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Better than BFI’s Top 100: 4-2

For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here   4) Kes (1969), directed by Ken Loach Kes is the first foreign-language movie I’ve written about for this series (waits patiently for laughs). In seriousness, this is a fairly talky movie, done in Yorkshire accents so thick that I honestly wouldn’t… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 4-2

July 27, 2019 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

Better than BFI’s Top 100: 35-31

For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here   35) The Man in the White Suit (1951), directed by Alexander Mackendrick The most successful of the British labor comedies, The Man in the White Suit does a good job of making the comedy work. This is a fairly zany movie largely… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 35-31

July 13, 2019 speakerformediocrities2 Comments

Better than BFI’s Top 100: 75-71

For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here.    75) Gregory’s Girl (1981), directed by Bill Forsyth There’s a kid in a penguin costume running around in this movie, and I thought for sure that we would find out why, but of course we don’t. It couldn’t matter less why he… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 75-71

May 30, 2019 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

Better than BFI’s Top 100: 80-76

For a brief introduction and a running list of movies covered in this project, click here.  80) The Last Emperor (1987), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci Nothing says communism like a dull color palette: one hundred and fifty shades of gray, dead blues, dried puke greens, dried snot yellows, orange that’s been out in the sun too long,… Read More Better than BFI’s Top 100: 80-76

May 30, 2019July 26, 2022 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

Better than the Oscars: 1

The following is from my series of Oscar Best Picture rankings, as well as my strongly worded suggestions for what should have won from among the nominees. For an introduction to the project, click here. For a way to vote on some Oscar-related ideas, click here. If I’ve written a review on any of the… Read More Better than the Oscars: 1

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 speakerformediocrities2 Comments

Better than the Oscars: 15-11

The following is from my series of Oscar Best Picture rankings, as well as my strongly worded suggestions for what should have won from among the nominees. For an introduction to the project, click here. For a way to vote on some Oscar-related ideas, click here. If I’ve written a review on any of the… Read More Better than the Oscars: 15-11

July 17, 2018 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

Better than the Oscars: 45-41

The following is from my series of Oscar Best Picture rankings, as well as my strongly worded suggestions for what should have won from among the nominees. For an introduction to the project, click here. For a way to vote on some Oscar-related ideas, click here. If I’ve written a review on any of the… Read More Better than the Oscars: 45-41

June 20, 2018August 7, 2018 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

Better than the Oscars: 75-71

The following is from my series of Oscar Best Picture rankings, as well as my strongly worded suggestions for what should have won from among the nominees. For an introduction to the project, click here. For a way to vote on some Oscar-related ideas, click here. If I’ve written a review on any of the… Read More Better than the Oscars: 75-71

June 7, 2018 speakerformediocrities1 Comment

A Passage to India (1984)

Dir. David Lean. Starring Victor Banerjee, Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft In The Love Bug, Jim Douglas does not want that little car at first. If Herbie were some average automobile, then the movie would be over in five minutes. (Or, alternately, might have taken a very dark and un-Disney turn as Dean Jones plays an… Read More A Passage to India (1984)

May 5, 2018May 28, 2018 speakerformediocrities2 Comments

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Dir. David Lean. Starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins It’s likely, if not probably, a coincidence that The Bridge on the River Kwai premiered as far away from the end of its war as Full Metal Jacket, The Cranes Are Flying, and All Quiet on the Western Front did from their wars. There were… Read More The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

February 21, 2018 speakerformediocrities2 Comments

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