films which don't get mentioned that often...

snapped - gaby hoffman almost all growed up. bad boy steals NYC tough guy money and tries to rescue old g.f. from long island summerjob hell. fails. opens with gaby stopping her bike, laying down in the road next to a dead dog and taking it's picture. i fell in love instantly. she also builds funeral rafts for other assorted roadkill and sets them on fire in the river.

driver 23 / the atlas moth - dan cleveland and his metal band, Dark Horse, struggle to record their debut album. dan also struggles with some mild mental illness. this guy is seriously weird, but i admire his tenacity and attitude.

the daytrippers - woohoo parker posey and hope davis but everyone's really great, especailly anne meara

i'm not rappaport - i rented this because of martha plimpton but her part is tiny. the treat is to see ossie davis and walter matthau work off each other. warning: adapted from play = slow and dialog-heavy

dogfight - this is so cute. i love the part where lili t. is listening to 'don't think twice it's allright' also woohoo river phoenix

drunks - super great amanda plummer character

Also maybe someone can help me out here. When I was a kid, I swear to god I recall seeing an animated Jack and the Beanstalk movie at the cinema. Possibly Disney. But there was a very strange scene in it where this witchy woman made these paper cutout men and populated a church (or somesuch) with them, made them come to life, there was spooky operatic singing involved... I could be mixing up two films but for the life of me I DONT REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS, and no one else does when I mention this. Someone put me out of my misery!

They have bikers, kung fu, & hippies all taking on "The Man".

What else does one need in cinema?

Valmont, directed by M. Forman, I actually like better than Dangerous Liaisons (and no, not because the latter has Keanu, but that is a black mark). DL is much more close to the original text thanks to the mediation of the stage play, to be sure, but Valmont is no less cynical and is laden with some brilliant performances and exquisite sets. I think it got lost a bit in part because Forman was already seen to have 'done' the period via Amadeus, but when I saw it on DVD at that Wherehouse clearance I made sure to grab it.

Wow. Has anyone else seen this film? I've never met anyone who knows what the hell I'm on when I describe it.

Huge inspiration for Tarantino according to a documentary he did sometime ago.

Tampopo
A Taxing Woman
The Funeral