I’ve been asked alot why I always interchange the word “film” and “movie.” It may seem that I’m not consistent with my terminology, but it’s quite the opposite. There are connoisseurs of film and there are those who love going to the movies. There are film buffs and movie geeks. You can hate films but love movies. Lost yet?

Below is a passage from a fantastic book that seems to have been written for me, “The Film Snob’s Dictionary.”

Movies Vs. Films

It’s a MOVIE if it makes the cover of Entertainment Weekly. It’s a FILM if it makes the cover of Cahiers du Cinema.

It’s a MOVIE if it has T&A in it. It’s a FILM if it has penises in it.

It’s a MOVIE if its makers slipped lots of amusing stuff into the end-credits so you’d stay behind to watch them. It’s a FILM if its end-credits are normal, boring end-credits, but everyone around you stays to watch them anyway.

Bruce Willis, a MOVIE guy, gained FILM credibility by being in Pulp Fiction. Steve Buscemi, a FILM guy, gained MOVIE credibility by being in Armageddon.

The Coen brothers are MOVIE buffs who make FILMS.

There is only one time that you can easily interchange “film” with “movie.” When you visit this site, please know you’re being saved from bad movies along with bad films. Reading this site can lead you to great films as well as great movies. I may be a film snob, but I’ll still be at an IMAX screening of Iron Man 2 on opening night. Go figure.