10 Movies I Adore
- Seven Samurai (1954)
directed by Akira Kurosawa- Psycho (1960)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
directed by Irvin Kershner- Miller’s Crossing (1990)
directed by Joel Coen- Schindler’s List (1993)
directed by Steven Spielberg- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
directed by Frank Darabont- Rushmore (1998)
directed by Wes Anderson- Magnolia (1999)
directed by Paul Thomas Anderson- The Lord of the Rings (2001, 2002, 2003)
directed by Peter Jackson- The Incredibles (2004)
directed by Brad Bird
5 Current Must-See TV Shows
- Battlestar Galactica
(2003- ?)- Friday Night Lights
(2006- ?)- Mad Men
(2007- ?)- The Office
(2005- ?)- Rescue Me
(2004- ?)
5 All-Time Great TV Shows
- Batman: The Animated Series
(1992-1995, 1997-1999)- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(1997-2003)- Homicide: Life on the Street
(1993-1999)- The Simpsons
(1989-1999)- The Wire
(2002-2008)
5 Authors Whose Complete Works I’ve Read and Loved
- Mark Helprin
(1947- ?)- John Milton
(1608-1674)- William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)- J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892-1973)- John Varley
(1947- ?)
5 Splendid Non-Fiction Books
- Stephen Booth’s
Precious Nonsense: The Gettysburg Address, Ben Jonson’s Epitaphs on His Children, and Twelfth Night (1998)- John Gardner’s
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers (1984)- Sam Harris’s
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason (2004)- Charles Murray’s
What it Means to Be a Libertarian (1996)- Andrew Sullivan’s
Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality (1995)
10 Essential Albums
- The Beatles
Rubber Soul (1965)- Miles Davis
Kind of Blue (1959)- Bob Dylan
Blood on the Tracks (1975)- The Eagles
Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) (1976)- Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)- Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (1956)- Fountains of Wayne
Utopia Parkway (1999)- Moby
Play (1999)- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenades & Divertimenti by the Orpheus Chamber Ochestra (1991)- Frank Sinatra
Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1956)
