Sunday Top Ten - Paul Newman performances

I'm usually not one for writing obituaries when Hollywood's best and brightest pass away. Not that I feel they don't deserve them. It's just that the whole process is a bit depressing to me. So when the one and only Paul Newman, my favourite classic film star, passed away two years ago today, naturally I couldn't come up with words to pay the man adequate tribute. Two years on, and I think it's high time I got round to giving Ole' Blue Eyes his salute. Better late than never, am I right? Behold my ten favourite performances from one of the finest actors to bless the silver screen.

Sunday Top Ten - Depressing movies

“There aint no cure for the summertime blues,” sang Eddie Cochran in his 1958 classic. I hear ya, Eddie. And what better way for this cinephile to sing the summertime blues than with a list of his most depressing movies. Mind you, the definition of “depressing” is somewhat amorphous, at the very least variable for me. It's not simply a matter tear-jerking. Many of the movies that get my waterworks running I find possess an ultimately uplifting quality to them. It takes a different kind of film altogether to actually leave me feeling depressed, and none have done it better than these ten downers:

Some SPOILERS lurk beyond this point.