{"id":3818,"date":"2013-11-29T01:25:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T06:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/?p=3818"},"modified":"2013-12-11T19:34:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T00:34:20","slug":"10-more-must-read-smug-film-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/10-more-must-read-smug-film-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"10 More Must-Read Smug Film Posts (We\u2019ve Reached 150 Posts! Woo!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3820\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"tgiving\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tgiving.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tgiving.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tgiving-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><br \/>\n<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\nWhile y\u2019all are recovering from food comas, why not catch up on your Smug Film reading? This week, we reached 150 posts, and chances are, you haven\u2019t read all of them. Back when we hit the 100 post mark, we made a list of <a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/10-must-read-smug-film-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Must-Read Smug Film Posts<\/a>, so if you haven\u2019t read the ones on there, definitely do so. And if you have, here\u2019s 10 more, culled from our 50 posts since then:<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3150\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"dogville\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/dogville.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/dogville.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/dogville-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/10-films-every-libertarian-should-see\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>10 Films Every Libertarian Should See<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even if you\u2019re not a Libertarian, this list is worth a look. These aren\u2019t propagandic documentaries or anything\u2014these are simply movies which, whether intentionally or unintentionally (more often unintentionally) contain shit Libertarians will dig.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3132\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"sampic\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/sampic.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/sampic.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/sampic-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/category\/essays\/sams-essays\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>The Hollywood Shuffle: Tales From a Showbiz Bigshot (Part One)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam Henry Kass is a hilarious guy. We got along with him great back when Greg <a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/an-interview-with-indie-filmmaker-sam-henry-kass\/\" target=\"_blank\">interviewed him<\/a>, and it wasn\u2019t long after that that he submitted a piece to us. This is that piece, and it\u2019s a hoot. If you like weird Hollywood stories, you\u2019ll get a kick out of it. Sam wrote for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00EIJTLK4?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=B00EIJTLK4&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=smufil-20\" target=\"_blank\">Seinfeld<\/a>, and it\u2019s pretty clear why\u2014his life is full of situations that feel straight out of that universe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3120\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"fatty\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fatty.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fatty.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/fatty-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/an-interview-with-w-dustin-alligood\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>An Interview with W. Dustin Alligood of Harpodeon.com<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not you have an interest in early cinema, or silent film, this is worth a read. It\u2019s important to understand that whole era, because it really wasn\u2019t what you think it was. W. Dustin Alligood helps shed some light on the reality of it in this fascinating interview conducted by John D\u2019Amico.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3329\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"roko\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/roko.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/roko.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/roko-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/an-interview-with-roko-belic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>An Interview with Roko Belic, Director Of One Of The Greatest Adventure Movies Of All Time, \u2018Genghis Blues\u2019<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roko\u2019s journey is pretty incredible. If you\u2019ve never heard of him, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00004YKS7?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=B00004YKS7&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=smufil-20\" target=\"_blank\">Genghis Blues<\/a>, read this right now and watch that movie. Although technically it\u2019s a \u2018music documentary\u2019, Greg\u2019s right\u2014it really is one of the best adventure movies of all time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3318\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"shreddervimeo\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/shreddervimeo.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/shreddervimeo.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/shreddervimeo-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/how-to-watch-a-film\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>How To Watch a Film<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the best things about this site so far has been that we\u2019ve been able to connect with likeminded people we never would have known otherwise. This piece spawned a friendship between me and Zachary Levy, the director of a wonderful doc called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00EE6ICDI?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=B00EE6ICDI&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=smufil-20\" target=\"_blank\">Strongman<\/a>. He read the piece, wrote me a heartfelt email explaining how much he related to it, and we hit it off right away. He sent me his a copy of his film, <a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/strongman\/\" target=\"_blank\">I loved it<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/an-interview-with-zachary-levy\/\" target=\"_blank\">I interviewed him<\/a> about it. Now we\u2019re tight or whatever the kids are calling it these days. See what happens when you express yourself on the internet? You make connections and stuff. It\u2019s fun and beautiful. Anyway, read the piece.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3360\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"huey\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/huey.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/huey.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/huey-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/10-great-youtube-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>10 Great YouTube Movies You May Not Have Seen<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>John D\u2019Amico is Mr. Free Streaming Movies. It seems like every other day he\u2019s not sending me links to forgotten gems which have been rescued from their coffins by cinephiles all over the world and uploaded for all to see. This is an exciting time to love movies, and free movies, in particular. In this list, John introduces us to ten of the best ones he\u2019s come across.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3249\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"fargo2\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/fargo2.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/fargo2.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/fargo2-300x80.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/not-all-movies-should-have-jokes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Not All Movies Should Have Jokes, But All Movies Should Have a Sense of Humor<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alex Hiatt really is the unsung hero of this whole damn site. I love this kid. He\u2019s a busy as fuck scientist, but he loves movies, and every couple months he sends me an incredible article out of nowhere. All his pieces are aces, and out of left field, yet perfectly on point. He\u2019s written some of the most insightful shit I\u2019ve ever read about movies, and this might be my favorite piece of his.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3587\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"she\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/she.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/she.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/she-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/on-colorization\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>On Colorization<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Colorization is a weird subject. Damn near everyone hates it, but John D\u2019Amico has found at least a few reasons why it\u2019s interesting, and has even discovered a film in fully improves. Really eye-opening read.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3472\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"eyes\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/eyes.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/eyes.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/eyes-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/advice-column-11\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Advice Column #11<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Me and John going to town on a request for horror movies. Just vomiting great movies all over the place. If ever you are looking for a good horror movie to watch, consult this post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3619\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"carrie\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/carrie.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/carrie.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/carrie-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/remakes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Remakes: Everyone\u2019s Favorite Complaint<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of all the Smug Film contributors, John D\u2019Amico and Greg DeLiso are at odds the most. Their taste and vibe is pretty much opposite. But on this subject, they agree 100%. This is the middle bit of the venn diagram which is them. This is the super duper eclipse where all planets are aligned. This is a wormhole opening up in the universe. Bask in it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3820\" style=\"border: 4px solid  #000000;\" alt=\"tgiving\" src=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tgiving.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tgiving.jpg 692w, https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tgiving-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><br \/>\n<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><br \/>\nWhile y\u2019all are recovering from food comas, why not catch up on your Smug Film reading? This week, we reached 150 posts, and chances are, you haven\u2019t read all of them. Back when we hit the 100 post mark, we made a list of <a href=\"http:\/\/smugfilm.com\/10-must-read-smug-film-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Must-Read Smug Film Posts<\/a>, so if you haven\u2019t read the ones on there, definitely do so. And if you have, here\u2019s 10 more, culled from our 50 posts since then:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1269],"tags":[46,32,3293,3289,3294,3292,2751,37,2506,2737,2736,95,2564,2567,3290,3291,2066,864,104,185,2848,2508,2749,2847],"class_list":["post-3818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allposts","category-codyslists","tag-alex-hiatt","tag-cody-clarke","tag-free-movies","tag-genghis-blues","tag-good-free-movies","tag-great-free-movies","tag-great-youtube-movies","tag-greg-deliso","tag-harpodeon","tag-how-to-watch-a-film","tag-how-to-watch-a-movie","tag-john-damico","tag-libertarian-films","tag-libertarian-movies","tag-roko-belic","tag-roko-belic-interview","tag-sam-henry-kass","tag-seinfeld","tag-smug-film-2","tag-smugfilm","tag-strongman","tag-w-dustin-alligood","tag-youtube-movies","tag-zachary-levy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3818"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3825,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3818\/revisions\/3825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugfilm.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}