19th Century
A journey through early cinematic history, highlighting the best films from each year.
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December 2018
- Dec 19, 2018 Battlestar Galactica's moral complexity Dec 19, 2018
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June 2018
- Jun 6, 2018 Power Worship & Superheroes Jun 6, 2018
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October 2017
- Oct 9, 2017 Top Films of 1899 Oct 9, 2017
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March 2017
- Mar 13, 2017 It's past time we condemned Fitzcarraldo Mar 13, 2017
- Mar 12, 2017 Songs from the Second Floor - Not with a bang, Mar 12, 2017
- Mar 12, 2017 Top Films of 1898 Mar 12, 2017
- Mar 7, 2017 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Mar 7, 2017
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February 2017
- Feb 25, 2017 2017 Best Picture Picks Feb 25, 2017
- Feb 18, 2017 Grey Gardens Feb 18, 2017
- Feb 18, 2017 Woman in the Dunes Feb 18, 2017
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January 2017
- Jan 30, 2017 Top Films of 1897 Jan 30, 2017
- Jan 16, 2017 Top Films of 1896 Jan 16, 2017
- Jan 9, 2017 Replaced by Technology Jan 9, 2017
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December 2016
- Dec 5, 2016 Top Films of 1895 Dec 5, 2016
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October 2016
- Oct 24, 2016 Top Films - 1894 Oct 24, 2016
- Oct 17, 2016 I hit 500! - My Personal Top 50 Oct 17, 2016
- Oct 10, 2016 Top Films - 1893 Oct 10, 2016
- Oct 3, 2016 Top Films - 1892 Oct 3, 2016
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September 2016
- Sep 26, 2016 Top Films - 1891 Sep 26, 2016
- Sep 19, 2016 Top Films - 1890 Sep 19, 2016
- Sep 12, 2016 The Creation of Cinema Sep 12, 2016
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July 2016
- Jul 25, 2016 Dueling Dystopias Jul 25, 2016
- Jul 11, 2016 Bollywood & Hollywood Nationalism Jul 11, 2016
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May 2016
- May 25, 2016 Top 5 Films - 1916 May 25, 2016
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March 2016
- Mar 26, 2016 Top 5 Films - 1915 Mar 26, 2016
- Mar 20, 2016 Harakiri Mar 20, 2016
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February 2016
- Feb 1, 2016 To Have and Have Not Feb 1, 2016
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January 2016
- Jan 18, 2016 Why I Doubt Artificial Intelligence Jan 18, 2016
- Jan 11, 2016 Anti-War Films of World War II Jan 11, 2016
- Jan 2, 2016 Eyes Without a Face Jan 2, 2016
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October 2015
- Oct 16, 2015 Audition - Slow Boil Feminism Oct 16, 2015
- Oct 8, 2015 Akira Oct 8, 2015
- Oct 8, 2015 The Cranes are Flying Oct 8, 2015
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September 2015
- Sep 13, 2015 Beau travail Sep 13, 2015
- Sep 10, 2015 Crash (1996) Sep 10, 2015
- Sep 7, 2015 The Keaton Decade Sep 7, 2015
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August 2015
- Aug 23, 2015 Color Schemes in Paris, Texas Aug 23, 2015
- Aug 14, 2015 Blissfully Yours Aug 14, 2015
- Aug 9, 2015 Forgiveness in Le fils Aug 9, 2015
- Aug 8, 2015 Dead Ringers Aug 8, 2015
- Aug 1, 2015 Salò and Eyes Wide Shut Aug 1, 2015
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June 2015
- Jun 22, 2015 The Movie We Don't Want to Talk About Jun 22, 2015
- Jun 4, 2015 Nanook and "The Vanishing Race" Jun 4, 2015
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February 2015
- Feb 7, 2015 2014 Best Picture Nominees - Ranked from Best to Worst Feb 7, 2015
- Feb 1, 2015 Strategic exoticism in Touki Bouki Feb 1, 2015
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January 2015
- Jan 23, 2015 Murnau's Faust in 5 Frames Jan 23, 2015
- Jan 11, 2015 Funny Games in our minds Jan 11, 2015
- Jan 10, 2015 Your Changing Body - Videodrome and Marshall McLuhan Jan 10, 2015
- Jan 6, 2015 The Southern Gothic Texas Chain Saw Massacre Jan 6, 2015
- Jan 6, 2015 Dr. Mabuse Jan 6, 2015
- Jan 5, 2015 Werckmeister Harmonies Jan 5, 2015
- Jan 5, 2015 Dancer in the Dark Jan 5, 2015
- Jan 2, 2015 Cuckolds and Clowns Jan 2, 2015
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September 2014
- Sep 28, 2014 The Dark Side of Henry V Sep 28, 2014
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August 2014
- Aug 8, 2014 The end of The Word Aug 8, 2014
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April 2014
- Apr 20, 2014 Uncertain Detectives Apr 20, 2014
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January 2014
- Jan 12, 2014 Lawrence, Kierkegaard, and the limits of self-invention Jan 12, 2014
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December 2013
- Dec 1, 2013 12 Years a Slave - Breaking the silence on slavery Dec 1, 2013
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October 2013
- Oct 26, 2013 All That Heaven Allows Oct 26, 2013
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September 2013
- Sep 27, 2013 Docks of New York Sep 27, 2013
- Sep 18, 2013 When the world ends Sep 18, 2013
- Sep 12, 2013 Angels & Tomboys Sep 12, 2013
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July 2013
- Jul 11, 2013 Sayat Nova - Celebrating Armenia Jul 11, 2013
- Jul 6, 2013 Eraserhead Jul 6, 2013
- Jul 4, 2013 Imitation of Life - Racism, Vicious and Defensive Jul 4, 2013
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June 2013
- Jun 30, 2013 A Man Escaped Jun 30, 2013
- Jun 30, 2013 Sans soliel Jun 30, 2013
- Jun 10, 2013 Throne of Blood -- Why MacBeth? Jun 10, 2013
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May 2013
- May 2, 2013 Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles May 2, 2013
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April 2013
- Apr 27, 2013 Close-Up Apr 27, 2013
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March 2013
- Mar 8, 2013 The Mexican War Journal of Thomas James Dunn Mar 8, 2013
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February 2013
- Feb 12, 2013 A Woman Under the Influence Feb 12, 2013
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January 2013
- Jan 19, 2013 Shoot the Piano Player Jan 19, 2013
- Jan 19, 2013 Cléo de 5 à 7 Jan 19, 2013
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October 2012
- Oct 28, 2012 Wavelength Oct 28, 2012
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September 2012
- Sep 23, 2012 Day of Wrath Sep 23, 2012
- Sep 22, 2012 Daisies Sep 22, 2012
- Sep 15, 2012 Shoah Sep 15, 2012
- Sep 15, 2012 The Shop Around the Corner Sep 15, 2012
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August 2012
- Aug 25, 2012 Scary Vampires Aug 25, 2012
- Aug 19, 2012 René Clair Aug 19, 2012
- Aug 11, 2012 L'eclisse - Antonioni's Wasteland Aug 11, 2012
- Aug 5, 2012 Truthful Cinema Aug 5, 2012
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July 2012
- Jul 29, 2012 The Innocents Jul 29, 2012
- Jul 15, 2012 Dead Man - A White Man Looks At Indians Jul 15, 2012
- Jul 14, 2012 The River Jul 14, 2012
- Jul 5, 2012 Detour Jul 5, 2012
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June 2012
- Jun 18, 2012 Cyril Call in the War of 1812 Jun 18, 2012
- Jun 16, 2012 Forbidden Games Jun 16, 2012
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May 2012
- May 5, 2012 Late Spring May 5, 2012
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April 2012
- Apr 9, 2012 Brandon Rutledge Apr 9, 2012
- Apr 7, 2012 Peeping Tom & The Male Gaze Apr 7, 2012
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March 2012
- Mar 31, 2012 Harlan County, USA Mar 31, 2012
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February 2012
- Feb 29, 2012 Modern and Postmodern Jesus Films Feb 29, 2012
- Feb 15, 2012 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Feb 15, 2012
- Feb 8, 2012 Godard's Musical Comedy Feb 8, 2012
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January 2012
- Jan 25, 2012 The Fly Jan 25, 2012
- Jan 17, 2012 Monsieur Verdoux Jan 17, 2012
- Jan 16, 2012 My 2011 Razzies Ballot Jan 16, 2012
- Jan 16, 2012 Death in Venice Jan 16, 2012
- Jan 7, 2012 Film Canon's Boomer Bias Jan 7, 2012
- Jan 5, 2012 Heaven Can Wait (1943) Jan 5, 2012
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December 2011
- Dec 30, 2011 Cul-de-sac (1966) Dec 30, 2011
- Dec 30, 2011 Zelig Dec 30, 2011
- Dec 30, 2011 The Man in the White Suit Dec 30, 2011
- Dec 29, 2011 The Asphalt Jungle Dec 29, 2011
- Dec 28, 2011 Scarlet Street Dec 28, 2011
- Dec 28, 2011 The Navigator Dec 28, 2011
- Dec 14, 2011 The Quiet Man Dec 14, 2011
- Dec 11, 2011 Scarface (1932) Dec 11, 2011
- Dec 11, 2011 Take Shelter Dec 11, 2011
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October 2011
- Oct 10, 2011 The Woman in the Window Oct 10, 2011
- Oct 3, 2011 John Wayne in Red River Oct 3, 2011
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September 2011
- Sep 24, 2011 The Band Wagon Sep 24, 2011
- Sep 18, 2011 Logan's Run Sep 18, 2011
- Sep 13, 2011 Don't Look Now Sep 13, 2011
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August 2011
- Aug 30, 2011 The Last Laugh Aug 30, 2011
- Aug 29, 2011 Freaks Aug 29, 2011
- Aug 18, 2011 Zemlya - Soviet Propaganda Aug 18, 2011
- Aug 18, 2011 Umberto D. Aug 18, 2011
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July 2011
- Jul 11, 2011 The Thin Red Line (1998) Jul 11, 2011
- Jul 5, 2011 7th Heaven (1927) Jul 5, 2011
- Jul 5, 2011 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Jul 5, 2011
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June 2011
- Jun 14, 2011 In Praise of Love (2001) Jun 14, 2011
- Jun 14, 2011 Tropical Malady Jun 14, 2011
- Jun 14, 2011 Hour of the Wolf Jun 14, 2011
- Jun 11, 2011 Deliverance Jun 11, 2011
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May 2011
- May 22, 2011 Rollerball's Anti-Individualistic Capitalism May 22, 2011
- May 21, 2011 A Look at (Heaven) May 21, 2011
- May 16, 2011 The Thief of Bagdad (1940) May 16, 2011
- May 15, 2011 Buñuel: Real and Surreal May 15, 2011
- May 7, 2011 Napoléon (1927) - Silent Epic May 7, 2011
- May 1, 2011 Letter from an Unknown Woman May 1, 2011
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April 2011
- Apr 26, 2011 Viaggio in Italia (1954) Apr 26, 2011
- Apr 20, 2011 Thoughts After Elephant Apr 20, 2011
- Apr 5, 2011 Death Race 2000 Apr 5, 2011
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March 2011
- Mar 28, 2011 The Stepford Wives (1975) Mar 28, 2011
- Mar 26, 2011 Chungking Express Mar 26, 2011
- Mar 24, 2011 Fascism is Funny Too Mar 24, 2011
- Mar 20, 2011 Caché - Hidden Mar 20, 2011
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February 2011
- Feb 15, 2011 My Razzies Ballot Feb 15, 2011
- Feb 8, 2011 Black Swan - Video Review Feb 8, 2011
- Feb 6, 2011 Soylent Green: If Only... Feb 6, 2011
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January 2011
- Jan 30, 2011 King Vidor - The Big Parade, The Crowd Jan 30, 2011
- Jan 30, 2011 The New World Jan 30, 2011
- Jan 29, 2011 Gun Crazy / Deadly is the Female Jan 29, 2011
- Jan 27, 2011 Suspiria Jan 27, 2011
- Jan 23, 2011 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Jan 23, 2011
- Jan 22, 2011 Trouble in Paradise Jan 22, 2011
- Jan 22, 2011 TSPDT 1,000 - 2011 Update Jan 22, 2011
- Jan 21, 2011 It's a Gift Jan 21, 2011
- Jan 19, 2011 Black Orpheus Jan 19, 2011
- Jan 18, 2011 Three Colors Jan 18, 2011
- Jan 14, 2011 The Wrong Man Jan 14, 2011
- Jan 3, 2011 The Decalogue Jan 3, 2011
- Jan 2, 2011 The Omega Man Jan 2, 2011
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December 2010
- Dec 23, 2010 My Favorite (Depressing) Christmas Movies Dec 23, 2010
- Dec 23, 2010 THX 1138 Dec 23, 2010
- Dec 16, 2010 Alex DeLarge and Prince Myshkin Dec 16, 2010
- Dec 6, 2010 Festen (The Celebration) Dec 6, 2010
- Dec 6, 2010 Dr. Zaius Was Right Dec 6, 2010
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November 2010
- Nov 28, 2010 Fahrenheit 451: Freedom From Books Nov 28, 2010
- Nov 26, 2010 Ashes and Diamonds Nov 26, 2010
- Nov 20, 2010 Alphaville: Je vous aime vs. sola Ratio Nov 20, 2010
- Nov 16, 2010 Mean Streets Nov 16, 2010
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October 2010
- Oct 31, 2010 Lord of the Flies Oct 31, 2010
- Oct 23, 2010 Come and See Oct 23, 2010
- Oct 22, 2010 Postmodern Sincerity Oct 22, 2010
- Oct 17, 2010 Out of the Past Oct 17, 2010
- Oct 17, 2010 The Post-Utopian Trial Oct 17, 2010
- Oct 16, 2010 Black Narcissus Oct 16, 2010
- Oct 14, 2010 The Red Balloon Oct 14, 2010
- Oct 12, 2010 Problems With Fictional Time Travel Oct 12, 2010
- Oct 11, 2010 Thelma & Louise & Non-Feminism Oct 11, 2010
- Oct 4, 2010 Time Enough at Last Oct 4, 2010
- Oct 3, 2010 The Tyranny of the Camera Oct 3, 2010
- Oct 2, 2010 The Cat's In A Bag And The Bag's In The River Oct 2, 2010
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September 2010
- Sep 27, 2010 Animal Farm (1954, CIA) Sep 27, 2010
- Sep 22, 2010 Greed: Stroheim's $64,000 Question Sep 22, 2010
- Sep 22, 2010 Paisan Sep 22, 2010
- Sep 17, 2010 The Great Dictator: Remembering Hitler Properly Sep 17, 2010
- Sep 16, 2010 The Magnificent Ambersons Sep 16, 2010
- Sep 12, 2010 Gertrud Sep 12, 2010
- Sep 10, 2010 Metropolis: A Proto-Fascist Anti-Utopia Sep 10, 2010
- Sep 3, 2010 45.1 Essential Dystopias Sep 3, 2010
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August 2010
- Aug 19, 2010 Scorpio Rising: The Anti-Mad Men, Anti-American Graffiti Aug 19, 2010
- Aug 15, 2010 Horror of the Absurd Aug 15, 2010
- Aug 11, 2010 Un chant d'amour Aug 11, 2010
- Aug 8, 2010 Forgetting, Hiroshima, Mon Amour Aug 8, 2010
- Aug 3, 2010 Sansho the Bailiff - Liberal, Japanese Values Aug 3, 2010
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July 2010
- Jul 30, 2010 Marienbad, Your Grandfather's Inception Jul 30, 2010
- Jul 28, 2010 D. W. Griffith and the "Numinous Chinaman" Jul 28, 2010
- Jul 27, 2010 John Wayne, Colonel Blimp and War Crimes Jul 27, 2010
- Jul 25, 2010 Viridiana - Mocking Charity Jul 25, 2010
- Jul 20, 2010 How To Tell If You're In A Dream Jul 20, 2010
- Jul 15, 2010 Land Without Bread - The Original Borat Jul 15, 2010
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June 2010
- Jun 27, 2010 Review: Winter's Bone Jun 27, 2010
- Jun 9, 2010 Review - Splice (2010) Jun 9, 2010
- Jun 4, 2010 Top 50 Films of the 00's Jun 4, 2010
- Jun 2, 2010 Several Swedes Jun 2, 2010
- Jun 1, 2010 The Racism of Eastwood's Invictus Jun 1, 2010
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May 2010
- May 30, 2010 Judging a Canon May 30, 2010
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