100 Film Favorites – #93: Beanstalk (Michael Davis, 1994) By all accounts, Beanstalk is not a great film. I can’t guarantee you’ll like it. I can’t even guarantee I like it. But I have had a long and complex relationship with this film, and so it warrants a spot. Granted, the spot it warrants probably…
100 Film Favorites – #94: “The Silence of the Lambs” (Johnathan Demme, 1991) A guide to pairing food and wine, for all of you sophisticated gourmands out there: Red Meat – – – Red Wine Seafood – – – White Wine Liver & Fava Beans – – – Chianti, preferably a Nice one “The Silence…
100 Film Favorites – #95: “Secondhand Lions” (Tim McCanlies, 2003) Let me be the first to admit that I have a soft spot both for movies where an older protagonist reflects nostalgically on their childhood (see: “The Sandlot”), and for movies where an eccentric figure has adventures and ultimately achieves prosperity due to his or…
100 Film Favorites – #96: Being There (Hal Ashby, 1979) Adapted from a novel by Polish writer Jerzy Kosinski, Being There chronicles the misadventures of Chance (Peter Sellers, in his last film released during his lifetime). Chance is a simple-minded man who has spent his life tending the garden of an elderly, well-off gentleman in…
100 Film Favorites Countdown – #97: “Teenagers from Outer Space” (Tom Graeff, 1959) When a film promises “thrill-crazed space kids blasting the flesh off humans” right on the poster, you know you’re in for a good time. To be completely honest, I had to cut some other, more critically-acclaimed films from the list to fit…
100 Film Favorites Countdown – #98: “Se7en” (David Fincher, 1995) Well, this might be the grisliest entry on the list. Maybe not. We’ll see. I briefly mentioned “Se7en” during the Creepy Classic Countdown in October. It’s one of my 100 film favorites mostly because I have a weakness for the “serial killers theming their crimes…
100 Film Favorites Countdown – #99: The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010) This is one of the most recent films on the list, and is likely to climb in ranking with time. Chances are The King’s Speech is familiar to a lot of you, seeing as it was the 2010 Best Picture winner, so I…
100 Film Favorites Countdown – #100: Manos: The Hands of Fate (Hal Warren, 1966) To kick off this Countdown of Countdowns, we’ve got a film widely regarded as one of the worst ever made. And yet, I couldn’t leave it off my list. Manos: The Hands of Fate is a 1966 independent film written and…
Hey everybody! My name is Brian Terrill. Diligent Earn This followers among you may remember me from the post a few months back about “Count Gauntly’s Horrors from the Public Domain,” the horror-host movie program I produce and host on Fairfax Public Access. Well, I also happen to keep a (somewhat rudimentary) film blog, Brian…
Brian Terrill is the host of the television show Count Gauntly’s Horrors from the Public Domain. He is also an avid fan of “the creepy, the strange, and the poorly and cheaply produced” side of cinema. He started a film blog on Facebook, where this Countdown originated. Brian Terrill’s 100 Film Favorites Countdown Introduction #100 Manos: The…