OBPC #50: Annie Hall, 1977
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) Annie Hall (1977): Dir. Woody Allen. Written by: Allen and Marshall Brickman. Starring: Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, and Paul Simon. Rated PG for mild language, suggestive themes, and […]
Oscars Best Picture Countdown
OBPC #49: Rocky, 1976
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Rocky (1976): Dir. John G. Avildsen. Written by: Sylvester Stallone. Starring: Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, and Carl Weathers. Rated PG for sports violence. Running time: 119 […]
OBPC #48: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975): Dir. Milos Forman. Written by: Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based upon the novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. Starring: […]
OBPC #47: The Godfather Part II, 1974
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) The Godfather Part II (1974): Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Written by: Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based upon the novel The Godfather by Puzo. Starring: Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Diane […]
OBPC #46: The Sting, 1973
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) The Sting (1973): Dir. George Roy Hill. Written by: David S. Ward. Starring: Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, and J.J. Singleton. Rated PG for violence and […]
OBPC #45: The Godfather, 1972
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) The Godfather (1972): Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Written by: Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based upon the novel of the same name by Puzo. Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert […]
OBPC #44: The French Connection, 1971
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) The French Connection (1971): Dir. William Friedkin. Written by: Ernest Tidyman. Based upon the book of the same name by Robin Moore. Starring: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, […]
Best Picture Countdown: A Mid-Point Review
Well folks, we’re just a hair over the halfway point, and it’s only taken me a year! Time to reflect on my trek through the films of 1928—1970. As of this point my favorite film […]
OBPC #43: Patton, 1970
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) Patton (1970): Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. Written by: Edmund H. North and Francis Ford Coppola. Based upon the books Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and A Soldier’s Story […]
OBPC #42: Midnight Cowboy, 1969
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) Midnight Cowboy (1969): Dir. John Schlesinger. Written by: Waldo Salt. Based upon the novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. Starring: Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvia Miles, […]