Glad to see Close-Up make the list.  Ahead of its time, spellbinding and exhilaratingly complex.  Kiarostami's best, and maybe the very best from an amazing era for the Iranian New Wave.

Glad to see Close-Up make the list.  Ahead of its time, spellbinding and exhilaratingly complex.  Kiarostami's best, and maybe the very best from an amazing era for the Iranian New Wave.

WRAP IT UP CHARLES DICKENS, WE'RE NOT PAYING YOU BY THE WORD!

WRAP IT UP CHARLES DICKENS, WE'RE NOT PAYING YOU BY THE WORD!

Oh, I wouldn't want to offend the little S.O.B.s!

Oh, I wouldn't want to offend the little S.O.B.s!

Get it through your sick skull, Rabin!

Get it through your sick skull, Rabin!

"with arousing results!"

"with arousing results!"

I don't really have any pop-culture losses I regret.  Oh, I suppose I could have taken better care of the photo I had of Bill Watterson, Thomas Pynchon and John Swartzwelder signing my copy of Salinger's lost manuscript, but my hands were sticky from Otter Pops and I had to wipe them on something.

I don't really have any pop-culture losses I regret.  Oh, I suppose I could have taken better care of the photo I had of Bill Watterson, Thomas Pynchon and John Swartzwelder signing my copy of Salinger's lost manuscript, but my hands were sticky from Otter Pops and I had to wipe them on something.

Yes, Frank Turner.  With meditation there's no limit to what we can. . . *imagine*.

Yes, Frank Turner.  With meditation there's no limit to what we can. . . *imagine*.

I take an opposite but similarly mellow stance on Imagine: I love it, but I can completely understand why you might hate it.

I take an opposite but similarly mellow stance on Imagine: I love it, but I can completely understand why you might hate it.

I like Rev's Anti-Hero a lot, but I haven't had any of the cans yet.  Hopefully I can grab some when I'm in Chicago in November.  I really enjoy the food, the space and the barrel aged offerings at Revolution.

I like Rev's Anti-Hero a lot, but I haven't had any of the cans yet.  Hopefully I can grab some when I'm in Chicago in November.  I really enjoy the food, the space and the barrel aged offerings at Revolution.

The Will Ferrell Crazy Doctor/Dr. Beaman sketches are one of the strangest, funniest insanity from that era:

The Will Ferrell Crazy Doctor/Dr. Beaman sketches are one of the strangest, funniest insanity from that era: