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  • Thomas Mitchell

    When my wife is out of town, I often watch old movies. Tonight it’s Only Angels Have Wings with Cary Grant and Jean Arthur (plus Sig Ruman, Rita Hayworth, and others). They’re excellent – as one would expect. But I want to praise Thomas Mitchell, who was great in several Capra films and this one too.🍿

    American character actor Thomas Mitchell

  • As impersonal systems play increasing roles in information-gathering and decision-making, the personal element can be summed up as “human error.” … [T]hen of course the fields concerned with human nature—specifically, all the ways it is not predictable—are unseated, too…

    [I]t is simply better to be a human when a personal God is at the heart of the universe. Human lives are easier to defend. Human joys have cosmic significance. Human foibles are “a feature, not a bug.” Human creativity is more arresting. Human language can be savored. Human stories must be told.

    Abigail Woolley Cutter

  • Quite excited about this

    A still image of Franke Potente as Lola, running past a group of nuns from the film Run, Lola, Run.
  • Christmas Movietime: The Shop Around the Corner

    Black & white film still of Mr. Matuschek and the new clerk, Rudy
    Mr. Matuschek and Rudy are headed to Christmas Eve dinner. 🍿

  • Memorable Movies 🍿
    Not always good, but at least memorable. (#s are just for counting, not ranking)
    1. Red‎ • 2. Blue‎ • 3. Singin' in the Rain‎ ‎• 4. Wings ‎of ‎Desire‎ • 5. Casablanca‎ ‎ • 6. Local Hero‎ ‎• 7. ‎Wonder ‎‎Boys‎ ‎• 8. ‎The Tao of Steve‎ • 9. Rushmore / The Royal Tenenbaums / ‎‎Moonrise Kingdom / The Grand Budapest Hotel‎ / Asteroid City ‎‎ • 10. The Player‎ ‎• ‎‎‎11. Avalon‎ ‎• 12. Diner • 13. Clouds of Sils Maria‎  • ‎‎‎14. Vanya on 42nd Street‎ ‎ • 15. Cold Comfort Farm‎ • ‎‎16. Chasing ‎Amy‎ • 17. ‎Mulholland Drive‎ ‎ • 18. ‎The Tree of ‎Life‎ ‎ • ‎‎19. ‎The Station Agent‎ ‎ • 20. ‎A Short Film About Killing‎ ‎ • 21. ‎The ‎Double Life of Veronique‎ ‎• 22. ‎Metropolitan / The Last ‎Days of Disco‎ • 23. ‎The Shop Around the Corner / You've Got Mail‎  • ‎‎24. ‎To Be or Not to ‎Be (Jack Benny)  • 25. ‎Ninotchka‎  • ‎‎26. ‎Sullivan's Travels ‎ • 27. ‎The Lady Eve  • 28. ‎Holiday  • ‎‎29. ‎House of Games / The ‎Spanish Prisoner / State and Main‎  • 30. ‎Run Lola ‎Run  • 31. ‎Star Wars ‎‎(A New Hope) / The Empire Strikes Back  • 32. ‎I ‎Am Love  • 33. ‎La ‎La Land  • 34. ‎Double Indemnity  • ‎‎35. ‎Lost in America / Defending ‎Your Life  • 36. ‎Midnight Cowboy • ‎‎37. ‎Monsoon Wedding / The ‎Namesake  • 38. ‎The Philadelphia Story  • ‎‎39. ‎High Society ‎ • 40. ‎The Third Man  • 41. ‎Airplane!‎  • ‎‎42. ‎Say Anything ‎ • 43. ‎The Last Waltz  • 44. ‎About a Boy ‎ • 45. ‎Love, ‎Actually  • 46. ‎Notting Hill  • 47. ‎About Time ‎ • 48. ‎‎Ghostbusters  • 49. ‎Animal House  • 50. ‎The ‎Daytrippers ‎ • 51. ‎Blazing Saddles  • 52. ‎Young Frankenstein  • ‎‎53. ‎Chariots ‎of Fire‎  • 54. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang  • 55. Nine ‎Queens  • ‎‎56. The Bourne Identity  • 57. 20th Century Women  • ‎‎58. Wet Hot ‎American Summer  • 59. Eurotrip  • 60. Maria Full ‎of Grace ‎ • 61. Talk to Her / Volver / Parallel Mothers  • 62. The ‎Descendants ‎ • 63. The Spectacular Now  • 64. Short Term 12  • ‎‎65. Frances ‎Ha  • 66. A Muppet Christmas Carol  • 67. Snatch / ‎Layer Cake / ‎Crank  • 68. Bandits  • 69. The Bank Job  • ‎‎70. Me and ‎You and Everyone We Know  • 71. The Sweet Hereafter  • ‎‎72. High ‎Fidelity  • 73. Next Stop Wonderland  • 74. Music & ‎Lyrics ‎ • 75. My Best Friend's Wedding  • 76. Clueless  • ‎‎77. Babette's ‎Feast  • 78. Crossing Delancey  • 79. Much Ado ‎About Nothing (Amy Acker)  • 80. What's Up, Doc?  • 81. Obvious ‎Child  • ‎‎82. LA Story  • 83. Enough Said  • 84. The Intern ‎ • 85. ‎Tootsie  • 86. Walking and Talking  • 87. Truly ‎Madly Deeply ‎ • 88. I Capture the Castle  • 89. Paris, je t'aime  • ‎‎90. The Age ‎of Innocence  • 91. ‎Good Will Hunting  • ‎‎92. Manchester by the ‎Sea  • 93. You Can Count on Me  • ‎‎94. The Lives of Others ‎ • 95. Cold War  • 96. Cookie's Fortune ‎ • 97. The Right ‎Stuff  • 98. Days of Heaven  • 99. Sense & ‎Sensibility  • ‎‎100. Tender Mercies  • 101. Star Man  • ‎‎102. Damsels in ‎Distress  • 103. Orlando  • ‎‎104. L.A. Confidential  • 105. ‎Godfather I, II, *and* III  • ‎‎106. The Nasty Girl  • 107. My Mother's ‎Glory / My Father's Castle  • ‎‎108. Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring ‎ • 109. Breaker Morant  • ‎‎110. Best in Show / A Mighty Wind / Waiting for ‎Guffman  • 111. Atlantic ‎City  • 112. The Sting  • 113. ‎Galaxy Quest  • 114. Annie ‎Hall / Bananas / Love & Death / Purple Rose of Cairo / ‎Crimes & Misdemeanors / ‎‎Midnight in ‎Paris / Sleeper  • 115. Ghostworld ‎ • 116. A Hidden Life  • ‎‎117. A Walk in the Clouds  • 118. The ‎Old Man and the Gun  • ‎‎119. Return to Me  • 120. Far From the ‎Madding Crowd (Carrie Mulligan) ‎ • 121. An Education  • 122. Our ‎Little Sister  • ‎‎123. Departures  • 124. Sweet Bean  • 125. ‎The Commitments ‎ • 126. The Edge of Seventeen  • 127. The Last ‎Wave  • ‎‎128. Cutter's Way  • 129. Tell No One  • 130. ‎Running on Empty ‎ • 131. Do the Right Thing  • 132. His Girl ‎Friday  • ‎‎133. The Thin Man / After the TM / Another TM (aka Return of the ‎TM)  • ‎‎134. The Matrix  • 135. Bullit  • 136. The Ipcress ‎File  • ‎‎137. The Fifth Element  • 138. Starman  • 139. ‎Almost Famous ‎ • 140. Bossa Nova  • 141. Umbrellas of Cherbourg / ‎Les Demoiselles ‎de Rochefort  • 142. Ladybird  • 143. Uncut ‎Gems  • ‎‎144. Fargo  • 145. The Big Lebowski  • 146. ‎Kung Pow! Enter ‎the Fist  • 147. Pinocchio (Disney)  • 148. I've ‎Loved You So Long ‎ • 149. Persuasion  • 150. The Whole Nine ‎Yards  • ‎‎151. Pulp Fiction  • 152. Good Will Hunting  • ‎‎153. Ulee's Gold ‎ • 154. Never Look Away  • 155. My Man ‎Godfrey  • ‎‎156. The Banshees of Inisherin • 157. In the ‎Heights  • ‎‎158. Minari  • 159. Pieces of April  • 160. ‎Rachel Getting ‎Married  • 161. The Return of the Secaucus Seven  • ‎‎162. Lone Star ‎ • 163. Starstruck!  • 164. Real Genius • 165. Bend It Like Beckham • 166. The Wizard of Oz • 167. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • 168. Ferris Bueller's Day Off • 169. Body Heat • 170. Jaws • 171. Easy Living • 171. Happy-Go-Lucky • 172. Desperately Seeking Susan • 173. Au revoir les enfants • 174. The Awful Truth • 175. Diva • 176. Bull Durham • 177. La Cage au Folles/The Birdcage • 178. Desert Hearts • 179. Diabolique • 180. Dim Sum • 181. A Woman Under the Influence • 182. Fanny and Alexander • 183. Fast Times at Ridgemont High • 184. Mansfield Park • 185. Sliding Doors • 186. Good Morning Vietnam • 187. The Swimming Pool • 188. High Art • 189. Moscow on the Hudson • 190. Cherish • 191. Thumbsucker • 192. The Tall Guy • 193. Breaking Away • 194. Once • 195. Clerks / Mallrats / Dogma • 196. Meshes of the Afternoon • 197. Chinatown • 198. Beginners • 199. There Will Be Blood • 200. The Phantom Thread • 201. Memento • 201. Enchanted April • 202. A Room With a View • 202. A Passage to India • 203. Maurice • 204. Nashville • 205. Moneyball • 206. Ocean's 11 (Clooney) • 207. Cocoon • 208. The Grey Fox • 209. The Natural • 210. Amélie
  • manic
    Saw 2023 Best Picture winner, "Everything Everywhere All at Once," today. It had its moments, but not enough of them. We often think if something is complicated or difficult to pull off, it's praiseworthy. But difficult and complicated doesn't necessarily mean enjoyable, moving, or insightful.

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