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.

Sight and Sound forgot to send me an invitation

The 2012 Sight and Sound Poll is coming soon. I was not invited to participate, but I'm going to do it anyway. I'm put together my shortlist, which actually isn't that short. I'll keep cutting and eventually have a top 10.

Blue Velvet (1986, David Lynch, USA)
The Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, Peter Weir, Australia)
Household Saints (1993, Nancy Savoca, USA)
If...(1968, Lindsay Anderson, UK)
Army of Shadows (1969, Jean-Pierre Melville, France)
Veronika Voss (1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Germany)
Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
In the Mood for Love (2001, Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, Jacques Demy, France)
Tree of Life (2011, Terrence Malick, USA)
Withnail & I (1987, Bruce Robinson, UK)
Pixote (1981, Hector Babenco, Brazil)
3 Women (1977, Robert Altman, USA)
The Tin Drum (1979, Volker Schlondorff, Germany)
Sunset Boulevard (1950, Billy Wilder, USA)
Lolita (1962, Stanley Kubrick, USA/UK)
Mulholland Drive (2001, David Lynch, USA)
Le Boucher (1970, Claude Chabrol, France)
Flirting (1991, John Duigan, Australia)
Hunger (2008, Steve McQueen, UK)
Brief Encounter (1945, David Lean, UK)
Bringing up Baby (1938, Howard Hawks, USA)
Alien (1979, Ridley Scott, USA/UK)
This Sporting LIfe (1963, Lindsay Anderson, UK)
Swoon (1992, Tom Kalin, USA)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, Richard Mulligan, USA)
Shanghai Triad (1995, Zhang Yimou, China)
Life is Sweet (1990, Mike Leigh, UK)
An Angel at My Table (1990, Jane Campion, New Zealand)
Leolo (1992, Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canada)
The Piano Teacher (2001, Michael Haneke, Austria)
Safe (1995, Todd Haynes, USA)
The 400 Blows (1959, Fracois Truffaut, France)
Murmur of the Heart (1971, Louis Malle, France)
Short Cuts (1993, Robert Altman, USA)
Croupier (1998, Mike Hodges, UK)
Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder, USA)
Belle de Jour (1967, Luis Bunuel, France)
Repulsion (1965, Roman Polanski, France)
Billy Liar (1963, John Schlesinger, UK)
Wild at Heart (1990, David Lynch, USA)
Howards End (1992, James Ivory, USA)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987, Louis Malle, France)
Days of Heaven (1978, Terrence Malick, USA)
Eyes Without a Face (1960, Georges Franju, France)
Faces (1968, John Cassavetes, USA)
George Washington (2008, David Gordon Greene, USA)
The Ice Storm (1997, Ang Lee, USA)
The Last Picture Show (1971, Peter Bogdanovich, USA)
Metropolitan (1990, Whit Stillman, USA)
The Night Porter (1974, Liliana Cavani, Italy)
In this World (2002, Michael Winterbottom, UK)
Trust (1990, Hal Hartley, USA)
The Thin Red Line (1998, Terrence Malick, USA)


Ok, I think that's enough.