I was kind of hoping you’d include his early TV work, like the “Murder By The Book” episode of Columbo or the “Eyes” segment of the Night Gallery movie. Still my favorite:

Fetishizing the ‘70s was a big deal in the ‘90s. Just ask Richard Linklater, Paul Thomas Anderson, Beck and most of the alternative bands of that time. And before you say but Tarantino still does it remember Licorice Pizza.

As much as I love Tarantino’s films, Bunuel did release his last film That Obscure Object of Desire at 77 - and it was as subversive, playful and aware as any of his work. He was planning his next film with Jean Claude Carriere at 80 - a satire about art and terrorism - when he realized he was too incapacitated and…

As a longtime Tarantino fan (I rented from Video Archives in Manhattan Beach, CA and remember the party the store threw for him and actors when Reservoir Dogs was released on VHS) I have to defend Inglourious Basterds. It’s the greatest love letter to the experience of discovering and defending cinema disguised as a…

The Doors, eh? I saw that opening night with my girlfriend at the time. When “1968" flashed on the screen she turned to me and asked “How many years until he’s dead?” I answered three, and she groaned. As a lifelong fan of the band I could only agree.

The source story was from EC Comics in the early ‘50s. Here’s a comparison between the story and the movie:

If this list’s intention was to make Serak the Preparer cry, mission accomplished!

Thank you for including “Careful With That Axe, Eugene.” But I’d also include at least two of these songs from Who bassist John Entwistle:

I know it’s a thriller, but Nancy Allen was a literal scream queen in Brian De Palma’s Blow Out:

I stopped to read this, hoping Princess Anne had bestowed Craig with a licence to kill. Oh well...

I guess, what he said.

Nicholas “Friedrich” Hammond?

I saw that production in Los Angeles with my mom, a Saturday matinee that brought in many senior citizens. They applauded long and loud for Lansbury. Not so much for the bloody effects. There was a lot of complaining during intermission. Great show.

RIP. Seriously, watch The Manchurian Candidate in honor of Angela Lansbury. One of the great cinematic villains of all.

Another reason to like On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is John Barry’s all-time best Bond score. Almost psychedelic in its dreamy moments. Also, Telly Savalas is arguably the best Blofeld. The least one-dimensional, anyway.

I watched Dennis Miller’s late night show in the early ‘90s. At some point he decided to move to Paris for a while, citing some general discontent with life in the U.S. In retrospect it may have had to do with Bill Clinton being elected president. But there was no general perception that he was a reactionary,…

Solid theory, but then I think of James Woods and Jon Voight - both highly respected actors with many awards and nominations for their work - who went batshit after 9/11. As traumatic as that event was I have to think their beliefs existed in some form before then. Maybe it was drugs, an unstable work/family…

And any album that begins with “Changes” and ends with “The Bewlay Brothers” is a masterpiece. 

So Heathen doesn’t make the list (despite acknowledging the critical hosannahs), but there’s room for David Live and Bowie at the Beeb.