Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓, Hotaru no Haka?) is a 1988 anime movie written and directed by Isao Takahata for Studio Ghibli. It is an adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka, intended as a personal apology to the author's own sister. Some critics (most notably Roger Ebert) consider it to be one of the most powerful anti-war movies ever made. Animation historian Ernest Rister compares the film to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List and says, "it is the most profoundly human animated film I've ever seen."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_fireflies

Dark City is a underrated sci-fi classic, which I liked and enjoyed more then The Matrix. This is an excellent music video for the film using Rammstein track Sonne. Also featuring Jack Bauer.

Dark City is a 1998 film written by Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, and directed by Proyas. It stars Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, and Jennifer Connelly. While not a box office hit, it has a considerable reputation. Film critic Roger Ebert is a well-known fan of the movie, having rated it with four stars out of four and naming it the best film of 1998. Ebert uses it in his teaching, and also appears on a commentary track for the DVD.

The story begins with a man waking in a hotel room with no memory, which soon proves to be but one of many troubles. He is being sought by police, who believe him to be a serial killer, and also by a group of mysterious men with psychokinetic powers. Furthermore, something appears to be wrong with the world at large: time, memory, and identity behave in unusual ways. The film is dedicated to the memory of Dennis Potter, which may be considered a useful indicator of the style of the story. The style of the film might also be said to owe something to Expressionism and film noir, and may be considered neo-noir.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_City

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Yeah, but that was the original pre-director's cut that they thought was shit. It kind of was. Siskel (RIP) I agreed with most of the time, but Ebert ... he thinks Chuck Norris films are great.

Siskel & Ebert thought Blade Runner was shit, clearly they don't know what they are talking about.

I remember Siskel & Ebert giving So I Married An Axe Murderer "two thumbs down", but the both of them remarking they'd like to see an entire movie with Mike Myers and Brenda Fricker as the parents.

IIRC, Roger Ebert gave Full Metal Jacket a Thumbs Down in the same show he gave Benji the Hunted a Thumbs Up.

What's remarkable about this clip, and Kubrick films in general, is that he uses extremely long takes. The first part is a continuous tracking shot that runs well over a minute.

Another thing that gives Kubrick films a unique look is that he uses natural or existing lighting whenever possible. This scene is probably lit from the windows, which are covered on the outside with paper. If studio lights were used, they would be outside the windows.

In this clip, Private Pyle is played by Vincent D'Onofrio, who's on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and also played Orson Welles in the movie "Ed Wood" (although Welle's voice was dubbed by cartoon voice-actor Maurice LaMarche).

I wish Smith's movies were as entertaining as he seems to be in person. Did a great job subbing for Roger Ebert on "Ebert & Roeper" this week.

Un Chien Andalou (1928) Directed by Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel

From wikipedia:
The film opens with a scene in which a woman's eye is slit by a razor (the man with the razor is played by Buñuel himself), and continues with a series of surreal scenes

"American film critic Roger Ebert called Un chien andalou "the most famous short film ever made, and anyone halfway interested in the cinema sees it sooner or later, usually several times."[1]

Critics have suggested that Un chien andalou can be understood as a typically Buñuelian anti-bourgeois, anticlerical piece. The man dragging a piano, donkey and priests has been interpreted as an allegory of man's progress towards his goal being hindered by the baggage of society's conventions that he is forced to bear. Likewise, the image of an eyeball being sliced by a razor can be understood as Buñuel "attacking" the film's viewers. Also, Federico García Lorca viewed this film as a personal attack on him."

other images to look for!
* an androgynous woman pokes at a severed hand in the street with her cane
* a man drags two grand pianos containing dead and rotting donkeys, the tablets of the Ten Commandments, and two live priests (Dalí plays one of the priests in this scene)
* a man's hand has a hole in the palm from which ants emerge. The French phrase "ants in the palms," (which means that someone is "itching" to kill) is shown literally.
* a woman's armpit hair attaches itself to a man's face.

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Wow - I had heard they never liked each other much, but didn't know it was this bad. Sad that Siskel died of cancer - I liked him better. I could never get past Ebert's like of Chuck Norris movies. He really comes accross as quite the self-important dick in this vid.