The June issue of
Sight & Sound has selected 75 "mainstream marvels of the last 30 years" - commercial films that deserve more critical appreciation or notice. I was glad to see a few of my favourites among the list, such as
Excalibur, Deep Cover, Unlawful Entry, The Runaways, The Bounty, Breakdown, Femme Fatale, Footloose, Jennifer's Body, and
Tombstone. I have to question the inclusion of
The Devil Wears Prada, which seems to me to be an obvious classic already. Several key mainstream marvels could also be added to this list of 75 (for the full list get a copy of the magazine), such as
Killing Zoe,
Looker, Nacho Libre, Congo, Don't Say A Word, The Rainmaker, and
JFK.
Dear Todd
ReplyDeleteI really don't watch many films apart from French ones. Rusty has got hold of a copy of Midnight Cowboy which she insists that we are going to watch on bank holiday Monday. We'll see.
Best wishes from Simon
Hi Simon, that's a great film, though rather downbeat.
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