The Killing Fields The Killing Fields
Dr. Haing S. Ngor won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the journalist Dith Pran in this account of the Cambodian genocide in the 1970s.
Jan 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Kopkind
From Here to Eternity From Here to Eternity
Actually, what will be shown from here to eternity will be Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr cavorting on the beach.
Jan 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Manny Farber
Shane Shane
Thanks to a good pair of elevator shoes, the famously diminutive Alan Ladd walks tall into battle against an evil cattle baron.
Jan 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Manny Farber
Taxi Driver Taxi Driver
John Hinckley ignored Robert DeNiro and became obsessed with Jodie Foster, eventually attempting to kill President Reagan to impress her.
Jan 9, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
The Graduate The Graduate
Dustin Hoffman chooses Mrs. Robinson over plastics. Who wouldn't?
Jan 9, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
The Sorrow and the Pity The Sorrow and the Pity
Marcel Ophuls documents Vichy France's shameful collaboration with Nazi Germany.
Jan 9, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Unforgiven Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood won his first Academy Award for this Dirty-Harry-meets-the-western classic.
Jan 9, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Raging Bull Raging Bull
Robert DeNiro put on sixty pounds during the course of filming, probably by swallowing all that Hershey's syrup Martin Scorsese used for blood in the brutal black and white fight s...
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Annie Hall Annie Hall
Of all the shiksa goddesses that Woody Allen created, none could top Annie Hall. "La-dee-da, la-dee-da..."
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
The Third Man The Third Man
Something was rotten in postwar Vienna, but it wasn't Graham Greene's brilliant screenplay.
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Manny Farber