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Which Movies Make Up the Horror Canon?

Recently, I was inspired by the unveiling of the Variety list of the 100 best horror movies. I was curious why the list had been received with trepidation. To sum up the post, my conclusion was that Variety included a number of older movies which rely more on atmosphere than gore or jump scares, and… Read More Which Movies Make Up the Horror Canon?

October 24, 2024 TimLeave a comment

Top 250 American Movies: 21-30

For each movie in the top 100, I’ve written a question to answer. (It would get very, very boring for me to have to write some variation on “boy howdy, you’ll never believe how good this movie is” one hundred more times.) There’s no exact sentence or word count I’m holding myself to here, but… Read More Top 250 American Movies: 21-30

August 11, 2022 Tim1 Comment

Top 100 Blockbusters of the Multiplex Era: The Splitting of the Nuclear Family

You can find the full list of the top 100 blockbusters since 1972 here, as well as an index for other posts in this series. The Godfather, as I think I might be obligated to say, begins with a wedding. It’s a violent movie, occasionally even gory and lurid, and when it detours for tenderness… Read More Top 100 Blockbusters of the Multiplex Era: The Splitting of the Nuclear Family

December 4, 2021 Tim1 Comment

Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 4

To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here We’ve reached the top 10! At this point, every star gets their own post. 4) Jack Nicholson Anger Management, which I watched for the first time in order to supplement my early aughts Nicholson education (About Schmidt, Something’s Gotta… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 4

October 9, 2021 Tim1 Comment

Stanley Kubrick Meta-Analysis

The first dead guy in this series! I’ll tell you what, it is shockingly difficult to find full lists ranking Stanley Kubrick’s filmography on the Internet, and without being more flippant, I really do think it’s because he’s been dead for years now. Many of my more reliable sites for this kind of business, like… Read More Stanley Kubrick Meta-Analysis

July 13, 2021 Tim2 Comments

Better than AFI’s Top 100: 50-46

The following is part of an overview of the top 100 American narrative fiction feature films, from my perspective. For an introduction to the project and an index of other entries in the series, click here. For a list of more than 800 films which I considered for the top 450 and my eligibility qualifications, click here.… Read More Better than AFI’s Top 100: 50-46

June 9, 2017June 24, 2017 Tim1 Comment

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