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Memorable Movies đżNot always good, but at least memorable. (#s are just for counting, not ranking)1. Redâ ⢠2. Blueâ ⢠3. Singin' in the Rainâ â⢠4. Wings âof âDesireâ ⢠5. Casablancaâ â ⢠6. Local Heroâ â⢠7. âWonder ââBoysâ â⢠8. âThe Tao of Steveâ ⢠9. Rushmore / The Royal Tenenbaums / ââMoonrise Kingdom / The Grand Budapest Hotelâ / Asteroid City ââ ⢠10. The Playerâ â⢠âââ11. Avalonâ â⢠12. Diner ⢠13. Clouds of Sils Mariaâ  ⢠âââ14. Vanya on 42nd Streetâ â ⢠15. Cold Comfort Farmâ ⢠ââ16. Chasing âAmyâ ⢠17. âMulholland Driveâ â ⢠18. âThe Tree of âLifeâ â ⢠ââ19. âThe Station Agentâ â ⢠20. âA Short Film About Killingâ â ⢠21. âThe âDouble Life of Veroniqueâ â⢠22. âMetropolitan / The Last âDays of Discoâ ⢠23. âThe Shop Around the Corner / You've Got Mailâ  ⢠ââ24. âTo Be or Not to âBe (Benny & Lombard)  ⢠25. âNinotchkaâ  ⢠ââ26. âSullivan's Travels â ⢠27. âThe Lady Eve  ⢠28. âHoliday  ⢠ââ29. âHouse of Games / The âSpanish Prisoner / State and Mainâ  ⢠30. âRun Lola âRun  ⢠31. âStar Wars ââ(A New Hope) / The Empire Strikes Back  ⢠32. âI âAm Love  ⢠33. âLa âLa Land  ⢠34. âDouble Indemnity  ⢠ââ35. âLost in America / Defending âYour Life  ⢠36. âMidnight Cowboy ⢠ââ37. âMonsoon Wedding / The âNamesake  ⢠38. âThe Philadelphia Story  ⢠ââ39. âHigh Society â ⢠40. âThe Third Man  ⢠41. âAirplane!â  ⢠ââ42. âSay Anything â ⢠43. âThe Last Waltz  ⢠44. âAbout a Boy â ⢠45. âLove, âActually  ⢠46. âNotting Hill  ⢠47. âAbout Time â ⢠48. ââGhostbusters  ⢠49. âAnimal House  ⢠50. âThe âDaytrippers â ⢠51. âBlazing Saddles  ⢠52. âYoung Frankenstein  ⢠ââ53. âChariots âof Fireâ  ⢠54. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang  ⢠55. Nine âQueens  ⢠ââ56. The Bourne Identity  ⢠57. 20th Century Women  ⢠ââ58. Wet Hot âAmerican Summer  ⢠59. Eurotrip  ⢠60. Maria Full âof Grace â ⢠61. Talk to Her / Volver / Parallel Mothers  ⢠62. The âDescendants â ⢠63. The Spectacular Now  ⢠64. Short Term 12  ⢠ââ65. Frances âHa  ⢠66. A Muppet Christmas Carol  ⢠67. Snatch / âLayer Cake / âCrank  ⢠68. Bandits  ⢠69. The Bank Job  ⢠ââ70. Me and âYou and Everyone We Know  ⢠71. The Sweet Hereafter  ⢠ââ72. High âFidelity  ⢠73. Next Stop Wonderland  ⢠74. Music & âLyrics â ⢠75. My Best Friend's Wedding  ⢠76. Clueless  ⢠ââ77. Babette's âFeast  ⢠78. Crossing Delancey  ⢠79. Much Ado âAbout Nothing (Amy Acker)  ⢠80. What's Up, Doc?  ⢠81. Obvious âChild  ⢠ââ82. LA Story  ⢠83. Enough Said  ⢠84. The Intern â ⢠85. âTootsie  ⢠86. Walking and Talking  ⢠87. Truly âMadly Deeply â ⢠88. I Capture the Castle  ⢠89. Paris, je t'aime  ⢠ââ90. The Age âof Innocence  ⢠91. âGood Will Hunting  ⢠ââ92. Manchester by the âSea  ⢠93. You Can Count on Me  ⢠ââ94. The Lives of Others â ⢠95. Cold War  ⢠96. Cookie's Fortune â ⢠97. The Right âStuff  ⢠98. Days of Heaven  ⢠99. Sense & âSensibility  ⢠ââ100. Tender Mercies  ⢠101. Star Man  ⢠ââ102. Damsels in âDistress  ⢠103. Orlando  ⢠ââ104. L.A. Confidential  ⢠105. âGodfather I, II, *and* III  ⢠ââ106. The Nasty Girl  ⢠107. My Mother's âCastle / My Father's Glory  ⢠ââ108. Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring â ⢠109. Breaker Morant  ⢠ââ110. Best in Show / A Mighty Wind / Waiting for âGuffman  ⢠111. Atlantic âCity  ⢠112. The Sting  ⢠113. âGalaxy Quest  ⢠114. Annie âHall / Bananas / Love & Death / Purple Rose of Cairo / âCrimes & Misdemeanors / ââMidnight in âParis / Sleeper  ⢠115. Ghostworld â ⢠116. A Hidden Life  ⢠ââ117. A Walk in the Clouds  ⢠118. The âOld Man and the Gun  ⢠ââ119. Return to Me  ⢠120. Far From the âMadding Crowd (Carrie Mulligan) â ⢠121. An Education  ⢠122. Our âLittle Sister  ⢠ââ123. Departures  ⢠124. Sweet Bean  ⢠125. âThe Commitments â ⢠126. The Edge of Seventeen  ⢠127. The Last âWave  ⢠ââ128. Cutter's Way  ⢠129. Tell No One  ⢠130. âRunning on Empty â ⢠131. Do the Right Thing  ⢠132. His Girl âFriday  ⢠ââ133. The Thin Man / After the TM / Another TM (aka Return of the âTM)  ⢠ââ134. The Matrix  ⢠135. Bullitt  ⢠136. The Ipcress âFile  ⢠ââ137. The Fifth Element  ⢠138. Starman  ⢠139. âAlmost Famous â ⢠140. Bossa Nova  ⢠141. Umbrellas of Cherbourg / âLes Demoiselles âde Rochefort  ⢠142. Ladybird  ⢠143. Uncut âGems  ⢠ââ144. Fargo  ⢠145. The Big Lebowski  ⢠146. âKung Pow! Enter âthe Fist  ⢠147. Pinocchio (Disney)  ⢠148. I've âLoved You So Long â ⢠149. Persuasion  ⢠150. The Whole Nine âYards  ⢠ââ151. Pulp Fiction  ⢠152. Good Will Hunting  ⢠ââ153. Ulee's Gold â ⢠154. Never Look Away  ⢠155. My Man âGodfrey  ⢠ââ156. The Banshees of Inisherin ⢠157. In the âHeights  ⢠ââ158. Minari  ⢠159. Pieces of April  ⢠160. âRachel Getting âMarried  ⢠161. The Return of the Secaucus Seven  ⢠ââ162. Lone Star â ⢠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. AmĂŠlie ⢠211. Down With Love ⢠212. Beautiful Girls ⢠213. Chilly Scenes of Winter ⢠214. Hester Street ⢠215. Bridget Jones's Diary / Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy ⢠216. American Fiction ⢠217. Past Lives ⢠218. Taste of Cherry ⢠218. Certified Copy ⢠219. The Great Santini ⢠220. Schindler's List ⢠221. Hamnet
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Gun Sick
Another mass shooting. This one close to home. A fetishistic fascination with guns, power, and violence permeates American society. It’s symptomatic of a deep cultural pathology, and it’ll take more than laws to address the sickness. BUT, at least gun regulations are a place to start. And, compared to treating a moral illness, they’re low-hanging fruit. So, let’s make gun regulation an “easy” first step in trying to find a cure for this disease in our national soul.
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California Hills in August | Dana Gioia
I can imagine someone who found these fields unbearable, who climbed the hillside in the heat, cursing the dust, cracking the brittle weeds underfoot, wishing a few more trees for shade. An Easterner especially, who would scorn the meagerness of summer, the dry twisted shapes of black elm, scrub oak, and chaparral, a landscape August has already drained of green. One who would hurry over the clinging thistle, foxtail, golden poppy, knowing everything was just a weed, unable to conceive that these trees and sparse brown bushes were alive. And hate the bright stillness of the noon without wind, without motion, the only other living thing a hawk, hungry for prey, suspended in the blinding, sunlit blue. And yet how gentle it seems to someone raised in a landscape short of rain â the skyline of a hill broken by no more trees than one can count, the grass, the empty sky, the wish for water.
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Dust | Dorianne Laux
Someone spoke to me last night, told me the truth. Just a few words, but I recognized it. I knew I should make myself get up, write it down, but it was late, and I was exhausted from working all day in the garden, moving rocks. Now, I remember only the flavorâ not like food, sweet or sharp. More like a fine powder, like dust And I wasn't elated or frightened, but simply rapt, aware. That's how it is sometimesâ God comes to your window, all bright light and black wings, and you're just too tired to open it.
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stem the flood, americans
Russian propagandists do not need to wait to check facts or verify claims; they just disseminate an interpretation of emergent events that appears to best favor their themes and objectives. This allows them to be remarkably responsive and nimble, often broadcasting the first ânewsâ of events (and, with similar frequency, the first news of nonevents, or things that have not actually happened). They will also repeat and recycle disinformation. The Russian "Firehose of Falsehood" Propaganda Model: RAND Corporation, 2016.
... flood the zone with shit. Steve Bannon (to Michael Lewis, 2018)
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take the wheelJill Filipovic via ayjay
Just about everything researchers understand about resilience and mental well-being suggests that people who feel like they are the chief architects of their own life â to mix metaphors, that they captain their own ship, not that they are simply being tossed around by an uncontrollable ocean â are vastly better off than people whose default position is victimization, hurt, and a sense that life simply happens to them and they have no control over their response. That isnât to say that people who experience victimization or trauma should just muscle through it, or that any individual can bootstraps their way into wellbeing. It is to say, though, that in some circumstances, it is a choice to process feelings of discomfort or even offense through the language of deep emotional, spiritual, or even physical wound, and choosing to do so may make you worse off. Leaning into the language of âharmâ creates and reinforces feelings of harm ...
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A mediating device for differenceStanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez:
... Some students might feel that some points should not be up for argument and therefore that they should not bear the responsibility of arguing them (or even hearing arguments about them), but however appealing that position might be in some other context, it is incompatible with the training that must be delivered in a law school. Law students are entering a profession in which their job is to make arguments on behalf of clients whose very lives may depend on their professional skill. Just as doctors in training must learn to face suffering and death and respond in their professional role, lawyers in training must learn to confront injustice or views they donât agree with and respond as attorneys.
Law is a mediating device for difference. It therefore reflects all the heat of controversy, all the pain and suffering, and all the deeply felt moral urgency of our differences in position, power, and cherished principles. Knowing all of this, I believe we cannot function as a law school from the premise that appears to have animated the disruption of Judge Duncanâs remarks -- that speakers, texts, or ideas believed by some to be harmful inflict a new impermissible harm justifying a hecklerâs veto simply because they are present on this campus, raised in legally protected speech, and made an object of inquiry. Naming perceived harm, exploring it, and debating solutions with people who disagree about the nature and fact of the harm or the correct solutions are the very essence of legal work. Lively, candid, civil, and evidence-based discourse in disagreement is not just positive for our community, constituted as it is in difference, it is a professional duty. Observance of this duty matters most, not least, when we are convinced that others havenât. [emphasis added.]
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The Lake Isle | Ezra Pound
O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves, Give me in due time, I beseech you, a little tobacco-shop, With the little bright boxes piled up neatly upon the shelves And the loose fragrant cavendish and the shag, And the bright Virginia loose under the bright glass cases, And a pair of scales not too greasy, And the whores dropping in for a word or two in passing, For a flip word, and to tidy their hair a bit. â O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves, Lend me a little tobacco-shop, or install me in any profession Save this damnâd profession of writing, where one needs oneâs brains all the time.
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