New York Times list of the Top 1,000 movies ever made.
Those I’ve Seen plus Sporadic, Pithy Commentary:
About Schmidt (Really?)
Affliction
A.I. (Who’s been huffing what at the Times?)
Airplane! (If they insist.)
Aladdin (I saw this on a first real date with the first boy I ever fell in love with.)
Aliens (Sure, sure.)
Amelie
American Graffiti
Amores Perros (One of the most visceral films I’ve ever seen.)
Annie Hall (The masterwork from a master.)
The Apartment (On my top all-time top ten list every time.)
Apocalypse Now
Apollo 13
The Apostle (Highly recommended.)
Back to the Future
Bambi
Barfly (Thanks, Matthew. Word.)
Barton Fink
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Beetlejuice
Ben-Hur (I would never watch this again.)
The Birds (Watched this at Jeremy’s place. That was the Night of the Fuckchair.)
Blue Velvet (YAYYY!)
Boogie Nights (I can’t watch that scene with Heather Graham and Julianne Moore where they are all GEEKED OUT OF THEIR MINDS and Roller Girl goes “Will you be my Mom?” and shit. Ugh. Gives me the heebie-jeebies.)
Boyz N the Hood
The Breakfast Club (My boyfriend showed me this movie.)
The Butcher Boy
Casablanca (Seriously. Between me and you. What a snore this movie is.)
Chicago (One of the few movies I’ve ever walked out of.)
Chicken Run
Chinatown
Chocolat
The Cider House Rules (Boo.)
Clueless
Cool Hand Luke (My boss at the video store played this all the time.)
Crumb (So fucking good.)
Dead Man Walking
The Deer Hunter
Deliverance
Desperately Seeking Susan (One of my Women in Film class’ screenings.)
Do the Right Thing
Dr. Strangelove
Double Indemnity (Also thanks Matthew. Word again.)
Duck Soup
Dumbo
The Elephant Man (Hooray!!)
The English Patient (I’m with Elaine on this one.)
E.T.
Europa, Europa
The Exorcist
Fantasia
Fargo
Full Metal Jacket
Gone with the Wind
Gosford Park
The Graduate
Groundhog Day (Sweet.)
Hannah and her Sisters
Happiness (Also in my top ten of all-time.)
Heathers (Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw.)
Henry Fool
High Art (This movie fucked with my soul.)
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