Impossible to choose a tenth.

Close-up was my introduction to cinematic humanism and secular grace.

A Christmas Tale is the ultimate cinematic feast, endlessly nourishing.

Something Wild is a pop masterpiece from a man who was, until recently, my favorite living filmmaker, Jonathan Demme. Rest in peace.

My Darling Clementine is my favorite John Ford—so beautiful it hurts.

News from Home justifies a personal cinema. The loneliest movie.