Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1983

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip83banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Top Films of 1983: World Premieres</b></Font><br>  <a href=movies83us.html>Top Ten by U.S. Release Date</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>) // <a href=persac87.html>My 1983 Oscar Ballot</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></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><Font Color="#003399">The Ballad of Narayama</Font></b></Font> Dir. Shohei Imamura. With Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto <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><Font Color="#003399">Fanny and Alexander</Font></b></Font> Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Bertil Guve, Ewa Fr&#246ling, Pernilla Allwin <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">Nostalghia</Font></b></Font> Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky. With Oleg Yankovsky, Erland Josephson <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><a href=silkwood.html style="text-decoration:none">Silkwood</a></b></Font> Dir. Mike Nichols. With Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</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><Font Color="#003399">L'Argent</Font></b></Font> Dir. Robert Bresson. With Christian Patey, Marc Ernest Fourneau <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</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">Videodrome</Font></b></Font> Dir. David Cronenberg. With James Woods, Les Carlson, Deborah Harry <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</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 Year of Living Dangerously</Font></b></Font> Dir. Peter Weir. With Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</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">Carmen</Font></b></Font> Dir. Carlos Saura. With Antonio Gades, Laura del Sol, Paco de Lucia <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=favfilmsillusions.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Illusions</a></b></Font> Dir. Julie Dash. With Lonette McKee, Rosanne Katon, Ned Bellamy, Jack Radar <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>10. </Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=zelig.html style="text-decoration:none">Zelig</a></b></Font> Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Ellen Garrison, Stephanie Farrow <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1983</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/Favorites Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">★</Font>   <b><a href=favfilmsillusions.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Illusions</a></b></Font> Dir. Julie Dash. With Lonette McKee, Rosanne Katon, Ned Bellamy, Jack Radar <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=rumbfish.html style="text-decoration:none">Rumble Fish</a></b></Font> Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. With Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Vincent Spano <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=silkwood.html style="text-decoration:none">Silkwood</a></b></Font> Dir. Mike Nichols. With Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=tendmerc.html style="text-decoration:none">Tender Mercies</a></b></Font> Dir. Bruce Beresford. With Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font>   <b><a href=zelig.html style="text-decoration:none">Zelig</a></b></Font> Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Ellen Garrison, Stephanie Farrow <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1983</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="#0000FF">      <b>The Big Chill</b></Font> Dir. Lawrence Kasdan. With Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Tom Berenger <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">      <b>Mr. Mom</b></Font> Dir. Stan Dragoti. With Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Ann Jillian, Martin Mull <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">      <b>Return of the Jedi</b></Font> Dir. Richard Marquand. With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">      <b>Sleepaway Camp</b></Font> Dir. Robert Hiltzik. With Felissa Rose, Mike Kellin, Jonathan Tierston <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">      <b>Something Wicked This Way Comes</b></Font> Dir. Jack Clayton. With Vidal Peterson, Shawn Carson <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">      <b>Terms of Endearment</b></Font> Dir. James L. Brooks. With Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">      <b>Testament</b></Font> Dir. Lynne Littman. With Jane Alexander, Ross Harris, Lukas Haas, Roxana Zal <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>Also from 1983</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fair</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">      <b>A Question of Silence</b></Font> Dir. Marleen Gorris. With Cox Habbema, Henri&#235tte Tol, Edda Barends<br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Feh</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">      <b>The Dead Zone</b></Font> Dir. David Cronenberg. With Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">      <b>The Hunger</b></Font> Dir. Tony Scott. With Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, David Bowie<br> <hr> <Font Face=Garamond> <table cellpadding=12><tr> <td>Trackbacks:</td> <td><b><a href=movies83home.html target="_top">Permalink</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=movies83.html target="_top">1983</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=movarchs.html target="_top">Home</a></b></td> <td><b><a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com" target="_new">Blog</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=email.html target="_top">E-Mail</a></b></td> </tr></table> </Font> </center> </body>