Reviews of Older Movies

Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1999)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Alice (1988)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Amadeus (1984)
An American in Paris (1951)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Animal House (1978)
Annie Hall (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979, Redux version)
Ashes of Time (1994, Redux version)
The Asphyx (1973)
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Au revoir les enfants (1987)
Avanti! (1972)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Bad Boys (1983)
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Bambi (1942)
Band of Outsiders (1964)
Barfly (1987)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Bay of Angels (1963)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Belle de jour (1967)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Black Moon (1975)
Black Orpheus (1959)
Black Sabbath (1963)
Blood Simple (1984)
Boiling Point (1990)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Breathless (1959)
Brief Encounter (1945)
The Brontë Sisters (1979)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Bullitt (1968)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
Candyman (1992)
Cape Fear (1991)
Casablanca (1942)
Chaos (1999)
Charade (1963)
The Chocolate War (1988)
Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Comancheros (1961)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
The Conversation (1974)
Damnation Alley (1977)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
Dark Star (1974)
Das Boot (1981)
David Holzman's Diary (1967)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dead Alive (1992)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Deep Red (1975)
Dekalog (1988/1989)
Deliverance (1972)
Denver & Rio Grande (1952)
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Design for Living (1933)
The Devil (1972)
Diabolique (1955)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Dinosaur (equally sarcastic, different gimmick)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Dr. No (1962)
Dog Star Man (1964)
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Downtown 81 (1981)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
8½ (1963)
Eraserhead (1977)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, 20th Anniversary Edition)
Europe '51 (1952)
Eyes Without a Face (1959)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Fellini Satyricon (1970)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
The Fisher King (1991)
Fistful of Dollars (1964)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
For All Mankind (1989)
The French Connection (1971)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Funny Girl (1968)
Galapagos (IMAX short)
The Geisha Boy (1958)
Genevieve (1953)
The General (1926)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Gladiator (expanded version)
Grease (1978)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Harakiri (1962)
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (2008)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Harold & Maude (1971)
Head (1968)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
High Fidelity (expanded version)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Hi-Life (1998)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Homicide (1991)
House of Wax (1953)
I Vitelloni (1953)
Identification of a Woman (1982)
if.... (1968) [third viewing, Dec 2011]
Il Posto (1961)
The Image (1975)
The Important Thing Is to Love (1975)
In Which We Serve (1942)
Inside/Out (1997)
Insignificance (1985)
Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion (1970)
Ishtar (1987)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
It Came From Outer Space (1953)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Jabberwocky (1977)
Jean de Florette (1986)
Jeanne Dielman--23, Quai du Commerce--1080 Bruxelles
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Journey to Italy (1954)
Jubal (1956)
King Kong (1933)
King of the Pecos (1936)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Knightriders (1981)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Kuroneko (1968)
L.A. Story (1991)
La femme publique (1984)
La Notte (1961)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
L'Age d'Or (1930)
L'amour braque (1985)
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
The Last Waltz (1978)
The Last Wave (1977)
Late Spring (1949)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Legend (1985)
The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Letter Never Sent (1960)
Life Is Sweet (1991)
Life of Brian (1979)
Little Big Man (1970)
Little Fugitive (1953)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
The Longest Day (1962)
Lord of the Flies (1963)
M (1931)
Macbeth (1971)
Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Malcolm X (1992)
A Man Escaped (1956)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Manhattan (1979)
Manhunter (1986)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
Marketa Lazarová (1967)
A Married Woman (1964)
Me Myself I (less sarcastic version)
Medea (1988)
Menace II Society (1993)
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Modern Romance (1981)
Monterey Pop (1968)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) [cowritten with Vern] [and again, Mar 2012]
The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (1975)
Multiple Maniacs (1970)
My Best Fiend (1999)
My Life as a Dog (1985)
My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days (1989)
Naked (1993)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
New York, New York (1977)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Non-Stop (1996)
Nosferatu (1922)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Obsession (1976)
On the Silver Globe (1988)
Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Orpheus (1950)
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Pale Flower (1964)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Patton (1970)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
People on Sunday (1930)
Pépé le Moko (1937)
A Perfect World (1993)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Piano (1993)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Platform (2000)
Police Story III: Super Cop (1992)
The Producers (1967)
Punishment Park (1971)
Purple Noon (1960)
Pusher (1996)
Ran (1985) [and another one, 16 years later]
Rebecca (1940)
Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
The Red Circle (1970)
The Red House (1947)
Repo Man (1984)
Repulsion (1965)
Revenge (1990)
Richard III (1955)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Rook (1994)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Sans soleil (1983)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Scanners (1981)
Scarface (1983)
Scum (1979)
The Searchers (1956)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Seems Like Old Times (1980)
The Seven Samurai (1954)
The Shadow (1994)
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (1999)
Slacker (1991)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Space Children (1958)
Spellbound (1945)
The Stand-In (1999)
The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
The Stepfather (1987)
The Sting (1973)
Stolen Desire (1958)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Strike (1925)
The Stunt Man (1980)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) [and again, Feb 2012]
Sweetie (1989)
The Swimmer (1968)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Taps (1981)
Ten Benny (1998)
Things to Come (1936)
The Third Part of the Night (1971)
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
The 39 Steps (1935)
This Happy Breed (1944)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
3 Women (1977)
Timecode (less sarcastic version)
The Tin Drum (1979)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX short)
The Trial (1962)
Twentieth Century (1934)
23rd Psalm Branch (1967)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Umberto D. (1952) [ideas swiped from Victor J. Morton, with permission]
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Un cœur en hiver (1992)
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
Vera Cruz (1954)
Videodrome (1983)
Violent Cop (1989)
Virus (1999)
Waking the Dead (less sarcastic version)
The War Room (1993)
Weekend of a Champion (1972)
The Well (1997)
West Side Story (1961)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
White Heat (1949)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Who's Got the Action? (1962)
Wings of Desire (1987)
World on a Wire (1973)
Yojimbo (1961)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1983)