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A decade under the influence (of cinema): Part Ten: The College Film Experience

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Part Ten: The College Film Experience. Like most universities, the student association also sponsored weekly film showings at the student union. I wound up going to a few of them, and during one of the first weekends of my freshman year, they had a double billing of the Kill Bill. Movies. I wound up going alone, and ran into another kid from my dorm there, who wound up becoming one of my closest friends. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Cat's Celeb News (Archived).

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A decade under the influence (of cinema): December 2009

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The Best Films of the 2000s: Top 10s by Year. These are fairly easy to gauge from my top 100 of the decade list (previous post), but some years had more than 10 films included in that, meaning that others had less than 10. I scoured my ratings and other lists to figure out the rest. 3 In the Mood for Love. Dancer in the Dark. 7 You Can Count on Me. 8 Before Night Falls. 9 Best in Show. 10 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. 1 The Royal Tenenbaums. 8 Bridget Jones's Diary. 10 Me Without You. 3 Far From Heaven.

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A decade under the influence (of cinema): Part Thirteen: The Best Films of the 2000s

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Part Thirteen: The Best Films of the 2000s. It took me a while to put this all together, and I went through two or three major reworkings before I settled on the list I have now. I'm sure that as time passes my list will change, but these are my choices as I immediately look back on the decade. Here are my top 100 films of the 2000s, barring a few I need to see from the last two months of 2009 (. Are the likely contenders):. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Good Night, and Good Luck. Up in the Air.

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A decade under the influence (of cinema): November 2009

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Part Seven: Pilgrimage to L.A. In the summer of 2003, before my senior year of high school, I had saved up my money and decided that my mom and I should take a trip to Los Angeles to see all the movie-related sights. The Hollywood History Museum wasn't scheduled to open until 2004, but instead, it opened the week before we got there, and we discovered it on the last day of our trip. It was awesome. The basement of the museum was the entire jail set from The Silence of the Lambs. That week I spent in L&#4...

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A decade under the influence (of cinema): Part Eight: Studying Film

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Part Eight: Studying Film. And Talk to Her. The only two Almodóvar films that Blockbuster had. I loved All About My Mother. So much that I watched it three times before I had to return it. It is definitely my favorite Spanish-language film, and is right behind the French Amélie. As my favorite foreign language film. Almodóvar is now one of my favorite filmmakers, and I am always on the lookout to see more of his films. His last entry of this decade, Broken Embraces. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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A decade under the influence (of cinema): Part Nine: A Major Change

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Part Nine: A Major Change. And pitched it to my class, complete with fake movie poster. After positive feedback from most of the people who read it, my mom had me submit it for the Nicholl Fellowship in spring 2009. It didn't make the cut, but I'm sure I'll try again at some point. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Cat's Celeb News (Archived). Facebook Photo Album 1. Facebook Photo Album 2. Film Club of MU. Part Nine: A Major Change.

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A decade under the influence (of cinema): The Best Films of the 2000s: Top 10s by Year

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The Best Films of the 2000s: Top 10s by Year. These are fairly easy to gauge from my top 100 of the decade list (previous post), but some years had more than 10 films included in that, meaning that others had less than 10. I scoured my ratings and other lists to figure out the rest. 3 In the Mood for Love. Dancer in the Dark. 7 You Can Count on Me. 8 Before Night Falls. 9 Best in Show. 10 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. 1 The Royal Tenenbaums. 8 Bridget Jones's Diary. 10 Me Without You. 3 Far From Heaven.

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A decade under the influence (of cinema): Part Twelve: Favorite Franchises of the Decade

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Part Twelve: Favorite Franchises of the Decade. It seems like this decade, more than ever, sequels and movie franchises have become the order of the movie business, especially in Hollywood. Harry Potter, the fellowship of THE ring, Daniel Ocean (plus a few friends), Bridget Jones, Shrek, Jason Bourne, Captain Jack Sparrow and a gaggle of superheroes all saw multiple trips to the multiplexes in the 2000s. The remake of Ocean's Eleven. The fifth Harry Potter. And the first Pirates of the Caribbean. Quite p...

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A decade under the influence (of cinema): Part Eleven: Film Festivals

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Part Eleven: Film Festivals. My first film festival was the 2004 St. Louis Intenational Film Festival, where I just attended one film (Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education. And my last film festival of the decade was the 2009 SLIFF, where I attended seven films (which includes, coincidentally, Lone Scherfig's An Education. Which I'll detail more in an upcoming post) and This Film Is Not Yet Rated. Are the tops for actual movie-watching experiences. At Plaza Frontenac. Not only do film festivals seem to cr...