Kerri Smith

Going into this week’s viewing, I honestly couldn’t remember if I’d ever seen The African Queen before or not.  I felt like I had seen it, but I couldn’t be sure of anything about it other than the fact that it starred Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, and a boat. Beyond that, I couldn’t be sure. I…

Roughly 10 months ago, I began what I knew would be a two year challenge to make it all the way through every movie on the AFI’s list of the Top 100 Movies of the Last 100 Years. It may not sound like much of a challenge to watch one movie a week and, really,…

I had very little idea of what I was getting myself into this week with Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I’d heard of it, of course, and knew that Liz Taylor starred, but that honestly may only be because I eagerly watched that Lifetime biopic starring the trainwreck that was Lindsay Lohan’s performance. Beyond that, I had…

I’ve been looking forward to this week’s Battle for a while now. And, after last week’s torturous fight with Kubrick, I was excited to watch something lighthearted and fun. I also wasn’t sure how this movie escaped my viewing until now. If you know me at all, you’d think watching Dustin Hoffman in drag would…

Last Thursday was what I like to call Smithmas, so I opted to take the week off from fighting the AFI. I could have done the same this week, too, with New Year’s Day falling on a Thursday, as well. Trust me when I tell you that the temptation there was real and strong, particularly…

This week’s movie is one I’ve owed a viewing to for quite some time. During the many years I spent in film school, it became readily apparent that the first 10 or so minutes of Saving Private Ryan were important since I was shown this piece and this piece only in no less than six…

This week’s battle is with an old favorite that, if you have even basic cable, you’ve already seen a thousand times (THANKS TNT). I know I have. I’ve watched it in edited bits and pieces — for content, to fit my screen, and to run in the time allotted — more times than I can…

I don’t know if you’ve all noticed, but The List has been on a peak run of choices for the last month and a half or so that I just can’t seem to argue with. From The Apartment up until last week’s bout with The Silence of the Lambs, the AFI and I have been in…

“Good evening, Clarice.” It’s one of the great misquoted movie lines of the 21st century. It’s right up there with, “No. I am your father.” But it exists within a movie I’ve seen far fewer times. In fact, before this weekend, I wasn’t certain that I’d ever actually seen The Silence of the Lambs in its entirety…