There is no nice way to put it: I am obsessed with film. I'm currently working my way through both the New York Times Best 1000 Movies List and the titles in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. It's slow going. I also just discovered a list of interesting movies on Slant. I hope to be mostly finished before I'm 40, but that may be an optimistic assessment.

Some of the most interesting reading about film on the web:
Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott at The New York Times.
Roger Ebert.
David Edelstein at New York Magazine.
Scott Foundas at L.A. Weekly.
Jonathan Rosenbaum at the Chicago Reader.

There's also some good reading over at The Onion A.V. Club.

If you're interested, here are my top 10 movies of all-time. I'm also including some of my recent top ten lists, including an almost-final 2006 top 10 (there are still a few that could make the list) and some notable 2007 films. Enjoy.

All-time top 10:
1. Chinatown (1974)
2. Rear Window (1954)
3. City Lights (1931)
4. Vertigo (1958)
5. Citizen Kane (1941)
6. Raging Bull (1980)
7. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
8. Tokyo Story (1953)
9. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
10. The General (1926)
Notable 2007 Films
(that I've seen anyway)		2006 Top 10:
Michael Clayton10. Little Children
No Country for Old Men9. The Good Shepherd
Ratatouille8. Stranger than Fiction
Zodiac7. Volver
6. Deliver Us From Evil
5. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
4. Half Nelson
3. Children of Men
2. Letters from Iwo Jima
1. Pan's Labyrinth
2005 Top 10:       2004 Top 10:
10. Mysterious Skin       10. The Aviator
9. Broken Flowers       9. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, ..., and Spring
8. The Constant Gardener       8. House of Flying Daggers
7. A History of Violence       7. The Door in the Floor
6. King Kong       6. Sideways
5. Grizzly Man       5. Spider-Man 2
4. Caché       4. Before Sunset
3. Munich       3. Million Dollar Baby
2. Syriana       2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
1. Tony Takitani       1. Kill Bill Vol. 2
2003 Top 10:       2002 Top 10:
10. Mystic River       10. Insomnia
9. The Triplets of Belleville       9. Y Tu Mamá También
8. The Man Without a Past       8. Monsoon Wedding
7. Finding Nemo       7. The Quiet American
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King       6. Late Marriage
5. Cold Mountain       5. Talk to Her
4. Raising Victor Vargas       4. All or Nothing
3. To Be and To Have       3. What Time is it There?
2. Kill Bill Volume 1       2. Adaptation
1. Lost in Translation       1. Far from Heaven





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