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Almost Like Being in Love (2004)

Almost Like Being in Love (2004) by Steve Kluger

The Writer:

Steve Kluger has written novels, plays, and even a musical—most of them concerning baseball. Almost Like Being in Loveis his third novel.

The Story:

Travis is a nerd. Craig is a jock. And, in their senior year of prep school, they fall in love. But their perfect relationship is cut short when they leave for college on opposite ends of the country.

20 year later, Travis is…

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#Baseball #LGBT #Musical #Romantic Comedy

The Hidden Oracle (2016)

The Writer:

Rick Riordan is best known for his YA series about Greek mythology titled Percy Jackson & the Olympians (2005-09). He’s also done series based on Egyptian mythology [The Kane Chronicles (2010-12)] and Norse mythology [Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard (2015-17)]. The Heroes of Olympusseries (2010-14) was a sequel to Percy Jackson. The Hidden Oracleis the first in his current…

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#Greek mythology #LGBT #YA Fiction

#1: The Hours (2002)

#1 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the 2002 drama The Hours

The Players:

Stephen Daldry (Director): Esteemed director Daldry’s best-known films include Billy Elliot (2000), The Hours, and The Reader (2008)—all of which earned him Academy Award nominations. He has also directed shows on Broadway [Billy Elliot: The Musical (2008-12), The Audience (2015), The Inheritance (2019-20)] and Netflix’s The Crown (2016-17).

David Hare (Writer): The playwright’s…

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#Film #Top 25

#2: Chicago (2002)

#2 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the 2002 movie musical Chicago

The Players:

Rob Marshall (Director; Choreographer): Previously known for his work as a choreographer both on the stage [Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), She Loves Me (1994), Cabaret (1998)] and on TV [Victor/Victoria (1995), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1997), Annie (1999)—which he also directed], Marshall would make his feature film directorial debut with Chicago, which also earned…

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#Film #Top 25

#3: Monte Carlo (2011)

#3 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the 2011 rom-com Monte Carlo

The Players:

Thomas Bezucha (Director; Co-writer): Writer/Director Bezucha’s other films are Big Eden (2000) and The Family Stone (2005). He also wrote the 2018 film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

April Blair, Maria Maggenti (Co-writers): When Bezucha was brought onto the film, he and Maggenti did a draft of the film that had the characters as adults who pose as wealthy…

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#Film #Top 25

#4: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

#4 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the 2005 darkly comedic neo-noir Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

The Players:

Shane Black (Director; Writer): After writing films like Lethal Weapon (1987) and The Long Kiss Goodnight( 1996), Black would make his directorial debut with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. He would follow that up with Iron Man 3 (2013), The Nice Guys (2016), and The Predator (2018).

Robert Downey Jr. (Harry): Academy Award-nominee Downey Jr.’s comeback began with Kiss Kiss Bang Bangand was…

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#Film #Top 25

#5: The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

#5 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the 2006 fashion dramedy The Devil Wears Prada.

The Players:

David Frankel (Director): Academy Award-winning director Frankel’s feature debut was the 1995 film Miami Rhapsody. Some of his other feature films include The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me (2008), Hope Springs (2012), and Collateral Beauty (2016).

Aline Brosh McKenna (Writer): McKenna’s most notable screenplays include Laws of Attraction (2004), The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses(2…

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#Film #Top 25

#6: The Last Days of Disco (1998)

#6 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the 1998 satire The Last Days of Disco

The Players:

Whit Stillman (Director; Writer): Stillman is a writer/director best known for his loose trilogy he calls the “Doomed-Bourgeois-in-Love-series,” consisting of Metropolitan (1990), which earned him an Academy Award nomination; Barcelona(1994); and The Last Days of Disco. He would go on to writer and direct Damsels in Distress (2011) and Love & Friendship (2016).

Chloë Sevigny…

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#Film #Top 25

#7: Gosford Park (2001)

#7 of My Top 25 Favorite Films is the 2001 murder mystery Gosford Park

The Players:

Robert Altman (Director): Acclaimed director Altman had recently done The Gingerbread Man (1998) and Dr. T & the Women(2000). Gosford Parkwould garner him two more Academy Award nominations. And he would go on to direct two more films: The Company(2003) and A Prairie Home Companion(2006).

Julian Fellowes (Writer): Gosford Parkwould be Fellowes’ first screenplay and would get him an…

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#Film #Top 25

#8: Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

#8 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the 1988 drama Dangerous Liaisons

The Players:

Stephen Frears (Director): The two-time Academy Award-nominee launched onto the film scene with his film My Beautiful Laundrette (1985). He followed that up with well-known films like Dangerous Liaisons, Mary Reilly (1996), HighFidelity (2000), and The Queen (2006).

Christopher Hampton (Writer): The celebrated writer of stage and screen has written many outstanding scripts…

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#Film #Top 25

#9: Michael Clayton (2007)

#9 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the 2007 legal thriller Michael Clayton

The Players:

Tony Gilroy (Director; Writer): Best known for writing the Bourne films, Michael Clayton was Gilroy’s first feature as both director and writer. He would also write and direct Duplicity (2009) and The Bourne Legacy (2012).

George Clooney (Michael Clayton): Following up his first Academy Award win for Syriana (2005), acclaimed American actor Clooney would appear in The Good German(2…

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#Film #Top 25

#10: The Chumscrubber (2005)

#10 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the 2005 dark comedy The Chumscrubber

The Players:

Arie Posin (Director; Story by): The Chumscrubber was Posin’s first feature film. He would also direct and co-write 2013’s The Face of Love.

Zac Stanford (Writer): The Chumscrubber was Stanford’s first feature screenplay. He would also write the screenplay for 2008’s Sleepwalking.

Jamie Bell (Dean Stiffle): After his breakout performance in Billy Elliot(2000), Bell would go on to…

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#Film #Top 25

#11: Howard's End (1992)

#11 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the 1992 drama Howard's End

The Players:

James Ivory (Director): Director, writer, and producer Ivory is best known for his prestigious film adaptations of classic novels with his partner Ismail Merchant. He has four Academy Award nominations: A Room with a View (1985), Howard’s End, The Remains of the Day (1993) for Best Director; and he won Best Adapted Screenplay for Call Me By Your Name (2017).

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala…

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#Film #Top 25

#12: Call Me By Your Name (2017)

The Players:

Luca Guadagnino (Director): The accomplished Italian director Guadagnino has done features, short films, documentaries, TV, and prominent ad campaigns. His most notable features include: I Am Love (2009), A Bigger Splash (2015), Call Me by Your Name, and Suspiria (2018).

James Ivory (Writer): Director, writer, and producer Ivory is best known for his prestigious film adaptations of…

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#13: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)

#13 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the 2008 rom-com Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

The Players:

Peter Sollett (Director): After Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Sollett would direct Freeheld (2015) and various episodes of TV series.

Lorene Scafaria (Writer): After writing the screen adaptation of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Scafaria would most notably go on to write and direct Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) and Hustlers (2019).

Michael Cera (Nick): Alt…

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#14: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

#14 of My Top 25 Film Countdown is the searing 1966 drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Players:

Mike Nichols (Director): EGOT-winner Nichols was noted for his direction of stage plays. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was his first film. He would go on to famously direct such films as The Graduate (1967), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), and The Birdcage (1996).

Ernest Lehman (Writer): The six-time Academy Award-nominee was most famous for writing North by Northwest(1959)…

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#film

#15: The Wizard of Oz (1939)

#15 of My Top 25 Countdown is the 1939 masterpiece The Wizard of Oz

The Players:

Victor Fleming (Director): After joining MGM in 1932, Fleming would have his heyday in 1939 when his two masterpieces The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind were released (the latter of which garnered him an Oscar).

Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf (Writers): Novelist Langley turned to screenwriting in the 1930s, and, while under contract at MGM, he was asked to…

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