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Ten Great Classic Films to Get You Started
If you're new to classic films, here's ten great choices to get you started, from a range of genres and styles. Try Casablanca, It Happened One Night, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, Dr. Strangelove, Psycho or Ben Hur.

Ten Great Old Movies About Politics
Hollywood has always been fascinated with politics - and vice versa. Here are ten great old movies about politics, money, and power, from political thrillers to screwball comedies.

"Considering Doris Day" - an Interview with the Author
The book "Considering Doris Day" is a look at the top female box office star of all-time, arguing that Doris Day's "girl next door" image made her underrated as an actress. Thomas Santopietro writes an admiring bio, not a tell-all scandal book about the wholesome Hollywood heroine.

Recommendations from AFI
The American Film Institute's "100 Years" lists can help round out your classic movie education or provide you with ammunition for a movie trivia contest. Great films, great characters, and even great lines are arranged in handy lists of 100 -- browse away!

U.S. National Film Registry Titles
At a loss about what classic films to order from NetFlix? Look no further. Every year, the Library of Congress honors 25 American films by adding them to the U.S. National Registry. By definition, every film on this list is a keeper!

Godzilla vs. Mothra on DVD
There's a new DVD of that great old Japanese monster classic, Godzilla vs. Mothra. This one pins the needle on the weirdness scale, with gigantic eggs, miniature singing twins, toy tanks and a big, big moth. Check it out at the Great Big Lizard's web site. Gojira! Gojira!

New Book on Hitchcock's Movie Music
There's a brand new book out about the ground-breaking movie music of Alfred Hitchcock. The book looks like fun, and this NPR story has some great sound clips to go with it its report. See our Hitchcock profile here.

Was it Based on a Book?
Love the movie, and want to read the book? Wonder if they've ever made any movies of your favorite author's books? Here's a handy site from the Midcontinent Public Library where you can find out, searching by the movie, the author, the book title, or the year the movie was released.