Greatest Films (JQKA of hearts) 2nd of an ongoing series

Jack of Hearts - Tampopo, Juzo Itami (dir)
Food!, Sex!, Death!, it's got it all, plus great humor, see this film (or else, I mean it, rent it today, go now, get in your car, or jump online and add this to your netflix queue, or buy it on Amazon, however you get to see this, just do it already)

Queen of Hearts - Heavenly Creatures, Peter Jackson (dir)
Still Jackson's best film (unless King Kong blows me away in a few months). Well done all around and still the best film about homicidal teenage lesbians obsessed with the music of Mario Lanza (and what a crowded category that is)

King of Hearts - Blue Velvet, David Lynch (dir)
If you've noticed all the other directors listed so far, you'd have probably already guessed that David Lynch would show up. His use of color, music, setting, and the playful way he mixes naturalism with artifice is catnip for a filmgeek who grew up in the 80s, really this movie making this list is destiny.

Ace of Hearts - The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Philip Kaufman (dir)
Had I not read the book also this movie might not have made the list. Milan Kundera's novel is rational and philosophical whereas the film is emotional and visceral. The mutual seduction between Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin is one of the sexiest scenes in all of filmdom (and they don't ever have sex together). This film is best viewed as a companion to the novel, and the novel after seeing the film becomes a companion to the film. This is one of the few (if not only) example where a book and film compliment each other so fully as to raise the esteem of each.



UPDATE:

For ease of navigation, and just in case anyone comes to any of these individual posts randomly, I'm adding a link to each of the nine posts within each posts.

Summary
2-10 of Hearts
JQKA of Hearts
2-10 of Clubs
JQKA of Clubs
2-10 of Diamonds
JQKA of Diamonds
2-10 of Spades
JQKA of Spades
Jokers