100 Years, 100 Movies

1998

July 22, 2020 01:26 - 7 minutes - 3.79 MB

The Big Lebowski is one of the Coen Brothers’ enduring classics. There’s no way that There’s Something About Mary could be made today.

1945

July 20, 2020 20:21 - 7 minutes - 3.33 MB

Mildred Pierce and the awesomeness of Joan Crawford. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a decent adaptation of my favorite book.

2013

July 20, 2020 20:18 - 6 minutes - 3.22 MB

About Time is a wonderful romantic comedy. The Heat is one of Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock’s best:

1942

July 20, 2020 20:17 - 8 minutes - 4.04 MB

Casablanca may be the greatest movie of all time. Cat People and the importance of Val Lewton.

1949

July 20, 2020 20:15 - 6 minutes - 2.86 MB

The Third Man and White Heat are two very different crime dramas. Lookit me ma, top of the world!

1980

July 20, 2020 20:13 - 9 minutes - 4.5 MB

I’d rather discuss Scorsese’s masterpiece Raging Bull than Empire Strikes Back. Cannibal Holocaust is family fun for all.

1996

July 19, 2020 22:18 - 8 minutes - 4.2 MB

Scream resurrects the slasher genre and makes horror mainstream one again. Matilda is quite the children’s movie.

1925

July 19, 2020 22:15 - 5 minutes - 2.81 MB

The Gold Rush is one of the most iconic Charlie Chaplin movies. Battleship Potemkin and the influence of Russian cinema.

1935

July 19, 2020 22:11 - 6 minutes - 3.14 MB

G Men gives James Cagney fans a character to cheer for. The Bride of Frankenstein continues Universal’s monster horror streak going.

1959

July 19, 2020 22:07 - 6 minutes - 3.28 MB

North by Northwest is one of Hitchcock’s funnest mistaken identity movies. Speaking of fun Some Like it Hot is that and more.

1953

July 19, 2020 22:00 - 7 minutes - 3.32 MB

Shane and the impact of one’s own violent actions. From Here to Eternity is an excuse to talk about Montgomery Clift.

1972

July 18, 2020 20:26 - 6 minutes - 2.97 MB

The Godfather is the greatest mafia movie ever made. The Harder They Come and reggae music.

1950

July 18, 2020 20:25 - 6 minutes - 2.92 MB

All About Eve is Bette Davis’s greatest moment in film. Rashomon and the impact of perspective.

1997

July 18, 2020 20:23 - 8 minutes - 4.17 MB

Jackie Brown reminds everyone that Pam Grier is great. Boogie Nights and dysfunctional found families.

1969

July 18, 2020 20:18 - 7 minutes - 3.68 MB

The Wild Bunch continues to push boundaries of violence. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid comments on the myth of the west.

2009

July 18, 2020 19:50 - 8 minutes - 4.17 MB

Inglorious Basterds is Tarantino’s stealth celebration of movies presented as a war movie. Tom Ford shows he not only knows fashion with A Single Man.

1992

July 17, 2020 19:13 - 7 minutes - 3.64 MB

Tarantino burst on the scene with Reservoir Dogs. Robert Altman’s The Player celebrates and ridicules Hollywood.

2006

July 17, 2020 19:07 - 7 minutes - 3.5 MB

Children of Men shows us a terribly realistic apocalyptic scenario. Casino Royale reinvigorates the Bond franchise in what may be it’s best entry ever.

2011

July 17, 2020 19:05 - 6 minutes - 3.29 MB

Bridesmaids is a showcase for female-led comedies. Fast Five is the best entry in the most unlikely franchise ever.

1933

July 17, 2020 19:03 - 6 minutes - 3.1 MB

King Kong inspires special effects artists to this day. Duck Soup and the brilliance of the Marx Brothers.

1948

July 17, 2020 19:01 - 7 minutes - 3.75 MB

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is all about manly men making terrible manly decisions. Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein signals the beginning of the end for the Universal Monsters.

1962

July 16, 2020 16:59 - 5 minutes - 2.78 MB

Jules and Jim is a great example of the French New Wave and Francois Truffaut. Carnival of Souls is a haunting little thriller.

1961

July 16, 2020 16:57 - 6 minutes - 3.28 MB

Kurosawa’s Yojimbo continues to influence action movies. The Pit and the Pendulum and the importance of Roger Corman.

1946

July 16, 2020 16:53 - 6 minutes - 3.26 MB

Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life is a wonderfully subversive movie. The Big Sleep is an excuse to talk about Bogie and Bacall.

2014

July 16, 2020 16:50 - 10 minutes - 4.94 MB

Guardians of the Galaxy introduces the world to a gang of colorful misfits including a talking raccoon. John Wick cements Keanu Reeves as the low-key best action movie star ever.

1957

July 16, 2020 16:48 - 9 minutes - 4.31 MB

Ingmar Bergman’s the Seventh Seal and it’s connection to the Flash. 12 Angry Men still comments on what’s happening today.

1956

July 15, 2020 17:22 - 7 minutes - 3.72 MB

John Ford’s and John Wayne’s the Searchers is much nastier than you think. Invasion of the Body Snatchers comments on conformity.

2001

July 15, 2020 17:20 - 6 minutes - 3.28 MB

A Knight’s Tale is the single greatest movie ever made. Ocean’s Eleven still epitomizes cool.

2005

July 15, 2020 17:18 - 10 minutes - 4.94 MB

Sadistic clowns, gore and country music coalesce into Rob Zombie’s gonzo horror masterpiece the Devils Rejects. Brokeback Mountain and the impact of love.

1988

July 15, 2020 17:16 - 9 minutes - 4.42 MB

Anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro and it’s connection to Cthulhu and Eric Cartman. Alan Rickman is the best thing in the ever watchable Die Hard.

1954

July 15, 2020 17:12 - 8 minutes - 4.03 MB

Akira Kurosawa and the Seven Samurai have an impact to this day. The Creature from the Black Lagoon is the last of the iconic Universal Monsters.

1937

July 14, 2020 18:29 - 7 minutes - 3.34 MB

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves kicks off the feature length animated movie in a big way. Renoir’s masterpiece The Grand Illusion.

1922

July 14, 2020 18:27 - 5 minutes - 2.78 MB

The striking visuals of Nosferatu and Haxan are still striking today.

1984

July 14, 2020 18:25 - 9 minutes - 4.53 MB

A Nightmare on Elm Street slashes it’s way into your dreams. Arnold Schwarzenegger is convincing as a killer robot in The Terminator.

1936

July 14, 2020 18:24 - 9 minutes - 4.49 MB

Chaplin’s Modern Times lives up to its name. Humphrey Bogart’s big break in the Petrified Forest.

1982

July 14, 2020 18:22 - 10 minutes - 4.83 MB

Trust is a four letter word in The Thing. Halloween III: Season of the Witch fails to rebrand Halloween around the holiday.

1989

July 13, 2020 17:16 - 10 minutes - 5.17 MB

My earliest memory of a movie theater experience was watching Batman. Also Bond’s grittier side with Licence to Kill.

1927

July 13, 2020 17:13 - 6 minutes - 2.94 MB

Murnau’s Sunrise and Lang’s Metropolis are masterpieces from German masters.

1967

July 13, 2020 17:10 - 8 minutes - 3.85 MB

Let’s talk about cool gangsters with Bonnie & Clyde and Le Samourai.

1923

July 13, 2020 17:09 - 6 minutes - 2.98 MB

Finishing up the triumvirate of silent movie comedians with Harold Lloyd in Safety Last. Plus Lon Chaney’s striking Hunchback of Notre Dame.

1951

July 13, 2020 17:07 - 8 minutes - 3.92 MB

A Streetcar Named Desire starring American sex god Marlon Brando. Plus Bogart and Hepburn argue like an old married couple in the African Queen.

1934

July 13, 2020 01:13 - 7 minutes - 3.54 MB

It Happened One Night creates the modern romantic comedy genre. Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi together for the first time ever in The Black Cat.

1944

July 13, 2020 01:11 - 6 minutes - 3.1 MB

Film noir is great and Double Indemnity is one of the best. Also Gaslight the inspiration for gaslighting people today.

1960

July 13, 2020 01:10 - 7 minutes - 3.65 MB

Jack Lemmon’s sad sack energy is perfect for Billy Wilder’s the Apartment. Also Eyes Without a Face shows what can go wrong with skin grafts.

1926

July 13, 2020 01:07 - 5 minutes - 2.63 MB

Buster Keaton was another influential silent film comedian; let’s discuss his best known movie the General. Also let’s talk about Faust.

1921

July 13, 2020 01:05 - 6 minutes - 3.08 MB

Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford were two of the most important people in Hollywood in the 1920’s. Let’s discuss the Kid and the Love Light.

1983

July 12, 2020 01:02 - 9 minutes - 4.34 MB

Scarface is the cocaine-fueled, neon colored feel good movie of the year! Also Sleepaway Camp and that infamous final twist.

1930

July 12, 2020 00:57 - 7 minutes - 3.73 MB

All Quiet on the Western Front and the futility of war. Also let’s talk Lon Chaney with the Unholy Three.

1994

July 12, 2020 00:54 - 9 minutes - 4.44 MB

Pulp Fiction is possibly Tarantino’s best movie but definitely the best movie of 1994. Also let’s take a chance to talk about Disney animation with the Lion King.

1965

July 12, 2020 00:51 - 8 minutes - 4.11 MB

Where I once again avoid talking about the most popular movie of the year (The Sound of Music) to talk about a western (For a Few Dollars More). Also let’s talk exploitation with Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

100 Years, 100 Movies

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