People spend a lot of time in Hollywood attempting to be modest: “Well I’m just happy to be nominated,” is a quote which comes to mind. However, I don’t think I’d be letting out any national secrets when I say we also like to be praised: laurel wreaths, gold statues and stars on the sidewalks (wow, I think we really like it).

That being said, this post below from Blogworks.org makes us really happy:

“AFI gets it. The movie community online is huge, and their links to, and mentions of, other blogs definitely reflects their with-it attitude of the blogosphere.”

You can read the whole article HERE.

This blog stands on the shoulders of the thousands of great blogs, and we couldn’t be happier to begin our journey as curators of an online conversation about the movies we all love.

Edward Copeland has compiled a list of the 100 best foreign language pictures from a total of 174 ballots. Here are his top ten.

From Eddie On Film:

10. THE 400 BLOWS - Directed by Francois Truffaut
9. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS - Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
8. AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD - Directed by Werner Herzog
7. GRAND ILLUSION - Directed by Jean Renoir
6. PERSONA - Directed by Ingmar Bergman
5. BICYCLE THIEVES - Directed by Vittorio de Sica
4. 8 1/2 - Directed by Federico Fellini
3. M - Directed by Fritz Lang
2. THE SEVEN SAMURAI - Directed by Akira Kurosawa
1. THE RULES OF THE GAME - Directed by Jean Renoir

See the full list HERE

When John Campea over at The Movie Blog said HALLOWEEN (1978) was a terrible movie, he recieved a reponse saying that the film was “A Classic.” Which begs the question, what makes a classic movie?

From The Movie Blog:

Everyone agrees that first of all it has to be a great movie. Ok, on that I think we all agree. But there seems to be two very different trains of thought on this. To be a classic…
1) The movie has to hold up. It must be able to be viewed by an audience TODAY and still be considered great, as well as have been considered great in its time…

To read the rest of the post click HERE.

We ask Hef his favorite film during the AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Al Pacino. His answer? Well, if you thought hanging out at the mansion was all grotto and games… think again. A summer movie series many would like to attend.

See all the favorite movie clips HERE.

If you still haven’t got through all the movies on AFI’s list from 10 years ago, don’t fret, you’re not alone.

From film.com:

Has it really been ten years since the American Film Institute named the AFI 100, its top 100 films from the first century of filmmaking? It has, and for the 10th anniversary, the AFI is … what? They’re doing a new list? Damn, I haven’t gotten through the first 100 yet!

Read the rest HERE.

Want to know what Tim Allen’s favorite film is? We’ll give you a hint, Allen says: “I was in a theater with not many people so I go, ‘This is great. I wonder who wrote this?’ And some lady in the back says, ‘It was Shakespeare you idiot!’”

Click on the video to find out.

And visit AFI’s YouTube Channel to see more Stars and to let the world know YOUR favorite film.

www.youtube.com/AFI

If you are looking for the list of 25 greatest title sequences, you can watch and investiage one person’s thoughts on the matter here and here (spans two videos).

And whenever you are talking title sequences, you will want to check out Pablo Ferro’s work. Ferro has done the titles for over 75 films, two stunning examples are located here and here.

From popmatters.com:

“Box office success doesn’t mean it’s going to have a lasting critical appeal, and even an Academy Award is no guarantee,” said Patricia King Hanson, executive editor of the American Film Institute’s Catalog of Feature Films. “Some of the films that are going to be very high on the all-time greatest lists are likely to never have won an Academy Award.”

“The Shawshank Redemption,” a movie that grossed a modest $28.3 million upon its 1994 release (and received seven Oscar nominations but no statuettes), has been ensconced in the No. 2 position on the Internet Movie Database’s Top 250 movies list, just under “The Godfather,” since 1999. More than 237,000 IMDB users have rated it.

For the whole article, click here.

LoveFilm has put up this challenge to find all 100 movies hidden in this image. Click on the small image below and enjoy!

In June we are counting down the greatest films of all time, but if you just can’t wait, wet your appetite here. This ten-minute video is counting down the 100 greatest uses of the numbers 1 through 100 in movies. Sound like too much math? Well where would COOL HAND LUKE be without the number 50?