War of the Worlds
E.T.
Schindler’s List
The Fabelmans
Munich
Jaws
West Side Story
Close Encounters
Catch Me if You Can
Raiders
The Color Purple
The Terminal
Saving Private Ryan
Minority Report
A.I.
Temple of Doom
The Post
Bridge of Spies
Last Crusade
Sugarland Express
Empire OTS
Clint Eastwood was 93 when he directed JUROR #2, but he employed a ghost director: the ghost of Don Siegel, which enters Eastwood's body and communes with his spirit every time he composes one of his trademark unfussy frames freighted with narrative clarity and moral gravitas
Top six songs ever for no reason
Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kirstofferson
I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan
My Old School - Steely Dan
Dreaming My Dreams with You - Waylon Jennings
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan
Sam Stone - Swamp Dogg
Don't waste your time with terrible AI fruit videos when you can watch Mickey Rooney lead an orchestra of fruits, featuring practical effects by the great George Pal.
A few recent documentaries struck me for the way they used untraditional footage—both inspiring and concerning at the same time. For @ringer, went long on The Perfect Neighbor, The Alabama Solution, and the way the surveillance state is changing the genre:
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