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Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #32

The actor: Jessica Chastain The character: Mrs. O’Brien The film: The Tree of Life The line: “The nuns taught us there are two ways through life: the way of Nature and the way of Grace.” For as much as people want to struggle over The Tree of Life, what it means, what’s the deal with… Read More Top 100 American Movie Quotes of the 21st Century: #32

June 12, 2023 Tim1 Comment

Top 250 American Movies: 51-60

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: 51-60

July 27, 2022 Tim1 Comment

Better than the Oscars: 90-86

The following is from my series of Oscar Best Picture rankings, as well as my strongly worded suggestions for what should have won from among the nominees. For an introduction to the project, click here. For a way to vote on some Oscar-related ideas, click here. If I’ve written a review on any of the… Read More Better than the Oscars: 90-86

May 18, 2018 Tim1 Comment

Better than AFI’s Top 100: Un Certain Regard

(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. And for a way to vote on what you think the top 100 American narrative fiction feature films are, click here.… Read More Better than AFI’s Top 100: Un Certain Regard

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