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Ebert's 10 Best Lists: 1967-presentBy Roger EbertThis is a complete directory of all Ebert's annual best movie lists since he began working as film critic ofthe Chicago Sun-Times in 19 !" Click on any of the individual years at the tops of the lists to read his fullessay about that year's films"1960s

• Bonnie and Clyde 1967

★★★ ½

"Bonnie and Clyde" is a milestone in the history of American movies, a work oftruth and brilliance. It is also pitilessly cruel, filled with sympathy, nauseating,

funny, heartbreaking, and astonishingly beautiful. If it does not seem that thosewords should be strung together, perhaps that is because movies do not very oftenreflect the full range of human life.

Ebert's Review / Trailer

01. Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn0!. "lysses (#ose$h %tri&0 . Blowu$ ()i&helan*elo Antonioni0+. The ,raduate ()i e -i&ols0 . A )an or All %easons ( red inne2ann03. The 4ar ,a2e (Peter 4at ins05. Re le&tions in a ,olden Eye (#ohn 6uston07. Cool 6and 8u e (%tuart Rosenber*09. Elvira )adi*an (Bo 4iderber*10. :n the 6eat o the -i*ht (-or2an #ewison

1967----1" #$onnie and Clyde# - %%%&" # lysses# ()S $3. "Blowup" - D D!. " #e $r%&u%te" - D D*" #+ ,an for +ll Seasons# - & 9

" #The .ar /ame# E(/!" #0eflections in a /olden Eye# E(/

" #Cool 2and 3uke# - 4 19" #Elvira ,adigan# - %410. " n t#e (e%t o) t#e *ig#t" - 09011" #The 5amily .ay#1&" #)ur ,other's 2ouse#1 " #,arat6Sade# 50+1%" #Two for the 0oad# - % %1*" #El 7orado#

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The Best 10 Movies of 1967by Roger EbertDecember 31, 1967 | Print Page

1967

1. "Bonnie and Clyde " 2. "Ulysses" 3. " Blo !U " #. " $%e &rad'ate " (. ") *an +or )ll easons" 6. " $%e -ar &ame " 7. " e+lections in a &olden /ye " 0. " Cool and ' e " 9. " /l4ira *adigan " 15. " n t%e

eat o+ t%e ig%t" 11. "$%e 8amily -ay" 12. " 'r *ot%er:s o'se " 13. "*arat; ade " 1#. "$ o +or t%eoad " 1(. " /l Dorado "

Ebert's Best Film Lists1967 - present

ot%ing %a4e seen since %as ers'aded me to c%ange my o inion t%at "Bonnie and Clyde" as t%e best +ilm o+ 1967.

t as also t%e most contro4ersial +ilm d'ring a 4ery good year +or t%e mo4ies, and t%at may be asim ortant as its greatness. Peo le are not only going to mo4ies in greater n'mbers t%an at any timesince $


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+ilms, and none seemed artic'larly %andica ed by t%e olly ood albatross >eAce t er%a s"Camelot"?.

$%is as also a year in %ic% +ilms 's%ed +'rt%er t%an e4er be+ore into an %onest eAamination o+ t%e ay e really li4e. 8ilms li e "Ulysses," "Blo !U ." "$%e &rad'ate," " e+lections in a &olden /ye"and "$%e 8amily -ay" resented t%e ersonal li4es o+ t%eir s'b@ects it% a +ran ness ne4er be+oreseen on t%e screen. ParadoAically, all t%ese +ilms ere "cleaner" or "more moral" t%an many +ilms %ic% dared less. $%e s'b@ect matter, no matter %o 'ncon4entional, is not nearly as im ortant ast%e +ilm:s attit'de to ard it.

By ill'stration, t%ere ere no "dirtier" +ilms t%is year, belie4e, t%an "


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"Cool and ' e" is interesting +or its +ine er+ormances and +or t%e ay Pa'l e man com letes%is de4elo ment o+ %at can no be called t%e e man ero. n " $%e 'stler ," " 'd," " ar er,"and " ombre " and +inally in "Cool and ' e", %e %as ta en t%e standard mo4ie %ero and t'rned%im inside o't.

"/l4ira *adigan" %as been re4ie ed %ere at lengt% recently. ts director, Bo -iderberg , tells a lo4estory, bea'ti+'l on its s'r+ace and tragic 'nderneat%, abo't a yo'ng co' le %o s ends a s'mmertoget%er and t%en commits s'icide.

" n t%e eat o+ t%e ig%t" as disting'is%ed rimarily by od teiger :s brilliant er+ormance, %ic%deser4es an scar as t%e best o+ t%e year. $%e story itsel+ as slig%tly too at, alt%o'g% it did resent

idney Poitier in a ne lig%t. $%is as Poitier:s +irst o ort'nity to ste do n +rom %is series o+noble c%aracters and become angry and +r'strated +or a c%ange.

$o t%e to 15 +ilms, :4e added +i4e more t%at remember +a4orably. "$%e 8amily -ay" introd'cedayley *ills in %er +irst ad'lt role= a ne bride %o mo4es it% %er %'sband into %is +at%er:s %o'se.

" 'r *ot%er:s o'se" as a t%riller abo't a +amily o+ c%ildren %o conceal t%eir mot%er:s deat% toa4oid being sent to t%e or %anage and t%en %a4e to deal it% a long!missing +at%er >Dic Bogarde? %o 'neA ectedly a ears. "*arat; ade" as Peter Broo :s +ilm 4ersion o+ %is o n brilliant stage

rod'ction. "$ o +or t%e oad" sa tanley Donen at t%e to o+ %is +orm, directing )'drey e b'rn and )lbert 8inney in a brig%tly %otogra %ed comedy abo't co'rts%i and marriage. "/l Dorado"may seem to be in %eady com any, b't t%in it belongs on t%e list. t starred Fo%n -ayne and

obert *itc%'m , as directed by t%e old master o+ action, o ard a s , and as to all intents atong'e!in!c%ee rema e o+ a s: o n " io Bra4o ">19(9?.

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• The Battle of Algiers 1966

★★★ ½

"The Battle of Algiers" shows now, as it did when it was made, that for nationalist resistance movements, the end ustifies the means.


01. The Battle o Al*iers (,illo Ponte&orvo0!. !001; A %$a&e


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• Z 1969

★★★ ½

"!" is at the same time a political cry of rage and a brilliant suspense thriller. Iteven ends in a chase #ot through the streets but through a ma$e of facts, alibisand official corruption.


01. (Costa@,ravas0!. )ediu2 Cool (6as ell 4e ler0 . 4ee end (#ean@8u& ,odard0+. i .... (8indsay Anderson0 . 8ast %u22er ( ran Perry03. The 4ild Bun&h (%a2 Pe& in$ah05. Easy Rider ( ennis 6o$$er07. True ,rit (6enry 6athaway09. ownhill Ra&er ()i&hael Rit&hie10. 4ar and Pea&e (%er*ei Bondar&hu

1969----1. "," - 19!&" #,edium Cool#

2. Midnight Cowboy - 247" #.eekend# - .eek End


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1970s

• Five Easy Pieces 1970

★★

"%ive &asy 'ieces" has the comple(ity, the nuance, the depth, of the best fiction. In involves us in these people, this time and place, and we care for them, eventhough they don)t re*uest our affection or applause.


01. ive Easy Pie&es (Bob Ra elson0!. ) A % 6 (Robert Alt2an0 . The Revolutionary (Paul 4illia2s0+. Patton ( ran lin #. %&ha ner0 . 4oodsto& ()i&hael 4adlei*h03. )y -i*ht at )aud's (Eri& Roh2er05. Adalen 1 (Bo 4iderber*07. The Passion o Anna (:n*2ar Ber*2an09. The 4ild Child ( ran&ois Tru aut10. ellini %atyri&on ( ederi&o ellini

1970----1" #5ive Easy >ieces# - %&" #,+S2# - %!9

" #The 0evolutionary#3. +omen in o,e N)S - %DD%" #>atton# - %!9*" #.oodstock# E(/

" #,y (ight at ,aud's# - ,a nuit che ,aud E(/!" #+dalen 1#

. Salesman" #The >assion of +nna# - >assion; En

9" #The .ild Child# - Enfant sauvage 50+. $riol5

14" #5ellini Satyricon# - %14

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• The Last Pict re !ho" 1971

★★★ ½

The film is above all an evocation of mood. It is about a town with no reason toe(ist, and people with no reason to live there.


01. The 8ast Pi&ture %how (Peter Bo*danovi&h0!. )&Cabe and )rs. )iller (Robert Alt2an0 . Claire's =nee (Eri& Roh2er0+. The ren&h Conne&tion (4illia2 ried in0 . %unday? Bloody %unday (#ohn %&hlesin*er03. Ta in* < ()ilos or2an05. Carnal =nowled*e ()i e -i&hols07. Tristana (8uis Bunuel09. ,oin' own the Road ( onald %hebib10. Bed and Board ( ran&ois Tru aut

1971----1" #The 3ast >icture Show#&" #,cCabe and ,rs" ,iller#6. A Ne7 eaf N)S

" #Claire's Fnee# - /enou de Claire E(/!. " #e ren # /onne tion" !664. ittle i5 8an - 469*" #Sunday; $loody Sunday# - & !

" #Taking )ff# ()S $!" #Carnal Fnowledge# E(/

" #Tristana#9. Dirt %arr - 3 19" #/oin' 7own the 0oad#

. %us ands N)S14" #$ed and $oard# - 7omicile conBugal E(/

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-%ile trying to ma e ' my mind t%is ee abo't t%e year:s 15 best mo4ies came across amelanc%oly item in a recent iss'e o+ 8ilm G'arterly. t re orts t%at t%e a4erage )merican s endsmore t%an 1,555 %o'rs a year atc%ing tele4ision, b't only nine %o'rs at t%e mo4ies. $%at o'ldmean, g'ess, t%at t%e a4erage )merican attends +i4e mo4ies a year b't al s o't o+ one %al+ ayt%ro'g%. r maybe it means %e sa " yan:s Da'g%ter " t%ree times. o' ne4er no . $%e item ismelanc%oly not beca'se o+ %at it indicates abo't t%e nation:s mo4ie!going %abits, b't beca'se o+ %at it indicates abo't t%e nation. Peo le are al ays as ing me i+ don:t e4er get tired o+ going to allt%ose mo4ies.. o e %a4e a s'r4ey claiming t%at t%e a4erage )merican s ends more time atc%ing $< t%an a +'ll!time mo4ie critic s ends in a t%eater. &i4en t%e 'ality o+ tele4ision, t%is isalarming. t 'sed to be t%o'g%t t%at $< o'ld ill o++ mo4ies by ro4iding t%e same t%ing +or +ree.$%at %asn:t %a ened. omet%ing else, somet%ing almost im erce tible, seems to be %a ening,t%o'g%. $ele4ision is grad'ally ally deteriorating t%e attention s an o+ its 4ie ers.

C D/ $ = Commercial tele4ision is geared to s' ly a climaA o+ some sort e4ery t o or t%reemin'tes. $%ere is a la'g%, a moment o+ 4iolence, a dramatic re4elation, an emergency s'rgery, as'ccess+'l +ield goal. )+ter e4ery +o'r or +i4e climaAes, t%ere is a commercial it% its o n sel+!contained and %ig%! o ered series o+ climaAes. o t%at $< ro4ides a assi4e mind it% a @olt amin'te. D'ring 1,555 %o'rs a year, an 'nmatc%ed access to t%e minds o+ t%e citiEenry, $<contrib'tes to 4is'al illiteracy. 8eat're +ilms are 's'ally concei4ed as t o %o'r 'nits it% an o4erallstr'ct're and ace. :m beginning to onder %et%er t%e n'mber o+ eo le illing to absorb s'c% aneA erience may not act'ally be decreasing. -e no t%ere:s a big mar et +or mo4ies abo't seA and! 4iolence t%ey cater to t%e same %'ngers as $


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*iller" as a -estern t%at loo ed li e it %ad been in4ented by someone %o %ad ne4er seen a -estern only li4ed in t%em.

G'ite sim ly, a mo4ie abo't Ferome:s desire to caress t%e nee o+ Claire. Ferome is %a ily engagedto be married, and Claire is momentarily in t%e t%roes o+ adolescent lo4e. )ll t%e same, s%e %as aglo ing yo'ng 4itality t%at becomes s'mmed ' , +or Ferome, n %er delectable nee. /ric o%mer:smo4ie is abo't t%e +ine!t'ned syc%ological mane'4ers >some o+ t%em +ar too s'btle +or Claire to'nderstand? t%at grad'ally %a4e t%e e++ect o+ bringing Feremy:s %and and Claire:s nee to ad@acent

oints o+ s ace. $%is mo4ie is so +ree, o en and s'n!s%iny, and t%e obser4ations o%mer ma esabo't %'man nat're are so tr'e, i+ inconse 'ential, t%at t%e mo4ie is abo't t%e most ositi4e and%'manistic can remember. ome eo le t%o'g%t it as a lot o+ tal and no action. $%ey are t%e sorto+ eo le %o t%in t%ere can be satis+action in @'st going a%ead and grabbing someone:s nee i+K yo' ant to.

)s e4eryone %as %eard by no , -illiam 8ried in :s streets!o+! e or olice t%riller contains t%emost eAciting c%ase scene in mo4ies. )ll t%e same, " $%e 8renc% Connection " isn t one o+ t%ose @olt!a!minit amaEers +or $< 4ictims. -it% remar ably s are dialog, 8ried in gi4es 's an 'n+orgettablec%aracter in " Po eye " Doyle, a narcotics detecti4e it% an obsession to ma e a big b'st. $%eobsession is sadistic and gro s +rom Po eye:s 4ag'ely %inted!at +eelings o+ in+eriority and

masoc%ism, b't it creates a t%ree!dimensional co , layed it% )cademy ) ard +lair by &eneac man .

$%e year:s most triang'lar triangle, abo't a +ic le yo'ng biseA'al and t%e man and oman %o lo4e%im. B't t%at >li e almost any descri tion o+ t%e lot? ma es t%e mo4ie so'nd so eA loitati4e andsensational t%at it misses e4eryt%ing. n +act, director Fo%n c%lesinger gi4es 's t%ree eo le socom leA in t%eir 4ario's needs t%at t%e +ilm:s seA'al element becomes secondary. -e grad'ally beginto 'nderstand t%at t%e man and t%e oman settle +or %al+ o+ t%e boy, not beca'se t%ey can:t %a4e all, b't beca'se t%ey don:t ant all. $%at o'ld be ris ing too m'c% o+ t%eir tig%tly!controlled li+e styles.Peter 8inc% , as t%e is% ondon doctor, is ort%y o+ )cademy ) ard nomination.

s' ose yo' co'ld call it t%is year:s most grie4o's missed o ort'nity. CEec% director *ilos

8orman >"$%e 8iremen:s Ball "? came to e or and did a comedy abo't a r'na ay girl, %erarents and t%ings in general. obody %o %as seen "$a ing ++" can 'ite 'nderstand %y it didn:t %en it got a c%ance to dig in and stay +or a +e ee s >as it did at t%e /4anston t%eater?, it b'ilta'diences by ord!o+!mo't%. B't it as %orribly %andled in t%e distrib'tion stages and most eo lene4er learned abo't t%e .P.8.C. > ociety +or Parents o+ 8'giti4e C%ildren? and 8orman:s ot%er

erce tions abo't )merica.

*i e ic%ols and F'les 8ei++er collaborated on t%is comedy!into!tragedy, %ic% considered 25 yearsin t%e seA li4es o+ t o college roommates %o ill'strated better t%an most %y )merican men areconsidered t%e teen!agers o+ t%e orld. Fac ic%olson li ed girls it% big boobs, )rt &ar+'n el li edcastrating +emales, and n t%eir o n ays t%ey created ersonal %ells. $%e mo4ie as c%arged it%male c%a'4inism and all sorts o+ t%ings, 's'ally 'n+airly. $%e men s'++ered beca'se o+ t%eir inabilityto relate to omen as com lete %'man beings >body and so'l?, and i+ t%at is male c%a'4inism t%en itcarries its o n blea re ards.

'is B'n'el:s %a'nting story o+ a %'man relations%i in %ic% t%e o er c%anges %ands. e ga4e 'sa +eisty middles aged at%iest > 8ernando ey , %o as also t%e 8renc% connection?, and an innocent yo'ng girl > Cat%erine Dene'4e , and nobody is more innocent t%an t%at?. $%e man ta es in t%eor %aned girl as %is ard, sed'ces %er and ma es %er %is mistress. B't t%en, in ays so ec'liar t%atonly B'n'el co'ld %a4e ta en s'c% relis% in t%em, s%e t'rns t%e tables. ) +e great directors %a4e t%eability to car4e on o'r s'bconscio's li e s'rgeons B'n'el is one o+ t%em.

n t%e song, t%e singer is goin: do n t%e road +eelin: bad, and tells t%e ord %e ain:t a!gonna betreated t%isa ay. $%e ord does not ans er, and Donald %ebib :s +ilm eA lores t%e ays in %ic% t%eans er does not come. is c%aracters are t o yo'ng men +rom Canada:s *aritime Pro4inces, %ocome to $oronto l'red by t%e ossibilities o+ good @obs and good times. $%ey +ind none o+ t%e +ormerand only a +e beer!soa ed e4enings o+ t%e latter be+ore t%e 'rban monster grinds t%em do n.

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i e e4eryone, )ntoine Doinel e4ent'ally %ad to gro ' , and %e does it in t%is +ilm. Doinel, al ayslayed by Fean!Pierre ea'd , as t%e a'tobiogra %ical %ero o+ 8rancois $r'++a't :s "$%e #55 Blo s ,"

an interim s%ort s'b@ect, " tolen Iisses" and +inally "Bed and Board." $r'++a't is not 'ite as serio'sabo't Doinel as %e as in 19(9 %en %e made "$%e #55 Blo s," b't art o+ t%at is t%at Doinel is notso serio's abo't %imsel+. "Bed and Board" +inds %im married to C%ristine, t%e girl %o too %im%ome +or t%at disastro's dinner arty in " tolen Iisses," and later %e %as an a++air it% a Fa anesegirl >and s'++ers leg cram s +rom sitting too m'c% on t%e +loor? is @obs 4ary +rom dyeing +lo ers to

demonstrating model boats, b't none o+ t%em matter m'c% %e is a decent, lo4ing, not terribly brig%t yo'ng man, and $r'++a't tact+'lly lea4es %im be+ore ine4itable bo'rgeois middle age sets in.

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12/240

• The #odfather 197$

★★★★★

Although the movie is three hours long, it absorbs us so effectively it never has tohurry.


01. The ,od ather ( ran&is ord Co$$ola0!. Chole in the A ternoon (Eri& Roh2er0 . 8e Bou&her (Claude Chabrol0+. )ur2ur o the 6eart (8ouis )alle0 . The ,reen 4all (Ar2ando Robles ,odoy03. The %orrow and the Pity ()ar&el ity# - Chagrin et la pitiH; 3e


13/240

• Cries and %his&ers 197$

★★★

"Cries and +hispers envelops us in a tomb of dread, pain and hate, and tocounter these powerful feelings it summons selfless love. It is, I think, Ingmar

Bergman-s way of treating his own self disgust, and his envy of those who have faith.


01. Cries and 4his$ers (:n*2ar Ber*2an0!. 8ast Tan*o in Paris (Bernardo Bertolu&&i0 . The E2i*rants and The -ew 8and (#an Troell0+. Blu2e in 8ove (Paul )aDurs y0 . The :&e2an Co2eth (#ohn ran enhei2er03. The E or&ist (4illia2 ried in05. The ay o the #a& al ( red inne2ann07. A2eri&an ,ra iti (,eor*e 8u&as09. ellini's Ro2a ( ederi&o ellini10. The riends o Eddie Coyle (Peter Fates

1973----1" #Cries and .hispers# - :iskningar och rop hin" #+merican /raffiti# - %41

9" #5ellini's 0oma# E(/. Sisters N)S

14" #The 5riends of Eddie Coyle#10. $he on5 Good e - 4 6

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• !cenes fro' a (arriage 197)

★★★ ½

And that is what Bergman has been able to accept, the source of hisreconciliation Beyond love, beyond marriage, beyond the selfishness thatdestroys love, beyond the centrifugal force that sends egos whirling away fromeach other and prevents enduring relationships beyond all these things, there

still remains what we know of each other, that we care about each other, that intwenty years these people have touched and known so deeply that they stillremember, and still need.

Ebert's Review

01. %&enes ro2 a )arria*e (:n*2ar Ber*2an0!. Chinatown (Ro2an Polans i0 . The )other and the 4hore (#ean Eusta&he0+. A2ar&ord ( ederi&o ellini0 . The 8ast etail (6al Ashby03. The )ira*es (05. ay or -i*ht ( ran&ois Tru aut07. )ean %treets ()artin %&orsese09. )y "n&le Antoine (Claude #utra10. The Conversation ( ran&is ord Co$$ola

197!----1" #Scenes from a ,arriage# - &&" #Chinatown# - %!&

" #The ,other and the .hore# E(/%" #+marcord# - % &*" #The 3ast 7etail# E(/

" #The ,irages# - 5ata ,organa


15/240

• *ashville 197+

★½

The buried message may be that life doesn)t proceed in a linear fashion to theneat ending of a story. It)s messy and we bump up against others, and we)re all inthis together.


01. -ashville (Robert Alt2an0!. -i*ht )oves (Arthur Penn0 . Ali&e oesn't 8ive 6ere Any2ore ()artin %&orsese0+. arewell? )y 8ovely ( i& Ri&hards0 . The Phanto2 o 8iberty (8uis Bunuel03. A Brie a&ation ( ittorio e %i&a05. And -ow )y 8ove (Claude 8elou&h07. A 4o2an "nder the :n luen&e (#ohn Cassavetes09. :n Celebration (8indsay Anderson10. o* ay A ternoon (%idney 8u2et

1974----1" #(ashville# E(/&" #(ight ,oves# E(/

6. $he /assen5er - /rofessione re>orter - 6 !" #+lice 7oesn't 3ive 2ere +nymore# %3. o,e and Death - 643%" #5arewell; ,y 3ovely# ()S $*" #The >hantom of 3iberty# %&". arr ndon - 619

" #+ $rief :acation# - $reve vacan a; na


16/240

• !'all Change 1976

★★★★

There)s a moment in %rancois Truffaut)s "/mall Change" that rememberschildhood so well we don)t know whether to laugh or ache.


01. %2all Chan*e ( ran&ois Tru aut0!. Ta i river ()artin %&orsese0 . The )a*i& lute (:n*2ar Ber*2an0+. The Clo& 2a er (Bertrand Tavernier0 . -etwor (%idney 8u2et03. %we$t Away...by an unusual destiny in the blue sea o Au*ust (8ina 4ert2uller05. Ro& y (#ohn ,. Avildsen07. All the President's )en (Alan #. Pa ula09. %ilent )ovie ()el Broo s10. The %hootist ( on %ie*el

1976----1" #Small Change# - +rgent de poche&" #TaIi 7river#

" #The ,agic 5lute# - TrollflJBten resident's ,en# 49. uffalo ill and the &ndians? or Sittin5 ull's %istor esson 9" #Silent ,ovie# 1&4

. $he Se,en-/erent Solution &$A N)S14" #The Shootist#

10. $he 8an +ho +ould e Cin5 - 690

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• ) %o'en 1977

★★★★

/helley 0uvall)s reaction shots during these developments are a study in unease.


01. 4o2en (Robert Alt2an0!. Providen&e (Alain Resnais0 . The 8ate %how (Robert Benton0+. A 4o2an's e&ision (=rDysDto anussi0 . #ail Bait (Rainer 4erner assbinder03. Close En&ounters o the Third =ind (%teven %$ielber*05. A*uirre; 4rath o ,od (4erner 6erDo*07. Annie 6all (4oody Allen09. %or&erer (4illia2 ried in10. %tar 4ars (,eor*e 8u&as

1977----1" #Three .omen#


18/240

• An ,n'arried %o'an 197-

★★

"An 1nmarried +oman" plays true with all three of its ma or movements Themarriage, the being single, the falling in love.


01. An "n2arried 4o2an (Paul )aDurs y0!. ays o 6eaven (Terren&e )ali&0 . 6eart o ,lass (4erner 6erDo*0+. %trosDe (4erner 6erDo*0 . Autu2n %onata (:n*2ar Ber*2an03. :nteriors (4oody Allen05. 6alloween (#ohn Car$enter07. -ational 8a2$oon's Ani2al 6ouse (#ohn 8andis09. =in*s o the Road (4i2 4enders10. %u$er2an (Ri&hard onner

197+----1" #+n nmarried .oman# 19!1. Strai5ht $ime ENG&" #7ays of 2eaven# 1 &6. /rett a

" #2eart of /lass# - 2er aus /las ()S $%" #Stros ek# E(/4. lue ollar ENG*" #+utumn Sonata# 2ostsonaten 19!

" #@nteriors#!. $he udd %oll Stor N)S!" #2alloween#

. omin5 %ome" #(ational 3ampoon's +nimal 2ouse#

9" #Fings of the 0oad# @m 3auf der Keit 19!. 8a5ic N)S - %DD

14" #Superman#

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19/240

• A&ocaly&se *o" 1979

★★★★★

"Apocalypse #ow" is the best 2ietnam film, one of the greatest of all films,because it pushes beyond the others, into the dark places of the soul. It is notabout war so much as about how war reveals truths we would be happy never todiscover.


01. A$o&aly$se -ow ( ran&is ord Co$$ola0!. Brea in* Away (Peter Fates0 . The eer 6unter ()i&hael Ci2ino0+. The )arria*e o )aria Braun (Rainer 4erner assbinder0 . 6air ()ilos or2an03. %aint #a& (Peter Bo*danovi&h05. =ra2er vs. =ra2er (Robert Benton07. The China %yndro2e (#a2es Brid*es09. -os eratu? the a2$yre (4erner 6erDo*10. 10 (Bla e Edwards

1979----1. "5po %lypse *ow" - ! +

&" #$reaking +way# E(/3. " #e Deer (unter" - 34%" #The ,arriage of ,aria $raun# - Ehe der ,aria $raun; 7ie


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19+0s

• The Blac. !tallion 1979

★★★★

The first half of "The Black /tallion" is so gloriously breathtaking that the second half, the half with all the conventional e(citement, seems merely routine.


01. The Bla& %tallion (Carroll Ballard0!. Ra*in* Bull ()artin %&orsese0 . =a*e2usha (A ira =urosawa0+. Bein* There (6al Ashby0 .


21/240

• (y /inner "ith Andr 19-1

★

/omeone asked me the other day if I could name a movie that was entirely devoidof clich3s. I thought for a moment, and then answered, 45y 0inner +ith Andre.


01. )y inner 4ith Andre (8ouis )alle0!. Chariots o ire (6u*h 6udson0 . ,ates o 6eaven (Errol )orris0+. Raiders o the 8ost Ar (%teven %$ielber*0 . 6eartland (Ri&hard Pear&e03. Atlanti& City (8ouis )alle05. Thie ()i&hael )ann07. Body 6eat (8awren&e =asdan09. Tess (Ro2an Polans i10. Reds (4arren Beatty

19+1----1" #,y 7inner with +ndre# ()S $1. Ra5time - 4 1&" #Chariots of 5ire# - 194

" #/ates of 2eaven# E(/%" #0aiders of the 3ost +rk# - @ndiana Dones and the 0aiders of the 3ost +rk 14. 8on )ncle D'Ameri ue*" #2eartland#

" #+tlantic City# ()S $!. e e ra=il N)S!" #Thief#

. /rince of the it ENG" #$ody 2eat#

9. 8el,in and %o7ard9" #Tess# - *14" #0eds# E(/10. $he


22/240

• !o&hie s Choice 19-$

★★★

4/ophie-s Choice ... is so perfectly cast and well imagined that it ust takes overand happens to you. It)s *uite an e(perience.


01. %o$hie's Choi&e (Alan #. Pa ula0!. iva (#ean@#a&Gues Beinei0 . E.T. (%teven %$ielber*0+a. itD&arraldo (4erner 6erDo*0+b. The Burden o rea2s (8es Blan0 . Personal Best (Robert Towne03. as Boot (4ol *an* Petersen05. )e$histo (:stvan %Dabo07. )oonli*htin* (#erDy % oli2ows i09. The erdi&t (%idney 8u2et10. 4asn't That a Ti2e (#a2es B. Brown

19+----1" #Sophie's Choice# - 1!1&" #7iva# E(/6. $ootsie

" #E"T" -- The EItra-Terrestrial#%" #5it carraldo#6#$urden of 7reams#*" #>ersonal $est# ()S $

" #7as $oot# 4 &!. ola ENG!" #,ephisto# - %

" #,oonlighting#9. $hree rothers9" #The :erdict#14" #The .eavers8 .asn't That a Time?#10. An !!i"er #nd # $entle%#n - 28&

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23/240

• The 2ight !t ff 19-)

★★★

+hen 6eager pushed the edge of the envelope as far as it could possibly be pushed by one man in one plane, the age of the individual e(plorer of 5arco 'olo, 5agellan, Columbus, 7ivingston, /cott, 7indbergh ended, and Team 5an stepped into the limelight. That is the real sub ect of "The 8ight /tuff."


01. The Ri*ht %tu (Phili$ =au 2an0!. Ter2s o Endear2ent (#a2es 8. Broo s0 . The Fear o 8ivin* an*erously (Peter 4eir0+. anny and Ale ander (:n*2ar Ber*2an0 . ,andhi (Ri&hard Attenborou*h03. El -orte (,re*ory -ava05. Testa2ent (8ynne 8itt2an07. %il wood ()i e -i&ols09. %ay A2en? %o2ebody (,eor*e T. -ierenber*10. Ris y Business (Paul Bri& 2an

19+3----1" #The 0ight Stuff# - %*!

. " er s o) En&e%r ent"" #The Lear of 3iving 7angerously# E(/3. etra l%" #5anny and +leIander# E(/*" #/andhi# &91". Star 90

" #El (orte# ()S $!" #Testament# E(/

" #Silkwood# E(/9. /auline at the each9" #Say +men; Somebody#14" #0isky $usiness#10. $he i5 hill ENG

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24/240

• A'ade s 19-3

★★★★

"Amadeus" is not about the genius of 5o$art but about the envy of his rival/alieri, whose curse was to have the talent of a third rate composer but the ear of a first rate music lover, so that he knew how bad he was, and how good 5o$artwas.


01. A2adeus ()ilos or2an0!. Paris? Te as (4i2 4enders0 . 8ove %trea2s (#ohn Cassavetes0+. This :s %$inal Ta$ (Rob Reiner0 . The Cotton Club ( ran&is ord Co$$ola03. %e&ret 6onor (Robert Alt2an05. The =illin* ields (Roland #a e07. %tran*er Than Paradise (#i2 #ar2us&h09. Choose )e (Alan Rudol$h10. Pur$le Rain (Albert )a*noli

19+!----1. "5 %&eus" 03

1. n"e '(on # Ti%e in A%eri"# - 0)0&" #>aris; TeIas# - %9&" #3ove Streams# ()S $

%" #This @s Spinal Tap# E(/4. Entre Nous - ou> de foudre*" #The Cotton Club# - 1

" #Secret 2onor#7. " #e illing iel&s" - !17

" #Stranger Than >aradise# %&*9. A /assa5e to &ndia - 4499" #Choose ,e# ()S $

. 8ic;i and 8aude - 8ic;i 8aude14" #>urple 0ain#

10. $he Natural ENG

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25/240

• The Color P r&le 19-+

"9ere is this year)s winner for best actress," I wrote in my original review, and that should have been true, but although "The Color 'urple" had :: nominations, it won nota single ;scar.


01. The Color Pur$le (%teven %$ielber*0!. A ter 6ours ()artin %&orsese0 . The al&on and the %now2an (#ohn %&hlesin*er0+. PriDDi's 6onor (#ohn 6uston0 . Ran (A ira =urosawa03. 4itness (Peter 4eir05. )ad )a Beyond Thunderdo2e (,eor*e )iller/,eor*e ri i's 2onor# - 4*" #0an# - & 1

" #.itness#!. $he )fficial Stor - %istoria oficial Ar5entina? a ENG!" #,ad ,aI $eyond Thunderdome# 1 4

. 8ishima A ife in ters ENG" #3ost in +merica# ()S $

9" #Streetwise# ()S $14" #$lood Simple#10. $he /ur>le Rose of airo - 034

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26/240

• Platoon 19-6

★★★★ ½

The movie is told in a style that rushes headlong into incidents.


01. Platoon (


27/240

• 4o se of #a'es 19-7

5amet)s dialogue starts with the plain red bricks of reality, and mortars them into wallsthat are slightly askew.


01. 6ouse o ,a2es ( avid )a2et0!. The Bi* Easy (#i2 )&Bride0 . Bar ly (Barbet %&hroeder0+. The 8ast E2$eror (Bernardo Bertolu&&i0 . )oonstru& (-or2an #ewison03. Pri& "$ Four Ears (%te$hen rears05. Radio ays (4oody Allen07. Broad&ast -ews (#a2es 8. Broo s09. 8ethal 4ea$on (Ri&hard onner10. 6ouse ee$in* (Bill orsyth

19+7----1" #2ouse of /ames#&" #The $ig Easy#6. rick p Lour Ears# E(/!" #0adio 7ays# - 1

" #$roadcast (ews#9. Ri,er's Ed5e - 4 09" #3ethal .eapon#14" #2ousekeeping#10. Ro:anne ENG

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The Best 10 Movies of 1987by 0oger Ebert December 31, 1907 | Print Page

E5ert s Best Fil' Lists 1967 &resent

84o se of #a'es 8

The year's best il2 was the year's 2ost intri&ately@desi*ned $uDDle? the story o a wo2an $sy&hiatrist whotried to ollow a &on@2an into the heart o his &on. 8indsay Crouse starred as a thera$ist who tries to save theli e o one o her $atients? an addi&tive *a2bler? by a$$ealin* dire&tly to the 2an who 2i*ht be about to havehi2 illed. The 2an? $layed by #oe )ante*na ? e erts an al2ost instant as&ination over her @@ not be&ause ose a$$eal? althou*h that is $art o it? but be&ause he invites her to be a s$otter or hi2 in a hi*h@sta es $o er*a2e.

The thera$ist turns out to be as addi&tive as her $atient? and she is s ill ully drawn into a &on *a2e by)ante*na and )i e -ussbau2 ? as two old $artners in de&e$tion who see2 able to &o22uni&ate tele$athi&ally.At irst the audien&e eels su$eriorI we &an see what's ha$$enin* to Crouse? even i she &an't. Then we realiDewe've been tra$$ed ri*ht alon* with her? in a labyrinthine $lot where nothin* is at it see2s.

J6ouse o ,a2es J is the irst il2 dire&ted by the $laywri*ht and s&reenwriter avid )a2et ? and it is an ideal $resentation o his style @@ the ele*antly si2$le dialo*? &li$$ed? turnin* ba& on itsel ? wor s with the setde&oration and the barren urban lands&a$es to &reate a world whi&h has been e2$tied o all bystanders? andnarrowed down to the &on and the 2ar . This is not only a *reat il2? but one o the year's best entertain2ents.

8The Big Easy 8

This is a il2 to listen to as well as wat&h. ennis Kuaid and Ellen Bar in enter so e ortlessly into the&aden&es o 8ouisiana that the sound tra& $rovides an un&anny sense o $la&e. Kuaid $lays a vi&e &o$ who isnot above $arti&i$atin* in the de$art2ent's ille*al Jwidows and or$hansJ und. Bar in is a lo&al $rose&utor.They be&o2e riends? survive so2e s&ra$es to*ether? all in love@@and then wind u$ on o$$osite sides o a &asein &ourt.

ire&ted by #i2 )&Bride ? JThe Bi* Easy J is one o the 2ost de initely re*ional A2eri&an il2s ever 2adeI the2usi& on the sound tra& underlines the s$e&i i& sense o $la&e? and the Bar in and Kuaid &hara&ters see2 to*row naturally out o the story. -either the 2ovie's ro2an&e nor its thriller as$e&ts see2 a2iliarI )&Bride andhis a&tors $arti&ularly $ut a new s$in on everythin*? even in&ludin* the usual &li&hLs about one@ni*ht stands.The late Charles 8udla2 $rovides brilliant su$$ortin* wor as Kuaid's lawyer@@but then all the su$$ortin*wor in this 2ovie is o beat and $re&ise? and so are the leads.

8Barfly 8

The ori*inal s&reen$lay or this 2ovie was written by Charles Bu ows i ? a 8os An*eles &ult novelist and $oetwho based it on his own li e@a li e s$ent lar*ely in *utbu& et saloons and the 2ore disordered &orners o % idRow. The 2ovie's obviously autobio*ra$hi&al hero is $layed by )i& ey Rour e ? in a $er or2an&e that ta es alot o &han&es? and wins. And aye unaway is brilliant in a &o2eba& role as 4anda? the des$erate blondewhose le*s still loo *ood but who will do al2ost anythin* or a drin . Rour e and unaway s$end so2e daysand ni*hts to*ether? tryin* to ind $oetry in sadness and so2eti2es su&&eedin*? and dire&tor Barbet %&hroeder is wise enou*h not to i2$ose too 2u&h $lot on these 2eanderin* adventures o two s uDDy but triu2$hantlyhu2an drun s.

8The Last E'&eror 8

Bernardo Bertolu&&i's *rand e$i& was shot on lo&ation in the Peo$le's Re$ubli& o China? and here a*ain? as inJThe Bi* Easy ?J the lo&ation is one o the 2ain $layers. Based on the li e story o the &hild e2$eror Pu Fi?

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who assu2ed the ra*on Throne at the a*e o and was shorn o all real $ower at 5 (be ore he was oldenou*h? in any event? to have e er&ised it ? the 2ovie is uniGue a2on* e$i&s or bein* about a &hara&ter whodoes not a&t? but is a&ted u$on. Bertolu&&i shoots inside the orbidden City to show us a 2edieval way o li ethat was eventually swe$t aside by the Chinese Co22unists who sent Pu Fi to a reedu&ation &a2$ be ore hiseventual rehabilitation as a hu2ble Pe in* *ardener. :n his li e is re le&ted the &entral develo$2ent o !0th&entury history; 6ow history &eased to be the stories o individuals? and be&a2e the stories o so&ieties.

8(oonstr c. 8

This is a sly? ra2bun&tious &o2edy about a s$rawlin* :talian@A2eri&an a2ily that o&&asionally trusts love? but distrusts al2ost everythin* else. Cher is ins$ired in the &entral role? as a widow in her late 0s who be&o2es en*a*ed to a 2other's boy ( anny Aiello and then? when he lies to %i&ily to be at his 2other'sdeathbed? alls tu2ultuously in love with his bitter youn*er brother ( -i&holas Ca*e .


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: don't now what dire&tor Bill orsyth was tryin* to do in this 2ovie? and :'2 not sure he su&&eeded? but itwill be a lon* ti2e be ore : or*et his atte2$t. 6is story is about two little *irls whose 2other &o22its sui&ide.Their aunt &o2es to ta e &har*e o the2? and the aunt? $layed in another *reat $er or2an&e by Christine 8ahti ?is a drea2y ree s$irit who 2ay be 2ad or who 2ay Must be inhabited by a little 2ore 2a*i& than the rest o us.As 8ahti dri ts urther ro2 reality with one o the *irls? the other de&ides to bail out? and we are le twonderin* whi&h &hoi&e was the ri*ht one.

The year's 11th throu*h !0th best il2s;

11. J 8ess Than ero J was a harrowin* story o ri&h Beverly 6ills ids in &ollision with &o&aine. Robert 8.owney #r. $layed the sel @destru&tive vi&ti2 with ri*htenin* a&&ura&y? and#a2es %$ader was &hillin* as the

dru* dealer.

1!. J -o 4ay 6ail> Ro& and Roll>J was the year's best 2usi&al do&u2entary? a rolli& in* andso2eti2es revealin* re&ord o the atte2$t by Rollin* %tone =eith Ri&hard to sta*e a 30th birthday &on&ert orBerry? at whi&h the $ioneer o ro& and roll would at last be a&&o2$anied by a well@rehearsed ba& u$ band.

17. J 6oosiers J starred ,ene 6a& 2an as a s2all@town :ndiana bas etball &oa&h tryin* to &o2bine his s&hool'sathleti& &o2eba& with his own $ersonal rehabilitation. :n overall stru&ture it was a $redi&table s$orts 2ovie?

but the $arti&ulars 2ade it s$e&ial.

19. J #ean de lorette J and J )anon o the %$rin* ?J desi*ned to be seen to*ether? were Claude Berri's a2bitious?swee$in* e$i& o ren&h $easants and their land. The $unish2ent or a &ri2e in one *eneration is visited u$onthe ne t? and the ne t? in a series o &ruel a&ts and $oeti& re$risals. Fves )ontand *ave one o the best

$er or2an&es o his li e as a 2an who ta es his $ersonal i22ortality so seriously he is willin* to 2urder to2aintain it.

!0. J 4all %treet J was


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J)y %weet 8ittle illa*e J was #an =adar's bittersweet &o2edy about a villa*e in CDe&hoslova iaI J 8i*ht <ay J was Paul %&hrader 's bitter a2ily dra2a? with *reat wor by ,ena Rowlands and #oan #ettI J The ,oodather J starred Anthony 6o$ ins as a divor&ed 2an 2aster2indin* his riend's battle or &hild &ustodyI Alan

Par er's adventurous J An*el 6eart J had another one o those ris y )i& ey Rour e $er or2an&esI Barry8evinson's J Tin )en J was a &o2i& sa*a o alu2inu2 sidin* sales2enI J %treet %2artJ &ontained one o theyear's best su$$ortin* $er or2an&es? by )or*an ree2an . J6ollywood %hu leJ was the now@le*endarydire&torial debut o Robert Townsend ? who be**ed? borrowed and dealt to *et the ri*ht to $rove hi2sel with a

satiri&al revueI %usan %eidel2an's J )a in* )r. Ri*ht J had #ohn )al ovi&h in a dual role as a s&ientist and hisown robotI J Evil ead !; ead by awn J was thorou*hly dis*ustin* and yet weirdly unnyI 4alter 6ill'sJE tre2e PreMudi&eJ &entered on stron* wor by -i& -olte and as a Te as sheri I J The 4it&hes o Eastwi& Jwas the wi& ed &o2edy with #a& -i&holson as a satani& i*ure throwin* a s2all town into tur2oilI J 4ish Fou4ere 6ere J starred a new&o2er? E2ily 8loyd ? as a de initely rebellious *irl tryin* to *row u$ in an En*landthat didn't 2u&h li e herI J Ba& to the Bea&h?J one o the year's 2ost@overloo ed &o2edies? starred ran ieAvalon and Annette uni&ello in a hilarious satire on the own bea&h $arty 2ovies.

)i&hael Caine was e &ellent in two British thrillers? J The 4histle Blower J and J The ourth Proto&ol .JJTa2$o$o J was the brilliant &ross between traditional #a$anese values and the s$a*hetti 4estern. J The Bi*Town J had a *ood )att illon $er or2an&e as a youn* *a2bler. J The Prin&ess Bride J was Rob Reiner's wiseand witty sword@and@sor&ery &o2edy. J%a22y and Rosie ,et 8aid ?J by %te$hen rears? was a blea ly &o2i&

loo at li e today in the underbelly o 8ondon. J The 6idden J was a low@bud*et il2 about aliens a2on* us?sur$risin*ly e e&tiveI #ohn 6u*hes' J Planes? Trains and Auto2obiles J starred %teve )artin and #ohn Candy astwo o$$osites or&ed to share ea&h other's destinies a ter they're stranded in =ansas at holiday ti2e. J Three)en and a Baby J had that *reat s&ene o To2 %elle& and %teve ,uttenber* tryin* to &han*e a dia$er. AndJ ar Eyes J was the wist ul love story starrin* )ar&ello )astroianni as a 2an who lost both o the bestwo2en he ever 2et.

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• (ississi&&i B rning 19--

★★★ ½

Alan 'arker-s 45ississippi Burning feels like a movie made from the inside out,a movie that knows the ways and people of its small /outhern city so intimatelythat, having seen it, I know the place I-d go for a cup of coffee and the place I-d

steer clear from.


01. )ississi$$i Burnin* (Alan Par er0!. The A&&idental Tourist (8awren&e =asdan0 . The "nbearable 8i*htness o Bein* (Phili$ =au 2an0+. %hy Peo$le (Andrei =on&halovs y0 . %alaa2 Bo2bay> ()ira -air03. A ish Called 4anda (Charles Cri&hton05. 4in*s o esire (4i2 4enders07. 4ho ra2ed Ro*er Rabbit (Robert e2e& is09. ear A2eri&a; 8etters 6o2e ro2 ietna2 (Bill Couturie10. Runnin* on E2$ty (%idney 8u2et

19++----1" #,ississippi $urning#

1. $he ast $em>tation )f hrist - DBD&" #The +ccidental Tourist#3. " #e nbe%r%ble Lig#tness o) Being" 943. ull Durham ENG%" #Shy >eople#4. ittle Dorrit*" #Salaam $ombay?#

" #+ 5ish Called .anda#!. 8idni5ht Run - 4 6!" #.ings of 7esire# & *

. $he $hin lue ine ENG" #.ho 5ramed 0oger 0abbit# 4%!

9. %otel $erminus $he ife And $imes of Claus ar ie9" #7ear +merica8 3etters 2ome 5rom :ietnam# ()S $14" #0unning on Empty#10. +or;in5 Girl

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"Mississippi Burnin "

$%e year:s best t%riller is also one o+ t%e year:s most o er+'l +ilms, t%e story o+ t o 4ery di++erent8B agents %o are assigned to in4estigate t%e disa earance o+ t%ree ci4il rig%ts or ers. $%e laceis *ississi i, t%e time is 196#, and t%e t o agents re resent t o di++erent traditions it%in t%eagency. &ene ac man lays t%e old ro, a +ormer o't%ern s%eri++ %o %as carried some o+ %is old or %abits o4er to t%e 8B !!incl'ding t%e &ood l: Boy a roac% in %ic% %e %angs aro'nd t%elocal barbers%o to ic ' leads on li ely er etrators. -illem Da+oe lays %is artner, a brig%t,g'ng!%o yo'ng agent %o belie4es in "s%o s o+ +orce" and calling in t%e ational &'ard. )s t%eirin4estigation contin'es, e begin to get a dramatic sense o+ t%e time and lace. ome o+ t%e silliestob@ections to t%is +ilm %a4e arg'ed t%at it eAaggerates t%e sit'ation!!t%at it ta es incidents t%atocc'rred o4er se4eral years in many di++erent cities, and 't t%em all toget%er into one s%ort eriodin one small to n. B't director )lan Par er is not trying +or +lat realism %ere %e ants to %eig%tent%e emotions and 'nderline t%e assions o+ t%e time, so recent in t%e ast, %en t%e nation assedt%e t'rning oint on ci4il rig%ts. $%is is not a doc'mentary, b't a battle cry. -%at:s most s'r risingis t%e time t%e +ilm +inds +or 'iet moments!!es ecially a s'btle, tender relations%i bet een

ac man and 8rances *cDormand , %o lays t%e i+e o+ a racist. %e %as ro4ided %er %'sband:salibi!!b't ac man senses t%at, in %er %eart, s%e %as a sense o+ +air lay to %ic% %e can a eal.

"The ! i#ent$l Tourist "

n ays almost im ossible to describe, t%is is t%e most delig%t+'l +ilm o+ t%e year. t is also seeminglyone o+ t%e most de ressing!!yet it %as a c'rrent o+ o++beat %'mor t%at ee s b'bbling to t%e s'r+ace. -illiam 'rt lays a tra4el riter %o %as +allen into a dee and intractable de ression. is yo'ngson as illed a year ago, and no %is i+e > Iat%leen $'rner ? ants a di4orce!!beca'se, s%eobser4es, %e doesn:t seem to be able to +eel anyt%ing anymore. $%is is not really a ne condition in%is tra4el boo s, %e gi4es %is readers %ints on %o to ins'late t%emsel4es +rom t%eir s'rro'ndings,%o to tra4el it%o't +eeling as i+ yo':4e le+t %ome. e comes +rom a +amily o+ %omebodies, andsome o+ t%e mo4ie:s +'nniest scenes in4ol4e %is sister and t o brot%ers, %o li4e in a menagerie o+eccentricities in t%e old +amily %ome. $%en one day c%ange comes into %is li+e, in t%e erson o+ a dogtrainer > &eena Da4is ? %o belie4es s%e is @'st eAactly %at %e needs. e resists %er. e tries to +lee%er. B't %er li+e +orce is irresistible, and t'gs at %im im lacably, as ing %im to come o't and lay.$%is is one o+ t%ose +ilms %ere t%e story so'nds de ressing, b't t%e eA erience is %eart arming andeA%ilarating.

"The %nbe$r$ble Li htness of Bein "

ere is anot%er almost 'nde+inable +ilm, set in CEec%oslo4a ia in 1960 and centering on t%ecom licated li+e o+ a s'rgeon >Daniel Day e is? %ose is% is to +loat abo4e t%e m'ndane orld o+res onsibility and ersonal commitment, to ractice a seA li+e t%at %as no tra++ic it% t%e %eart, toesca e 'nto'c%ed +rom t%e orld o+ sens'al leas're %ile retaining %is ri4acy and %is recio'sloneliness. n t%e 'rs'it o+ t%ese goals, %e %as t%e coo eration o+ a oman named abina, >c ? %oalso belie4es t%at s%e en@oys seA it%o't commitment. $%en one day t%e doctor goes to t%e co'ntry,and meets an innocent yo'ng oman named $ereEa. e +alls in lo4e it% %er %e act'ally loses %is%eart, t%is man %o do'bted t%at %e e4en %ad one. %e +ollo s %im to Prag'e, and t%ey are in lo4et%ere, b't t%e man st'bbornly tries to maintain %is seA'al +reedom, and t%e sit'ation gro s e4en

more com licated %en abina and $ereEa +ind t%at t%ey li e one anot%er. $%eir ri4ate t'rmoilsta e on a di++erent meaning %en t%e 'ssian tan s roll into CEec%oslo4a ia, and t%ey are all +orcedto rede+ine %at t%ey mean by %a iness, by lig%tness, by being. $%e mo4ie as directed by P%ili

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Ia'+man >"$%e ig%t t'++ "?, based on t%e no4el by *ilan I'ndera, and it is among ot%er t%ings t%emost erotic +ilm since " ast $ango in Paris ."

"&h (eople "

ere is a great +ilm t%at +ell bet een t%e crac s. sa it +or t%e +irst time at t%e Cannes 8ilm 8esti4alin 1907, and +o'nd it a co'rageo's miAt're o+ 4ision and melodrama!!a mo4ie not a+raid to go o4ert%e to in its searc% +or emotional im act. B't " %y Peo le" ne4er +o'nd a s'ccess+'l releasingstrategy in t%e United tates, and %as ne4er e4en layed in most cities. o it is on 4ideo, %ere it%as a second c%ance. $%e mo4ie stars Fill Clayb'rg% as a so %isticated e or magaEine riter %o goes it% %er da'g%ter > *art%a Plim ton ? to 4isit a long!lost co'sin > Barbara ers%ey ? %olo4es in t%e bayo's o+ o'isiana. $%e omen co'ld not ossibly %a4e less in common, and t%econtrast in t%eir li+estyles almost leads to an eA losion!!eAce t t%at at some dee , almost mystical

lace, t%ese t o omen do s%are ins%i . Director )ndrei Ionc%alo4s y >" 'na ay $rain "? is'ninterested in timid 1905s notions o+ realism %e 'lls o't all o+ t%e sto s and lets t%is material go %ere it ill.

"&$l$$m Bomb$ ) "

$%is remar able +ilm as s%ot entirely on location on t%e streets o+ Bombay, and tells t%e story o+C%ai a', a street or %an %o mo4es in a society o+ ot%er %omeless c%ildren, and co es as best %e can it% a orld t%at is com letely indi++erent to %im. i e anot%er great +ilm, " PiAote," +rom BraEil, t%estory +inds a s'r risingly resiliency in its %ero, %o or s as a tea boy, insin'ates %imsel+ into a orld o+ brot%els and dr'g dealers and marginal o4erty, and some%o e4en seems to gro t%ere.$%e +ilm as directed by *ira air , %o cond'cted or s%o s among t%e street c%ildren o+ Bombay %ile de4elo ing t%e scri t, and disco4ered %er star, %a+i yed, li4ing on t%e streets.

" ! Fish *$lle# +$n#$ "

$%e year:s +'nniest comedy as a collision bet een Britis% eccentricity and )merican craEiness. tstarred Ie4in Iline and Famie ee C'rtis as t o )merican lo4ers, retending to be brot%er andsister, %o get in4ol4ed it% *ic%ael Palin in a @e el!robbery ca er. -%en anot%er member o+ t%eirgang is arrested, C'rtis attem ts to sed'ce t%e trial @'dge > Fo%n Cleese? %ile Iline goes t%ro'g%torments o+ @ealo'sy. $%e mo4ie eA loits e4ery ea ness and obsession o+ e4ery c%aracter!!

artic'larly Palin:s almost insane lo4e +or %is tro ical +is%. )nd it %as lots o+ +'n it% scenesembarrassing and %'miliating t%e ' tig%t Cleese c%aracter. "-anda" as directed by C%arlesCric%ton >"$%e a4ender ill *ob"?, a legendary 4eteran o+ t%e classic /aling comedies.

" +in s of ,esire "

$%is is a moody, intros ecti4e, oddly sed'cti4e +ilm abo't angels. et in t%e lonely 'rban landsca eso+ modern -est Berlin, it stars Br'no &anE as an angel %o %as been granted immortality, b't gro srestless it% t%e need to li4e +ore4er. /a4esdro ing on t%e li4es o+ %'man beings, atc%ing t%eir

@oys and sorro s it%o't being able to s%are t%em, be begins to +eel t%at %e o'ld rat%er become a%'man!!acce ting ine4itable ain and deat%!!t%an +loat +ore4er abo4e t%e +ield o+ real emotions. $%emo4ie as directed by -im -enders , and it bears a certain relations%i to %is great "Iings o+ t%e

oad" >1976?, anot%er +ilm in %ic% t o lonely anderers s%ared t%eir ba++lement abo't t%e orld o+ real eo le and real emotions. n t%at case, t%e men ere recently se arated +rom omen in t%iscase, t%ey are angels %o %a4e ne4er to'c%ed a oman, or anyt%ing else in t%e %ysical orld. $%elonging is m'c% t%e same.

" +ho Fr$me# o er $bbit "

ere as t%e year:s ac y s ecial e++ects eAtra4aganEa, a 4irt'oso combination o+ li4e action andanimation. $%e story is set in ost ar olly ood, %ere cartoon c%aracters >"$oons"? and %'man

beings eAist side by side. $%e story stars Bob os ins and a +eisty rabbit named oger in a bac stagem'sical it% gangster mo4ie o4ertones, in4ol4ing s%ady dealings in t%e %al+ ay orld bet een t%e$oon g%etto and t%e neig%bor%oods %ere t%e +les%!and!blood eo le li4e. $%e most eAtraordinaryt%ing abo't t%e +ilm as t%e ay t%e animated c%aracters ere integrated into t%e %'man orld!!

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s%ado s and all. -e:4e seen cartoon c%aracters sitting on eo le:s s%o'lders be+ore, b't in " -%o8ramed oger abbit " t%ey ere also 'lling in t%eir la els, soc ing t%em in t%e @a , and >in t%e caseo+ t%e ne'matic Fessica abbit? s'ggesting a little %an y! an y.

" ,e$r !meri $. Letters /ome From ietn$m "

ere is one o+ t%e most a++ecting and o er+'l doc'mentaries :4e e4er seen. ts ingredients aredece ti4ely sim le. $%e director, Bill Co't'rie , %as ta en assages +rom doEens o+ letters ritten%ome by U. . ser4icemen in c ? as a moony ty e %o %as gat%ered a large

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eAtended +amily, incl'ding Fac Palance as a retired st'nt man. $%e t o omen t'rn t%e ca+e into aroaring s'ccess, and t%e mo4ie as intrig'ing eno'g% t%at it:s going to be recycled into a $< series.

1(. " Co ," directed by Fames arris, starred Fames -oods in one o+ t o brilliant 1900er+ormances!!t%e ot%er one as in " $%e Boost " !!and rarely %as %is ired intensity been better

'sed. $%e mo4ie loo s and +eels li e a 4iolent co t%riller, b't -oods 'ts a s in on t%e material. )st%e co , %e:s so ild!eyed and o++ t%e %andle t%at e begin to s's ect %e:s a bigger danger t%an t%eserial iller %e:s trac ing do n. $%e mo4ie:s last s%ot is a tr'e s%oc er.

16. "$%e $%in Bl'e ine " made %eadlines at year:s end, %en it res'lted in a retrial +or andall Dale )dams, a con4icted $eAas co ! iller. $%e doc'mentary, by /rrol *orris >"&ates o+ ea4en "? made acon4incing case t%at )dams as +ramed +or t%e crime, and t%e e4idence made a strong circ'mstantialcase +or %is innocence. /4en more dramatic as an inter4ie in t%e +ilm it% Da4id arris , t%e c%ie+ itness against )dams, %o all b't con+esses t%at %e committed t%e m'rder %imsel+.

17. "*adame o'satE a " starred %irley *ac aine in one o+ %er best er+ormances, as an aging ianoteac%er in ondon, trying to g'ide t%e latest o+ a string o+ talented st'dents t%ro'g% t%e +irst'ncertain ste s to ard a concert career. Beca'se s%e %ersel+ as 's%ed onstage too early in li+e,*adame tries to %ang onto %er ' ils as long as ossible, 'ntil sometimes t%ey %a4e to ma e it clear

it:s time +or %er to let go. ) %eart arming ortrait in a tr'ly absorbing +ilm by Fo%n c%lesinger.

10. "$%ings C%ange" is t%e second +ilm by lay rig%t Da4id *amet , %o demonstrated in 1907:s best+ilm, " o'se o+ &ames ," t%at %e is a ma@or +ilmma ing talent. $%is +ilm, lig%ter and +'nnier, as onder+'lly ell!acted by Don )mec%e , as an old s%oes%ine man +rom C%icago %o is %ired toim ersonate a m'rder s's ect, and ends ' being mista en +or a to *a+ia boss. *amet reg'lar Foe*antegna is a st'dy in controlled des eration as t%e *a+ia +l'n y %o steers t%e old man to e4ada,and obert Pros y , as a real *a+ia boss, establis%es an instant ra ort it% )mec%e !! no matter %o %e is.

19. " tormy *onday " is t%e +ilm t%ey:ll o4erloo %en t%ey start %anding o't acting a ards +or*elanie &ri++it% :s or in " -or ing &irl ." %e as terri+ic in t%at +ilm !! b't loo at %er or in t%is

slee er t%at dri ed it% atmos %ere. t:s a t%riller directed by *i e 8iggis and set on a seedy Britis% ater+ront %ere &ri++it% is a arty girl %o gets ca'g%t bet een t o to'g% g'ys > ting and $ommyee Fones ?. + yo' li e t%e +ilm noir it% its et a4ements, lonely street lig%ts, s%iny cars and lo

nec lines, %ere is a mo4ie to treas're.

25. " ittle Dorrit " is t%e ind o+ mo4ie yo' can ta e o++ yo'r s%oes and relaA in. iA %o'rs long ands%o n in t o installments, it:s a leis'rely, detailed, s'r risingly absorbing +ilm 4ersion o+ t%e C%arlesDic ens no4el, it% +ine er+ormances by ara% Pic ering as t%e da'g%ter o+ a man %o %as been indebtor:s rison +or 25 years, )lec &'inness as %er +at%er, and Dere Facobi as t%e middle!aged man %o +alls in lo4e it% %er. %e lo4es %im, too, b't neit%er one o+ t%em disco4ers t%at 'ntil t%e end o+t%e +ilm. $%e +irst art is seen t%ro'g% %is eyes, t%e second art t%ro'g% %ers.

...and t%en, i+ yo' anted, yo' co'ld add ten more +ine +ilms=

"B'll D'r%am " as t%e best baseball comedy in years, it% droll comic timing in a romantic triangleincl'ding 'san arandon , Ie4in Costner and $im obbins .

"*ystic PiEEa " told t%e bitters eet story o+ t%ree teen!age girls %o learn a little abo4e lo4e and a lotabo't li+e in t%eir last s'mmer be+ore college.

"*emories o+ *e " starred Billy Crystal and )lan Iing in t%e story o+ a middle!aged s'rgeon %o %asne4er been able to comm'nicate it% %is +at%er, t%e " ing o+ t%e eAtras" in olly ood.

"$%e Boost " starred Fames -oods as a salesman %o goes t%ro'g% t%e ceiling in t%e os )ngeles real

estate mar et, and t%en sel+!destr'cts it% cocaine.

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"$al adio " starred /ric Bogosian , %o rote t%e original lay, as a lacerating tal radio %ost %oseems to almost in4ite disaster.

"$orc% ong $rilogy " as anot%er mo4ie starring t%e lay rig%t o+ t%e original material !! in t%iscase, ar4ey 8ierstein , in a +'nny, %ard!edged er+ormance as a drag 'een %o acce ts %is%omoseA'ality !! b't still str'ggles it% s%yness and loneliness.

" ) -orld ) art " contained a brilliant Barbara ers%ey er+ormance as a o't% )+rican oman %ose olitical str'ggle against a art%eid is seen t%ro'g% t%e 'n+orgi4ing eyes o+ %er da'g%ter.

-oody )llen:s " )not%er -oman " starred &ena o lands in a er+ectly mod'lated er+ormance as aer+ectly mod'lated oman %o comes to realiEe s%e %as +orgotten %o to really +eel t%ings.

*i e ic%ols: " -or ing &irl " %ad t%at *elanie &ri++it% er+ormance as a taten sland secretary %ot%in s s%e:s as smart as %er boss!!and im ersonates %er to ro4e it.

)nd " *idnig%t 'n " layed obert De iro against C%arles &rodin , as a bo'nty %'nter and %is eirdly el'si4e bo'nty.

also admired " ) Cry in t%e Dar ," +or *eryl tree :s coldly controller er+ormance " $%e )cc'sed ," it% Fodie 8oster as a battered ra e 4ictim Clint /ast ood:s " Bird ," it% 8orest -%itta er as t%edoomed C%arlie Par er " ain *an ," i

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