"Starting back in 2007, when we favored a more conventional top 10 list, this playlist celebrates ALL the winners of our ‘Short of the Year’ prize – if you ever wondered what are the best short films ever featured on S/W, this playlist is a good place to start."—Rob Munday, "Short of the Year Playlist." shortoftheweek.com. … Continue reading Short of the Year Featured on Short of the Week (2007-2020)
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The 50 Best Cult Movies
"Making a list of movies that seem underrated or underappreciated is one thing; accounting for the ones that generate religious fervor is another,” Adam Nayman writes in this history of the cult movie. “Cult films come in all varieties—and sometimes with vigorous debate about their status attached—but genuine, possessive devotion is the baseline."-The Ringer Staff, "The 50 … Continue reading The 50 Best Cult Movies
Uncle Frank
Uncle Frank is a wonderful movie. I don't want to review it or summarize it. I just want to recommend it. The rest I leave to you.
BLACK SHEEP BOY
The Bit Player: Claude Shannon
"The film tells the story of an overlooked genius: Claude Shannon. In a blockbuster paper in 1948, Claude Shannon introduced the notion of a 'bit' and laid the foundation for the information age. His ideas ripple through nearly every aspect of modern life, influencing such diverse fields as communication, computing, cryptography, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, cosmology, … Continue reading The Bit Player: Claude Shannon
Cinetrii
"Cinetrii analyses reviews to infer possible inspirations behind a film. Enter a title to find other works that may have inspired (or been inspired by) it, along with the quotes that determine the connection."—https://cinetrii.com/
Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU1IVW6uqM0 h/t Open Culture.
Rambo III
"Colonel Trautman: You expect sympathy? You started this damn war! Now you'll have to deal with it!Zaysen: And we will. It is just a matter of time before we achieve a complete victory.Colonel Trautman: Yeah, well, there won't be a victory! Every day, your war machines lose ground to a bunch of POORLY-armed, POORLY-equipped freedom … Continue reading Rambo III
2020: This House Is Full of Music
"In its first remote-access film, imagine... offers a unique and intimate portrait of an exceptionally gifted musical family in lockdown – the Kanneh-Masons. In 2016, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason won BBC Young Musician award. In 2018, he released his debut album, and earlier this year his second album, Elgar, became a top ten hit. He achieved … Continue reading 2020: This House Is Full of Music
Stalker (1979) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGRDYpCmMcM h/t Open Culture. No longer available via YouTube, but you can rent it via Amazon and other streaming services. See also this article on a shot by shot breakdown of Solaris.
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