Paula Guthat
Cinema Detroit/TCM Party
US
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Casablanca | 1942 | Michael Curtiz |
| Cléo from 5 to 7 | 1962 | Agnès Varda |
| Out of the Past | 1947 | Jacques Tourneur |
| The Best Years of Our Lives | 1946 | William Wyler |
| Lady Bird | 2017 | Greta Gerwig |
| Parasite | 2019 | Bong Joon-ho |
| Moonlight | 2016 | Barry Jenkins |
| The Apartment | 1960 | Billy Wilder |
| Black Narcissus | 1947 | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Strangers on a Train | 1951 | Alfred Hitchcock |
Comments
Casablanca
Romance, comedy, drama, and the bad guys lose. It's a beautiful friendship.
Cléo from 5 to 7
Varda effectively captures two hours in the life of a woman under pressure so that something so specific becomes universal.
Out of the Past
The apotheosis of the film noir style, with the quintessential fall guy and femme fatale. "Baby I don't care"
The Best Years of Our Lives
A deceptively simple film with extraordinary performances and direction so subtle you forget it's there, fusing content and form into one beautiful whole.
Lady Bird
A revolutionary film in many ways. Lady Bird loses her virginity and it's no big deal...nothing bad happens and no one hassles her about it. A very rare thing in movies.
Parasite
A very appropriate parable for our time, illustrating how the have-nots fight each other for the crumbs from the haves' table.
Moonlight
Quite close to being perfect.
The Apartment
The master's greatest work, a bouquet in a garbage heap
Black Narcissus
P & P created an entire world in a studio, with a garden for a jungle, and paintings on glass for a sky,, tapping into all sorts of emotions, with Deborah Kerr at the center, trying to hold it together.
Strangers on a Train
Compulsively watchable.