Room At The Top (And Bottom)
It’s been a decent year for pix, and that’s just the problem. Unless one tries hard, one rarely stumbles into clear and present skunks anymore. Maybe it’s that the choices in New York are more varied: I know my colleagues in Birmingham get two crypto-Disneys a week to choose from.
Room At The Top (And Bottom)
WAYNE ROBINS
It’s been a decent year for pix, and that’s just the problem. Unless one tries hard, one rarely stumbles into clear and present skunks anymore. Maybe it’s that the choices in New York are more varied: I know my colleagues in Birmingham get two crypto-Disneys a week to choose from. At the same time, there are few enough great movies, only my first two selections get A plus — but enough good ones to make rating tough. And for lack of money, time, or inclination, there’s a few I haven't seen, which is why The Night Porter didn’t make either list; why Scenes From A Marriage, and Juggernaut weren’t nominated for the top ten, though every indication says they’ve been deserving; and why Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia didn’t hit bottom. But since movies should have some right of due process, we’ll exclude those and talk about the ones I have seen.
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