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Kim Morgan

One visit, reaching 7 films in the collection.

2 Dec 2025

The critic and cowriter of Nightmare Alley explores the complexity of Gene Tierney’s femme fatale in Leave Her to Heaven, compares Adam Sandler and Paul Thomas Anderson’s work on Punch-Drunk Love to the collaboration of James Stewart and Alfred Hitchcock, and talks about the enduring influence of Kiss Me Deadly.

Chose Director Year
1 Merrily We Go to Hell Dorothy Arzner 1932
2 Something Wild Jack Garfein 1961
3 Leave Her to Heaven John M. Stahl 1945
4 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould François Girard 1993
5 Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson 2002
6 Kiss Me Deadly Robert Aldrich 1955
7 The Killing Stanley Kubrick 1956

Least-picked choice here: Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould , taken by nobody else.

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