Stories by @guam2020

Zodiac

In the late 1960s and 1970s, fear grips the city of San Francisco as a serial killer called Zodiac stalks its residents. Investigators and reporters become obsessed with learning the killer's identity and bringing him to justice. Meanwhile, Zodiac claims victim after victim and taunts the authorities with cryptic messages, cyphers and menacing phone calls.

Dunkirk

In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely evacuated.

La Dolce Vita

In Federico Fellini's lauded Italian film, restless reporter Marcello Rubini drifts through life in Rome. While Marcello contends with the overdose taken by his girlfriend, Emma, he also pursues heiress Maddalena and movie star Sylvia, embracing a carefree approach to living. Despite his hedonistic attitude, Marcello does have moments of quiet reflection, resulting in an intriguing cinematic character study.

High and Low

Toshiro Mifune stars as a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a ruthless kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's exemplary film noir. Based on Ed McBain's detective novel "King's Ransom," "High and Low" is both a riveting thriller and a brilliant commentary on contemporary Japanese society.

Best Director of Every Year

Choose which director you believe made most well-directed movie of every cinema year. This is not necessarily the same as the one who was the director of the best movie. Vote for a similar prompt for actors with the best performance in a year "Best Performance of Every Year." Here, vote for the single directorial work of the year.

Greatest Actor from Every Country

Choose who you believe is the best actor and actress who was born and raised in each of these countries. Vote for a similar prompt for directors in "Greatest Director from Every Country."

Best Performance of Every Year

Choose which actor and actress you believe gave the best performance (in a movie) of every cinema year. Vote for a similar prompt for every decade in "Best Performance of Every Decade" and for the actors who had the best cumulative career throughout a decade in "Greatest Actor of Every Decade". Here, vote for the single best performance of the year, leading, supporting, or otherwise.

Best Performance of Every Decade

Choose which actor and actress you believe gave the best performance of every cinema decade. Do not vote for the most person who had the most consistently successful work that decade put together; do this in "Greatest Actor of Every Decade". Instead, choose whoever had the best single performance.

The Tree of Life

In this highly philosophical film by acclaimed director Terrence Malick, young Jack is one of three brothers growing up as part of the O'Brien family in small-town Texas. Jack has a contentious relationship with his father, but gets along well with his beautiful mother. As an adult, Jack struggles with his past and tries to make sense of his childhood, while also grappling with bigger existential issues.

In the Mood for Love

In 1962, journalist Chow Mo-wan and his wife move into a Hong Kong apartment, but Chow's spouse is often away on business. Before long, the lonely Chow makes the acquaintance of the alluring Su Li-zhen, whose own significant other also seems preoccupied with work. As the two friends realize their respective partners are cheating on them, they begin to fall for one another; however, neither wants to stoop to the level of the unfaithful spouses.

Greatest Actor of Every Decade

Choose who you believe is the greatest and most successful actor, actress, director, writer, composer, and cinematographer of each cinema decade. Do not necessarily vote for the most person who had the best single performance, movie, score, or photographic work; do this in "Best Performance of Every Decade". Instead, choose whoever had the most consistently great work when all their movies that decade are put together.

The Trial

When police officers arrive at his home to tell him that he's under "open arrest," unassuming bureaucrat Josef K. can't imagine what kind of crime he might have committed. He consults first his neighbor about the incident, then the courts, then a pompous law advocate, all to no avail. Ironically, Josef is able to learn of his sentence -- he is to be put to death -- but the nature of the charge against him remains elusive.

Everything I Never Told You

"Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet." So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee, and her parents are determined that she will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. But when Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together is destroyed, tumbling them into chaos. A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another.

Vertigo (2008)

Imagine if Alfred Hitchcock’s classic masterpiece thriller, Vertigo, was released fifty years later, in 2008. Who would play each character?

Vertigo (1998)

Imagine if Alfred Hitchcock’s classic masterpiece thriller, Vertigo, was made forty years later, in 1998. Who would play each character?

Vertigo (1988)

Imagine if Alfred Hitchcock's classic masterpiece thriller, Vertigo, was made thirty years later, in 1988. Who would play each character?

Vertigo (1978)

Imagine if Alfred Hitchcock's classic masterpiece thriller, Vertigo, was made twenty years later, in 1978. Who would play each character?

Vertigo (1968)

Imagine if Alfred Hitchcock's classic masterpiece thriller, Vertigo, was made ten years later, in 1968. Who would play each character?

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Infamous and unpredictable, Jesse James, nicknamed the fastest gun in the west, plans his next big heist while he launches pre-emptive strikes against those looking to collect the reward the law has placed on his head. Jesse's newest recruits, Robert and Charley Ford , grow increasingly jealous of the outlaw. When they sense an opportunity to kill Jesse, they gun him down, but their actions backfire when Jesse's fame is elevated to near mythical status.

The Godfather (2012)

Imagine if Francis Ford Coppola's timeless classic gangster drama, The Godfather, was made forty years later, in 2012. Who would play each character?