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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter--><p>We don’t know about you, but we love lists; especially ones that deal with <em>the greatest movies of all time</em>. Luckily for us, <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/500/">Empire Magazine</a> has given us a massive list of just that! For their “Top 500 Greatest Movies of All Time” feature, the magazine interviewed 150 Hollywood industry veterans (including Sam Mendes, Cameron Crowe and Quentin Tarantino), 50 select film critics, and of course, 10,000 Empire readers. As a result, the rankings aren’t nearly as stuffy as other lists, like the <a href="http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx">AFI Top-100</a>: <em>Citizen Kane</em>, routinely highlighted at the greatest movie of all time, only rates as the 28th movie here, behind both <em>Back to the Future </em>and <em>Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</em>, and just one slot ahead of <em>Die Hard</em>. Lower down on the chain, <em>Casino Royale </em>(#56) beats <em>Lawrence of Arabia </em>(#57) and <em>The Graduate </em>(#62), while <em>School of Rock </em>(#188) inexplicably edges out <em>Ghostbusters</em> (#189). What gives people!</p>
<p>Still, we think the list is pretty solid, even if it’s a little too current minded and reads suspiciously like the <a href="http://us.imdb.com/chart/top?tt0099685">IMDB User Ranked Top-250</a>. For instance, <em>The Dark Knight</em> checks in at #15 on the list, seemingly just because it’s the flavor of the moment. While we loved it, is the latest Batman movie <em>really</em> better than <em>Casablanca</em><em> </em>(#18)? We think not. </p>
<p>Below, the Top-10 : <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/unstuffiest-list-500-best-movies-ever">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:49:15 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Portrait of the Enemy: Eastwood&#039;s Humanizing Letters</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->Clint Eastwood’s Letters from Iwo Jima has been made from a screenplay by Japanese-American first- <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.observer.com/node/53076">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2006 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>The Last Gasp of the 1950&#039;s, In Trashy, Sexy Cinemascope</title>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2005 20:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>The Best Films of 2002, And a Few Honorable Mentions</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->As Captain Renault famously exclaims to Rick in Casablanca (1942 or 1943) upon "discovering" that ga <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.observer.com/node/46947">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2003 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>We&#039;ll Always Have Philadelphia</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->Everybody complains about the movies these days. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.observer.com/node/44950">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2001 20:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Bruce Feirstein</dc:creator>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->Wednesday, August 5Patricia Fili-Krushel. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.observer.com/1998/women-cnbc-return-seinfeld-whats-name-patricia-fili-krushel">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 1998 20:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>It&#039;s Our Kind of Place: A Swinging Neo-Moroccan</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter-->It was after 11 P.M. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.observer.com/node/40238">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 1998 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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