The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
Comedy
Porky’s (1981)
I find myself surrounded by a sea of people who seem to love Porky’s. I wish them well. I can’t tell you how to be...
Cannery Row (1982)
It always drives me nuts when I see characters on the screen who come from a particular time and place, whose form and function in...
Union City (1982)
I am a fan of film noir. How many late nights have I spent pouring over old films from the 40s with beefy titles like...
A Perfect Couple (1979)
I was surprised to find that within four months, between October of 1978 and February of 1979, that Robert Altman had released three films. An...
Fast Break (1979)
If you saw Gabe Kaplan on television in the title role of “Welcome Back, Kotter,” then you’ve pretty much seen Fast Break, only in this...
The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
[reviewed February 11, 2021] Today it is difficult to remember when the Disney company wasn’t doing so well, but between Walt Disney’s death in 1966...
The Great Train Robbery (1979)
Having attempted to read some of Michael Critchton’s books, I can imagine that the best way to adapt them for the screen is to first...
