Adam's Rib	essay by David Ehrenstein
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	essay by David Morgan
The Adventures of Robin Hood	essay by Rudy Behlmer
Akira	essay by David Chute
Alphaville	essay by Andrew Sarris
Amarcord	essay by Peter Bondanella
Andrei Rublev	essay by Jim Hoberman
Annie Hall	essay by Marshall Brickman
Arsenic and Old Lace	essay by Johnathan Benair
Ashes and Diamonds	essay by Daniel Gerould
The Asphalt Jungle	essay by Peter Heath Becker
Autumn Sonata	essay by Peter Cowie
L'avventura	essay by Gene Youngblood
Bad Day at Black Rock	essay by John Sturges
The Bad Sleep Well	essay by Chuck Stephens
Beauty and the Beast	essay by Francis Steegmuller
The Big Chill	essay by Torene Svitil
Big Deal on Madonna Street	essay by Bruce Eder
Black Narcissus	essay by Ronald Haver
Black Orpheus	essay by David Ehrenstein
Blackmail	essay by Laurent Bouzereau
Blade Runner	essay by William M. Kolb
The Blob	essay by Michael Dare
Blood of a Poet	essay by Jean Cocteau
Blowup	essay by David Ehrenstein
Boyz N the Hood	essay by Elvis Mitchell
Branded to Kill	essay by John Zorn
Breaker Morant	essay by Michael Dare
Breaking the Waves	essay by Mark Rance
Breathless	essay by John Powers
Brief Encounter	essay by Adrian Turner
The Burmese Harp	essay by Adrian Turner
Burn!	essay by Danny Peary
La Cage Aux Folles	essay by Michael Lassell
Carnal Knowledge	essay by Bruce Eder
Carrie	essay by Laurant Bouzereau
Casablanca	essay by Ronald Haver
Cat People	essay by Bruce Eder
Children of Paradise	essay by Brian Stonehill
Citizen Kane: 50th Anniversary Edition	essay by Roger P. Smith
Cleo from 5 to 7	essay by molly haskell
Close Encounters of the Third Kind	essay by Don Shay
Confidentially Yours	essay by Don Allen
Coup de Torchon	essay by Michael Dare
Crash	essay by J. Hoberman
Cries and Whispers	essay by Peer Cowe
Damage	essay by Kenneth Turan
Darling	essay by David Ehrenstein
David Holzman's Diary	essay by Jaime Wolf
Dead Presidents	essay by Darius James
Dead Ringers	essay by Chris Rodley
Dersu Uzala	essay by Donald Richie
The Devil and Daniel Webster	essay by Bruce Eder
Diabolique	essay by Danny Peary
Diva	essay by Nancy Bauer
Do the Right Thing	essay by Roger Ebert
Dr. No	essay by Sally Hibbin
Dr. Strangelove	essay by Mark Dery
Dodes'ka-den	essay by Barbara Scharres
Earrings of Madame de...	essay by Andrew Sarris
Edward II	essay by Bill Horrigan
8 1/2	essay by Alexander Sesonske
The Emperor Jones	essay by Bruce Eder
Evergreen	essay by Bruce Eder
Evita	essay by Peter Cowie
The Fallen Idol	essay by Howard A. Rodman
Fellini Satyricon	essay by Harry Lawton
Fires on the Plain	essay by Terrence Rafferty
The Fisher King	essay by Michael Wilmington
Five Corners	essay by Jay Carr
Five Easy Pieces	essay by Michael Dare
Floating Weeds	essay by David Ehrenstein
Forbidden Games	essay by David Ehrenstein
Forbidden Planet	essay by Charles Tashiro
49th Parallel	essay by Bruce Eder
The 400 Blows	essay by Annette Insdorf
French Can Can	essay by Andrew Sarris
From Russia With Love	essay by Steven Jay Rubin
Get out your Hankerchiefs	essay by Arion Berger
Ghostbusters	essay by Don Shay
The Golden Coach	essay by Andrew Sarris
Goldfinger	essay by Steven Jay Rubin
The Graduate	essay by Howard Suber
Grand Illusion	essay by Peter Cowie
The Great Escape	essay by John Sturges
Great Expectations	essay by Adrian Turner
Green for Danger	essay by Robert Mundy
Halloween	essay by Tom Allen
Hard Boiled	essay by Barbara Scharres
A Hard Day's Night	essay by Bruce Eder
The Harder They Come	essay by Michael Dare
HELP!	essay by Bruce Eder
Henry V	essay by Bruce Eder
Here Comes Mr. Jordan	essay by Elizabeth Montgomery
Hidden Fortress	essay by David Ehrenstein
High Noon	essay by Howard Suber
Hobson's Choice	essay by Terrence Rafferty
The Horse's Mouth	essay by Jonathan Benair
I Am Cuba	essay by J. Hoberman
I Know Where I'm Going	essay by Ian Christe
Ikiru	essay by Alexander Sesonske
The Importance of Being Earnest	essay by Charles Dennis
In Which We Serve	essay by Bruce Eder
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	essay by Maurice Yacowar
It's A Wonderful Life	essay by Jeanine Basinger
Jason and the Argonauts	essay by Bruce Eder
Jour De Fete	essay by Alan Rich
Jules and Jim	essay by John Powers
The Killer	essay by David Chute
The Killing	essay by David Ehrenstein
King Kong	essay by Ronald Haver
King of Hearts	essay by David Ehrenstein
The King of Kings	essay by Charles Musser
Knife in the Water	essay by Roman Polanski
Kwaidan	essay by David Ehrenstein
The Lacemaker	essay by Danny Peary
Lady for a Day	essay by Andy Klein
The Lady Vanishes	essay by Michael Wilmington
The Last Laugh	essay by Alyssa Katz
The Last Metro	essay by Francois Truffaut
The Last Picture Show	essay by Danny Peary
Last Tango in Paris	essay by Pauline Kael
Lawrence of Arabia	essay by Jeremy Kagan
League of Gentlemen	essay by Adrian Turner
Letter From an Unknown Woman	essay by Charles Dennis
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	essay by Ronald Haver
Lola Montes	essay by Andrew Sarris
Lolita	essay by Gene Youngblood
The Long Good Friday	essay by Michael Sragow
The Lord of the Flies	essay by Peter Brook
The Magic Flute	essay by Peter Cowie
The Magnificent Ambersons	essay by Robert Carrington
The Makioka Sisters	essay by Michael Sragow
Man Bites Dog	essay by Holly Willis
The Man Who Fell to Earth	essay by Robert Lloyd
Menace II Society	essay by Todd Boyd
Miracle in Milan	essay by Vittorio DeSica
Mr. Hulot's Holiday	essay by David Ehrenstein
Mon Oncle	essay by Alan Rich
Mona Lisa	essay by Neil Jordan
Montenegro	essay by Barbara Scharres
Monterey Pop	essay by Bruce Eder & D.A. Pennebaker
Monty Python and the Holy Grail	essay by Colman DeKay
Naked	essay by Ian Baruma
A Night at the Opera	essay by Leonard Maltin
The Night of the Hunter	essay by David Ehrenstein
The Night Porter	essay by annette insdorf
A Night to Remember	essay by Michael Sragow
North by Northwest	essay by David Ehrenstein
Notorious	essay by Rudy Behlmer
Odd Man Out	essay by Michael Sragrow
Oliver Twist	essay by Michael Sragow
Once Were Warriors	essay by Nelson George
Onibaba	essay by Claire Johnston
Osaka Elegy	essay by Barbara Scharres
Othello	essay by Jonathan Rosembaum
Parade	essay by Jonathan Rosembaum
Paths of Glory	essay by David Ehrenstein
Pink Flamingos	essay by Dennis Dermody
The Player	essay by Owen Gleiberman
Polyester	essay by Carrie Rickey
The Prince of Tides	essay by Bruce Eder
The Princess Bride	essay by Sharon McCormick
The Producers	essay by David Ehrenstein
Pulp Fiction	essay by Janet Maslin
Pygmalion	essay by David Ehrenstein
Raging Bull	essay by David Ehrenstein
Rashomon	essay by Alexander Sesonske
Rebecca	essay by Leonard J. Leff
The Red Balloon and White Mane	essay by David Ehrenstein
Red Beard	essay by Donald Richie
The Red Shoes	essay by Ian Christie
Repulsion	essay by Michael Sragow
The Return of Martin Guerre	essay by Annette Insdorf
Richard III	essay by Bruce Eder
The River	essay by Alexander Sesonske
Robinson Crusoe on Mars	essay by John Peavoy
ROBOCOP	essay by Carrie Rickey
The Rock	essay by Roger Ebert
La Ronde	essay by Andrew Sarris
The Rules of the Game	essay by Alexander Sesonske
Sabotage	essay by Mark Fleischmann
Samurai I	essay by Bruce Eder
Samurai II	essay by Bruce Eder
Samurai III	essay by Bruce Eder
Sanjuro	essay by Michael Sragow
Sansho the Bailiff	essay by Michael Sragow
Scaramouche	essay by Dick Dinman
Scenes from a Marriage	essay by Peter Cowie
Se7en	essay by Rob Bottin
The Secret Agent	essay by Mark Fleischmann
Seven Samurai	essay by David Ehrenstein
The Seventh Seal	essay by Peter Cowie
sex, lies, and videotape	essay by Michael Dare
Shampoo	essay by Danny Peary
She's Gotta Have It	essay by Hilton Als
Shine	essay by Bruce Eder
Shoot the Piano Player	essay by David Ehrenstein
Short Cuts	essay by Michael Wilmington
Show Boat	essay by Miles Kreuger
Sid and Nancy	essay by Jon Savage
The Silence	essay by Leo Brady
The Silence of the Lambs	essay by Amy Taubin
Silverado	essay by Mark Kasdan
Singin' in the Rain	essay by Ronald Haver
Smiles of a Summer Night	essay by Pauline Kael
Soft Skin	essay by Peter Cowie
Some Like it Hot	essay by Howard Suber
Spartacus	essay by Stephan Farber
La Strada	essay by David Ehrenstein
Summertime	essay by David Denby
Sunday, Bloody Sunday	essay by Mary Beth Crain
Supercop	essay by Manohla Dargis
Sweet Sweetback's Baaadassssss Song	essay by Nelson George
Swept Away	essay by Annette Insdorf
Swing Time	essay by John Mueller
The Sword of Doom	essay by Bruce Eder
The Tales of Hoffmann	essay by Bruce Eder
Taxi Driver	essay by Frank Rich
That Obscure Object of Desire	essay by Danny Peary
The Third Man	essay by Michael Wilmington
The 39 Steps	essay by Michael Wilmington
This is Spinal Tap	essay by Peter Occhiogrosso
Three Cases of Murder	essay by Charles Dennis
3 Penny Opera	essay by Anneliese Varaldiev
Throne of Blood	essay by Donald Richie
Tokyo Drifter	essay by Manohla Dargis
Tokyo Olympiad	essay by Jeff Kisseloff
Tootsie	essay by Michael Sragow
Tunes of Glory	essay by Jonathan Benair
12 Angry Men	essay by Peter Heath Becker
Two English Girls	essay by Bruce Eder
2001: A Space Odyssey	essay by Howard Suber
Ugetsu	essay by Keiko McDonald
Umberto D.	essay by Peter Becker
The Unbearable Lightness of Being	essay by Michael Sragow
The Virgin Spring	essay by Peter Cowie
Vivre sa vie	essay by J. Hoberman
Wages of Fear	essay by Danny Peary
Walkabout	essay by Siskel & Ebert
West Side Story	essay by Charles Tashiro
Why has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?	essay by Godfrey Cheshire
Wild Strawberries	essay by Peter Cowie
Winter Light	essay by Peter Cowie
The Wizard of Oz	essay by Ronald Haver
The Woman Next Door	essay by Andrew Sarris
Young and Innocent	essay by Mark Fleishman
Zulu	essay by David Ehrenstein

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