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Love movies, music, good TV and my guilty pleasures. I've written many films in my head. Getting them on paper and on screen is a big problem.

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Attached are # 50 to 1 of my 250 Greatest Films I've Ever Seen list (v2.11). #FilmTwitter # 250 to 51 are quote tweeted. This isn't a ranking of favorite films. This is my attempt to rank films on "greatness", across all genres & time. Just my opinion & all in good fun!
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Attached are # 150 to 51 of my 250 Greatest Films I've Ever Seen list (v2.11). #FilmTwitter This isn't a ranking of favorite films. This is my attempt to rank films on "greatness", across all genres & time. Just my opinion & all in good fun! twitter.com/Arts_Channel/s…
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⭐️⭐️⭐️ I plan to release my 400 Greatest Films list, 100 films at a time, starting this coming Thursday. It will be a lot different from my old list. Many new watches & re-watches. 400-301 Thursday 300-201 Friday 200-101 Saturday 100-1 Sunday ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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⭐️⭐️⭐️ I plan to release my 400 Greatest Films list, 100 films at a time, starting this coming Thursday. It will be a lot different from my old list. Many new watches & re-watches. 400-301 Thursday 300-201 Friday 200-101 Saturday 100-1 Sunday ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Letter Never Sent is one of the most stunningly photographed films I've ever seen. Plays with too much propaganda purpose for my liking. The chars and story are a little 2D, but it works. All-time beautiful. 8+/10.
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When Myrtle was young, she could tap into her emotions with ease. But, as the middle-aged star of a play about age diminishing a woman's power, her talent is on the decline. After a show, she witnesses the death of a adoring young fan. Is this a problem or a solution? 8.5/10.
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Babette's Feast tells the story of a small 19th c religious community on the Denmark coast, and the lifelong impact two sisters have on two male visitors. The final act is a glorious payoff that's unexpectedly funny and touching. 8.5/10.
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Watched two important Cassavetes films: Shadows & Faces. Shadows is his 1st film, controversially feat race, & trailblazed a path for American indep films. 8+/10. Faces is a clear distillation of his verite style. More compelled by the camera than the story, tho. 8.5/10.
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I see a lot of variation in Coens' filmography rankings. So many good films, so few clunkers (I haven't seen any clunkers). Here is my Coens ranking. Fargo and NCFOM are 1A/1B. I honestly need re-watches. What's your ranking?
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I'm not sure I've seen a film as packed with ethical dilemmas as A Separation. The title dilemma deals with a family choice. But, as the story stretches, chars lie, accuse, cheat, testify, sacrifice and honor. Layered, tense storytelling. 8.5/10.
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Watched Blood Simple today. High tier Coens film. Dark, funny, outstanding score. OMG, the windowsill scene 😂. 8+/10.
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I'll probably release my 350 Greatest Films list in the next week. I'm considering going out to 400 Greatest, actually. It will be much diff than the old list currently pinned. I've done a ton of re-watches (esp films I hadn't seen in years) and first watches since then.
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"I don't know who you are." A Woman Under the Influence is a miracle. How can a film capture & immerse you in so many layered human dynamics? So much tragedy, tension, obliviousness, misguided intent, awkwardness, on and on? Rowlands was unbelievable. Singular achievement. 10/10.
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Four films from the last 10 years that I consider masterpieces. (not sure how I define that word, but these are my 4 best) Under the Skin Hard to Be a God Upstream Color Parasite
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Four films from the last 10 years that I consider to be masterpieces: twitter.com/ReosPositivePO…
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I watched Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville & Band of Outsiders this weekend. They'd rate about the same for me (8+/10), w a lean toward Alphaville. A little pretentious, but also more interesting. It's a commentary on the state of modern man wrapped in a .. noir ... sci-fi... farce.
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"What we see and what we seem are but a dream". Thus begins the mysterious & seductive Picnic at Hanging Rock. Something is affecting the youth on Valentine's Day in the Outback. Electromagnetism? Mysticism? Something pagan, criminal or supernatural? Answers not provided. 8.5/10.
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Wanda - meticulously planned & edited character study. Primer - fast paced, challenging sci-fi. News from Home - docudrama contrasts the powerful but alienating cityscape of NYC against letters from home. The most complete and best executed vision of the 3, IMO.
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Low budget recents: a thread. 3 very diff films. News from Home made my 350 Greatest list. The other 2 barely missed. All prove $ isn't required to make a special film. Wanda, dir by B Loden Primer, dir by S Carruth News from Home, dir by C Akerman
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Images puts you in the mind of a schizophrenic woman named Cathryn. Nightmarish hallucinations and timeline distortions skew her reality. She cobbles together a life, though others seem a bit oblivious. Coping requires drastic measures. 8+/10.
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I don't want to give any spoilers away. I did like this, though. 8/10. How does this rank in your Villeneuve list? My spidey-sense 😁 tells me this one might be devisive. There are several I haven't seen, but I'd go: BR 2049 Arrival Enemy Dune
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Watched Vagabond, my first Agnes Varda film. The story of a drifter whose fate is revealed in the opening scene. Her story is told in flashbacks, flashbacks within flashbacks, stories handed off to new storytellers, and interviews. Genius storytelling, unique film. 8.5/10.
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The Battle of Algiers is an original, one of a kind experience. It drops you inside the fight for Algerian independence in verite style & its shifting POV casts no heroes or villains. It's raw, violent, & feels authentic as newsreel footage. The GOAT political/battle film? 10/10.
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