The Art Life

124 Years 100 Movies

Episode Summary

Grace just completed watching every film on AFI's 100 Greatest American Movies list. In this listener-requested episode, she discusses lifting marginalized voices, censorship and accountability, and Hollywood's power to affirm and soothe its audiences. Have you completed an art life challenge?

Episode Notes

EPISODE DESCRIPTION:

Grace just completed watching every film on AFI's 100 Greatest American Movies list. 

In this listener-requested episode, she discusses lifting marginalized voices, censorship and accountability, and Hollywood's power to affirm and soothe its audiences.

Have you completed an art life challenge?

SHOW NOTES:

• 100 Years 100 Movies: AFI’s 100 Greatest American Films (10th Anniversary Edition, 2007)
• 100 Years 100 Movies: AFI’s 100 Greatest American Films (1997)
• Films Mentioned that Grace Loved: Spartacus, The Deer Hunter, The Sixth Sense, Do the Right Thing, Modern Times, City Lights, The General, Casablanca, Sunset Boulevard, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 12 Angry Men, King Kong, The Shawshank Redemption, Sullivan's Travels, All About Eve, The Gold Rush, Easy Rider
• Films Mentioned that Grace Did Not Love: Intolerance, Swing Time, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Nashville, MASH, American Graffiti, Ben-Hur, Shane
• Grace's film reviews are on Letterboxd 
• Send Grace your requests for new topics and interview guests: theartlifeshow@gmail.com

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• E31: How to Choose What to Watch Next
• E37: Antiracism in Your Art Life

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