Top Ten List
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| 1. | The Piano Dir. Jane Campion. Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill A+ |
| 2. | Schindler's List Dir. Steven Spielberg. Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes A |
| 3. | Farewell, My Concubine Dir. Chen Kaige. Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li A |
| 4. | Silverlake Life: The View from Here Dir. Tom Joslin, Peter Friedman A |
| 5. | The Long Day Closes Dir. Terence Davies. Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates A |
| 6. | The Wrong Trousers Dir. Nick Park. Voices of Peter Sallis, Peter Hawkins A |
| 7. | Dazed and Confused Dir. Richard Linklater. Jason London, Wiley Wiggins A |
| 8. | Ruby in Paradise Dir. Victor Nunez. Ashley Judd, Bentley Mitchum A– |
| 9. | King of the Hill Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Jesse Bradford, Cameron Boyd A–
Searching for Bobby Fischer Dir. Steven Zaillian. Max Pomeranc, Ben Kingsley A– |
| 10. | Dottie Gets Spanked Dir. Todd Haynes. J. Evan Bonifant, Barbara Garrick A– |
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Full Listing of Films Screened
★ = Full Review /
★ = Capsule /
★ = Feature or Blog Post /
★ = Grain of Salt
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| ★ | The Piano Dir. Jane Campion. Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill A+ |
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| Dazed and Confused Dir. Richard Linklater. Jason London, Wiley Wiggins A |
| Farewell, My Concubine Dir. Chen Kaige. Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li A |
| The Long Day Closes Dir. Terence Davies. Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates A |
| Schindler's List Dir. Steven Spielberg. Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes A |
| Silverlake Life: The View from Here Dir. Tom Joslin, Peter Friedman A |
| The Wrong Trousers Dir. Nick Park. Voices of Peter Sallis, Peter Hawkins A |
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| ★ | Dottie Gets Spanked Dir. Todd Haynes. J. Evan Bonifant, Barbara Garrick A– |
| King of the Hill Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Jesse Bradford, Cameron Boyd A– |
| ★ | The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas
Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Dir. Michael Ritchie. TV. Holly Hunter A– |
| Ruby in Paradise Dir. Victor Nunez. Ashley Judd, Bentley Mitchum A– |
| Searching for Bobby Fischer Dir. Steven Zaillian. Max Pomeranc, Ben Kingsley A– |
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| Blue Dir. Derek Jarman. Voices of Derek Jarman, Nigel Terry, Tilda Swinton B+ |
| ★ | Crush Dir. Alison Maclean. Marcia Gay Harden, Caitlin Bossley, Donogh Rees B+ |
| Dangerous Game Dir. Abel Ferrara. Harvey Keitel, Madonna, James Russo B+ |
| Fearless Dir. Peter Weir. Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez, Isabella Rossellini, Tom Hulce B+ |
| ★ | Mr. Wonderful Dir. Anthony Minghella. Matt Dillon, Annabella Sciorra B+ |
| Naked Dir. Mike Leigh. David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge B+ |
| A Perfect World Dir. Clint Eastwood. Kevin Costner, T.J. Lowther, Clint Eastwood B+ |
| The Remains of the Day Dir. James Ivory. Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson B+ |
| Three Colors: Blue Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent B+ |
| Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Dir. Henry Selick. Animated B+ |
| Time Indefinite Dir. Ross McElwee. Record of passage into marriage, fatherhood B+ |
| The Wedding Banquet Dir. Ang Lee. Winston Chao, Mitchell Lichtenstein B+ |
| What's Eating Gilbert Grape Dir. Lasse Hallström. Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis B+ |
| ★ | What's Love Got to Do with It Dir. Brian Gibson. Angela Bassett B+ |
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| The Age of Innocence Dir. Martin Scorsese. Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer B |
| And the Band Played On Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. TV Movie. Matthew Modine B |
| Carlito's Way Dir. Brian De Palma. Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller B |
| Fires in the Mirror Dir. George C. Wolfe. TV Movie. Anna Deavere Smith B |
| The Fugitive Dir. Andrew Davis. Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Jeroen Krabbé B |
| ★ | Groundhog Day Dir. Harold Ramis. Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott B |
| In the Line of Fire Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich B |
| In the Name of the Father Dir. Jim Sheridan. Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite B |
| Jamón, Jamón Dir. Bigas Luna. Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Stefania Sandrelli B |
| The Last Days of Chez Nous Dir. Gillian Armstrong. Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz B |
| Menace II Society Dir. Allen and Albert Hughes. Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate B |
| Much Ado about Nothing Dir. Kenneth Branagh. Kenneth Branagh B |
| Sankofa Dir. Haile Gerima. Oyafunmike Ogunlano, Alexandra Duah, Nick Medley B |
| Short Cuts Dir. Robert Altman. Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Lily Tomlin B |
| Six Degrees of Separation Dir. Fred Schepisi. Stockard Channing, Will Smith B |
| The War Room Dir. D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus. Documentary B |
| Wittgenstein Dir. Derek Jarman. Karl Johnson, Michael Gough, Clancy Chassay B |
| Zero Patience Dir. John Greyson. John Robinson, Norman Fatueux B |
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| Baraka Dir. Ron Fricke. Wordless collage of global imagery in Koyaanisqatsi vein B– |
| ★ | Bopha! Dir. Morgan Freeman. Danny Glover, Maynard Eziashi, Alfre Woodard B– |
| Dave Dir. Ivan Reitman. Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella B– |
| Dead Alive Dir. Peter Jackson. Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver, Liz Moody B– |
| For a Lost Soldier Dir. Roeland Kerbosch. Maarten Smit, Andrew Kelley B– |
| The Joy Luck Club Dir. Wayne Wang. Ming-Na Wen, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin B– |
| Jurassic Park Dir. Steven Spielberg. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Joseph Mazzello B– |
| Like Water for Chocolate Dir. Alfonso Arau. Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi B– |
| Malice Dir. Harold Becker. Bill Pullman, Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman B– |
| Philadelphia Dir. Jonathan Demme. Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington B– |
| Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Dir. Bill Duke. Whoopi Goldberg, Lauryn Hill B– |
| True Romance Dir. Tony Scott. Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman B– |
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| Addams Family Values Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld. Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá C+ |
| The Ballad of Little Jo Dir. Maggie Greenwald. Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins C+ |
| Cliffhanger Dir. Renny Harlin. Sylvester Stallone, Janine Turner, John Lithgow C+ |
| The Cormorant Dir. Peter Markham. Ralph Fiennes, Helen Schlesinger C+ |
| The Firm Dir. Sydney Pollack. Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman C+ |
| Heaven & Earth Dir. Oliver Stone. Hiep Thi Le, Joan Chen, Haing S. Ngor C+
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| Luck, Trust, and Ketchup Dir. John Dorr, Mike Kaplan. Documentary C+ |
| Shadowlands Dir. Richard Attenborough. Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger C+ |
| Untamed Heart Dir. Tony Bill. Marisa Tomei, Christian Slater, Rosie Perez C+ |
| Wilder Napalm Dir. Glenn Gordon Caron. Arliss Howard, Debra Winger C+ |
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| Flesh and Bone Dir. Steve Kloves. Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, James Caan C |
| ★ | Indecent Proposal Dir. Adrian Lyne. Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson C |
| Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. Dir. Leslie Harris. Ariyan Johnson, Kevin Thigpen C |
| Lost in Yonkers Dir. Martha Coolidge. Mercedes Ruehl, Richard Dreyfuss C |
| ★ | Manhattan Murder Mystery Dir. Woody Allen. Diane Keaton, Woody Allen C |
| Poetic Justice Dir. John Singleton. Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King C |
| Sleepless in Seattle Dir. Nora Ephron. Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Ross Malinger C |
| Sommersby Dir. Jon Amiel. Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman C |
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| Boxing Helena Dir. Jennifer Chambers Lynch. Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn C– |
| Kalifornia Dir. Dominic Sena. David Duchovny, Brad Pitt, Michelle Forbes C– |
| ★ | The Pelican Brief Dir. Alan J. Pakula. Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington C– |
| Three of Hearts Dir. Yurek Bogayevicz. William Baldwin, Kelly Lynch C– |
| Wide Sargasso Sea Dir. John Duigan. Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker C– |
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| M Butterfly Dir. David Cronenberg. Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Ian Richardson D+ |
| ★ | Sliver Dir. Phillip Noyce. Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger D+ |
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| ★ | Body of Evidence Dir. Uli Edel. Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna D |
| ★ | A Dangerous Woman Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal. Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey D |
| The Three Musketeers Dir. Stephen Herek. Chris O'Donnell, Kiefer Sutherland D |
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| Falling Down Dir. Joel Schumacher. Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall F |
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In Need of Reappraisal
The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain
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| Mrs. Doubtfire Dir. Chris Columbus. Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan — |
| My Life Dir. Bruce Joel Rubin. Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Haing S. Ngor — |
| Sniper Dir. Luis Llosa. Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J.T. Walsh, Aden Young — |
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