The Awful Truth
Is that they’re in love!
To Be Or Not to Be
Is that really a question?
Metropolis
He makes the robot Maria.
NEXT: More great B&Ws!
Persepolis
Great story, told in animation
Raging Bull
DeNiro as LaMotta packs punches
Young Frankenstein
He has an enormous schwanstücker
Next: Even more great B/Ws!
Notorious
Spy thriller; my favorite Hitchcock
Paper Moon
Terrific Great Depression road movie
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
Martin’s hilarious film noir spoof
Next up:
Even more even more great B&W movies!
Psycho
Hitchcock thought color too gory.
Blackmail
Hitchcock’s first dip into sound.
My Favorite Wife
Dunne at home in B&W.
NEXT: Movies where character has some kind of medical condition (like diabetes or a psych diagnosis) and it ends up being a plot point.
Rear Window
Jimmy Stewart stuck in apartment
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Asylum wrong for Jack Nicholson
The Andromeda Strain
Dr. Leavitt’s epilepsy is significant
Next up:
Science fiction movies with important doctor characters
Lost In Space
Freaky Oldman is Dr. Smith
“The pain, the pain…”
Planet of the Apes
Dr. Zaius warns our hero
Back to the Future
Doc Brown saved the letter
Next: “B” westerns
More like a medical condition he didn’t have, but nevermind
That’s why it was wrong for him. 
“B” westerns
Custer’s Last Stand
1936 flick actually murder mystery
The Outcast
John Derek in 1954 oater
Hollywood Cowboy
Very meta 1937 cowboy pic
Next up:
Spy movies that don’t involve 007
In Like Flint
James Coburn spoofs spy movies
Our Man in Havana
Vacuum cleaner salesman turns spy
Bridge of Spies
Superpowers make a prisoner swap
Next: Good movies made on shoestring budgets
Paranormal Activity
Homeowner records spooky sights, sounds.
The Blair Witch Project
Young adults lost in forest.
Clerks
Two slackers, one typical day.
More good movies made on shoestring budgets
The Terminator
“I’ll be back,” he said.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
An African, or European swallow?
Clerks
Wasn’t supposed to be here!
New category:
Quentin Tarantino films
I really wanna do this topic.
Stranger than Paradise.
Slackers’ find drug-money: road trip!
She’s Gotta Have It
Lee refuses to follow Lucas.
Return of the Secaucus 7
You knew Sayles had something.
NEXT: Films of Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction
A watch survives POW prison
Jackie Brown
Bail-bondsman falls for flight attendant
Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
Lots of dirty bare feet
Next: More films of Quentin Tarantino
Reservoir Dogs
His screen debut, in 1992
Django Unchained
So many N-words, ye gods!
The Hateful Eight
Western mystery set in winter
Next up:
Cary Grant movies
North By Northwest
Planes, trains, and Mount Rushmore
Arsenic and Old Lace
It could be your grandmother
Bringing Up Baby
Baby has some sharp teeth
Next: James Cagney movies
James Cagney movies
Sinners’ Holiday
His screen debut, in 1930
The Fighting 69th
Played doughboy in WWI drama
Ragtime
Last played an old cop
Next up:
Movies with old cops
The Untouchables
Sean Connery steals the show
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad
Leslie Nielsen plays comedy straight
No Country for Old Men
Jones pines for olden days
(Technically, he’s a sheriff but it’s kinda the same)
Next: More senior lawmen in movies
Men in Black
Agent K trains young upstart.
Tombstone
“Hell’s coming with me!!! [four words are enough here]”
Seven
Killer evokes Seven Deadly Sins
Panned movies that you actually enjoyed.
Slaves of New York
I liked the book, too.
Heathers
Initial response lukewarm; theater empty.
To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
Personal favorite; initially panned; 180°.
NEXT: Movie starring someone who was famous in the silent era but the film you review does not have to be silent-- about half of Lillian Gish’s films were sound films, and Joan Crawford starred in a number of silents, but is best known for her sound films.