'The Dark Knight,' 'A Clockwork Orange' and 'The Joy Luck Club' Enter National Film Registry
The Dark Knight, A Clockwork Orange, Lilies of the Field, The Joy Luck Club and films directed by Ida Lupino and Kathryn Bigelow — two of a record-breaking nine helmed by women — are among the latest cinematic jewels chosen for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, it was announced Monday. The list of 25 motion pictures picked to be preserved for future generations also includes funny films The Battle of the Century (1927), a rarely seen Laurel & Hardy release, a 1914 Charlie Chaplin short and Shrek (2001); thrillers like the Suspense (1913) and The Man With the Golden Arm (1955); and the music-laden Cabin in the Sky (1943), Wattstax (1973), Grease (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980) and Buena Vista Social Club (1999).