Pre-1996 Films Reviewed

Occasional comments on a few of the older films I've seen (or re-seen) since I began this website. For an explanation of the ratings, see the 1996 Movies page.

NOTE: Almost all these mini-reviews were written in 1996-2002, before this page was supplanted by the (even) more casual Screening Logs for Older Movies. Go there for oldies seen since 2003.

Title (Rating)

• ADVISE AND CONSENT (1962) (79)
• ALL NIGHT LONG (1981) (51)
• AMADEUS (1984) (65)
• AND LIFE GOES ON (1992) (73)
• AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (1945) (87)
• ANTONIO DAS MORTES (1969) (72)
• AUTUMN SONATA (1978) (70)
• THE BABY OF MACON (1993) (18)
• THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1983) (68)
• BELLE OF THE NINETIES (1934) (34)
• LA BETE HUMAINE (1938) (76)
• THE BIG HEAT (1953) (86) (76 - second viewing)
• BILLY LIAR (1963) (81)
• THE BLACK CAT (1934) (67) (75 - second viewing)
• BLONDE CRAZY (1931) (76)
• LES BONNES FEMMES (1960) (87)
• BOOMERANG! (1947) (69)
• BREAKING AWAY (1979) (63)
• BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945) (87)
• CACTUS FLOWER (1969) (49)
• CAMILLA (1954) (76)
• CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947) (47)
• THE CITADEL (1938) (51)
• CITY OF SADNESS (1989) (68)
• THE CLOCK (1945) (73)
• COLD WATER (1994) (86)
• COMING HOME (1978) (45)
• LE CORBEAU / THE RAVEN (1943) (78)
• COUP DE TORCHON / CLEAN SLATE (1982) (69)
• CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (1989) (76)
• DARLING (1965) (71)
• DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) (76)
• DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (1962) (74)
• THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE (1986) (49)
• DEEP END (1970) (73) (77 - second viewing)
• THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND (1976) (74)
• DO YOU REMEMBER DOLLY BELL? (1981) (47)
• EAST OF EDEN (1955) (76)
• EASY LIVING (1937) (67)
• EASY RIDER (1969) (78)
• EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987) (43)
• THE EXORCIST (1973) (68)
• FAMILY PLOT (1976) (67)
• FAT CITY (1972) (87)
• FEMALE CONVICT "SCORPION" - JAILHOUSE 41 (1972) (59)
• FIXED BAYONETS (1951) (71)
• FLOATING WEEDS (1959) (54)
• FOURTEEN HOURS (1951) (56)
• FRENZY (1972) (70)
• THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (1973) (82)
• THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY AT THE PENALTY KICK (1971) (72)
• THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) (79)
• THE GOLDEN COACH (1952) (75)
• THE GREAT SANTINI (1979) (65)
• THE GREEN PROMISE (1949) (56)
• THE GYPSY MOTHS (1969) (68)
• HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM (1933) (77)
• HI MOM! (1970) (72)
• THE HORSE SOLDIERS (1959) (46)
• HOW I WON THE WAR (1967) (75)
• THE HUMAN COMEDY (1943) (78)
• I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (1970) (82)
• THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957) (73) (77 - second viewing)
• AN INN IN TOKYO (1935) (68)
• THE IRON MASK (1929) (81)
• JOURNEY FOR MARGARET (1942) (65)
• JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1942) (77)
• JUGGERNAUT (1974) (85)
• KICKING AND SCREAMING (1995) (59)
• A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS (1955) (61)
• A KIND OF LOVING (1962) (74)
• THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (1972) (46)
• KING OF THE HILL (1993) (72)
• LAST CHANTS FOR A SLOW DANCE (1977) (73)
• THE LAST DETAIL (1973) (74)
• LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1972) (48)
• LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD (1961) (68)
• LAUGHTER (1930) (74)
• LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948) (69)
• LISBON STORY (1994) (54)
• LOOK BACK IN ANGER (1958) (66)
• LOST IN AMERICA (1985) (71)
• THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES (1936) (75)
• THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934) (48)
• THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) (53)
• MATEWAN (1987) (82)
• A MODERN HERO (1934) (43)
• MODERN ROMANCE (1981) (79)
• MODESTY BLAISE (1966) (55)
• MON ONCLE ANTOINE (1971) (70)
• MONSIEUR VERDOUX (1947) (84)
• THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932) (72)
• THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE (1973) (80)
• MOULIN ROUGE (1952) (74)
• MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) (74)
• MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) (88)
• MS.45 / ANGEL OF VENGEANCE (1981) (67)
• MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985) (64)
• A NEW LIFE (1993) (64)
• NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH (1940) (66) (71 - second viewing)
• NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957) (62)
• NO END (1984) (72)
• NORTHWEST PASSAGE (1940) (71)
• THE NUN (1966) (68)
• THE NUN'S STORY (1959) (61)
• THE OFFENCE (1973) (64)
• ON APPROVAL (1943) (73) (66 - second viewing)
• ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) (66)
• ORPHEE (1949) (69)
• OVER THE EDGE (1979) (83)
• PEEPING TOM (1960) (67)
• LE PETIT SOLDAT (1963) (65)
• PILLOW TALK (1959) (52)
• THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946) (78)
• THE POWER AND THE GLORY (1933) (64)
• THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1937) (78)
• THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII (1933) (57)
• PROVIDENCE (1977) (76)
• RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952) (68)
• RED RIVER (1948) (75)
• REMBRANDT (1936) (66)
• THE REVOLUTIONARY (1970) (75)
• RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962) (70)
• THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN (1975) (59)
• ROXIE HART (1942) (74)
• SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954) (79) (75 - second viewing)
• SENSO (1954) (82)
• SHADOWS (1959) (78)
• A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER (1938) (76)
• THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH (1957) (48)
• THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (1973) (69)
• THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (1965) (78)
• A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (1934) (67)
• STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984) (62)
• THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE (1941) (78)
• TAKE CARE OF YOUR SCARF, TATJANA! (1993) (66)
• THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (1977) (63)
• THEY WON'T FORGET (1937) (62)
• THE THREEPENNY OPERA (1931) (73)
• THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (1994) (74)
• THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955) (66)
• TUMBLEWEEDS (1925) (67)
• TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER (1967) (76)
• UMBERTO D (1953) (95)
• THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964) (93)
• VALLEY OF ABRAHAM (1993) (38)
• VAMPYR (1932) (75)
• VENGEANCE IS MINE (1979) (74)
• THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953) (89)
• THE WANDERERS (1979) (54)
• THE WAY TO THE STARS (1945) (58)
• WEDDING IN BLOOD (1973) (70)
• WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS? (1984) (64)
• WHEN STRANGERS MARRY (1944) (73)
• WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966)(68)
• A WORLD APART (1988) (53)
• WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956) (77)
• XALA (1974) (73)
• YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) (54)
• THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (1967) (76)
• YOUNG TORLESS (1966) (57)