This article from the Guardian tells a bit about the restoration of "A Trip to the Moon" (aka "Le Voyage Dans La Lune">, a 1902 film by Georges Méliès. (Méliès got some attention Read the article

Lester (Kevin Spacey) is bored with his life, his job, his wife (Carolyn, played by Annette Bening), and his home. In the midst of what appears to be a mid-life crisis, he is laid off his job and falls Read the article

This is a very funny movie written and directed by David Mamet. His script requires some close attention, though, as the jokes are subtle and come at you out of left field. The cast is excellent: Clark Read the article

Dang! Sorry, my brain seized or something. Thanks for pointing that out. BIG Lebowsky, BIG Sleep. Don't know where my brain went.

This is a well-deserved cult classic. I won't call it Chandleresque even if it is based loosely (really loosely, dood) on "The Long Goodbye." It's a stand-alone comedy in its own right, and the characters Read the article

An enchanting film. It gets off to a slow start, but once the two women get off to their vacation, things pick up, and we get an engrossing story. The story was filmed as a mini-series for the BBC in Read the article

This is a charming comedy directed by and starring Buster Keaton. T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, and Ruth Dwyer have starring roles as well, but Buster is the main attraction. Buster and his partner Read the article

Sofia Coppola wrote and directed this quietly excellent movie starring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, and some other people who don't matter. The gist of the movie is that Bob Harris (Murray) and Charlotte Read the article

In an old interview on TMC, Terry Gilliam nails the distinction between Hollywood movies and great film made by great makers. It's here on YouTube.

Yes, I mention it near the end of the review. I didn't like it as much as you did, but I'm comparing it to the play. Ken Russell made a totally different movie.

This silent movie is an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play of the same name, starring Mitchell Lewis as Herod, Alla Nazimova as Salome, and Rose Dione (who played Madame Tetrallini in "Freaks") as Herodias, Read the article

I have occasional movies that I really like and can't really say why. John Gruber has a Mac-related blog, but he really dotes on Stanley Kubrick, and Gruber has this quote by Kubrick: The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good. I think that works for me for "Princess Bride," for example, where that affection exists not only between me and the movie, but between the movie and me; I felt the affection between the characters, between the [...] Read more

Co-written by William H. Macy and Steven Schachter, this movie named "The Deal" was directed by Schacher and starred Macy as Charlie Berns, Meg Ryan as Deidre Hearn, and Jason Ritter as Lionel Travitz. Read the article

The Criterion Collection has made about 50 of its movies available on iTunes. The purchase price (in US dollars) is $14.99, or the movies may be "rented" for $2.99. I don't know how Criterion selected Read the article

This is an interesting movie from a play written especially for its star, Jane Horrocks. The plot is that Little Voice (played by Horrocks) is practically mute in response to her brassy, overbearing Read the article

The Conversation This may be the best Seventies paranoia film, chock full of astounding actors: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Frederic Forest, Cindy Williams, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford, Robert Duvall, and Read the article

The mundane story of Antoine Doinel, a boy growing up in Paris. Read the article

This is a great shallow comedy chock full of totally likeable characters and totally wonderful villains. It's completely ridiculous, unbelievable, and rapturous. It may not bear repeated close viewing, Read the article

"Cousin Cousine" is a French comedy from 1975, directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella, who co-wrote the screenplay. We start at a post-wedding dinner which nailed post-wedding dinners: adults drunk, kids Read the article

This is the best movie I've ever seen, ranking as one of my three all-time favorites.* Bogart and Bergman are pitch-perfect in their roles, Rains is debonair and corrupt, Veidt is snakely and villainous Read the article