BLADE RUNNER (1982)
Director: Ridley Scott
The film that made me aware of author Phillip K. Dick and awakened me to Science Fiction. Beautiful photography and mood by the late Jordan Cronenweth.

BRAVEHEART (1995)
Director: Mel Gibson
Breathtaking. Love and war intertwined. (I must confess maybe the only time I ever cried in a movie theater).

DARK CITY (1998)
Director: Alex Proyas
As if a nightmare and a dream were combined. Every time I watch this movie I pick up something new.

DRACULA (1992)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
For my money, Gary Oldman was the best vampire.  Wounded, dangerous, and truly seductive. I think Bram Stoker would have liked this.

THE DUELLISTS (1977)
Director: Ridley Scott
Story of passion and honor. This was the relationship we wanted for Kalan and Apis Bull.

GLADIATOR (2000)
Director: Ridley Scott
I just think this is why you go to the movies.

KAFKA (1991)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
A seemingly unfilmable novel made into something that seems to perfectly capture the authors’ intention.

LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992)
Director: Michael Mann
Brutal but at the same time beautiful and haunting. In my head, whenever I see Kalan, this is what he looks like.

LEGEND (1985)
Director: Ridley Scott
When we’re not talking about Kurosawa, Chris and I are going on and on about Ridley Scott. Stunning to look at. Tim Curry is amazing as the Lord of Darkness.

LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS (2002)
Director: Peter Jackson
“The stories that stay with you. The stories that mean something”.

RAN (1985)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Just Epic. Artist Chris Shy and I spend hours talking about Yojimbo, Rashomon, and Ran. Unlike any other movie for sheer grandeur.

STALKER (1979)  / SOLYARIS (1972)
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
A true poet. Tarkovsky’s writings about film are almost as beautiful and unconventional as his movies.