Feature: 100 Great Films

Lucas looks at the 100 greatest films of all time, according to critical consensus.

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• Movie Review: Closely Watched Trains

  Every frame is infused with a virginal eroticism that mirrors the preoccupation of the hero.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Sep 06, 2006

• Movie Review: Lawrence of Arabia

  Content to present us with a Lawrence that is simply flawed for no discernible reason.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Jul 24, 2006

• Movie Review: Andrey Rublyov

  Much of it boils down to the struggle to create something, to use that God-given talent to the best of your ability.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Jul 05, 2006

• DVD Review: A Hard Day's Night

  I cannot imagine someone with any amount of appreciation for the Beatles or their music who would not thoroughly enjoy this film.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Jun 26, 2006

• Movie Review: Once Upon a Time in the West

  It occasionally has the feel of a great director coasting along.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Jun 19, 2006

• Movie Review: Psycho

  A top-notch thriller the likes of which most films can only dream of duplicating, even if they duplicate everything else.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Jun 12, 2006

• DVD Review: Persona

  Everything seems likely, even the extremely unlikely, and by keeping us guessing, Bergman keeps us watching, time and time again.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Jun 07, 2006

• DVD Review: A Clockwork Orange

  It aims to provoke a reaction in the belief that it is better to be found spectacularly bad than dull.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Jun 02, 2006

• DVD Review: Chinatown

  Chinatown is a place where perception is not always reality.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on May 31, 2006

• Movie Review: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

  Hands down, one of the greatest things ever put on film.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on May 29, 2006

• Movie Review: A Streetcar Named Desire

  In retrospect this is a great, ground-breaking performance, but I imagine that in 1951 it was nothing short of a revelation.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on May 25, 2006

• DVD Review: The Lady Eve

  Not realizing they're con artists is odd, but falling in love in two days?

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on May 22, 2006

• DVD Review: The Shop Around the Corner

  You know that in the end the two leads will realize they are in love with each other, but you're having so much fun watching the proceedings that you really don't care.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on May 18, 2006

• DVD Review: Ninotchka

  The film is capitalist propaganda of the most effective kind, and makes no apologies for that fact.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on May 10, 2006

• DVD Review: Chelovek s kino-apparatom

  To say it is influential to visual artists everywhere is a gross understatement.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on May 05, 2006

• DVD Review: On the Waterfront

  Can it be possible to both love and hate the same film? Honestly, I don't yet know.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Apr 19, 2006

• DVD Review: Sherlock, Jr.

  Do we care that the dream sequence is beyond the suspension of disbelief? Of course not.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Apr 17, 2006

• DVD Review: Camille

  Even for a period drama, the film has not aged all that well, but the story is a timeless one that cuts through the drivel and strikes a resounding chord.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Apr 15, 2006

• DVD Review: Dodsworth

  A drama about adults and geared toward adults that doesn't insult the intelligence of its audience.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Apr 13, 2006

• DVD Review: Swing Time

  There are times it seems they're making love simply by tapping their feet. It's a beautiful thing to watch.

  Review by Lucas McNelly — on Apr 12, 2006