Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1987

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip87banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Top Ten Films of 1987: World Premieres</b></Font><br>  <a href=movies87us.html>Top Ten by U.S. Release Date</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>) // <a href=persac87.html>My 1987 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 Last of England</Font></b></Font> Dir. Derek Jarman. With Spring, Gerrard McArthur, John Phillips <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=ussatan.html style="text-decoration:none">Under the Sun of Satan</a></b></Font> Dir. Maurice Pialat. With G&#233rard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire <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><a href=favfilmswfhome.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Where Is the Friend's Home?</a></b></Font> Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. With Babek Ahmed Poor <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=wingsdes.html style="text-decoration:none">Wings of Desire</a></b></Font> Dir. Wim Wenders. With Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander <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">Broadcast News</Font></b></Font> Dir. James L. Brooks. With Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Albert Brooks <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">Au revoir, les enfants</Font></b></Font> Dir. Louis Malle. With Gaspard Manesse, Rapha&#235l Fejt&#246 <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><a href=favfilmsfatattr.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Fatal Attraction</a></b></Font> Dir. Adrian Lyne. With Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer <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><a href=favfilmsdottie.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story</a></b></Font> Dir. Todd Haynes. Voice of Rob LaBelle <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</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">Empire of the Sun</Font></b></Font> Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Christian Bale, John Malkovich <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</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><Font Color="#003399">The Dead</Font></b></Font> Dir. John Huston. With Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany, Anjelica Huston <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1987</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/Favorites Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3> <br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=babettes.html style="text-decoration:none">Babette's Feast</a></b></Font> Dir. Gabriel Axel. With St&#233phane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, B&#248dil Kjer <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=barfly.html style="text-decoration:none">Barfly</a></b></Font> Dir. Barbet Schroeder. With Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Frank Stallone <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">★</Font>   <b><a href=bellyarc.html style="text-decoration:none">The Belly of an Architect</a></b></Font> Dir. Peter Greenaway. With Brian Dennehy, Chlo&#235 Webb <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">★</Font>   <b><a href=favfilmsfatattr.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Fatal Attraction</a></b></Font> Dir. Adrian Lyne. With Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">★</Font>   <b><a href=favfilmsdottie.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story</a></b></Font> Dir. Todd Haynes. Voice of Rob LaBelle <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">★</Font>   <b><a href=favfilmswfhome.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Where Is the Friend's Home?</a></b></Font> Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. With Babek Ahmed Poor <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1987</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><a href=aria87.html style="text-decoration:none">Aria</a></b></Font> Dirs. Nicolas Roeg, Charles Sturridge, Jean-Luc Godard, Bruce Beresford, Julien Temple, et al. <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Grade:</b></Font> <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b><a href=cryfreed.html style="text-decoration:none">Cry Freedom</a></b></Font> Dir. Richard Attenborough. With Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Damned If You Don't</b></Font> Dir. Su Friedrich. With Peggy Healey, Ela Troyano, voice of Makea MacDonald <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b><a href=darkeyes.html style="text-decoration:none">Dark Eyes</a></b></Font> Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov. With Marcello Mastroianni, Yelena Safonova, Silvana Mangano <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b><a href=dwinter.html style="text-decoration:none">Dead of Winter</a></b></Font> Dir. Arthur Penn. With Mary Steenburgen, Jan Rube&#154, Roddy McDowall <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b><a href=eddieraw.html style="text-decoration:none">Eddie Murphy Raw</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Townsend. With Eddie Murphy, Deon Richmond, Basil Wallace <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b><a href=glasmg87.html style="text-decoration:none">The Glass Menagerie</a></b></Font> Dir. Paul Newman. With John Malkovich, Joanne Woodward, Karen Allen <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Good Morning, Vietnam</b></Font> Dir. Barry Levinson. With Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>F</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Hellraiser</b></Font> Dir. Clive Barker. With Ashley Laurence, Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Doug Bradley <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>Ironweed</b></Font> Dir. Hector Babenco. With Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Tom Waits, Carroll Baker <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b>I've Heard the Mermaids Singing</b></Font> Dir. 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With Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b><a href=roxanne.html style="text-decoration:none">Roxanne</a></b></Font> Dir. Fred Schepisi. With Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b><a href=septembr.html style="text-decoration:none">September</a></b></Font> Dir. Woody Allen. With Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Dianne Wiest, Sam Waterston <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b><a href=shemustb.html style="text-decoration:none">She Must Be Seeing Things</a></b></Font> Dir. Sheila McLaughlin. With Sheila Dabney, Lois Weaver <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">      <b><a href=shypeopl.html style="text-decoration:none">Shy People</a></b></Font> Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky. 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