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Has someone posted Goodfellas? Or Pulp Fiction?

Now for Directors #51-60 Fassbinder (Ali: Fear Eats the soul [198], The Marriage of Maria Braun, Veronika Voss, Lola, Berlin Alexanderplatz, World on a Wire, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The Merchant of four Seasons, Fox and his Friends, Eight Hours don't make a Day) Griffith nothing Pasolini: (Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom [17], Mamma Roma, The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales, The Arabian Knights, Teorema) Huston (Under the Volcano [410], Wise Blood, The Asphalt Jungle) Kieslowski (The Double Life of Veronique [359], Blue, White, Red, Blind Chance, Dekalog)

I think the 1988 Little Dorrit was disappointing, which spent much of its unprecedented six hours repeating itself, when it could have used more of the novel.

Last week I saw four movies. The Personal history of David Copperfield was probably the best. It's probably foolish to try to fit in one of the most complicated novels in English literature in only two hours. So this adaptation concentrates on the most amusing bits and touches of the novel. Rather oddly, out of a whole host of minor characters, it is Hugh Laurie as Mr. Dick who gets an undue amount of attention. But actually it's one of his best performances in years. Ben Whishaw is also good as Uriah Heep, while Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, and Morfydd Clark round out a stro

This may work better for the closing credits:

Last week I saw eight movies. The Song Remains the Same does not have a particularly good reputation among concert movies. And it's perhaps best known as an inspiration for This is Spinal Tap. But just as Led Zeppelin's music easily survived the contempt of the critics, so does this movie. Keeping in mind that Page's guitar playing works better than Plant's voice, this movie depends on whether you want to listen to twenty or thirty minutes versions of "Dazed and Confused." And as it happens, I'm fine with that. Young Americans is best known as the best documentary winner that got its osc

Am I correct I thinking that when the schedule originally came out The boy and the Pirates wasn't the original choice? Can anyone recall what was?

Most consecutive leading actress nominations Two actresses have been nominated 5 years in a row: Bette Davis (1938–1942) Greer Garson (1941–1945) Most consecutive leading actor nominations Marlon Brando with four nominations (1951 to 1954) Actor with most total nominations for acting Jack Nicholson with 12 nominations Actress with most total nominations for acting Meryl Streep with 21 nominations Most nominations for an actress without an award Glenn Close with 7 nominations

One gay critic is skeptical:

Until a year ago, I was still using my VCR to record things, except I was running out of tapes, my VCR was having problems, and when I recorded things the image would be unsteady. So I contacted my cable company and got a DVR box. Your company might be generous about it.

Is there a reason why Tabu: A Story of the South Seas has only appeared once on TCM, shortly after it was founded I believe?