Response to Sight and Sound List - My List Changes Daily

Since Sight and Sound just released their list of the top 50 films of all time as voted by 846 critics, programmers, academics and distributors I thought I'd put my top 20 up. Not many matches. Not sure if this means I'm not as smart as I think or that these voters are losers. These aren't the movies I watch over and over again, but movies I think are overall really great (story, acting, photography, score, etc...). Since there are very few people that read this, I guess I don't mind sound like an arrogant fuck! I'll start at 20 and go down the list.

20. Au Hassard Balthazar (1966, Sweden, Dir Robert Bresson) 

#16 on Sight and Sounds List

19. In this World (2002, UK, Dir. Michael Winterbottom)

18. This Sporting Life (1963, UK, Dir. Lindsay Anderson)

17. Safe (1995, USA, Dir. Todd Haynes)

16. Howards End (1992, UK, Dir. James Ivory)

15. Brief Encounter (1945, UK, Dir. David Lean)

14. The Thin Red Line (1998, USA, Dir. Terrence Malick)

13. The 400 Blows (1959, France, Dir. Francois Truffaut)

Number 39 on Sight and Sounds List

12. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, USA, Dir. Richard Mulligan)

11. Withnail & I (1987, UK, Dir. Bruce Robinson)

10. In the Mood For Love (2001, Hong Kong, Dir. Wong Kar Wai)

Number 24 on Sight and Sounds List

9. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, Australia, Dir. Peter Weir)

8. Mulholland Drive (2001, USA, Dir. David Lynch)

28 on Sigh and Sounds List

7. Breathless (1960, France, Dir. Jean Luc Goddard)

13 on Sight and Sounds List

6. Sunset Boulevard (1950, USA, Dir. Billy Wilder)

5. The Last Picture Show (1971, USA, Dir. Peter Bogdonavich)

4. Days of Heaven (1978, USA, Dir. Terrence Malick)

3. Lolita (1962, USA/UK, Dir. Stanley Kubrick)

2. Army of Shadows (1969, France, Dir. Jean Pierre Melville)

1. Blue Velvet (1986, USA, Dir. David Lynch)

Top 10 Southern Films

Just got back from Charleston, SC so here's my top 10 films set in the Southeast United States.

1. Too Kill a Mockingbird

2. Wild at Heart

3. George Washington

4. Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte

5. Rambling Rose

6. Manderlay

7. Wise Blood

8. Nashville

9. Ruby in Paradise

10. All The Real Girls

This is Love

Top 10 Gay Themed Movies

In honor of Gay Pride, here's my top 10 Gay movies.

1. Swoon (1992) by Tom Kalin

2. Far From Heaven (2002) by Todd Haynes

3. A Single Man (2010) by Tom Ford

4. Happy Together (1997) by Wong Kar Wai

5. Aimee and Jaguar (1999) by Max Faberbock

6. Orlando (1992) by Sally Potter

7. Another Country (1984) by Marek Kanievska

8. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) by Gus Van Sant

9. Weekend (2011) by Andrew Haigh

10. Brokeback Mountain (2005) by Ang Lee

Top 10 French Films

I'm sure this will change:

1. Army of Shadows (1969) by Jean-Pierre Melville

2. Mississippi Mermaid (1969) by Francois Truffaut

3. Don't Deliver us From Evil (1971) by Joel Seria

4. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) by Jacques Demy

5. Belle de Jour (1967) by Luis Bunel

6. The 400 Blows (1959) by Francois Truffaut

7. Purple Noon (1960) Rene Clement

8. Le Boucher (1970) by Claude Chabrol

9. Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987) by Louis Malle

10. Les Biches (1968) by Claude Chabrol

Don't Deliver us From Evil

Ha! This movie was awesome! 4.5 out 5.

Long Weekend

Monday night movie, Long Weekend (1978, Australia). An environmental horror movie. 3 out of 5.