The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
Drama
Last Night (1998)
What would you do if you knew that the world was going to end at midnight? If we knew it was absolutely the last night...
Family Business (1989)
I begin my assessment of Sydney Lumet’s Family Business, as I suppose anyone would, with the casting. Sean Connery is the father of Dustin Hoffman...
Physical Evidence (1989)
I hate movies that are so clearly riding the success of an earlier more successful movie – I think in the film critics’ terminology it’s...
Hope and Glory (1987)
I have a deep and abiding appreciation for movies that treat kids like kids. Far too often Hollywood wants them to be junior-league adults with...
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1988)
Maggie Smith has always occupied a role with dignity, refinement and with a certain charm. As Judith Hearne she displays a vulnerability that surprised me. ...
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
Maggie Smith seems to occupy every role with dignity, refinement and with a certain charm. In The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne she displays a...
Empire of the Sun (1987)
No one is better at allowing us to touch the heart and mind of his characters than Steven Spielberg. He has a magic touch, a...
