false 3430040 1 <DIV>What kind of collection could possibly find common ground among <i>The Son of Kong</i>, <i>Platoon</i>, and <i>Pink Flamingos</I>? What kind of fevered minds could conceive of such a list? What are the unheard-of qualities that tie them all together? <p>The answers: This book. The National Society of Film Critics. And the far-reaching enticements of the B movie itself.</p> <p>Once the B movie was the Hollywood stepchild, the underbelly of the double feature. Today it is a more inclusive category, embracing films that fall outside the mainstream by dint of their budgets, their visions, their grit, and occasionally—sometimes essentially—their lack of what the culture cops call &ldquo;good taste.&rdquo;</p> <p>The films in <i>The B List</i> are offbeat, unpredictable, and decidedly idiosyncratic. And that&rsquo;s why we love them.</p> </i></div> 3470936 6 10 2008 The B List: The National Society of Film Critics on the Low-Budget Beauties, Genre-Bending Mavericks, and Cult Classics We Love total:8|4:3|3:4|1:1| 8 25 22 1 1 0 false false Tue Dec 09 06:41:21 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 06:42:40 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 10:51:25 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 10:51:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jul 27 22:44:12 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 22:44:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 15:04:19 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 15:04:19 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 08 16:31:31 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 16:31:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 06 20:48:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 20:48:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 05 15:46:20 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 15:46:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 19 17:21:16 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 17:21:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Feb 19 15:51:46 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 15:51:46 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 28 22:58:52 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 22:58:52 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 18:07:49 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 07:52:56 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu May 28 06:29:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 24 18:52:35 -0800 2009 Thu May 28 06:29:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 21 23:18:30 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 23:47:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Dec 18 12:14:37 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 12:14:37 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Dec 04 12:03:37 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 12:39:25 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 12:03:37 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Dec 09 11:23:53 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 17:04:56 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 11:23:53 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Nov 15 12:31:58 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 12:31:58 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Nov 12 18:05:19 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 18:05:19 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Nov 08 20:56:50 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 20:56:54 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Oct 22 07:41:11 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 07:41:19 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3430040