Long before reality TV captivated American audiences with its stunning plots and cultural insight, Medium Cool placed its viewers, as well as its actors, in the middle of a riot. Cinematographer Haskell Wexler a script in which the movie's main characters were searching for each other outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago . On the day of the convention, the film crew began shooting and the crowd began to riot. What was left was a love story of the time, literally framed by the events of the time. Go rent this film.

Did you hate this film? Did it make you feel really uncomfortable? Good. This film tries in so many ways to make the viewer as uncomfortable as the characters in it. From having entire scenes play out in reverse, to graphic depictions of sex and drug use, this film never had a chance with American audiences. Too bad, really. Our favorite Dawson's Creek hopeless romantic is hysterical to watch as a sexed-up drug dealer. If you're a student of film conventions, then this film is for you. It attacks every one of them. Oh yea, Shannyn Sassamon!! FAP FAP

I can sleep just fine at night, recommending this film to the world simply because you have to get it on DVD. In the theater, it was dreadful, painful and downright rude. Most of my distaste came from the fact that this film is a gimmick. Four stories, all on screen at the same time, all filmed in one take. The idea is fine and the execution was pretty good, but the stories just sucked. But alas, hope returns on the DVD. In the theatric release, your attention is brought to a certain story on screen by raising the audio of that storyline and lowering the others. On the DVD you get to choose on-the-fly the volume for all the stories. Let me tell you, watching Selma Hayek sit in silence in a car for 22 minutes is amazing.

You ever been to one of those parties where people gamble with and absorb the luck they can steal from others? Yeah, neither have I. The plot of this film still is one of the strangest but amazing displays of originality in filmmaking. Sam, played by Max Von Sydow, went into the Nazi gas chambers as a boy and came out alive. He now owns a casino in the desert and is considered the luckiest man alive. People from around the world compete in these strange luck tournaments to try and make their way to the big game. A one-bullet showdown with our man Sam. Again, Amazing!

The verdict is still out on whether or not this film is genius or utter crap . MGM billed it as “YOU and ROBERT MONTGOMERY solve a murder mystery together!” The entire film, every damn shot, is filmed in the first person. For those confused, the camera is the main character, and you only see what the main character sees. I'm still not sure if this was a good idea for a film, or for a mystery dinner somewhere in the northern suburbs.

Maybe I'm just stupid, but the whole time I watched this film, I kept saying. “ That's Steff , from Pretty in Pink. I knew he was weird.” I speak, of course, of our man James Spader and his role as a sexually dominating lawyer. He hires a, let's just say, a spanking secretary, and well, you have yourself a plot. What I really love about this film is how it has gotten everyone housewives on the Internet asking questions about S&M. A sample, reproduced verbatim:

“For all of you whom are involved in BDSM and have seen “Secretary”, do you think its portrayal of the lifestyle is accurate or not? I am a newbie to the lifestyle and found it to be a rather positive portrayal, but was it accurate?”

“ Jeden Tag, jede Sekunde triffst Du eine Entscheidung, die Dein Leben verändern kann.” Now that's a fucking tagline! No idea what it means. It's like watching Groundhog Day with Bill Murray, except the main character is hot, you can't understand a single word, the soundtrack kicks all forms of ass and the same day is only played out three times. But other then that it's the exact same film. Except the plots have nothing to do with one another and … oh hell, it's not the same at all. Run Lola Run is better. If you haven't seen it, give yourself 10 lashings now , Secretary style!

Watch this film for the first time when you have the time to sit and see the whole thing. I can't tell you what is going on, but I can tell you what is not going on. There are no actors, no script, no dialogue, no sets and no reason this isn't one of the best films ever . Ever. Filmed in 70mm stock and set in more than 24 countries, Baraka is sometimes one of my favorite films and sometimes my least favorite. Besides, monkeys are funny. Watch it, you'll know what I mean.

I'll tell you this right now: people are going to tell you this is a slow-paced, outdated melodrama about rich people in rich places that isn't worth watching. And on some over-cynical mornings , I would agree with this, but ladies and gentlemen, not today. Back in the days when the different film studios actually made films, someone got the bright idea to get each of their biggest talents and pool them together in one super-ensembled film. And they did. Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and John Barrymore all star in this amazing cast that set the precedence for all ensemble cast films .

It's a little bit Clockwork Orange and a little bit All the Presidents Men with a touch of Conspiracy Theory mixed with a cup of Dick Tracy rolled up in Easy Rider, served warm with … ah, hell. This film is amazing on its own. Warren Beatty stars as a reporter trying to uncover an assassin ring that – surprise, surprise – has ties to the White House. This film does it right, with the paranoia, the drama and the action all done in a way that makes my head spin. Look up the meaning of parallax before watching this film and let me know what you think. And yes, this is my own guilty pleasure.