Directed by: Federico Fellini
Starring: Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Bruno Zanin
Second Viewing
Synopsis: A year in the life of a small town in Italy in the 1930s, focusing mainly on one family.
Hmmm… I guess I just don’t like Fellini very much. Of the handful of his films that I’ve seen up to this point, I [...]

Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Robert De Niro, Gerard Depardieu, Donald Sutherland
Second Viewing
Synopsis: Following the lives of two men in Italy — one rich, one poor — from their childhood in the early years of the 1900s to the fall of the Fascist party at the end of WWII.
I’m going to admit that I actually [...]

Directed by: George Lucas
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat
First Viewing
Synopsis: A group of friends, recently graduated from high school, have one last night of fun before moving on to bigger and better things.
Meh. Wasn’t crazy about this one. I guess the streak of really good movies had to end eventually. [...]

Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards
First Viewing
Synopsis: Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein — reporters for the Washington Post — slowly uncover the details behind the Watergate scandal.
Boy, the list is on fire, isn’t it? This was yet another really great film, and one I can’t believe I waited so [...]

Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Ian Holm
Third Viewing
Synopsis: The crew of a mining ship end up with an unwelcome visitor after stopping at a strange planet to investigate a distress call.
I have mixed feelings on Ridley Scott — on one hand, he made films like this and Blade Runner, which is easily [...]

Directed by: Bob Fosse
Starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer
First Viewing
Synopsis: A semi-autobiographical film by Bob Fosse about a hard-living, womanizing dance choreographer.
Like Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, this is another film that wasn’t particularly on my radar. If it weren’t for the list, there’s a good chance that I never would have watched [...]