For over 25 years Carrie Rickey served as the residential film critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer. At the moment she opines about movies for various outlets alongside freelancing at the local NPR station in Philadelphia. Her writing, which is steeped in knowledge and insight, is consistently illuminating, playful, and conversational. As the list of her favorite films will demonstrate, Rickey deeply admires a myriad of films and filmmakers. Here’s to hoping she finds more consistent work soon. She deserves it.
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Below are the movies that she claims “make me happy, make me think, make me scared and make me cry.” We hope you enjoy the list …
The Rules of the Game — The Grand Illusion — Spirited Away — My Friend Totoro — Mississippi Masala — Monsoon Wedding — I Know Where I’m Going — The Red Shoes — Caught — The Earrings of Madame de — Swing Time — A Place in the Sun — Jerry Maguire — Almost Famous — The Godfather Trilogy — The Virgin Suicides — Lost in Translation — His Girl Friday — Red River — Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — The Quiet Man — The Searchers — Midnight — The Major and the Minor — Sunset Boulevard — The Apartment — Do the Right Thing — Malcolm X — Get on the Bus — Moolade — Beauty and the Beast — Toy Story — The Incredibles — Up
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On Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell, via News Works:
“There are many edges to this jigsaw puzzle of a movie where pieces don’t neatly fit together. Given the sometimes overlapping, sometimes conflicting points of view, you might think of Stories We Tell as a Canadian Rashomon, a tactful stab at reconciling different perspectives.”
On film critics changing their minds, via Director’s Guild of America:
“Once upon a time there was a young movie geek who thought that a film was a coefficient in the algebra of a motion picture experience, as unchanging as a Rodin bronze.”
On making the world safe for Albert Brooks, via The Philadelphia Inquirer:
“The Oscars are the Kentucky Derby for humans,” he says in his oboe voice, both melancholy and comic. The phone is Brooks’ muse, and he’s on. ”Already the bookies are running numbers. Sean Connery is even money. My odds are 7-5. The only sure thing about all of this is that getting nominated makes your mom feel good.”
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Carrie Rickey is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You can find all of her work at CarrieRickey.com.
