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So here we go again. The 1990s were an odd decade cinematically, ripe with excellent films, ground-breaking work, innovations as well as a large number of duds. There were also films released to rave reviews that never found an audience. I combed through the decade and came up with 15 films worthy of discussion as […]
Those underrated gems of the 1990s
Posted by John Foote · 1:08 pm · May 18th, 2009
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What does early (and excessive) Oscar hype do to a film’s chances?
Posted by John Foote · 3:31 pm · September 20th, 2008
In 1996, a fall movie preview of Entertainment Weekly arrived in my mailbox, the cast of “The Crucible” staring back at me on the cover, making clear to me this was going to be THE film of the fall. There were rumors floating within the industry that the film, based on the Arthur Miller play, […]
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Alone: when you hate a movie everyone else seems to love
Posted by John Foote · 11:16 am · September 2nd, 2008
In 1996 I remember sitting in a packed screening room watching “The English Patient”; it was close to the end when Ralph Fiennes leaves Kristin Scott-Thomas in the cave, promising to come back, never to return, leaving her (through no fault of his own) to perish. I couldn’t help thinking at the time: “For fuck’s […]
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