VIEWING DATES: November 27 to December 1, 2023 #76 – CITY LIGHTS (1931)D: Charlie ChaplinS: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Al Ernest Garcia Subtitled A Comedy Romance in Pantomime, Charlie Chaplin’s second entry is, therefore, the grandfather … Continue reading AFI Top 100 Revisited (#76 to #73)
VIEWING DATE: November 26, 2023 #77 – AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)D: George LucasS: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips, Harrison Ford, Suzanne Somers It’s not the film that comes to mind … Continue reading AFI Top 100 Revisited: #77 – “American Graffiti”
MARATHON DATES: November 20 to 25, 2023 #83 – PLATOON (1986)D: Oliver StoneS: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe After three decade-spanning directorial stints, Oliver Stone finally “arrived” with Platoon – his first of three Vietnam War movies. And in … Continue reading AFI Top 100 Revisited (#83 to #78)
VIEWING DATE: November 15, 2023 #84 – FARGO (1996) D: Joel and Ethan CoenS: Frances McDromand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Kristin Rudrud, John Carroll Lynch The tagline described it as a “homespun murder story”. But really, it’s … Continue reading AFI Top 100 Revisited: #84 – “Fargo”
VIEWING DATES: November 6 to 14, 2023 #93 – THE APARTMENT (1960)D: Billy WilderS: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurry Shortcuts up the corporate ladder often lead to graver hurdles. That’s the moral lesson at hand in this offbeat classic. … Continue reading AFI Top 100 Revisited (#93 to #85)
VIEWING DATE: November 5, 2023 #94 – GOODFELLAS (1990)D: Martin ScorseseS: Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco It’s not that Martin Scorsese planned to go head-to-head with Francis Ford Coppola then. In the first place, … Continue reading AFI Top 100 Revisited: #94 – “Goodfellas”
VIEWING DATES: October 30 to November 4, 2023 It’s been 25 years since I came across the AFI’s Top 100 Movies and started my collection; 16 since I binged the entries upon completion. Late last October, I decided to recreate … Continue reading AFI Top 100 Revisited (#100 to #95)
I was 13 when I learned about the AFI Top 100. Before then, my exposure to the classics were limited to what free TV had to offer on Sundays and posters on Pancake House’s walls. It was a formative period, … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Revisited: Memories of a 3-Month Movie Marathon
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