#132 – Nashville, 1975, Robert Altman
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress— connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
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#137: Inception
#137 – Inception, 2010, Christopher Nolan
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: “inception”, the implantation of another person’s idea into a target’s subconscious.
#138: Carol
#138 – Carol, 2015, Todd Haynes
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
#141: All About Eve
#141 – All About Eve, 1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo’s Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo’s director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
#142: Under the Skin
#142 – Under the Skin, 2013, Jonathan Glazer
A seductive alien prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.
#149: Blue Velvet
#149 – Blue Velvet, 1986, David Lynch
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
#150: Inglourious Basterds
#150 – Inglourious Basterds, 2009, Quentin Tarantino
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
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#153: Lady Bird
#153 – Lady Bird, 2017, Greta Gerwig
A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York, much to the disapproval of wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mother.
#160: Brokeback Mountain
#160 – Brokeback Mountain, 2005, Ang Lee
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of ’63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
#161: Gladiator
#161 – Gladiator, 2000, Ridley Scott
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army’s most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus’ devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
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