Estimated to be the most-watched movie of all-time, it somehow works just as well 82 years later.
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REAR WINDOW (1954)
Jimmy Stewart becomes obsessed with watching his neighbors live their lives through his window, and maybe we do too.
TOOTSIE (1982)
Dustin Hoffman shows women how to be a real feminist in maybe my least favorite of the AFI’s “Top 100” American movies.
TAXI DRIVER (1976)
Scorsese’s portrait of the classic lone wolf white male remains highly acclaimed, but I wonder if it hasn’t done more harm than good.
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
A kid and his lovable alien pal try to escape from some government scientists. I found myself rooting for the scientists.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
You know almost every song, but wow is this not actually a good movie. This is probably Christopher Plummer’s most famous role, but he also hated it.
BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Watch Party of this seminal 1967 counterculture classic about Depression-era bank robbers.
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert predictably fall for each other in this gleefully larger-than-life early road trip romantic comedy
CASABLANCA (1942)
Maybe the classic Old Hollywood movie, made at the height of World War II and maybe one big metaphor for the war itself.
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971)
Cloris Leachman won an Oscar for her performance in this drama about teenagers in what Roger Ebert called “a town that should not exist.”
