Cool Hand Luke
“You wild, beautiful thing. You crazy handful of nothin’.”
New Hollywood
THX 1138
I don’t care that it’s inaccessible and pessimistic; it’s bold and exciting filmmaking, and that’s always worth paying attention to.
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
So much character is packed into the trivial conversations littering the film that these personalities feel real, like they’ve lived real lives outside of the film rather than being conjured up for a two-hour existence.
Superman
Superman helped usher in an era in which sci-fi and fantasy were treated with some respect in Hollywood and by ticket buyers.
3 Days of the Condor
3 Days of the Condor makes the government and its intelligence agencies appear as invisible forces of manipulation, untrustworthy and self-interested.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
He becomes their leader, and pushes these mentally disabled men to realize their potential for breaking through the apathy that dully colors their monotonous lives.
The Andromeda Strain
The film’s biohazard plot begins when a satellite crash lands in Piedmont, New Mexico, and nearly all of the town’s residents appear to die almost immediately—except a newborn baby and an old man.
In the Heat of the Night
Beyond its impeccable screenplay and superb acting, the enduring appeal of In the Heat of the Night is in its nuanced consideration of racial relations at a tense time in United States history.