The movie is now over 100 years old. That makes them still a young medium, at least in their art form years (how old are novels, theater, and painting?).But they are old enough to compile varietyListing the first 100 greatest movies of all time is a daunting task. please think about it. You get an average of 1 movie per year. The creation of this list was the subject of much heated discussion and debate. Our selection was curated from hundreds of titles submitted by over 30. variety Critic, author, editor. As we learned, figuring out which films to include was the easy part. The hard part was deciding which films to leave out.
varietyHaving recently celebrated its 117th anniversary, is a publication as old as movies. (Besides the words “showbiz” and “horse opera,” we invented the box office report.) And in making this list, we’re giving you a beautiful, head-turning view of the movie-going experience. We wanted to reflect that diversity. We don’t just mean high brows and low brows (and everything in between). The very spirit of the film is that it was a spine-chilling landscape of eclecticism. We wanted our list to reflect that.
Would you like us to discuss this list? Of course it is. That’s the nature of the Beast, the nature of the protective passion people feel for their favorite movies. We asked notable filmmakers and actors to submit essays about films that matter to them. I’m sure you’ll say: why was that movie left off the list? Or is that? Trust us: We often asked ourselves the same questions. We hope to see a roster that reflects the glory of
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These filmmakers and critics contributed to the film’s proposal: Manuel Betancourt, Clayton Davis, Peter Debruge, Matt Donnelly, William Earle, Patrick Frater, Stephen Gaydos, Owen Gleiberman, Dennis Harvey, Courtney Howard, Angelic Jackson, Elsa Kesslery, Lisa Kennedy, Jessica Kian, Richard Kuipers, Tomris Lafley, Brent Lang, Joe Raydon, Guy Lodge, Amy Nicholson, Michael Nordin , Naman Ramachandran, Manoli Ravindran, Jenelle Riley, Pat Saperstein, Alyssa Simon, Jazz Tankay, Sylvia Tan, Zak Scharf, Adam B. Vary, Nick Vivarelli, Meredith Woerner.
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