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  • [Stop Button Lists] Just Going On: Top Picks, 1 of 4

    [Stop Button Lists] Just Going On: Top Picks, 1 of 4

    Stop Button Tenth Anniversary Top Picks, February to April 2015 Inherit the Wind (1960, Stanley Kramer) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, John Huston) Bullets Over Broadway (1994, Woody Allen) A Night at the Opera (1935, Sam Wood) The Battle of Algiers (1966, Gillo Pontecorvo) Capturing the Friedmans (2003, Andrew Jarecki) Ride the High…

  • [Stop Button Lists] Dekalog (1989-90, Krzysztof Kieslowski)

    [Stop Button Lists] Dekalog (1989-90, Krzysztof Kieslowski)

    Dekalog, 1989-90 One • 10 December 1989 • Not Recommended Two • 11 May 1990 • Highly Recommended Three • 18 May 1990 • Not Recommended Four • 25 May 1990 • Not Recommended Five • 1 June 1990 • Not Recommended Six • 8 June 1990 • Not Recommended Seven • 15 June 1990…

  • [Stop Button Lists] Film School in a Car, Lesson 04

    [Stop Button Lists] Film School in a Car, Lesson 04

    Audio Commentaries discussed… Tron • 1997 • Steven Lisberger, Donald Kushner, Harrison Ellenshaw, and Richard Taylor • Disney Home Video The Seventh Victim • 2005 • Steve Haberman • Warner Home Video Total Recall • 2001 • Paul Verhoeven and Arnold Schwarzenegger • Artisan Entertainment Straw Dogs • 2003 • Stephen Prince • The Criterion…

  • [Stop Button Lists] Val Lewton at RKO, 1942-46

    [Stop Button Lists] Val Lewton at RKO, 1942-46

    Val Lewton, filmography, 1942-46 Cat People (1942, Jacques Tourneur) I Walked with a Zombie (1943, Jacques Tourneur) The Leopard Man (1943, Jacques Tourneur) The Seventh Victim (1943, Mark Robson) The Ghost Ship (1943, Mark Robson) The Curse of the Cat People (1944, Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise) Mademoiselle Fifi (1944, Robert Wise) Youth Runs…

  • [Stop Button Lists] Film School in a Car, Lesson 03

    [Stop Button Lists] Film School in a Car, Lesson 03

    Audio Commentaries discussed… The Funhouse • 2012 • Tobe Hooper • Shout! Factory Cat People • 2002 • Paul Schrader • Universal Home Video The Wolf Man • 1999 • Tom Weaver • Universal Home Video The American • 2010 • Anton Corbijn • Universal Home Video I had good reasoning when I decided to…

  • [Stop Button Lists] Eleanor Parker at MGM, 1952-60

    [Stop Button Lists] Eleanor Parker at MGM, 1952-60

    Eleanor Parker, partial filmography, 1952-60 Scaramouche (1952, George Sidney) Above and Beyond (1952, Melvin Frank and Norman Panama) Escape from Fort Bravo (1953, John Sturges) Valley of the Kings (1954, Robert Pirosh) Many Rivers to Cross (1955, Roy Rowland) Interrupted Melody (1955, Curtis Bernhardt) Lizzie (1957, Hugo Haas) The Seventh Sin (1957, Ronald Neame) Home…

  • [Stop Button Lists] Film School in a Car, Lesson 02

    [Stop Button Lists] Film School in a Car, Lesson 02

    Audio Commentaries discussed… Die Hard • 2001 • John McTiernan and Jackson DeGovia • Fox Home Video Godzilla • 2011 • David Kalat • The Criterion Collection Godzilla • 2006 • Steve Ryfle, Ed Godziszewski and Keith Aiken • BFI DVD The Thomas Crown Affair • 2000 • John McTiernan • MGM Home Entertainment Psycho…

  • [Stop Button Lists] The Lost Worlds of Kevin Connor

    [Stop Button Lists] The Lost Worlds of Kevin Connor

    Kevin Connor, partial filmography, 1975-1981 The Land That Time Forgot (1975) At the Earth's Core (1976) The People That Time Forgot (1977) Warlords of Atlantis (1978) Arabian Adventure (1979) Goliath Awaits (1981) I have heard of Arabian Adventure, I had forgotten I knew about it when I was thinking about doing this list. Kevin Connor’s…

  • [Stop Button Lists] Film School in a Car, Lesson 01

    [Stop Button Lists] Film School in a Car, Lesson 01

    Audio Commentaries discussed… The Thing • 1998 • John Carpenter and Kurt Russell • Universal Home Video Sabotage • 2008 • Leonard Leff • MGM Home Entertainment A Night at the Opera • 1987 • Leonard Maltin • The Criterion Collection The Passenger • 2006 • Jack Nicholson • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment The Bride…

  • [Stop Button Lists] Robert Downey Jr., Nine Movies of the Megastar

    [Stop Button Lists] Robert Downey Jr., Nine Movies of the Megastar

    Robert Downey Jr., filmography, 2008-13 Iron Man (2008, Jon Favreau) Tropic Thunder (2008, Ben Stiller) The Soloist (2009, Joe Wright) Sherlock Holmes (2009, Guy Ritchie) Iron Man 2 (2010, Jon Favreau) Due Date (2010, Todd Phillips) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011, Guy Ritchie) The Avengers (2012, Joss Whedon) Iron Man 3 (2013, Shane…

  • [Stop Button Lists] The Ten Best Movie Marketing Campaigns Ever

    [Stop Button Lists] The Ten Best Movie Marketing Campaigns Ever

    The Ten Best Movie Marketing Campaigns Ever (or since 1999) source: WhatCulture The Avengers (2012, Joss Whedon) Cloverfield (2008, Matt Reeves) The Dark Knight (2008, Christopher Nolan) Tron: Legacy (2010, Joseph Kosinski) Avatar (2009, James Cameron) The Matrix (1999, Lana and Lilly Wachowski) Paranormal Activity (2007, Oren Peli) 28 Days Later (2002, Danny Boyle) A.I.…

  • [Stop Button Lists] John Carpenter on LaserDisc, 1994-98

    [Stop Button Lists] John Carpenter on LaserDisc, 1994-98

    A discussion of John Carpenter LaserDisc releases from 1994-98.

  • [Stop Button Lists] Siskel’s Ten Best of 1980

    [Stop Button Lists] Siskel’s Ten Best of 1980

    A discussion of Gene Siskel’s list of the ten best films of 1980, published in the Chicago Tribune.