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- The Graduate (1967) Mike Nichols’ indelible comedy of alienation is that rare thing, a movie that really does define a generation. That’s because there has never been another movie like it (and no, “Rushmore” doesn’t count).
- 12 Angry Men (1957) How elemental — and riveting — is this: an entire courtroom drama set inside the jury room, where Henry Fonda, as the only member of the jury who suspects that a teenage defendant might not be guilty of murder, questions, cajoles and gradually convinces his fellow jurors to look more closely at the evidence.
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) You never forget your first. That may be how many American art-house habituésthink of Pedro Almodóvar’s riotous comedy.
- Alien (1979) A smothering tentacled thingy attaches itself to an astronaut’s face. Several scenes later, an alien fetus erupts right out of his belly, and the cinema would never be the same.
- 60 The Grapes of Wrath
- 59 The Devil Wears Prada
- 58 Ratatouille
- 57 12 Years A Slave
- 56 The Treasure of The Sierra Madre
- 55 Jaws
- 54 City Lights
Classic Adaptation of A Depression-Era Story Of Heroism
An incredibly important moment in the history of the United States of America, The Grapes of Wrath began life in 1939 asJohn Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning novel. A year later, legend of cinema John Ford took the reins of an adaptation that stars Henry Fonda as Tom Joad, a recently released prisoner who leads his family across the States to California after the Great Depression robs them of their farm and livelihood. One of the greatest realist movies ever made, Ford's take on the novel i...
A high-fashion flick that became an icon
It's hard to define The Devil Wears Prada, as it seems, at times, to have the energy of a great rom-com, but romance is far from the central plot of this iconic 2000s film. Instead, the movie looks at the fashion industry, at ambitious women and the sacrifices that they make to be successful, and at female friendships (even if they do not start out as friendships at all). It's a movie that defies easy categorization because it refused to play by the rules of drama, with a style and brightness...
Pixar's Beautiful Story Of Talent In Unexpected Places
After convincing the world's children that their toys were alive, and painting imaginative worlds for insects, cars, the monsters under their beds, fish, and superheroes, Pixar took their boldest step by telling the story of a gourmet rat. As perverse as the idea might have appeared, Ratatouille — directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava — is a gentle meditation on following dreams and the wholesome pursuit of art. Patton Oswalt is the rat, Remy, who commandeers the career of aspiring chef Alfre...
Best Picture Winning Story Of Stolen Freedom
The 2013 biographical drama is based on the1853 memoir by Solomon Northup, a free Black man kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1941. Northup is forced to work on Louisiana plantations with varying cruelties for 12 years before being released. The Steve McQueen-directed drama 12 Years a Slaveisn't easy to watch, but it’s an important and crucial piece of filmmaking that tells the honest, painful stories that need to be told. It’s an upsetting portrait of the lows of humanity and a deeply emoti...
Humphrey Bogart's Dark Performance Leads This Tale Of Greed
John Huston’s Western tells the story of two men who unite with an old prospector to search for gold in Mexico, only to face trouble from themselves and bandits after striking rich. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a thrilling portrait of greed and corruption, with the character of Fred Dobbs being one of the best performances of the legendary Humphrey Bogart’s career. It’s an exciting Western and adventure film that uses dark humor to tell its moral lesson, with superb direction by master...
An Epic Battle Between One Man And The Shark Terrorizing His Community
Jaws is the ultimate expression of the power of suggestion in cinema. Partly out of necessity, thanks to a notoriously bumpy production, Spielberg's big fish movie conspicuously chooses to show Bruce the shark, as he was affectionately known, very little. In place of showing him, his presence was anxiously felt thanks to perfect camera trickery that put the audience in the perverse position of underwater attacker, and a couple of notes on a tuba. And that was more than enough. The film isn't...
A Silent And Romantic Charlie Chaplin Adventure
The wide-eyed Tramp recruits the help of an alcoholic millionaire to raise money to restore the eyesight of a blind flower seller with whom he has fallen in love. City Lights is the greatest use of filmmaker Charlie Chaplin’s iconic character The Tramp, with the actor-director continuing to delight critics and audiences with a silent picture four years after “talkies” began. The film features some of the Tramp’s funniest sequences and a touching pathos as he attempts to romance a blind flower...
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