DELIVERANCE (1972)
Actor Ned Beatty passed away this week, so we revisit his first and most famous/infamous role.
PLATOON (1986)
A very violent, dark Vietnam movie written and directed by an actual Vietnam veteran, so I would say it’s high quality but your mileage may vary.
WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
About three-quarters of my favorite movie all-time, but not quite. Still sort of elemental to where musicals have gone since then.
ROCKY (1976)
A tiny boxing movie about a bunch of weirdos that became a massive cultural smash. I like some parts.
IMITATION OF LIFE (1959)
This over-the-top melodrama about mothers and daughters from director Douglas Sirk was considered populist trash at the time and is today seen as high art.
UNFORGIVEN (1992)
This most revisionist of revisionist westerns brought Clint Eastwood to the highest tier of modern directors.
AMARCORD (1974)
Federico Fellini’s exaggerated childhood memories form the basis for this story of a year in the life of a 1930s Italian small town.
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943)
A truly amazing movie that takes a negative stereotype and helps us understand him, in beautiful technicolor, with some of the most interesting performances I’ve seen, all made in England during the Blitz.
