Cinematic Alphabet Quiz: K

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Cinematic Alphabet Quiz: L

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Cinematic Alphabet Quiz: M

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Stardust Memories (1980)

Directed by Woody Allen

Shot in beautiful black-and-white, Woody’s send up of Fellini’s 8½ contain some of the finest moments in the Allen oeuvre. Particularly Charlotte Rampling’s scenes, seemingly stolen-moments: her breakdown in close-up and (my favorite moment in all Woody’s films) her, almost-too-candidly, reading a magazine one morning as Louis Armstrong plays Stardust.*

Here's the trailer; and for those who have seen the movie, the scene with Ms. Rampling.

* This 50-word review was written in 2006.

Cinematic Alphabet Quiz: N

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The Apartment (1960)

Directed by Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder was a genius at mixing comedy and drama, especially in this 1960 Academy Award-winning picture (co-written by I.A.L. Diamond). Thematically adult, but sweet tone-wise: Lemmon and MacLaine stumble into romance and into trouble. Lemmon’s reflection in a broken compact mirror are what screenplays in screenplay-heaven are made of.*

Here's the trailer; and for those who have seen it, this is the broken compact scene. 
Also, a review by Roger Ebert and a New York Times review from when it opened.
* This 50-word review was written back in 2006. 

Cinematic Alphabet Quiz: O

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Cinematic Alphabet Quiz: P

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Cinematic Alphabet Quiz: Q

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Top Ten Alternative Musicals*

Not truly a musical or "music plays a major part in the narrative."

* Thanks to Smiley who started the thread in the Filmspotting Forums.

1. Nashville  (Altman, 1975)
2. Almost Famous  (Crowe, 2000)
3. The Commitments  (Parker, 1991)
4. A Mighty Wind  (Guest, 2003)
5. 24 Hour Party People  (Winterbottom, 2002)
6. Scott Pilgrim vs the World  (Wright, 2010)
7. Blue  (Kieslowski, 1994)
8. This Is Spinal Tap  (Reiner, 1984) - Netflix streaming
9. The Wedding Singer  (Coraci, 1988)
10.  High Fidelity  (Frears, 2000)

Honorable Mentions: The Thing Called Love; Topsy-Turvy Netflix streaming; Muriel’s Wedding Netflix streaming; Georgia; Sweet and Lowdown; O Brother Where Art Thou?; A Woman Is a Woman Netflix streaming, Pierrot le Fou (Godard plays with music and diegetic sound so well); Love Me or Leave Me, Once, Dancer in the Dark (really musicals); Shoot the Piano Player; Pulp Fiction Netflix streaming

Overlooked Picks (both are really musicals) 
Romance and Cigarettes and A Prairie Home Companion - hit each title for a trailer

Last revision: 8-21-11.