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Blown away by this. The prototype for so many melodramas that came after, and yet it remains one of the best almost 100 years later. Why did it take me so long to finally watch this?

Watched on Sunday May 25, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

Man, I forgot how great this is

Also, Dreams by The Cranberries exists in-universe.

Watched on Tuesday May 6, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 4, 2025.

Watched on Monday April 21, 2025.

90s teen movies were a different breed.

Also, I forgot what a killer soundtrack this has.

Watched on Thursday March 20, 2025.

Do we even know how to make movies like this anymore?

Charming. 

Watched the original cut thanks to fan preservationists who recreated it using the cut scenes from the Criterion Blu-ray and the old Image DVD (both of which I own). Hopefully the original cut will be properly released in the future. 

Highly recommend the Criterion disc regardless. It has to be one of the best-looking silent releases I’ve seen.

Watched on Monday March 10, 2025.

Watched on Thursday February 27, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday February 25, 2025.

Watched on Sunday February 23, 2025.

Watched on Saturday February 22, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday January 28, 2025.

Speechless. I was not looking forward to this but it blew me away. 

Watched a preservation/reconstruction of the theatrical edit, and I’m looking forward to checking out the 4-hour version.

Watched on Wednesday January 15, 2025.

Watched on Friday January 10, 2025.

The third best Indiana Jones film.

Watched on Monday January 6, 2025.

Easily my favorite Indiana Jones film. Love every minute.

Watched on Saturday January 4, 2025.

Watched on Saturday January 4, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday January 1, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday December 31, 2024.

Watched on Sunday December 29, 2024.

Watched on Friday December 27, 2024.

Watched on Thursday December 26, 2024.

Watched on Tuesday December 24, 2024.

Watched on Friday December 20, 2024.

Background noise for a couple solitary hours spent wrapping presents.

I’ve accepted that nostalgia often trumps quality for me when it comes to Christmas movies. Christmas with the Kranks is objectively not great, yet here I am feeling all warm and Christmassy at the end.

Nothing better than seeing my youngest’s favorite film with him on the big screen.

Now we’re just here to be memories for our kids.

😭😭

Watched on Thursday December 5, 2024.

This 7-minute short managed to capture the spirit of Star Trek better than anything from Paramount has in decades. I'm generally not a fan of de-aging or bringing back deceased performers, but if it's going to happen, this is how it should be done. With William Shatner, the Nimoy estate, and the Roddenberry Archive involved, this is canon as far as I'm concerned.

Watch here.

Watched on Thursday November 21, 2024.

Watched on Monday November 18, 2024.

Watched on Saturday November 2, 2024.

Watched on Wednesday October 30, 2024.

Watched on Tuesday October 22, 2024.

Watched on Tuesday October 22, 2024.

If it hadn’t been called Halloween III…if it was just called Season of the Witch or some other title, it may have gotten a better reception.

💯💯💯

Fun little retrospective from the Shout Factory disc about one of my new favorites. It seems most everyone involved looks back fondly on their time working on the film.

An absolute blast. The only way this could be more fun would be to watch a VHS copy on a CRT TV.

Watched on Thursday October 3, 2024.

Watched on Wednesday October 2, 2024.

Watched on Tuesday October 1, 2024.

Watched on Tuesday October 1, 2024.

Fascinating and felicitous premise but a bit clumsy in its execution and far too clean in its resolution.

James Newton Howard's music for this film is simply gorgeous and easily the highlight. I have listened to it countless times. Actually, all his scores for Shyamalan films through Lady in the Water are terrific.

Combined Best Picture Winners, AFI, and BFI Top 100 Lists (plus a few random additions of my own).
Super basic list, but have to start someplace, and I want to go back to some of the acclaimed American films of years past. Of course I'll watch non-American ones throughout the year as well, but I want to start with a good grasp of the "greats" from my home country.

And yes, I know not all Best Picture winners are American films, but I'm a completist.

1. The Birth of a Nation
2. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
3. The Kid
4. Sherlock Jr.
5. Greed
6. The Gold Rush
7. The General
8. Wings
9. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
10. The Jazz Singer

...plus 237 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. Pinocchio
3. Fantasia
4. Dumbo
5. Bambi
6. Saludos Amigos
7. The Three Caballeros
8. Make Mine Music
9. Fun and Fancy Free
10. Melody Time

...plus 53 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Cleaning Up!!?
2. Kansas City Girls Are Rolling Their Own Now
3. Did You Ever Take a Ride Over Kansas City Street 'In a Fliver'
4. Kansas City's Spring Clean-up
5. Little Red Riding Hood
6. The Four Musicians of Bremen
7. Goldie Locks and the Three Bears
8. Jack and the Beanstalk
9. Jack the Giant Killer
10. Puss in Boots

...plus 690 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

**Last updated 2/9/2023**

The goal of this list is to identify all Walt Disney shorts available in HD (720p or higher).

See the notes on each or use List View. This list is only for reference. No links to s or sources will be posted.

All titles available on disc are 1080p unless otherwise noted.

Many have only been available in HD on various streaming platforms over the years (Netflix/Disney+, Amazon, iTunes). Enterprising fans have managed to archive many of them thankfully.

Some of these have unknown sources at this time, but I will update as new sources become available. Any information on the various releases would be appreciated!

I'm still holding out hope that Disney will some day update/revive it's incredible "Walt Disney Treasures" line for Blu-ray or UHD.

• Little Red Riding Hood

  Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition Blu-ray

• The Four Musicians of Bremen

  Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition Blu-ray

• Puss in Boots

  Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition Blu-ray

• Cinderella

  Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition Blu-ray
  Cinderella: Diamond Edition Blu-ray

• Alice's Wonderland

  Alice In Wonderland: 60th Anniversary Edition **Unsure if this is in HD or SD. Need to confirm.**

• Alice's Mysterious Mystery

  Cartoon Roots: Halloween Haunts

• Africa Before Dark

  Bambi: Anniversary Signature Edition

• Hungry Hoboes

  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Signature Collection (Digital Bonus)
  Note: This was only "released" as an unlockable bonus feature. It is not on the physical disc - a truly terrible practice.

• Poor Papa

  Pinocchio: Signature Edition

• Steamboat Willie

  Celebrating Mickey
  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition
  Mickey & Minnie: 10 Classic Shorts, Volume 1

...plus 161 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 'Twas the Date Before Christmas

  10/18/24

• Holiday Crashers

  10/19/24

• Scouting for Christmas

  10/20/24

• Operation Nutcracker

  10/25/24

• The Christmas Charade

  10/26/24

• The 5-Year Christmas Party

  10/27/24

• A Carol for Two

  11/1/24

• Our Holiday Story

  11/2/24

• Holiday Mismatch

  11/3/24

• Unwrapping Christmas: Tina's Miracle

  117/24

...plus 31 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Toy Story
2. A Bug's Life
3. Toy Story 2
4. Monsters, Inc.
5. Finding Nemo
6. The Incredibles
7. Cars
8. Ratatouille
9. WALL·E
10. Up

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Asteroid City
• The French Dispatch
• Isle of Dogs
• Come Together
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Castello Cavalcanti
• Do You Like to Read?
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Cousin Ben Troop Screening
• Fantastic Mr. Fox

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• American Fiction

  Best Picture
  Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jeffrey Wright
  Best Actor in a ing Role: Sterling K. Brown
  Best Adapted Screenplay
  Best Original Score: Laura Karpman

• Anatomy of a Fall

  Best Picture
  Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Hüller
  Best Original Screenplay
  Best Editing

• Barbie

  Best Picture
  Best Actor in a ing Role: Ryan Gosling
  Best Actress in a ing Role: America Ferrera
  Best Adapted Screenplay
  Best Costume Design
  Best Original Song: “I’m Just Ken” - Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
  Best Original Song: “What Was I Made For?” - Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
  Best Production Design

• The Holdovers

  Best Picture
  Best Director: Justine Triet
  Best Actor in a Leading Role: Paul Giamatti
  Best Actress in a ing Role: Da’Vine Joy Randolph
  Best Original Screenplay
  Best Editing

• Killers of the Flower Moon

  Best Picture
  Best Director: Martin Scorsese
  Best Actress in a Leading Role: Lily Gladstone
  Best Actor in a ing Role: Robert De Niro
  Best Cinematography
  Best Editing
  Best Costume Design
  Best Original Song: “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” - Music and Lyric by Scott George
  Best Original Score: Robbie Robertson
  Best Production Design

• Maestro

  Best Picture
  Best Actor in a Leading Role: Bradley Cooper
  Best Actress in a Leading Role: Carey Mulligan
  Best Original Screenplay
  Best Cinematography
  Best Makeup and Hairstyling
  Best Sound

• Oppenheimer

  Best Picture
  Best Director: Christopher Nolan
  Best Actor in a Leading Role: Cillian Murphy
  Best Actress in a ing Role: Emily Blunt
  Best Actor in a ing Role: Robert Downey Jr.
  Best Adapted Screenplay
  Best Cinematography
  Best Editing
  Best Costume Design
  Best Makeup and Hairstyling
  Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson
  Best Production Design
  Best Sound

• Past Lives

  Best Picture
  Best Original Screenplay

• Poor Things

  Best Picture
  Best Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
  Best Actress in a Leading Role: Emma Stone
  Best Actor in a ing Role: Mark Ruffalo
  Best Adapted Screenplay
  Best Cinematography
  Best Editing
  Best Costume Design
  Best Makeup and Hairstyling
  Best Original Score
  Best Production Design

• The Zone of Interest

  Best Picture
  Best Director: Jonathan Glazer
  Best Adapted Screenplay
  Best International Feature Film
  Best Sound

...plus 43 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• CODA
• Nomadland
• Parasite
• Green Book
• The Shape of Water
• Moonlight
• Spotlight
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• 12 Years a Slave

...plus 85 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Return to Oz
• Willy McBean & His Magic Machine
• The Daydreamer
• Cricket on the Hearth
• Mad Monster Party?
• The Wacky World of Mother Goose
• The Little Drummer Boy
• The Mouse on the Mayflower
• Frosty the Snowman

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Hi Mom.

• Friends & Family Christmas
• Sealed with a List
• The Secret Gift of Christmas
• Round and Round
• Christmas on Cherry Lane
• Magic in Mistletoe
• Christmas with a Kiss
• A Not So Royal Christmas
• My Norwegian Holiday
• Our Christmas Mural

...plus 387 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• All Quiet on the Western Front

  Best Picture
  Best International Feature Film
  Best Adapted Screenplay
  Best Cinematography
  Best Production Design
  Best Visual Effects
  Best Makeup and Hairstyling
  Best Original Score
  Best Sound

• Avatar: The Way of Water

  Best Picture
  Best Production Design
  Best Visual Effects
  Best Sound

• The Banshees of Inisherin

  Best Picture
  Best Director: Martin McDonagh
  Best Lead Actor: Colin Farrell
  Best ing Actress: Kerry Condon
  Best ing Actor: Brendan Gleeson
  Best ing Actor: Barry Keoghan
  Best Original Screenplay
  Best Film Editing
  Best Original Score

• Elvis

  Best Picture
  Best Lead Actor: Austin Butler
  Best Cinematography
  Best Film Editing
  Best Production Design
  Best Costume Design
  Best Makeup and Hairstyling
  Best Sound

• Everything Everywhere All at Once

  Best Picture
  Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
  Best Lead Actress: Michelle Yeoh
  Best ing Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis
  Best ing Actress: Stephanie Hsu
  Best ing Actor: Ke Huy Quan
  Best Original Screenplay
  Best Film Editing
  Best Costume Design
  Best Original Score
  Best Original Song: “This Is a Life” - Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

• The Fabelmans

  Best Picture
  Best Director: Steven Spielberg
  Best Lead Actress: Michelle Williams
  Best ing Actor: Judd Hirsch
  Best Original Screenplay
  Best Production Design
  Best Original Score

• TÁR

  Best Picture
  Best Director: Todd Field
  Best Lead Actress: Cate Blanchett
  Best Original Screenplay
  Best Cinematography
  Best Film Editing

• Top Gun: Maverick

  Best Picture
  Best Adapted Screenplay
  Best Film Editing
  Best Original Song: “Hold My Hand” - Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
  Best Visual Effects
  Best Sound

• Triangle of Sadness

  Best Picture
  Best Director: Ruben Östlund
  Best Original Screenplay

• Women Talking

  Best Picture
  Best Adapted Screenplay

...plus 44 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

This compilation of Christmas specials recorded off network TV in 1984 was the ambience of Christmas in our house growing up. It played non-stop from the day after Thanksgiving until after Christmas. It was so worn out that the tape inside the VHS cartridge actually snapped one year and had to be repaired.

For years, I've wanted to recreate this properly. Back in 2006, I made a terrible quality DVD using what sources were available then. It was overly-compressed and generally awful. Finally, after the 2022 Christmas season, I was determined to do it right. So, I fired up DaVinci Resolve and Topaz Video AI and finally did it. A rip of the original 1984 VHS tape that I made in 2006 was the guide to ensure the result was perfect.

Sources. I had multiple sources for most of these specials. For a couple, I did use versions I found online as the primary source, but for each of these, I own multiple copies that I've purchased on various formats.

Sources:

The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas: I have 2 VHS copies purchased from eBay, a WEB-DL from Amazon, and several TV-taped versions that I found online. I ended up using the WEB-DL as the primary source. I used Topaz Video AI to upscale the SD source. It turned out surprisingly well. I removed the Family Home Entertainment intro. The version on the original Christmas tape is unique and no official release or old TV taping I've found has been identical. First of all, there is a scene missing that exists in all other versions I've found. Lasting from roughly 04:28-04:56 in the VHS and Amazon versions, Henry tells Ted that anything beyond hibernating will be left to Ted. He falls off a to the leaves. In the Christmas Tape version, it cuts from Henry saying, "This time of year, I care about one thing...sleeping," directly to them riding the bus. For my edit, I removed this scene. Secondly, the Christmas Tape has a scene I've seen nowhere else. Right around 15:40 in the official versions as he's walking through the city, the Christmas Tape has a scene where Ted hears a choir singing Silent Night and he walks into a large church, removes his hat, looks around, and listens for a bit. It ends with him leaving and running to watch the parade. The other available versions cut that scene entirely and go straight to him running to the parade. For this, I pulled the scene from original 1984 recording, upscaled it in Topaz, and then did some cleanup in DaVinci. I then spliced it into the Amazon source video. It actually worked relatively well. The rest of the show continues normally.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: I used the most recent Universal BluRay and the 2004 DVD for the Fame and Fortune song. I used Topaz to upscale the DVD footage to match the BluRay and DaVanci to try to color match the DVD footage somewhat. Rudolph has a well-documented history of being edited differently for TV. Normally, I always want to watch the original, intended versions of films/shows. However, this aired in this altered format for decades and it's what I grew up with. The goal here is to recreate The Christmas Tape, so my editing choices 100% reflect that. First of all, I chopped off the opening Universal logo. Secondly, the TV version completely eliminated the scene of the elves singing to Santa. This segment last from roughly 12:03-14:20 on the BluRay. I removed it. Secondly, The Christmas Tape (and all broadcasts from 1965-1997) replaced Rudolph and Hermey singing We're a Couple of Misfits with Fame and Fortune. Thankfully the latter was included as a bonus feature on the 2004 DVD, so I used my upscaled, color-corrected version in place of We're a Couple of Misfits. This replacement is at 22:35-23:54 in the 2018 BluRay. Finally, I removed a scene from 48:35-49:06 where Donner says, "That's my boy" and Yukon finds peppermint. This scene wasn't in the TV version.

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales: I own two VHS copies and one DVD of this. I found a 1080p version online from a streaming service. It appears to be a barely-serviceable upscale but I ended up using that for this compilation. No changes were needed.

A Charlie Brown Christmas: I used the 2009 BluRay as the source. No changes were needed.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas: I used the 2009 BluRay as the source. No changes were needed.

Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas I own two copies of this on VHS. It's never been released on DVD. I purchased a standard definition digital and upscaled that in Topaz. No other changes were needed.

Mickey's Christmas Carol: This was by far the most difficult. When this aired in the early 80s, it was actually part of compiled TV special that included several classic Disney shorts as well as brief, narrated interstitials. The core content is:
Mickey's Christmas Carol, which I sourced from a fan preservation. I own this on DVD and two different BluRay releases, none of which look great. Somehow a dedicated fan managed to do Disney's job for them.
Donald's Snow Fight, Pluto's Christmas Tree, and The Art of Skiing, all of which I sourced from the BluRay - "Donald Duck's Christmas Favorites 1935-1951"

For the interstitial bits, I was going to use our original Christmas Tape as the source, which is worn to death now, but was lucky to find another 80s kid whose mom had tape it. Their tape was in much better shape so I pulled the special from that, upscaled and cleaned it up a bit and used it for all the in-between parts that don't exist on any home video release. Those segments overlay the beginning of many of the shorts (none of which use their intros or exits) so seamlessly editing those together and combining HD and old over-the-air VHS sourced content was the hardest part of this entire project.

Frosty the Snowman:I used the 2018 BluRay and removed the Universal intro. Otherwise, no changes where needed.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas: I used the BluRay from the 2022 boxset: The Complete Rankin/Bass Christmas Collection. No changes were needed.

The Fat Albert Christmas Special: I used Topaz to upscale the DVD release and edited out the Entertainment Rights logo at the end. Otherwise, no changes.

The Little Rascals' Christmas Special: I used a transfer I personally made of the released VHS version. I then used Topaz to upscale it and did a bit of cleanup in DaVinci.
The Little Drummer Boy: I used the 2019 BluRay. I removed the Universal intro but otherwise, no changes were made.

Once all of the individual specials were edited/compiled into the identical versions taped decades ago, I combined them into a single video file. Now, we have the best quality version of our Christmas Tape available to watch for years to come.

It turned out better than I could have hoped!

1. The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas
2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
3. Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
4. A Charlie Brown Christmas
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
6. Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas
7. Mickey's Christmas Carol
8. Frosty the Snowman
9. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
10. The Fat Albert Christmas Special

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Garage Sale Mystery
• Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters
• Garage Sale Mystery: The Wedding Dress
• Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room
• Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
• Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders
• Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of Murder
• Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder
• Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder
• Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked by personal enjoyment. I’d argue Raiders is technically a better film, but I love Last Crusade so much.

1. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
5. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

All the films/material shown or referenced in the fantastic Lynch/Oz documentary. Links to interviews, trailers, etc. used are below where I could find them.

- 1949 The Wizard of Oz Trailer
- Consciousness, Creativity, and the Brain (October 1, 2005)
- David Lynch Hollyshorts Greeting
- Twin Peaks (1991) [multiple episodes throughout]
- “What is behind the red curtains? David Lynch’s answer”
- “David Lynch in Conversation with Paul Holdengraber” - April 29, 2014
- “David Lynch - Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS”
- The Wizard of Oz Grownup Trailer (1949)
- “The Wizard of Oz Home Movie”
- “1982 Nuart Trailer” Special Feature from Eraserhead
- “Lynch 2” Special Feature from Inland Empire
- Take Off (1981) - John Waters
- “Pink Flamingos Behind The Scenes No Shit!” featurette from John Water DVD Scrapbook (2001)
- David Lynch on Bob’s Big Boy Milkshakes
- BFI Southbank Event: Mark Kermode Interviews David Lynch at the National Film Theatre for The Guardian - Feb 8, 2007
- “There is Nothing Here Please Go Away” (2012) - David Lynch
- MasterClass: Creativity and the Writing Process - David Lynch Teaches Creativity and Film (March, 2019)
- Ford Star Jubilee Season 1 Episode 1: The Judy Garland Special (1955)
- “Susie Left Home at Age 14” (2019) - David Lynch
- “Extended Interviews” from Wild at Heart BluRay
- Georgia Coffee Commercial (1993)
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Oct. 31, 2001)
- Jack Paar Special, “A Funny Happened on the Way to Hollywood” (May 7, 1967)
- “Top Ten Scary Wizard Of Oz Urban Legends”
- “Things in The Wizard of Oz You Never Noticed As A Child”
- “David Lynch’s Weather Report 9/30/20”
- “IMS Engage David Lynch In Conversation With Moby”

• Stagecoach
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Superman II
• Joker
• Dirty Harry
• Easy Rider
• Do the Right Thing
• Fight Club
• Selma
• It's a Wonderful Life

...plus 135 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Wind Rises
• Ponyo
• Howl's Moving Castle
• Spirited Away
• Princess Mononoke
• Porco Rosso
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Castle in the Sky
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Fabelmans
• The Greatest Show on Earth
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• The Magnificent Seven
• The Jazz Singer
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• How the West Was Won
• Captain from Castile
• Stalag 17
• The Great Escape

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Former President Obama’s Favorite Movies of 2022, via Twitter.

• The Fabelmans
• Decision to Leave
• The Woman King
• Aftersun
• Emily the Criminal
• Petite Maman
• Descendant
• Happening
• Till
• Everything Everywhere All at Once

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Avatar
• Aliens of the Deep
• Ghosts of the Abyss
• Titanic
• True Lies
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• The Abyss
• Aliens
• The Terminator

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Fabelmans
• West Side Story
• Ready Player One
• The Post
• The BFG
• Bridge of Spies
• Lincoln
• War Horse
• The Adventures of Tintin
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Escape to Witch Mountain
• Bejewelled
• The Boy Who Could Fly
• Candleshoe
• Konrad
• Not Quite Human
• The Peanut Butter Solution
• Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
• The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton

1. West Side Story
2. CODA
3. Licorice Pizza
4. Nightmare Alley
5. Dune
6. King Richard
7. The Power of the Dog
8. Drive My Car
9. Belfast
10. Don't Look Up

Going to do my best. I'm currently trying to work through the Academy Award nominees this year, so we'll see how this pans out.

• After the Curfew
• Another Round
• Hong Kil-dong
• The Battle of Algiers
• Beginning
• Children of Paradise
• City of God
• Dear Comrades!
• The Death of Jaime Roldós
• Drive My Car

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• West Side Story

  Best Picture
  Director: Steven Spielberg
  Production Design
  Cinematography
  Achievement in Sound
  Costume Design
  Actress in ing Role: Ariana DeBose

• Affairs of the Art

  Animated Short Film

• Ascension

  Documentary Feature

• Attica

  Documentary Feature

• Audible

  Documentary Short

• Beast

  Animated Short Film

• Being the Ricardos

  Actress in a Leading Role: Nicole Kidman
  Actor in a Leading Role: Javier Bardem
  Actor in ing Role: J.K. Simmons

• Belfast

  Best Picture
  Director: Kenneth Branagh
  Original Screenplay
  Actress in ing Role: Judi Dench
  Actor in ing Role: Ciaran Hands
  Achievement in Sound
  Original Song: Van Morrison - "Down To Joy"

• BoxBallet

  Animated Short Film

• CODA

  Best Picture
  Adapted Screenplay
  Actor in ing Role: Troy Kotsur

...plus 43 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Films/documentaries I plan to watch in light of the 20th Anniversary of 9/11.

• 102 Minutes That Changed America
• 9/10: The Final Hours
• 9/11: Cleared for Chaos
• 9/11: Inside Air Force One
• 9/11: Inside the President's War Room
• 9/11: One Day in America
• 9/11: The Day That Changed the World
• 9/11: The Falling Man
• Control Room
• First Pitch

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Marriage Story
2. Little Women
3. The Irishman
4. Jojo Rabbit
5. Parasite
6. Ford v Ferrari
7. 1917
8. Joker

• Nomadland
• Parasite
• Roma
• The Shape of Water
• La La Land
• The Revenant
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Gravity
• Life of Pi
• The Artist

...plus 84 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Eligibility dates 1/1/2020-2/28/2021 due to Covid-19.

• The Father

  Best Picture
  ing Actress
  Actor in a Leading Role
  Adapted Screenplay
  Film Editing
  Production Design

• Judas and the Black Messiah

  Best Picture
  ing Actor
  Original Screenplay
  Cinematography
  Original Song

• Mank

  Best Picture
  Director
  Actor in a Leading Role
  ing Actress
  Cinematography
  Production Design
  Costume Design
  Achievement in Sound
  Original Score
  Makeup and Hairstyling

• Minari

  Best Picture
  Director
  Actor in a Leading Role
  ing Actress
  Original Screenplay
  Original Score

• Nomadland

  Best Picture
  Director
  Actress in a Leading Role
  Cinematography
  Film Editing
  Adapted Screenplay
  Production Design

• Promising Young Woman

  Best Picture
  Director
  Actress in a Leading Role
  Original Screenplay
  Film Editing

• Sound of Metal

  Best Picture
  Actor in a Leading Role
  ing Actor
  Original Screenplay
  Film Editing
  Achievement in Sound

• The Trial of the Chicago 7

  Best Picture
  ing Actor
  Cinematography
  Film Editing
  Original Screenplay
  Production Design
  Original Song

• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  ing Actress
  Adapted Screenplay

• Hillbilly Elegy

  ing Actress
  Makeup and Hairstyling

...plus 46 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Goldie Locks and the Three Bears

  Rediscovered but unavailable to view.
  Reviews for this on Letterboxd are incorrect and are likely referring to a later Alice comedy from 1924.  It was rediscovered and projected at the Museum of Modern Art in 2010 (details). To my knowledge, the short is not available online or anywhere for viewing or purchase outside of perhaps some special screenings.

• Jack and the Beanstalk

  Rediscovered but unavailable to view currently.
  This is another short previously believed to be lost. Thankfully, it was rediscovered and has been preserved. It was projected back in 2010 at the Museum of Modern Art and I’m not sure if has been since. To my knowledge, it hasn’t been made available anywhere else. I'm still considering it Unavailable for now, though thankfully it has been preserved.

• Jack the Giant Killer

  Rediscovered but unavailable to view officially. YouTube video of audience recording below.
  This is another short previously believed to be lost. Thankfully, it was rediscovered and has been preserved. It was projected back in 2010 at the Museum of Modern Art and I’m not sure if has been since. To my knowledge, it hasn’t been made available anywhere else. Thankfully, an audience member recorded it with their phone during a screening so at least we have that to view (here). I'm still considering it Unavailable for now, though thankfully it has been preserved.

• Martha

  Lost.

• Alice the Peacemaker
• Alice Hunting in Africa
• Alice the Piper
• Alice Plays Cupid
• Alice Charms the Fish
• Alice's Monkey Business

...plus 29 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Tenet
• Dunkirk
• Quay
• Interstellar
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Inception
• The Dark Knight
• The Prestige
• Batman Begins
• Insomnia

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Films references in Ty Burr's outstanding Best Old Movies for Families. I highly recommend picking it up.

All Ages: 1-40
Between 7-12: 41-138
Teenagers+: 139-173
Additional Titles For Film Fans: 174-244

1. The Adventures of Robin Hood
2. Bringing Up Baby
3. The Court Jester
4. Dancing Lady
5. Destry
6. Duck Soup
7. Easter Parade
8. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
9. The Gold Rush
10. A Hard Day's Night

...plus 234 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Family Plot
• Frenzy
• Topaz
• Torn Curtain
• Marnie
• The Birds
• Psycho
• North by Northwest
• Vertigo
• The Wrong Man

...plus 45 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Mank
• Gone Girl
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• The Social Network
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Zodiac
• Panic Room
• Fight Club
• The Game
• Se7en

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Both lists - 23 left off the anniversary list at the end.

1. Citizen Kane
2. The Godfather
3. Casablanca
4. Raging Bull
5. Singin' in the Rain
6. Gone with the Wind
7. Lawrence of Arabia
8. Schindler's List
9. Vertigo
10. The Wizard of Oz

...plus 113 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Irishman
• Silence
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• Hugo
• Shutter Island
• The Departed
• The Aviator
• Gangs of New York
• Bringing Out the Dead
• Kundun

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
• The Hateful Eight
• Django Unchained
• Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
• Inglourious Basterds
• Death Proof
• Planet Terror
• Kill Bill: Vol. 2
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Jackie Brown

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Eyes Wide Shut
• Full Metal Jacket
• The Shining
• Barry Lyndon
• A Clockwork Orange
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Lolita
• Spartacus
• Paths of Glory

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.