The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
Reds (1981)
This will sound a little odd, but John Reed represents the kind of writer that I aspire to be – dashing, passionate, sure of himself,...
On Golden Pond (1981)
I’ll be honest, I didn’t know that I wanted to see On Golden Pond until I saw it. Maybe I’m too jaded and cynical. Perhaps...
Das Boot ist voll (The Boat is Full) (1981)
The Boat is Full is one of those films about a desperate situation in which you are invited to ask ‘Well, what would you do...
Time Bandits (1981)
I want to love Time Bandits much more than my common sense will allow. Here is a movie with such a massive concept, with such...
Halloween II (1981)
I don’t blame anyone for wanting to make Halloween II. There is money floating in the air with a title like that, especially after the...
Ticket to Heaven (1981)
Ticket to Heaven is a drama with a fascinating insight into how one intelligent, literate person can become seduced by a cult. If the movie...
Chanel Solitaire (1981)
Walking into a movie about a great artist, one expects to be taken on a journey through the artistic process. Recently, I had a problem...
