Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1978

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip78banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>Top Films of 1978: World Premieres</b></b></Font><br>  <a href=persac78.html>My 1978 Oscar Ballot</a></Font><br> <Font Size=-1><br></Font> <Table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>1. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=daysohvn.html style="text-decoration:none">Days of Heaven</a></b></Font> Dir. Terrence Malick. With Linda Manz, Richard Gere, Brooke Adams <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>2. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilmsrendezvous.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top">Les Rendez-vous d'Anna</a></b></Font> Dir. Chantal Akerman. With Aurore Cl&#233ment, Jean-Pierre Cassel <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>3. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting</Font></b></Font> Dir. Raul Ruiz. With Jean Rougeul <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>4. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Gates of Heaven</Font></b></Font> Dir. Errol Morris. Documentary about a Californian pet cemetery <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>5. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=autsonat.html style="text-decoration:none">Autumn Sonata</a></b></Font> Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Halvar Bj&#246rk <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>6. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Invasion of the Body Snatchers</Font></b></Font> Dir. Philip Kaufman. With Donald Sutherland <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>7. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">The Deer Hunter</Font></b></Font> Dir. Michael Cimino. With Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>8. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Dawn of the Dead</Font></b></Font> Dir. George Romero. With Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross, Scott H. Reininger <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>9. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=interior.html style="text-decoration:none">Interiors</a></b></Font> Dir. Woody Allen. With Mary Beth Hurt, Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <hr> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1978</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">★</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">★</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=autsonat.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none">Autumn Sonata</a></b></Font> Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Halvar Bj&#246rk <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font>   <b><a href=favfilmsrendezvous.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none" target="_top">Les Rendez-vous d'Anna</a></b></Font> Dir. Chantal Akerman. With Aurore Cl&#233ment, Jean-Pierre Cassel <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=interior.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none">Interiors</a></b></Font> Dir. Woody Allen. With Mary Beth Hurt, Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=samtimyr.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none">Same Time, Next Year</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Mulligan. With Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn, Ivan Bonar <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>F</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1978</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>California Suite</b></Font> Dir. Herbert Ross. With Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Coming Home</b></Font> Dir. Hal Ashby. With Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The Green Room</b></Font> Dir. Fran&#231ois Truffaut. With Fran&#231ois Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dast&#233 <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Heaven Can Wait</b></Font> Dirs. Warren Beatty & Buck Henry. With Warren Beatty, Julie Christie <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>An Unmarried Woman</b></Font> Dir. Paul Mazursky. With Jill Clayburgh, Michael Murphy, Alan Bates <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>Still to Come from 1978</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Ten Most Enticing Prospects:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Blue Collar</b></Font> Dir. Paul Schrader. With Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Coma</b></Font> Dir. Michael Crichton. With Genevi&#232ve Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Empire of Passion</b></Font> Dir. Nagisa &#212shima. With Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">      <b>Halloween</b></Font> Dir. John Carpenter. 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