Best Picture: #42Original Release Date:Rating: R (Originally X)Runtime: 1 hour, 53 minutesDirector: John Schlesinger Quick Impressions:This week we spent fifty-nine hours without power, including one night when the temperature outside was six degrees for several hours. During that time, I couldn’t use a computer, but I still did plenty of …
Best Picture #41Original Release Date: September 26, 1968Rating: GRuntime: 2 hours, 33 minutesDirector: Carol Reed Quick Impressions:I fell in love with Oliver! when I was three years old. If I’m being brutally honest with myself, it’s probably not my favorite movie anymore. (I don’t know if I have just one …
Best Picture: #40Original Release Date: August 2, 1967Rating: ApprovedRuntime: 1 hour, 50 minutesDirector: Norman Jewison Quick Impressions:My grandma loved this movie and the 1980s TV show it inspired. I didn’t watch with her often, but the catchy theme song the film and show share–performed here by Ray Charles–is permanently stuck …
Best Picture: #38Original Release Date: April 1, 1965Rating: GRuntime: 2 hours, 52 minutesDirector: Robert Wise Quick Impressions:I first saw The Sound of Music when I was twelve, and we bought a VHS copy of the 25th anniversary re-release. Apparently my aunt loved this movie and watched it at least once …
Best Picture: # 37Original Release Date: December 25, 1964Rating: GRuntime: 2 hours, 50 minutesDirector: George Cukor Quick Impressions:I’ve had a long love affair with My Fair Lady. I first saw it on stage when I was seven. My gifted class took a special evening field trip to see it performed …
Best Picture:#36Original Release Date: June 26, 1963Rating: Not RatedRuntime: 2 hours, 9 minutesDirector: Tony Richardson Quick Impressions:I saw this film when I was about twelve and despised it, but I think all the shaky cam and night-time sequences were a bit hard to follow on an old school, standard definition …
Best Picture: # 35Original Release Date: December 10, 1962Rating: ApprovedRuntime: 3 hours, 48 minutesDirector: David Lean Quick Impressions:We watched the restored director’s cut of the film, which is a bit longer than the original theatrical release. Because the movie is almost four hours long, we began watching over the weekend. …
Best Picture: #34Original Release Date: October 18, 1961Rating: ApprovedRuntime: 2 hours, 33 minutesDirector: Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise Quick Impressions:“I’m not crazy about the romance or the gangs,” my daughter observed when we were about halfway through West Side Story. “I just kind of like the way it’s the first …
Best Picture: #33Original Release Date: June 15, 1960Rating: ApprovedRuntime: 2 hours, 5 minutesDirector: Billy Wilder Quick Impressions:Late last Thursday night, I wrote half a review of The Devil All the Time, a film I liked more than I expected. My tone was glib, kind of playful, and then Friday morning …
Best Picture: #32Original Release Date: November 24, 1959Rating: GRuntime: 3 hours, 32 minutesDirector: William Wyler Quick Impressions:Nobody dies in Ben-Hur. I mean none of the actors, not on screen. This is a film that played in the background of my life throughout my childhood. I always seemed to wander through …
