Here's a great
website for film buffs like me! A description of the site taken from their About page:
As you can tell, by glancing through our website, we take film lists very seriously. It is our bread and butter. We love to compile them, we love to refer to them, and we love bringing them to you. We have databases and spreadsheets coming out of our a---s, and we are constantly on the look out for more interesting lists to add to our insanely prosperous collection. We are, I am afraid, guilty as charged. Make no mistake, referring to and utilising film lists is an extremely useful tool (otherwise, we probably wouldn't be here) that can assist in the discovery of many wonderful films and filmmakers that you may have previously not encountered. They Shoot Pictures is indeed primarily a film list resource, and, as we mention above, we make no bones about that.
Here's the Top 25 Films from their Top 100 List:
1 Citizen Kane
2 Rules of the Game, The
3 Vertigo
4 2001: A Space Odyssey
5 8½
6 Seven Samurai, The
7 Godfather, The
8 Tokyo Story
9 Searchers, The
10 Singin' in the Rain
11 Sunrise
12 Battleship Potemkin
13 Lawrence of Arabia
14 Passion of Joan of Arc, The
15 Rashomon
16 L'Atalante
17 Bicycle Thief, The
18 Godfather Part II, The
19 Raging Bull
20 Third Man, The
21 City Lights
22 Touch of Evil
23 La Dolce Vita
24 Les Enfants du Paradis
25 Casablanca
How many have you seen? I've seen only 11 out of 25. Better get some more queued up!
There is a lot interest on the filmspotting boards for this marathon. If you have any interest in gaining some background in this excellent film genre, join us all at http://filmspotting.net/
If you like to listen to music on line, try this:
If you love a good story, you'll love the podcasts from This American Life. Ira Glass of WBEZ, Chicago National Public Radio, is the host. He describes his program like this:
In May '06 David Plotz of Slate.com started Blogging the Bible, chapter by chapter, starting with Genesis. He is up to 2Kings. He uses everyday language and keeps the philosophical stuff to a bare minimum. He stated his goal for the project as: I want to find out what happens when an ignorant person actually reads the book on which his religion is based. 
If you have the time, listen to the Dan Klass podcast, The Bitterest Pill. And start with #59: Get Her Some Crackers. He's a stay-at-home dad and his two-year-old daughter is awake while he's trying to be interviewed at home on his podcast by an English chick who is doing an article on podcasting. The two-year-old rules the day! The child's need for cheese and crackers while dad is otherwise occupied is hilarious!
Here's a list of the Top 100 downloaded books from Project Gutenberg.
Filmspotting is an excellent site for podcasts of movie reviews, criticisms, top 5 lists, marathons and everything else that is film experience. Chicagoans Adam Kempenaar and Sam Hallgren host the podcasts, recently presenting #102. I have downloaded all the past 100 and am having a great time "at the movies" while I walk, work and ride.
