The Horse’s Head: Class of 2017

And my personal Mt. Everest just got a bit taller.

Here are (in chronological order) the 25 films selected for the National Film Registry in 2017. Films noted with an asterisk are films that I submitted on my nomination ballot.

• Interior New York Subway, 14^th Street to 42^nd Street (1905)
• The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)
• Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection (1920s-1930s)
• He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
• With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain (1937-1938)
• Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
• Dumbo (1941)
• Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
• Ace in the Hole (1951)
• Spartacus (1960)*
• Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)*
• Wanda (1971)
• Lives of Performers (1972)
• Time and Dreams (1976)
• Superman (1978)
• Boulevard Nights (1979)
• The Goonies (1985)
• La Bamba (1987)
• Die Hard (1988)*
• Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)
• Field of Dreams (1989)
• To Sleep with Anger (1990)
• 4 Little Girls (1997)
• Titanic (1997)*
• Memento (2000)

These 25 films have been added to my official rotation, the first write-up will appear on this blog in February 2018.

In addition, the Library of Congress’ YouTube channel has added a selection of films from the Registry. Check it out, I know I will.