The Best Director of All-Time: Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock. He has a top 10 film, 10 films in the top 500 (the most) of all-time. Hitchcock is as good a candidate as any for the greatest artist of the 20th century (given is.gd/9llJRa #movie #moviereview #movies #review

Hero – 2002 Yimou Zhang Hero is a significant artistic achievement. Yimou Zhang’s #film is simultaneously one of the great Wuxia films (martial arts films set in ancient China) and one of the most considerable visual is.gd/yfRi9x #movie #moviereview #movies

The 166th Best Director of All-Time: Tim Burton Burton. Eight films with Tim Burton’s unmissable gothic fingerprint is the reason he lands on this list. He doesn’t have a top 500 of all-time #film (and unlike some others is.gd/BZQmzq #moviereview #movies #review

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge – 1990 Ivory It’s a strong bounce-back for Merchant/Ivory after 1989’s Slaves of New York Features real life husband and wife Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward- Woodward is nominated here but is.gd/gYUxlM #movie #moviereview #movies #review

1986 best film:  Blue Velvet from David Lynch It would take an artist like David Lynch and #film like Blue Velvet to knock of Tarkovsky’s swan song and Woody’s best film of the 1980s as the cinematic event of the year. is.gd/RxOfUI #moviereview #movies #review

2007 best film: There Will Be Blood from Paul Thomas Anderson By 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson has done Altman and Scorsese but There Will Be Blood unquestionably leans more towards Kubrick perhaps even Welles. Yet,  it is his is.gd/VWSMTS #movie #moviereview #review

The 179th Best Director of All-Time: Jean Vigo Vigo. Jean Vigo’s influence and impact on generations of cinema lovers and future auteurs is greater than his tragically truncated filmography. Sadly, he died at the is.gd/G6vLoT #movie #moviereview #movies #review

The Quiet American – 1958 Mankiewicz An intelligent film—engaging/intelligent narrative with strong performances by Audie Murphy and especially Michael Redgrave—I also think the decision to shoot on location is.gd/O3Nipf #movie #moviereview #movies #review

East of Eden – 1955 Kazan Dean’s lead debut, first archiveable film, first nom, and the only #film that was released prior to his death in Sep 1955 First film for Kazan in color and widescreen Trademark is.gd/tQDtOo #movie #moviereview #movies #review

This is Spinal Tap – 1984 Reiner The feature debut for Rob Reiner who would go on a pretty incredible streak starting here going through A Few Good Men in 1992. His six films (still his only in the archives to is.gd/vx7rgf #movie #moviereview #movies #film #review

2012 best film:  The Master from Paul Thomas Anderson There many be no other #film that rewards multiple viewings more.  Paul Thomas Anderson's work has an almost unparalleled tendency (maybe Kubrick, or Tarkovsky) is.gd/TRbzcS #moviereview #movies #review

Suspiria – 2018 Guadagnino It feels like a director swinging out of his shoes for a home run that doesn’t completely land—and that’s not the insult it may sound like—it’s ambitious—but I also think is.gd/VjiG3k #movie #moviereview #movies #review

The 121st Best Director of All-Time: George Lucas Lucas. You have to isolate Lucas the director from the rest--- he only directed six total films. Three films in the 1970’s (all below and in the archives) and the Star is.gd/GkEE13 #movie #moviereview #movies #review

The 5th Best Actress of All-Time: Lillian Gish best film:  Intolerance is a giant masterpiece that has influenced everyone from Erich von Stroheim to David Lean to Christopher Nolan. Gish does not have a big role in is.gd/xAGFbd #movie #moviereview #movies #review

The 14th Best Actress of All-Time: Diane Keaton best film:   The Godfather would be the easy choice for almost every actor in #film history, so it is no surprise it is Diane Keaton’s strongest as well. But there is is.gd/5OfcCG #movie #moviereview #movies #review

Battle of the Sexes – 2017 Dayton and Faris   Published on: Oct 9, 2017  It doesn’t have the overarching formal visual pleasures of little miss sunshine- dayton and faris previous archiveable effort is.gd/dKwR06 #movie #moviereview #movies #film #review

The Matrix – 1999 Wachowski Don’t hold the other brilliant films from 1999 against The Matrix- just because it isn’t the best #film of the year doesn’t mean it isn’t a magnificent cinematic achievement An is.gd/XvIfnm #movie #moviereview #movies #review

Riders of Justice – 2020 Jensen Riders of Justice achieves a rare little trifecta- it is funny,  it is filled with good action, and it is still is far more intelligent than the average film. The #film is set in is.gd/frnlrj #movie #moviereview #movies #review

The 64th Best Actress of All-Time: Claudia Cardinale   best film:  Look at these options: Rocco and His Brothers, 8 ½, The Leopard, Once Upon a Time in the West, Fitzcarraldo – Claudia Cardinale is in five is.gd/9PpAsa #movie #moviereview #movies #review

The 83rd Best Actress of All-Time: Patricia Arquette   best film:  Patricia Arquette’s two best films could not be more different. Lost Highway (1997) is trip through the twisted mind of David Lynch – and is.gd/Sqmna0 #movie #moviereview #movies #review