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The movies I could watch over and over and over...and have.

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Excellence, creativity, and a stunning lack of boredom.

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Re-Animator (Millennium Edition)

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"Cat dead. Details later."

Okay, I admit it. I'm a horror geek. Worse, I'm a horror geek who loves H.P. Lovecraft. I know some people are resistant to this film, due to the fact that it's too funny for a lot of hardcore fans and too gory for a lot of non-horror fans, but I love it. Jeffrey Combs is perfectly dry as Herbert West, and I think Stuart Gordon has a perfect handle on how to adapt Lovecraft for the screen.

For anyone who loved "Shaun of the Dead," if you haven't seen "The Re-Animator," you really need to. If you're feeling particularly campy, check out "Bride of the Re-Animator" too--"He's a wife-beater, Dan! Use the gun!"

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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Vertigo (Collector's Edition)

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I'm not generally a Jimmy Stewart fan, but this is my favorite film of his, and of Hitchcock's. From the opening titles (by the ever-amazing Saul Bass) to the final scene, the film is flawless. Taut, precise, expertly filmed, beautifully framed, suspenseful, compelling, dark. It's everything you could want from Hitchcock, and Jimmy Stewart (finally) shows his dark side.

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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Dead Man

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Another fabulous film from Jim Jamusch. Funny and very dark. (via amazon.com)

Updated Apr 15, 2009

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The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1

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There are very few filmmakers that are as influential and as unknown as Kenneth Anger. The films in this collection are not as well-known as some of his later works—among them "Scorpio Rising" and "Lucifer Rising"—but are as important. Ranging from the surreal dreamscape of "Fireworks" (which is part of the Kinsey Institute archives), "Puce Moment," "Rabbit's Moon," "Eaux d'artifice," and "Inauguration of the Pleasuredome."

I was fortunate enough to see a screening of two of these films on the big screen last year ("Fireworks" and "Rabbit's"), and can safely say that "Rabbit's Moon" is the most visually stunning film I've ever seen. It's beautiful and emotional, a blend of French comedia del arte and Japanese folklore that shimmers onscreen and vibrates long after the screen goes dark. The films range further into the wild, hallucinogenic baccanalia of "Inauguration," which was the first Anger film I saw. Simultaneously shocking, frightening and compelling (and featuring Anaïs Nin), the images have stuck with me long after my original viewing, five+ years ago.

A definite must for anyone who loves the experience of being steeped in film!

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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Morrissey - Who Put the M in Manchester

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There are a number of video collections I could have named, but this live concert has it all. Morrissey is back and better than ever, performing in his hometown on his birthday for a capacity crowd. Even if you never loved The Smiths, this video will open your eyes (and ears, and possibly heart) to Moz.

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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