lots of good films, my choices for a top five would be:

1. Souls at Sea
2. 13 Rue Madeleine
3. The House on 92nd Street
4. Diplomatic Courier
5. 23 Paces to Baker Street

great director if you like numbers! he made all of these films:

5 Card Stud
Seven Thieves
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
13 Rue Madeleine
Fourteen Hours
23 Paces to Baker Street
The House on 92nd Street
Call Northside 777

At least four masterpieces on that list! In the same vein, I also love Play (Gholam Reza Ramezani, 2005) and The Key (Ebrahim Forouzesh, 1987)

Lots of great choices, but we'd put Canyon Passage (Jacques Tourneur, 1946) in a top five, and probably Assignment: Paris (Robert Parrish, 1952) too

we haven't seen it yet, but Guy Maddin's Dracula film looks really interesting

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we're listening to 'Long Way Home' from the 2024 Myriam Gendron album Mayday, great intimate song with a bit of an old country sound

gorgeous album, some of the subtle timbral shifts in 'one fine morning' are borderline miraculous