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Paul's Favourites

The 7th Arts's highest level of achievement can be judged alongside great literature, great music, and great painting, with many filmmakers creating enduring masterpieces. The list of film titles below may not all be enduring masterpieces, but I have however, fond lingering memories of all of them. They all fit the criteria of what I feel films can or should do, to not only be well crafted, but also to entertain, inform, enlighten and more often than not, take the viewer down roads less travelled... Can only hope you also will discover or rediscover some viewing pleasures among my all-time favourites' listed below.

Evil Roy Slade (1972)

7.3/10
Director: Jerry Paris
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Henry Gibson, Dom DeLuise, John Astin

This made-for-TV spoof western gem was shown in the early 70s making an indelible impression on all lucky enough to catch it. John Astin is terrific i... Read more

Fantastic Planet (1973)

7.8/10
Director: Rene Laloux
Starring: Oms, Draags

A winner at the Cannes Film Festival 1973, 'Fantastic Planet' is a full length animated fantasy set on the planet of the Draags in a far-off solar sys... Read more

Fiorile (1993)

7/10
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Starring: Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michael Vartan

U.S. title; 'Wild Flower'. This film of immense elegance set in Tuscany focuses on the Benedetti family who preserve their time-honoured ways, includ... Read more

Fishing with John (1992)

8.2/10
Director: John Lurie
Starring: John Lurie, Tom Waits, Matt Dillon, Dennis Hopper, Jim Jarmusch, Willem Dafoe

John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime on "Fishing With John". Trav... Read more

Frank Lloyd Wright (1997)

7.8/10
Director: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Starring: Frank Lloyd Wright

An absorbing study of U.S. architect Frank Lloyd Wright's tumultuous life and career. Using all manner of original photographs, plans, home movies of... Read more

Freeway (1996)

6.9/10
Director: Matthew Bright
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Dan Hedaya, Amanda Plummer, Brooke Shields

This 'bent, punk retelling of Little Red Riding Hood' stars Reese Witherspoon as a disenchanted teen who flees her trailer trash mum (Brooke Shields)... Read more

Garbage Warrior (2007)

7.8/10
Director: Oliver Hodge
Starring: Michael Reynolds

Michael Reynolds is a revolutionary eco-architect whose buildings utilize the waste we humans produce and reduce the impact we have on the delicate en... Read more

Harold and Maude (1971)

8/10
Director: Hal Ashby
Starring: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Cyril Cusack, Vivian Pickles

With the idiosyncratic American fable "Harold and Maude", countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era.... Read more

Heat and Sunlight (1988)

5.3/10
Director: Rob Nilsson
Starring: Rob Nilsson, Don Bajema, Consuelo Faust

This powerful and disturbingly honest film documents the final hours of a love affair between a photographer and his exotic dancer girlfriend. Made by... Read more

Homicide (1991)

7.1/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Joe Mantegna, William H Macy, Natalija Nogulich

Award winning playwright David Mamet's third outing as director is a gritty crime drama about a cop taken off the biggest case of his life into a seem... Read more