100 Films To See (If You Haven’t Seen Them) – Part 3

Here are the next 25 films (#51-75) — listed by year:

(Click on the titles for the IMDB entry – Trailers/Clips Included When Available)

It Happened One Night (1934) – One of the ultimate road trip films

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His Girl Friday (1940) – some of the greatest rapid fire dialogue in screwball comedy history

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My Favorite Brunette (1947) – classic noir spun on its head

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The Court Jester (1955) – triple threat (singing, dancing, acting) Danny Kaye in all his glory

One of the best screwball dialogue scenes ever

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Il Posto (1961) – I’ve got a major crush on actress Loredana Detto

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Le Circle Rouge (1970) – quintessential hard-boiled noir

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Coffy (1973) – Grier at her best

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The Paper Chase (1973) – fascinating character piece set in law school

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Chinatown (1974) – ultimate noir….doesn’t get any better that this — with one of the best 70′s endings

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Rolling Thunder (1977) – incredible revenge film (part of the inspiration for the film I’m developing – GRIT)

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That Obscure Object Of Desire (1977) – Bunuel’s best in my opinion…loosely inspired a storyline in my film — NEW YORK LATELY

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Capricorn One (1978) – tight action/suspense thriller with some of the greatest stars from the 70′s — including OJ Simpson

No Trailer Online — So Here’s a Clip With Hal Holbrook and James Brolin

And man, just listen to the theme by JERRY GOLDSMITH

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Flash Gordon (1980) – the 80′s in all its glory!!

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The Verdict (1982) – Newman was on fire in this role

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Matador (1986) — twisted and yet so engaging

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Can’t Buy Me Love (1987) – guilty pleasure….they don’t make ‘em like this anymore which is too bad — yes that’s a young Patrick Dempsey

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Glory (1989) – Probably still one of the best scores (by James Horner) written for the screen

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Miami Blues (1990) – very dark comedy….Jennifer Jason Leigh is incredible in this

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Husbands and Wives (1992) – Woody on top of his game

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The Last Seduction (1994) – Linda Fiorentino is the perfect femme fatale

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The Iron Giant (1999) – inspiring and moving…trailer doesn’t do it justice

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In The Mood For Love (2000) – beautiful and romantic

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Lovely And Amazing (2001) – It’s no secret — I totally want to work with Emily Mortimer

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Ping Pong (2002) – touching, funny and visually exciting film

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Just One Look (2002) – sentimental look back to the 70′s…it’s a wonderful film

Top 10…..or 16 Films of 2008

My Yearly Top 10 (or 16) List is a tad different — it includes films from any year that I just happened to catch for the first time during 2008.

So here we go….

2008 TOP SIXTEEN

After The Wedding (2006)
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Dear Zachary: A Letter To His Son About His Father (2008)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Il Posto (1961)
Iron Man (2008)
Lovely and Amazing (2001)
Ratatouille (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Snow Angels (2007)
The Soft Skin (1964)
Sunshine (2007)
The Verdict (1982)
WALL-E (2008)
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Highly Acclaimed 2008 Films I Have Not Seen Yet:

Austrailia
Ballast
Burn After Reading
The Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Turino
Happy-Go-Lucky
Let The Right One In
Medicine For Melancholy
Milk
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Synecdoche, New York
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Wendy And Lucy
The Wrestler

For the kid in you

Hilarious!!

Truly Inspiring

I’m 74.4% addicted to film

Took this quiz — see how many films of IMDB’s Top 250 you’ve seen. I feel like a film wussy.

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE QUIZ

Another strong NY Lately review…

TCW Reviews writes:

“…breathtaking and emotionally powerful…”

CLICK HERE to read the full review

My Own Private Humpday

I’ve been on a mission to complete my next screenplay sooner than later. Because of this, I’ve become a hermit (yet again) to make sure a draft will be done by early next year so I can workshop it with some close friends (who just so happen to be talented actors — yes I’m lucky).

So the good news is I’m on page 58 — almost over the hump — just about to complete the last piece of the puzzle that will allow me to speed along to the finish. The bad news is that piece of the puzzle is not easy to come up with.