I will divide my reactions into several categories. In "A', the one's I have not seen; in "B", the one's I think are respectable picks; "C", picks I have more enthusiasm towards; "D", picks that I scratch my head over:
A.)Courtship, On Valentine's Day, Trip to Bountiful, Hope and Glory, The Year My Voice Broke, My Mother's Castle, My Father's Glory, Sirens, Angel at My Table, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Persuasion, Emma, Monster in a Box, Swimming to Cambodia, Man Facing Southeast, Desert Bloom, Makioka Sisters, Ruby in Paradise, Pathfinder, Ridicule, Secrets and Lies, 2 Days in the Valley, Orlando, American Dreamer, and Widow's Peak;
B.)1918, Tender Mercies, Ramblin' Rose, The Great Santini, Room with a View, Flirting, Diva, Local Hero, My Brilliant Career, Sense and Sensibility, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Impromptu, The Conversation, NL's Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, Das Boat, Groundhog Day, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Dead, and Ran (trusting my wife);
C.)Babette's Feast, Strictly Ballroom, Muriel's Wedding, Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring, The Nasty Girl, Vanya on 42nd Street, My Dinner with Andre, Mona Lisa, Apocalypse Now, Taxing Woman, anything by Rohmer, Animal House, Wings of Desire,and Sex Lies and Videotape;
D.)Cold Comfort Farm, Enchanted April, anything by Brannagh, Repo Man, and This Is Spinal Tap...comments upon request.... |
