Yes, I’m still busy, but I’ve been pretty productive today (and that includes filling the tires with air and the gas tank with gas), so I thought I’d do something I’ve been thinking about for a bit.
Inspired by The Guardian’s 100 Most Memorable Film Moments, I have decided to assemble my own list. It is not 100-long, nor is it in any particular order, and I’m pretty sure tomorrow I’ll look at it and think of everything I forgot, but it is what it is today. The de Plumes have long had the tradition of making compilations of our top 25 favorite songs of all time, and the only real rule is that these are your 25 favorite songs at the exact moment you make the list. So, in that spirit, I give you:

Hall of the Revels’ 15 Most Memorable Film Moments:
1) Some Like It Hot, dir. Billy Wilder—Osgood Fielding (Joe E. Brown) goes with his gut: “Nobody’s perfect.”

2) Lawrence of Arabia, dir. David Lean—Omar Sharif shows up, wearing black and riding a camel, out of the haze.

3) Casablanca, dir. Michael Curtiz—"Round up the usual suspects."

4) The Maltese Falcon, dir. John Huston—Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) and Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre) take turns threatening each other with the same revolver.

5) Homicide: The Movie, dir. Jean de Segonzac—Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor) asks Frank Pembleton (Andre Braugher) to absolve him. Pembleton says, “No.”

6) Four Weddings and a Funeral, dir. Mike Newell—The Scottish wedding reception: “It’s Brigadoon! It’s bloody Brigadoon!” and Hugh Grant’s walk to find John Hannah.

7) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dir. John Irvin— Jim Prideaux (Ian Bannen) is shot in the woods and the camera freezes on his face, screaming. Runner up: George Smiley (Alec Guinness) cleans his glasses.

8) Gosford Park, dir. Robert Altman—Tom Hollander eats jam in the stillroom. (somehow there's not a picture of this--not everyone shares my love of this scene. Oh well.)

9) Beauty and the Beast, dir. Gary Trousdale—The Beast and Belle dance.

10) The Thin Man, dir. W.S. Van Dyke—Nora (Myrna Loy) ties an ice bag to her head.

11) The Lady Vanishes, dir. Alfred Hitchcock—Gilbert (Michael Redgrave) directs a late-night folk dancing session.

12) To Kill a Mockingbird, dir. Robert Mulligan—“I was the ham.”

13) My Neighbor Totoro, dir. Hayao Miyazaki—Totoro waits at the bus stop and loves the sound of rain on his umbrella.

14) Billy Elliot, dir. Stephen Daldry—Michael (Stuart Wells) casually opens the door in a dress.

15) The Fall, dir. Tarsem Singh—The opening credits, to the sound of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto.