#689 The Elephant Man (1980)

The Elephant Man was David Lynch’s first major studio motion picture. Of course, before 1980 he independently gave birth to … More

#1165 Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Joel and Ethan Cohen’s Inside Llewyn Davis tells the story of a folk singer entering the strange early years of … More

#797 Moonstruck (1987)

Moonstruck is a romantic comedy from 1987 that seems to have defined the genre itself. The film follows the magical … More

#885 Man Bites Dog (C’est arrivé près de chez vous / It Happened in Your Neighborhood) (1992)

With a $33,000 budget (or as the creators in the Criterion interviews indicate, zero budget that they supplemented by asking … More

#4 Les Vampires (1915)

Les Vampires is a ten-part French serial that, clocking in at 440 minutes total, took me about 20 nights to … More

#470 Seconds (1966)

Labeled as a “Faustian vision of alienation in suburban America,” Seconds is a cult classic that examines what happens when … More

The Lobster and Captain Fantastic (2016)

I watched two films over the past month that I felt were some serious contenders for the next edition of Schneider’s book. Even … More

#393 Through A Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel) (1961)

Cracks in a family gathering emerge over the span of twenty-four hours in Bergman’s Through A Glass Darkly. A family … More

#1189 La La Land (2016)

La La Land is a new musical for the twenty-first century. Focusing on a jazz musician and a frustrated ingenue … More

#500 Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Clocking in at the exact halfway point of Schneider’s original 1001, Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby is the French-Polish director’s first … More