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By Drew Grant 12/19/12 5:34pm

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What do The Matrix, Dirty Harry, and Kodachrome Color Motion Picture Tests Have in Common? [Video]

Given up yet? No, it’s not that all three films were described by Rex Reed as “a genre-bending tour de force.” These movies, along with 22 others, were just inducted into the National Film Registry, which chooses a select 25 films a year to preserve in case of an apocalyptic scenario, for the aliens to find in a time capsule when they discover the scorched earth of this planet and wonder what our society worshiped as gods. As The Week noted, Librarian of Congress James M. Billington has said that these 600-plus films are not “the best American films of all time,” but are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” to Americans.

And yet The Big Lebowski is not even on there! Check out the full list below, along with clips of the features. Read More

By Drew Grant 7/06/12 12:17pm

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Moonstruck, Time Out, Men in Black, and The Apartment

The Best Overlooked New York Films, as Determined By Angry TONY Commenters

Whenever a news organization, blog, or what have you comes out with a “definitive” list on the Internet, they do so with the knowledge that half their traffic will come from people who are furious over particular omissions or inclusions. Even something as innocuous as naming New York’s most powerful media couples (and single people!) can start a firestorm that usually ends when Henry Blodget comes up with an even more esoteric lightning rod.

So when Time Out New York did a list of the 100 best films set in New York (not filmed, mind you!), and then ranked them in order, they were essentially placing a giant Kick Me sign next to their hundreds of thousands of pageviews. Consider it life’s greatest trade-off. Or something. Read More