Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1984

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip84banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Top Ten Films of 1984: World Premieres</b></Font><br>  <a href=movies84us.html>Top Ten by U.S. Release Date</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>) // <a href=persac84.html>My 1984 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">This Is Spinal Tap</Font></b></Font> Dir. Rob Reiner. With Christopher Guest, Michael McKean <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">Blood Simple</Font></b></Font> Dir. Joel Coen. With John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya <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 Times of Harvey Milk</Font></b></Font> Dir. Rob Epstein. Documentary about slain politician <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">What Have I Done to Deserve This?</Font></b></Font> Dir. Pedro Almod&#243var. With Carmen Maura <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">Almanac of Fall</Font></b></Font> Dir. B&#233la Tarr. With H&#233di Temessy, Erika Bodnár, Mikl&#243s Sz&#233kely B. <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">Love Streams</Font></b></Font> Dir. John Cassavetes. With John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands <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 Terminator</Font></b></Font> Dir. James Cameron. With Michael Biehn, Arnold Schwarzenegger <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><a href=repent84.html style="text-decoration:none">Repentance</a></b></Font> Dir. Tenghiz Abuladze. With Avtandil Makharadze, Zeinab Botsvadze <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><Font Color="#003399">Paris, Texas</Font></b></Font> Dir. Wim Wenders. With Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, Hunter Carson <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=etsunshn.html style="text-decoration:none">After the Rehearsal</a></b></Font> Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Erland Josephson, Lena Olin, Ingrid Thulin <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1984</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">★</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0099CC">&#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=etsunshn.html style="text-decoration:none">After the Rehearsal</a></b></Font> Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Erland Josephson, Lena Olin, Ingrid Thulin <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=anothcry.html style="text-decoration:none">Another Country</a></b></Font> Dir. Marek Kanievska. With Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Michael Jenn <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=litdrumg.html style="text-decoration:none">The Little Drummer Girl</a></b></Font> Dir. George Roy Hill. With Diane Keaton, Yorgo Voyagis <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1984</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>The Bostonians</b></Font> Dir. James Ivory. With Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Reeve <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</b></Font> Dir. Jack Hofsiss. With Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Country</b></Font> Dir. Richard Pearce. With Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Wilford Brimley <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Falling in Love</b></Font> Dir. Ulu Grosbard. With Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Jane Kaczmarek <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Marlene</b></Font> Dir. Maximilian Schell. Documentary about silver screen icon Marlene Dietrich <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Places in the Heart</b></Font> Dir. Robert Benton. With Sally Field, Danny Glover, John Malkovich <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The River</b></Font> Dir. Mark Rydell. With Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Shane Bailey <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Splash</b></Font> Dir. Ron Howard. With Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Size=+1><b>Also from 1984</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>Fetching</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Romancing the Stone</b></Font> Dir. Robert Zemeckis. With Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas<br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fair</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Amadeus</b></Font> Dir. Milo&#154 Forman. With F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The Element of Crime</b></Font> Dir. Lars von Trier. With Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>A Nightmare on Elm Street</b></Font> Dir. Wes Craven. With Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>A Passage to India</b></Font> Dir. David Lean. With Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft<br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Feh</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>24 Boys per Second</b></Font> Dir. Unknown. Brakhage-style collage of sensual male-male footage<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom</b></Font> Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Harrison Ford<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>The Killing Fields</b></Font> Dir. Roland Joff&#233. With Dr. Haing S. 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