    Screenwriting: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely

    Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin

    Review:

    This is a movie that was “designed to be the most blockbuster of all the blockbusters.” BT “It’s an epic cultural event” BT about “rewarding commitment, fandom, and expectations.” BT It features “familiar faces from over 20 other movies.” BT It “elevates its most iconic heroes to the legendary status they deserve.” BT “It’s hard to see serious MCU fans walking away from this disappointed…It’s a satisfying end to a chapter…that will be hard to top for pure spectacle.” BT

    The story picks up where 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War left off: the villain Thanos got all six of the Infinity Stones and used them to “wipe out half of existence, including beloved heroes like Black Panther, Star-Lord, and Spider-Man.” BT The remaining heroes are left to find a way to reverse the destruction wrought by Thanos.

    This is “a more focused piece than Infinity War…It’s a more patient, focused film, even as its plot draws in elements of a dozen other movies.” BT There is “a sense of looking back instead of merely tring to set the table for something to come.” BT It revisits the charm of the first Avengers movie “in which strong personalities were allowed to bounce off each other instead of just feeling like they were strapped into a rollercoaster headed in the same direction.” BT

    “It also allows space for some of the best acting work in the franchise, particularly from Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr.” BT as Captain America and Iron Man respectively. Endgame “provides the MCU’s two most popular heroes the story arc they deserve instead of just drowning them in a sea of cameos.” BT

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    Nominations: 1 – Best Visual Effects

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    Tuesday, January 8, 2019

    American Society of Cinematographers: 100 Milestone Films

    Originally posted 8/27/2019.

    In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the American Society of Cinematographers released a list of 100 milestone films as selected by their members. The original list only ranked the top ten; the other 90 movies have been ranked here based on their overall standing in Dave’s Movie Database.

    1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    2. Blade Runner (1982)
    3. Apocalypse Now (1979)
    4. Citizen Kane (1941)
    5. The Godfather (1972)
    6. Raging Bull (1980)
    7. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1970)
    8. Days of Heaven (1978)
    9. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
    10. The French Connection (1971)

    11. Gone with the Wind (1939)
    12. Casablanca (1942)
    13. Schindler’s List (1993)
    14. The Godfather Part II (1974)
    15. Vertigo (1958)
    16. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    17. Taxi Driver (1976)
    18. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    19. Chinatown (1974)
    20. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

    21. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    22. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
    23. On the Waterfront (1954)
    24. The Graduate (1967)
    25. The Searchers (1956)
    26. The Third Man (1949)
    27. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
    28. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
    29. Alien (1979)
    30. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    31. The Exorcist (1973)
    32. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
    33. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
    34. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
    35. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
    36. Metropolis (1927)
    37. American Beauty (1999)
    38. The Deer Hunter (1978)
    39. The Matrix (1999)
    40. Touch of Evil (1958)

    41. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
    42. The Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
    43. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
    44. L.A. Confidential (1997)
    45. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
    46. Unforgiven (1992)
    47. The Wild Bunch (1969)
    48. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
    49. The Shining (1980)
    50. Amadeus (1984)

    51. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
    52. Rashômon (1950)
    53. Manhattan (1979)
    54. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
    55. Se7en (1995)
    56. All the President’s Men (1976)
    57. Cabaret (1972)
    58. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
    59. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
    60. The Last Picture Show (1971)

    61. Barry Lyndon (1975)
    62. The English Patient (1996)
    63. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
    64. Brazil (1985)
    65. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
    66. The Red Shoes (1948)
    67. The Right Stuff (1983)
    68. Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge) (1994)
    69. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
    70. All That Jazz (1979)

    71. The Boat (Das Boot) (1981)
    72. Reds (1981)
    73. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988)
    74. Chariots of Fire (1981)
    75. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
    76. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
    77. The Last Emperor (1987)
    78. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
    79. JFK (1991)
    80. Paris, Texas (1984)

    81. Raise the Red Lantern (Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua) (1991)
    82. Being There (1979)
    83. The Thin Red Line (1998)
    84. Black Narcissus (1947)
    85. Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo Tango a Parigi) (1973)
    86. Hud (1963)
    87. Napoléon (1927)
    88. Last Year at Marienbad (L'Année Dernière à Marienbad) (1961)
    89. Mississippi Burning (1988)
    90. In Cold Blood (1967)

    91. The Natural (1984)
    92. Klute (1971)
    93. Empire of the Sun (1987)
    94. I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) (1964)
    95. The Black Stallion (1979)
    96. The Mission (1986)
    97. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
    98. Bound for Glory (1976)
    99. Baraka (1993)
    100. The Duellists (1977)

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