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1989 · 120 min · IMDb 7.9
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny
“I'm in this business because I love what I do and I love what other artists do. Do the right thing. Do the right thing and see this movie. That is the right thing to do. When this film came out, Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing.”
— John Leguizamo
1979 · 123 min · IMDb 7.8
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · moving
“Or next best. I should get my favorite musical, really, which was All That Jazz by Bob Fosse. The film probably most responsible for the freedom of style in the Hedvig film was this film, Bob Fosse, an autobiographical classic. You know, I never saw Multiple Maniacs. I think I need to get them because John Waters is a friend and I feel terrible.”
— John Cameron Mitchell
1974 · 155 min · IMDb 8
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny
“Shadows, Faces, Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Woman Under the Influence. Incredible work. For all mankind, Al Reinhardt. That is a phenomenal movie.”
— Christopher Nolan
2000 · 98 min · IMDb 8
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · romantic
“I love her. In the mood for love. I know that everyone picks this, but the most beautiful film to ever be shot. Small and contained, and really you kind of can't breathe in these rooms when you're watching them. And you see these perfectly gorgeous human beings.”
— Eiza González
1948 · 135 min · IMDb 8.1
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · romantic · plenty to unpack afterward
“And yet, it says so much about people and power and how it corrupts. This is called The Red Shoes. This is a beautiful film. I caught it on TV when I was young, and they did all kinds of clever camera techniques to make it come alive. It's just a beautiful, romantic, visually stunning film.”
— Bob Odenkirk
1979 · 130 min · IMDb 7.9
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny
“I'm gonna make you watch Bound. You've seen Being There, right? Where did it go? Oh, you've seen it already. But that's okay.”
— Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein
1954 · 108 min · IMDb 8.1
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny
“All of it from top to bottom is it's just a brilliant, brilliant movie. And Albert Brooks is one of the all-time American greats of comedy on the waterfront by Ellie Kazan. Of course, like one of the canon, right? I went to Bois Catholic High School and we had this whole year of junior year where they would show us movies that had ethical issues. And then we would discuss afterwards.”
— John C. Reilly
1921 · 68 min · IMDb 8.2
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · a short commitment · funny
“I didn't even know how he did that. And coming out of the water where she saves the kid, which was such a powerful scene because the camera starts like in the water and then it comes out and follows her into the water. It's insane. The shots are so phenomenal, and he puts politics in it. And it's so full of Alphonse Coron.”
— John Leguizamo
1990 · 98 min · IMDb 8.2
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · moving · plenty to unpack afterward
“Never seen anything like it. Close-up going in the bag. Oh, come on now. Come on now. This is my life right here.”
— Jack Harlow
1991 · 112 min · IMDb 7.2
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny
“Maybe when this comes out, I'll post a pic of Eric in that. Defending Your Life rocks. There's a scene in a comedy club in that movie, and it's shot at the comedy store. And I do, having started at the comedy store as a stand-up comedian before I was ever an actor, yeah, that's what purgatory is like, okay? I can tell you it is on the way to hell.”
— Hannah Einbinder
1954 · 207 min · IMDb 8.6
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · moving
“I'm in this fabulous gold mine of collective memory. I can take the seven samurai because that was the first Akira Kurosava film I saw. And I've shown it to all my children. I think they have to know it. I mean, if they want to see violence properly made, they see that.”
— Stellan Skarsgård
1986 · 120 min · IMDb 7.7
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · moving
“Now this one. Blue Velvet. This is very important to me. One of my favorite movies. An insanely disturbing movie.”
— We ❤️ David Lynch |
1969 · 113 min · IMDb 7.8
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · moving · plenty to unpack afterward
“Um, okay. I want to start with this movie, Midnight Cowboy. It's one of the first movies that I watched as a actress in the sense of like thinking of myself as an actor. And I just remember watching Dustin Hoffman's performance in John Boyd, of course, but Dustin's performance in this was just mind-boggling to me. I couldn't believe that someone would commit to the craft to that extent and so vivid, so alive.”
— Eiza González
1990 · 78 min · IMDb 8.2
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · a short commitment · moving
“Take that. Okay, a black gay guy chose Paris is burning. Shocker. That being said, what ended up happening to the subjects, like, a lot of them died in abject poverty. Um, this movie has secrets that aren't even revealed in the movie.”
— Bob the Drag Queen
1990 · 102 min · IMDb 7.1
Why tonightsurfaced 10 times · tense
“I'm getting in my groove. To sleep with anger. This was a banger. Watching it unravel was an absolute pleasure. Heater.”
— Jack Harlow
1987 · 98 min · IMDb 8
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny
“In you go, my dearest thing. Now, where would I find, hang on, The Princess Bride. This is probably the film that I have watched most. It was a great point of honor for me to show this to my son about a year ago. And what I delight, excuse me, I'm going emotional.”
— Matthew Rhys
1980 · 129 min · IMDb 8.1
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · moving · plenty to unpack afterward
“What a film. I can't not go to a Scorsese film and I'll go to I've got to go to Raging Bull. I don't think this is too controversial, but I think De Niro as Jake LaMotta is the best on-screen performance of all time. And of course, you can't forget Joe Pesci in this film as well. All the acting is top-notch.”
— Richard Gadd
2002 · 95 min · IMDb 7.3
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny
“It's something that my mom always taught me, and I like when movies have it too. Punch Drunk Love is a movie I just recently re-watched. It's not my favorite Paul Thomas Anderson movie. My favorite Paul Thomas Anderson movie is The Master. But this movie is, it feels like lightning in a bottle in a different way that I can't totally describe.”
— Cooper Hoffman
1992 · 202 min · IMDb 7.7
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · moving · plenty to unpack afterward
“And he dedicates himself and the foundation to it, and they do incredible work and bring all sorts of amazing voices onto the Blu-ray format so that they can be seen and enjoyed by future generations. Yeah, Spike's Malcolm X. We may need to revisit that. I saw it on 70mm film when it came out, and I don't think I've seen it since. So I'm going to check that out.”
— Christopher Nolan
2001 · 131 min · IMDb 7.5
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny · plenty to unpack afterward
“This week is so important for us as Knicks fans because New York is going to be on fire. Or the piano teacher, Michael Heineke. I know French people say Michel Heineki. And I met him once and he was like six foot something tall. He was older and I tried to impress him and I was speaking to him in French and my French sucks.”
— John Leguizamo
1940 · 112 min · IMDb 7.8
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny
“And hey, look, I'm familiar with that. The Philadelphia story. Carrie Grant was on my dorm room wall, and I held up his black and white photo with a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. You want to know about me? There it is.”
— Hannah Einbinder
1966 · 111 min · IMDb 7.4
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · tense · plenty to unpack afterward
“Terrific. Blow Up. As I remember, it was kind of because I think he shot it with who's the young English actor? David Hemings. But it was another, almost another style, it seemed.”
— Robert De Niro
1986 · 107 min · IMDb 7.6
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny
“And the first one that did is this movie. by Jim Jarmush. Down by Law. Ice cream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. The famous Roberto Benini line. But also this was in the early days of my obsession with Tom Waits when I was in college.”
— John C. Reilly
1957 · 96 min · IMDb 8
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · moving
“It's really quite wonderful. James Wong Hao, also the DP of Sweet Smell of Success and HUD, I believe. Ah, these two are really great. Which one do we start with? Let's start with Trouble in Paradise.”
— Noah Wyle
2000 · 125 min · IMDb 7.2
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny
“Malcolm X, Spike Lee, and Denzo always did an amazing job. Love and Basketball, another one of my favorites. Gina Prince Bythwood directed this. As a black woman, this was huge for me to see a black woman direct a film. Like, she was doing this before this was allowed to be done.”
— Halle Berry
1928 · 76 min · IMDb 8
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · a short commitment · funny
“And Top Hat, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers films holds a special place in my heart. The Cameraman, another one I have seen, Buster Keaton, but haven't seen in a very long time. This is a just, I mean, obviously, classic. I'm probably talking to film buffs here that I don't need to like explain these movies to you guys. You know more than I do, but this for me was definitely one that I watched in my revival house days.”
— Elisabeth Moss
1974 · 97 min · IMDb 7.1
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · funny · plenty to unpack afterward
“Which is humiliating. Female Trouble is a masterpiece. I know that John Waters is one of your favorites. Yes. And this is my favorite of his.”
— Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein
1957 · 96 min · IMDb 9
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · moving · plenty to unpack afterward
“That would be a good way to go through here is find first films for directors because there are some really good ones. That's another great first film, 12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet. That's a hell of a way to introduce yourself to the world. This one was groundbreaking, and this one is just so beautifully directed and taught and acted, written, paste, everything. Brilliant.”
— Matt Damon
1941 · 119 min · IMDb 8.2
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · moving
“Just a beautiful kid's film. And I gotta finish with Citizen Kane. I mean, I love that packaging too. It just says it all.”
— Christopher Nolan
1997 · 134 min · IMDb 7.6
Why tonightcalled a favorite or masterpiece · tense
“I think John David Washington has a little cameo as one of the children at the end saying, I am Malcolm X. Lost Highway. That's one of my favourite David Lynch movies. When I first saw it, I cannot say that I enjoyed the film. I found it quite laborious to sit through.”
— Christopher Nolan
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