Rain less...Rushmore

Vanity Fair has released their list of the best film soundtracks ever:

1. Purple Rain
2. A Hard Day's Night
3. The Harder They Come
4. Pulp Fiction
5. The Graduate
6. Superfly
7. Trainspotting
8. Saturday Night Fever
9. American Graffiti
10. The Big Chill

One could make a good case that the entire list is rendered bankrupt by the inclusion of The Big Chill. Not to mention the fact that several of these are simply massively popular albums; that's just too easy. I have to say that Trainspotting is a nice surprise (Born Slippy anyone?). But it would have been exciting to see Rushmore in the top ten.

Even scarier stuff

Seems like the right time of year to talk about the best scary/horror films ever. Here's my list:

1. Blair Witch Project
2. The Tenant
3. Don't Look Now
4. The Shining
5. Night of the Living Dead
6. Nosferatu
7. Jaws
8. Sister Act 2
9. Demons
10. 28 Days Later

I know this list will change as soon as I publish it...send in yours.

Scary stuff

Deborah's Kerr death was surprising timing (I know, 86 isn't tragically young) in that a few days prior I had watched her film "The Innocents". It's one of those films I'd read about for years but hadn't got around to watching. What I'd read was that it's very scary without being overt. ALL TRUE. What a creepy, unsettling film. Deborah Kerr's performance was stunning. And there are a couple shots in the film that still give me shivers.