Thursday, December 6, 2012

1983 Year in Review

Best Film of The Year

GREAT MOVIES

Ballad of Narayama, The          Shohei Imamura  Japan      
Big Chill, The                          Lawrence Kasdan     US           
Dibalik Kelambu                       Teguh Karya       Indonesia
El Norte                                   Gregory Nava        Guatemala               
L'argent                                   Robert Bresson    France     
Once Upon A Time In America                Sergio Leone      US           
Return of The Jedi                   Richard Marquand                 US           
Scarface                                   Brian De Palma      US           
Silkwood                                  Mike Nichols    US           
Star 80                                     Bob Fosse                 US           
Streamers                                                 Robert Altman    US           
Terms of Endearment                             James L. Brooks     US           
Videodrome                              David Cronenberg                 Canada
Yentl                                       Barbra Streisand  US           

MUST SEE

4th Man, The                          Paul Verhoeven                 Netherlands
Dead Zone, The                       David Cronenberg                Canada
Flashdance                                               Adrian Lyne        US
L'homme Blesse                       Patrice Chereau    France
Never Say Never Again       Irvin Kershner UK
Osterman Weekend, The          Sam Peckinpah                US
Ponirah Terpidana                   Slamet Rahardjo  Indonesia
Risky Business                          Paul Brickman US
Testament                                               Lynne Littman   US
War Games                              John Badham    US

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

Class                                        Lewis John Carlino                 US
Hunger, The                             Tony Scott        UK
Moon In The Gutter                                Jean Jacques Beineix                 France
Sans Soleil                                                Chris Marker     France
Tchao Pantin                           Claude Berri        France
Zelig                                        Woody Allen        US

NOW SHOWING

A Nos Amours                Maurice Pialat      France      HULU
Amada     Humberto Solas        Cuba
And The Ship Sails On           Federico Fellini      Italy
Angelo My Love                 Robert Duvall      US
Austeria   Jerzy Kawalerowicz                Poland
Baby, It's You                John Sayles       US
Betrayal   David Hugh Jones                UK
Beyond The Limit                 John Mackenzie                 UK
Blue Thunder                John Badham    US
Boys From Fenkuei, The  (HHH BOX)                Hou Hsiao Hsien       Taiwan
Brainstorm                Douglas Trumbull  US
Carmen    Carlos Saura        Spain
Chokh      Utpalendu Chakrabarti                India
Christine  John Carpenter US
Christmas Story, A                 Bob Clark                US
Crime and Punishment                 Aki Kaurismaki                 Finland
Cross Creek                 Martin Ritt          US
Daniel      Sidney Lumet      US
Danton    Andrzej Wajda      Poland
Dark Habits                Pedro Almodovar                Spain
Dresser, The                 Peter Yates      UK       NTSC 1
Duel To The Death                 Ching Siu Tung        Hong Kong
Duvar / Wall, The                Yilmaz Guney      Turkey
Edith And Marcel                Claude Lelouch    France
Educating Rita                 Lewis Gilbert      UK
Eighties, The                Chantal Akerman  Belgium
Entre Nous                Diane Kurys       France
Erendira   Ruy Guerra      Mexico
Eureka     Nicolas Roeg        UK
Final Combat, The / Le Dernier Combat                Luc Besson     France
First Name Carmen                Jean Luc Godard     France
Forbidden Relations                Zsolt Kezdi Kovacs                Hungary    NTSC 1
Funny Dirty Little War         Hector Olivera     Argentina
Gabriela Bruno Barreto   Brazil       AIVP
Gold Diggers, The                 Sally Potter      UK
Gorky Park                Michael Apted       US
Hanna K  Costa Gavras      France
Heart Like A Wheel                Jonathan Kaplan     US
Heat and Dust                James Ivory       UK
In The White City                Alain Tanner                Switzerland
King of Comedy, The          Martin Scorsese   US
Koyaanisqatsi                Godfrey Reggio      US
La Belle Captive                 Alain Robbe Grillet                France
Le Bal      Ettore Scola        Algeria
Les Comperes                Francis Veber       France
Lianna     John Sayles       US
Life is A Bed of Roses       Alain Resnais     France
Local Hero                Bill Forsyth    UK
Losin' It   Curtis Hanson    US
Love In Germany, A                Andrzej Wajda      Poland
Makioka Sisters                Kon Ichikawa  Japan
Man of Flowers                Paul Cox                Australia
Mandi      Shyam Benegal    India
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence                Nagisa Oshima    Japan
Merry Go Round                Jacques Rivette     France
Mississippi Blues                Bertrand Tavernier France
Monty Python And The Meaning Of Life          Terry Gilliam     US
Mortelle Randonnee / Deadly Circuit                Claude Miller       France
My Best Friend's Girl          Bertrand Blier         France
Never Cry Wolf                Carroll Ballard     US
Nostalgia  Andrei Tarkovsky                Russia
One Deadly Summer / L'ete Meurtrier                Jean Becker     France
Outsiders, The                Francis Ford Coppola                US
Pauline at The Beach       Eric Rohmer    France
Phar Lap Simon Wincer     Australia
Power Station of Emotion, The                 Alexander Kluge       Germany
Rembetiko                 Costas Ferris       Greece
Right Stuff, The                Philip Kaufman                US      NTSC 1
Rumble Fish                Francis Ford Coppola                US
Separate Tables                 John Schlesinger                 US
Sheer Madness                Margarethe Von Trota                Germany
Sudden Impact                Clint Eastwood                US
Sugar Cane Alley                 Euzhan Palcy                 Martinique
Superman 3                Richard Lester      UK
Tender Mercies                Bruce Beresford US
That Day On The Beach       Edward Yang        Taiwan
Trading Places                 John Landis      US
Tricheurs / Cheaters                Barbet Schroeder France
Twilight Zone: The Movie      George Miller       US
Up To A Certain Point       Tomas Gutierrez-Alea                Cuba
Utu          Geoff Murphy    New Zealand
Without Witness / Private Conversations, A                Nikita Mikhalkov                Russia

TOP 10 BOX OFFICE HITS

1 Return of The Jedi
2 Terms of Endearment
3 Flashdance
4 Trading Places
5 WarGames
6 Octopussy
7 Sudden Impact
8 Staying Alive
9 Mr. Mom
10 Risky Business

ACADEMY AWARD

Big Chill, The
Dresser, The
Right Stuff, The
Tender Mercies
Terms of Endearment
Fanny and Alexander
Silkwood

Year of The Living Dangerously, The
Yentl
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’

Educating Rita
Reuben, Reuben
Testament
To Be or Not To Be
Cross Creek
WarGames
Betrayal
Return of The Jedi
Zelig
Heart Like A Wheel
Return of Martin Guerre, The
Never Cry Wolf
Blue Thunder
Under Fire
Sting II, The
Trading Places
Carmen
Entre Nous
Job’s Revolt – Hungary
Le Bal

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Ballad of Narayama, The          Shohei Imamura  Japan
Carmen                                    Carlos Saura        Spain
Case is Closed, The / Kharij      Mrinal Sen           India
Cross Creek                              Martin Ritt          US
Death of Mario Ricci, The                 Claude Goretta                 Switzerland
Duvar / Wall, The                    Yilmaz Guney      Turkey
E.T.                                         Steven Spielberg  US
Erendira                                   Ruy Guerra      Mexico
Forbidden Relations                  Zsolt Kezdi Kovacs                Hungary
Heat and Dust                          James Ivory       UK
King of Comedy, The          Martin Scorsese   US
L'argent                                   Robert Bresson    France
L'homme Blesse                       Patrice Chereau    France
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence                Nagisa Oshima    Japan
Monty Python And The Meaning Of Life          Terry Gilliam     US
Moon In The Gutter                                Jean Jacques Beineix                 France
Nostalgia                                  Andrei Tarkovsky                Russia
One Deadly Summer                                 Jean Becker     France
Railway Station For Two         Eldar Ryazanov Russia
South, The / El Sur                   Victor Erice        Spain
Story of Pierra                         Marco Ferreri      Italy
Tender Mercies                        Bruce Beresford US
Utu                                          Geoff Murphy    New Zealand
Year of The Living Dangerously, The   Peter Weir                Australia

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