The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
The Day After (1983)
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from ABC’s multi-million-dollar armageddon scare-drama The Day After is to question its purpose. What are we really seeing here and why? ...
Nate and Hayes (1983)
I like to think I know where I stand with a movie when I walk in. When Nate and Hayes was over, I wasn’t exactly...
Amityville 3D (1983)
There is a scene deep into "Amityville 3-D" in which the new owner of the famous haunted house at 112 Ocean Avenue comes home and...
Testament (1983)
I entered into Lynn Littman’s Testament knowing only that it had something to do with nuclear war. I had visions of the nightmare scenario, of...
Deal of the Century (1983)
I can always smell a comedy in which there is no structure. I can tell when the director is hoping that since there are funny...
Richard Pryor . . . Here and Now (1983)
Someone once told me that comedy is born from tragedy. It helps us understand our misery in a way that is relatable and comforting. Show...
Educating Rita (1983)
I always say that the best stories are those in which you can feel that history of the characters. You can feel their experience, their...
