Jon Lap

Biography:

Graduated New York University with a BFA in Cinema Studies and Film & TV.

Favorites:

Top 10 2002 1. Nijinsky: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky 2. Dogtown and Z-Boys 3. Yellow Asphalt 4. Max 5. Merci Pour Le Chocolat 6. 25th Hour 7. Full Frontal 8. 13 Conversations About One Thing 9. 8 Women 0. Narc (tie) Possession The 1990s *Goodfellas *Magnolia *My Own Private Idaho *Naked *Everyone Says I Love You *Cold Water *La Belle Noiseuse *Leaving Las Vegas *English Patient *Casino *Wings of the Dove *Poison (Todd Haynes) *Titanic *Legends of the Fall *Carlito's Way *Heat *Exotica *Unzipped *Sweet Hereafter *Crumb *Fallen Angels *Your Friends And Neighbors *Chungking Express The 20th Century Swept Away (1974, Wertmuller) Seven Beauties (1976, Wertmuller) Wizard of Oz (1939, Fleming) Raging Bull (1980, Scorsese) East of Eden (1955, Kazan) The Immortal Story (1968, Welles) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942, Welles) Moscow in Clad and Snow (Bauer, 1908) Parallax View (1974, Pakula) Sunrise, (1927, Murnau) Running on Empty (1988, Lumet) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989, Allen) Another Woman (1988, Allen) The Man With A Movie Camera (1929, Vertov) L'Atalante (1934, Vigo) Last Laugh (1924, Murnau) Sansho the Bailiff (1954, Mizoguchi) The Bicycle Thief (1948, De Sica) The Godfather Trilogy (1972-1990, Coppola) The 400 Blows (1959, Truffaut) Singin' In The Rain (1952, Donnen) Marjorie Morningstar (1958, Rapper) Notorious (1946, Hitchcock) Bless Their Little Hearts (1984, Woodberry) Bushmama (1976, Gerima) Killer of Sheep (1977, Burnett) Two Underrated Select Works (1990s): Three of Hearts (1993, Yurek Bogayevicz); Amongst Friends (1993, Rob Weiss)

Publications:

Apollo Guide , Long Island Press