The New TSPDT 1000 Is out

The latest version of They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?'s list of the 1000 most critically acclaimed films is out. Here's the introduction, here's the full list.

Most welcome addition: Requiem for a Dream (#804)

Most regrettable addition: Million Dollar Baby (#937)

Most welcome omission: Happiness (formerly #825)

Most regrettable omission: Arsenic and Old Lace (formerly #868)

Film Links #1

1. Why shoot a gun with a side grip? Because they do it in the movies!

2. An aggregation of "best of the noughties" movie lists at Slate (pointer: TSPTD, which links to many more lists than Slate used and will publish its own aggregation later this month) and a similar list at Metacritic

3. From Wikipedia: A list of films which are in the public domain in the USA

4. A seventy-minute explanation of what's wrong with The Phantom Menace. Tyler Cowen recommends it despite moments in poor taste, and I agree.