Most Wanted
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Ishtar
(May, 1987)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (OOP)
(Ross, 1976)
The Devils
(Russell, 1974)
The Pirates of Penzance
(Papp/Leach, 1983)
The Fortune
(Nichols, 1975)
-30-
(Webb, 1959)
Betrayal
(Jones, 1983)
Play It As It Lays
(Perry, 1972)
The Outfit
(Flynn, 1973)
Alex in Wonderland
(Mazursky, 1969)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
(Aldrich, 1968)
In The Cool of the Day
(Stevens, 1963)
That Cold Day in the Park
(Altman, 1969)
Thumb Trippin'
(Masters, 1972)
Midas Run
(Kjellin, 1969)
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1973)
Brewster McCloud
(Altman, 1972)
Outcast of the Islands
(Reed, 1951)

Reader Submissions

1930's-1950's
The Moon's Our Home
(Seiter, 1936)
Sh! The Octopus
(McGann, 1937)
The Mating Season
(Leisen, 1951)
Bad for Each Other
(Rapper, 1953)
The Phenix City Story
(Karlson, 1955)
Run of the Arrow
(Fuller, 1956)
House of Secrets
(Green, 1956)
Saint Joan
(Preminger, 1957)
Macabre
(Castle, 1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
(G. Douglas, 1958
Five Gates to Hell
(Clavell, 1959)
1960's
Key Witness
(Karlson, 1960)
Summer and Smoke
(Glenville, 1961)
The Chapman Report
(Cukor,1962)
Bachelor Flat
(Tashlin, 1962) [on Hulu]
The L Shaped Room
(Forbes, 1963)
The Chalk Garden
(Neame, 1964)
A Thousand Clowns
(Coe, 1965)
You're a Big Boy Now
(Coppola, 1966)
The Whisperers
(Forbes, 1967)
Dark of the Sun
(Cardiff, 1968)
Skidoo
(Preminger, 1968)
Last Summer
(Perry, 1969)
The Comic
(C. Reiner, 1969)
1970-1974
The Revolutionary
(Williams, 1970)
The Landlord
(Ashby, 1970)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
(Perry, 1970)
Tropic of Cancer
(Strick, 1970)
I Never Sang for My Father
(Cates, 1970)
Sometimes a Great Notion
(Newman, 1971)
Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
(Turman, 1971)
The Music Lovers
(Russell, 1971)
Drive, He Said
(Nicholson, 1971)
The Steagle
(Sylbert, 1971)
The Last Movie
(Hopper, 1971)
Made For Each Other
(Bean, 1971)
The Day the Clown Cried
(Lewis, 1972)
Hickey & Boggs (OOP)
(Culp, 1972)
The Carey Treatment
(Edwards, 1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie
(Ritt, 1972)
Slither
(Zieff, 1973)
Man on a Swing
(Perry, 1974)
Open Season
(Collinson, 1974)
The Tamarind Seed
(Edwards, 1974)
Law and Disorder
(Passer, 1974)
Homebodies
(Yust, 1974)
Stardust
(Apted, 1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating
(Rivette, 1974)
1975-1979
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
(Richards, 1975
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1975)
Hearts of the West
(Zieff, 1975)
Welcome to L.A.
(Rudolph, 1976)
W.C. Fields and Me
(Hiller, 1976)
Citizens Band
(Demme, 1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(Aldrich, 1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
(Brooks, 1977)
Girlfriends
(Weill, 1978)
Movie Movie
(Donen, 1978)
The Medusa Touch
(Gold, 1978)
American Hot Wax
(Mutrux, 1978)
Hot Stuff
(DeLuise, 1979)
Scavenger Hunt
(Schultz , 1979)
Players
(Harvey, 1979)
Rich Kids
(Young, 1979)
Nightwing
(Hiller, 1979)
Screams of a Winter's Night
(Wilson, 1979
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
(Katselas, 1979
1980's
Resurrection
(Petrie, 1980)
The Awakening
(Newell, 1980)
Simon
(Brickman, 1980)
God's Angry Man
(Herzog, 1980)
Fast-Walking
(Harris, 1982)
Twice Upon a Time
(Korty & Swenson, 1983)
Trouble in Mind
(Rudolph, 1985)
When the Wind Blows
(Murikami, 1986)
Housekeeping
(Forsyth, 1987)
The Glass Menagerie
(Newman, 1987)
Patty Hearst
(Schrader, 1988)
Drowning by Numbers
(Greenaway, 1988)
Haunted Summer
(Passer, 1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
(Spheeris, 1988)
1990's
Old Times
(Curtis, 1991)
Prospero's Books
(Greenaway, 1991)
City of Hope
(Sayles, 1991)
The Baby of Macon
(Greenaway, 1993)
King of the Hill
(Soderbergh, 1993)
Dadetown
(Hexter, 1995)
SubUrbia
(Linklater, 1997)

Snoresville

We're all disappointed, I think, that the Producers Guild of America chose their Best Picture nominees from the exact middle of the pack -- Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight and Frost/Nixon. They didn't even have the balls to nominate WALL*E. Buncha timid consensus pussies. The winner will be announced on 1.24.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 5, 2009 at 3:25 PM

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TheCahuengaKid Author Profile Page says ...

Where the frack is THE WRESTLER?

Posted by TheCahuengaKid Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 3:39 PM

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Gnome Sayin Author Profile Page says ...

A predictable list for sure. But WALL-E is so soft and toothless that the concept of sticking one's neck (or testicles) out to laud it is ludicrous. It's just might be the most critically overpraised movie of the decade, thank Christ it's not winning more of these.

Posted by Gnome Sayin Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 3:45 PM

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Breedlove Author Profile Page says ...

All the Pixar films are very very impressive, but it does surprise me how much adults love them. I finally checked out Wall-E since it's supposed to be the second coming of Citizen Kane. It's an impressive achievement to be sure, gorgeous to look at, and I even agree that it is quite daring and subversive. But at the end of the day, it's a Disney cartoon for kids. I was pretty bored. I just can't get too worked up over animated stuff. Other than maybe getting as high as possible and watching Beowulf.

I'm still way behind, but I wish 'Rachel Getting Married' was getting more love. Great, great film.

Posted by Breedlove Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 3:58 PM

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Hickenlooper Author Profile Page says ...

I agree with CahuengaKid. Where the fuck is The Wrestler?

This is by far the Best Picture of the year. Not only is Rourke sensational but Marisa Tomei gives everything in the performance of her career. Why isn't anyone talking about her? Why all this talk about Penn? Yes, his performance is good, in fact it's great, however what it is not is transparent. Rourke's is breathtakingly so. And where are the nominations for Arronofsky whose directing is brilliantly subtle and loving of these incredibly rich characters?. Also, Evan Rachel Wood Best Supporting Actress winner easily. Hands down the best movie of the year. The emperor seems to be ass naked on this one.

Posted by Hickenlooper Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 3:59 PM

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Aladdin Sane Author Profile Page says ...

Well if they vote on quality, then it's a tossup between Button & Slumdog. If it's political, Milk (F/N should just be happy to be nominated). And if it's what they wished they produced, The Dark Knight.

Posted by Aladdin Sane Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 4:01 PM

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Geoff Author Profile Page says ...

I got a little emotional during The Wrestler and I don't even like wrestling. It's got exactly what we've been wanting from Mickey for years now. I would nominate it.

Posted by Geoff Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 4:08 PM

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lipranzer Author Profile Page says ...

I agree THE WRESTLER was robbed, but maybe not enough producers have seen it yet.

And it's funny - I would definitely say David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, Gus Van Sant and Danny Boyle are all much more talented as filmmakers than Ron Howard, and yet Howard's film is the only one on my top 10 list (Fincher's is the only one I didn't like, but still).

Posted by lipranzer Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 6:30 PM

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tombstoneblues Author Profile Page says ...

The Wrestler is easily one of the three best films of the year. Wall-E on the other hand, is a boring dumb cartoon. Robot love and a muddled environmental message hardly make for a great film. Here is a brief summation of the supposed genius that is Wall-E:

Wall-E: Eve!
Eve: Wall-E!

Americans are fat and stupid.

THE END

Posted by tombstoneblues Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 6:34 PM

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byanyother Author Profile Page says ...

They are supposed to award excellence, not entertain you with their colorful outside predictions. That's what critics are for.

Posted by byanyother Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 7:24 PM

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Ryansi51 Author Profile Page says ...

my oh my, thank ye for the Wall*E haters, where have you been all my life??

a decent 1/3 of a movie turned into a predictable annoyance and "Wall*E!" "Eva!!" for the last 2/3.

WHY THE PRAISE?????!!!

its asinine.

Rachel Getting Married rocked me through my soul and left me whimpering like a 4th grader. Power like that does not deserve to go unnoticed.

Posted by Ryansi51 Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 8:52 PM

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Aladdin Sane Author Profile Page says ...

Rachel Getting Married was my favourite film last year, but that doesn't mean I didn't like Wall-E. Not that it matters at this point. Neither have been nominated, so it's beside the point.

Posted by Aladdin Sane Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 10:35 PM

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plastiqueelephant Author Profile Page says ...

Americans ARE fat and stupid. Wall-E deserves a nomination for convincing Americans to part with $224M for a movie with that central theme. Seriously though, deserves recognition for the level of craft. It's an incredible achievement to make a film so emotionally compelling with two non-speaking robots as the central romantic paring. No-one else in the world coulda done it. And The Dark Knight will be a film which my generation will still talk about and remember in 20 years. Both represent a melding of art and entertainment is surely a model of how the industry must adapt to the current bleak circumstances.

I liked Milk & Frost/Nixon plenty. But they were typical awards fodder, A- films which didn't expand the film universe in any way, nothing daring or bold about them. In a couple of years there'll only be trace elements of them in the ether.

Posted by plastiqueelephant Author Profile Page at January 5, 2009 10:57 PM

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theultimatebiu Author Profile Page says ...

"And The Dark Knight will be a film which my generation will still talk about and remember in 20 years."

I somehow think that will be more due to Heath Ledger's joker rather than the film itself

Posted by theultimatebiu Author Profile Page at January 6, 2009 12:02 PM

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