I have so many favorite films it is not only hard to list them, but it is hard to only share a few. I like films for different reasons: Direction, Writing, Soundtrack, Creativity, Pushing the Envelope, Stepping outside the norm, ... being a Maverick.

If I could only recommend one film to share with the world it would have to be "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" directed by Julian Schnabel. I just experienced this masterpiece at the 2007 Telluride Film Festival and I just have to say .....WOW! Don't Miss It!

Extended List of My Favorite Films:

~~Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (dir. Julian Schnabel)

~~Trois couleurs: Rouge (Red); Trzy kolory: Bialy (White); Trois couleurs: Bleu (Blue); La Double vie de Veronique (The Double Life of Veronique) (dir. Kieslowski)

~~Edmond (dir. Stuart Gordon)

~~Trainspotting (dir. Danny Boyle)

~~Chinatown (dir. Roman Polanski)

~~Run Lola Run (dir. Tom Tykwer)

~~Into the Wind (dir. Sean Penn)

~~Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (dir. Guy Ritchie)

~~Crash; Naked Lunch; Dead Ringers (dir. David Cronenberg)

~~Reservoir Dogs (dir. Quentin Tarantino)

~~Blue Velvet (dir. David Lynch)

~~The Usual Suspects (dir. Bryan Singer)

~~Dead Poets Society (dir. Peter Weir)

~~Sexy Beast (dir. Jonathan Glazer)