Perhaps the best known of all screwball comedies, it is a bit too aggressively madcap for me.
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NASHVILLE (1975)
Robert Altman’s magnum opus provides a cross-section of humanity at a time not-so-different from our own, plus a full hour of country music performances.
BLADE RUNNER (1982)
This extremely atmospheric neo-noir about androids and flying cars helped revolutionize science fiction with its combination of cynicism and neon.
THE WICKER MAN (1973)
This classic 70s horror film laid bare the fragility of our modern world through being so, so weird
SPARTACUS (1960)
As epics of Roman battles go, Spartacus is the thinking-man’s version. It also helped break the Hollywood Blacklist.
CITIZEN KANE (1941)
Orson Welles’ directorial debut survived vicious attacks to become the closest thing we have to a consensus “Greatest Movie of All Time.”
TOY STORY (1995)
The first feature-length computer animated movie spawned an entire industry while exploring those perennial kids’ movies themes of obsolescence and existential dread.
RASHOMON (1950)
A lot more people know the idea of it than have actually seen it, but it really is worth watching.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
Gregory Peck’s legendary portrayal of Atticus Finch towers above many American’s first story about racism.
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant invented the James Bond movie three years before it was a thing.
Movie Valhalla 