Top 100 Films (Updated)

I understand that I haven't given reviews for some of these films, so if you are interested in hearing my thoughts, send me a comment. Thanks! :)

1. Gone With The Wind
2. Persepolis
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. Let Me In
5. Spirited Away
6. A Clockwork Orange
7. Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage
8. The Matrix
9. Antichrist
10. Pan’s Labyrinth
11.  The Shining
12. Citizen Kane
13.  It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
14.  Black Swan
15. Forrest Gump
16.  The Harry Potter Films
17.  The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Fincher version)
18. Rear Window
19.  The Secret Of Kells
20. The Silence of the Lambs
21.  Jurassic Park
22.  The Descent
23. Winter’s Bone
24.  Coraline
25. Amèlie
26. The Virgin Suicides
27. Rain Man
28. Pulp Fiction
29. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
30. Interstellar
31. The Elephant Man
32.  Remember Me
33.  Ed Wood
34. Trainspotting
35.  The Cabin In The Woods
36.  Edward Scissorhands
37.  Sleepy Hollow
38. Metropolis
39. Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2
40. The Godfather Part II
41.  Sweeney Todd
42.  I Love You, Man
43. Defiance
44.  Mulan
45. Howl’s Moving Castle
46. Enter The Void
47.  Public Enemies
48.  Orphan
49. Pierrot Le Fou
50.  The Nightmare Before Christmas
51.  Evil Dead (2010)
52.  The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
53. The Help
54. Steel Magnolias
55. The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
56.  Corpse Bride
57.  The Book Thief
58.  Monty Python and The Holy Grail
59.  Goodfellas
60. Blue Is The Warmest Color
61. Atlantis: The Lost Empire
62. Sinister
63. Dancer In The Dark
64.  Chocolat
65. Inside Out
66.  Life Is Beautiful
67.  Snowpiercer
68.  Man of Tai Chi
69. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
70. A Town Called Panic
71.  Poltergeist
72. Frances Ha
73.  Chicken Run
74. Breakfast At Tiffany’s
75.  Beaches
76. Star Wars, Episode 4: A New Hope
77.  The Prince of Egypt
78. The Iron Lady
79. Blackfish
80. My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding
81.  Napoleon Dynamite
82. Panic Room
83. The Way, Way Back
84.  Scream
85. Beauty and the Beast
86.  Iron-Jawed Angels
87.  Shrek
88. Following
89. Knowing
90.  Rango
91.  A League Of Their Own
92.  Dirty Girl
93.  Hugo
94. Chronicle
95. Big Hero 6
96.  The Brass Teapot
97. A Christmas Story
98. Sucker Punch
99. Auntie Mame
100.  Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Some updates!

  This summer has been totally crazy so far…I've been selling stuff on Ebay like nobody's business, I've been watching movies like hell, and now I'm caught up in three digital editing projects for three different people. I also went to Ocean City (AKA what I now call the white trash capital of the world), started listening to David Bowie and Patti Smith a lot more, and made more punk-related jewelry and clothes. 

   So as the date to depart for school draws near, I decided to start purging a lot of the negativity that was cluttering up my life. I have fully come to terms with being a Wiccan (and a bisexual one), as well as a pro-choice feminist. After reading a heartbreakingly powerful account about bullying (written by a close friend of mine), I was inspired to write five full pages of what bullying in Catholic school did to me. And let me tell you….for the past few days, I have felt great! With regards to today in particular, I felt full of positive energy as I prayed, and experienced the sensation of my deceased grandmother's presence. 

  I still don't know how I am going to come out of the closet (the closet for bisexuality as well as the "broom closet"), but I am praying that all goes will. Not sure when I will finally confess everything. I am still trying to decide that and that's okay. 

Love and light, 

The Gothic Bohemian 

Artist Spotlight: Pussy Riot

     Artistry comes in many forms, and this is strongly exemplified through the Russian feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot. With their multicolored balaclavas pulled over their imperious faces, they burst onto the scene in 2011, loudly decrying Putin's conservative agenda and the noose that was tightening around the throats of social minority groups in Russia. For the most part, their illegal guerilla protests and "concerts" were treated as a nuisance, with some people reacting to them in a similar way to how the general public tends to view other radical feminist groups such as FEMEN. 

    But of course, no punk is prepared to go quietly into the night. "Putin will teach you to love the motherland!" they screamed in mock protest. "Riot, riot!" This was often met with strong public criticism and even threats, with people slandering them as "attention-seeking cunts" and "whores" while the police grabbed their nightsticks and struck them to the ground. But it was only when they performed their infamous protest inside Moscow's famous Russian Orthodox Church that Pussy Riot became a source for concern. Though no services were in progress at the time, and the girls did not harass anyone directly, they were brought up on charges of "hooliganism", arrested, and thrown in prison. While inside, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, two of the main members of the band, went on a hunger strike (but were forced to stop under the impending danger of starving to death). Though they were considered politicial prisoners by the Russian government, the international reaction was overwhelming, with many celebrities (including Madonna, Bjork, and Geddy Lee of Rush) voicing their support for the girls and criticizing their imprisonment. However, even though the girls acknowledged the support, they refused to be grouped together with these Western "capitalists", especially since they considered Western capitalism to be treating art as a commodity rather than an actual statement. In Toronto, protests took place outside the Russian consulate, and similar protests in support of the band were held in Bulgaria, NYC, and Scotland. Even FEMEN made a statement by desecrating a crucifix (though Pussy Riot later criticized this as well as FEMEN's method of topless protest). 

   In December of 2013, the girls were officially released from prison. Since then, they have met with numerous human rights activists and continue to spearhead their campaign for feminism and equality on social media. Recently, they have been campaigning for gay rights and feminism in Russia after the SCOTUS ruling on gay marriage legalization in the U.S. (I'm also going to point out here that Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, once stated that feminism posed a huge danger to Russia (source: Click here)). With all things considered, Pussy Riot is not just a band for radical feminists, but for anyone concerned with human rights. So pick up a guitar and start rioting!