This month we focus on 1990. Y'all decided this: I put it to a vote, and The People demanded a review of years in which Kevin Costner directed a movie. 1990 is the first such year, with Dances with Wolves.
Among the 30 films nominated in the traditional competitive categories, one finds at least one NC-17 film, 10 indies, five directed by actors, and one "legacy sequel." The 30 nominees:
But, it's not just about Oscar nominees. I watched 75 films for this, and we're gonna talk about all of them. Here they are:
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Alice
Avalon
Awakenings
Back to the Future: Part III
Backtrack (aka Catchfire)
Blue Steel
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Church
Cinema Paradiso
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
Cry-Baby
Cyrano de Bergerac
Dances with Wolves
Darkman
Days of Thunder
Dick Tracy
Edward Scissorhands
The Exorcist III
The Field
Flatliners
Frankenstein Unbound
Ghost
The Godfather: Part III
GoodFellas
Green Card
The Grifters
The Guardian
Hamlet
Havana
Henry & June
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Home Alone
House Party
The Hunt for Red October
I Love You to Death
Kindergarten Cop
King of New York
The Long Walk Home
Longtime Companion
Men at Work
Mermaids
Metropolitan
Miller's Crossing
Misery
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
Mo' Better Blues
Monsieur Hire
My Blue Heaven
Narrow Margin
Night of the Living Dead
Nightbreed
Postcards from the Edge
Predator 2
Pretty Woman
Q&A
Reversal of Fortune
Robocop 2
Rocky V
The Russia House
Santa Sangre
The Sheltering Sky
State of Grace
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Texasville
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
To Sleep with Anger
Total Recall
Tremors
The Two Jakes
Vincent & Theo
White Hunter, Black Heart
Wild at Heart
The Witches
Young Guns II
So, where to start? Tomorrow, I'll focus on a trend that continues to this day: the legacy sequel.
1 comment:
I didn't realize there were so many entertaining movies that year! My first exposure to Helen Mirren. Kevin Kline and Tracey Ullman. Total Recall. Good Fellas and My Blue Heaven in the same year? The Grifters. Lots of good roles inhabited by good actors.
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