TOP TEN (Part V-B)
Sorry I haven't posted recently. This weekend I will conclude my review of the Top Ten lists of Sight & Sound magazine, often thought to...
TOP TEN (Part V)
In 2002, Sight & Sound, arguably the premiere film journal in the world, conducted its latest survey of critics and directors to...
TOP TEN (Part IV-B)
As I mentioned earlier, the newly established Directors' poll of greatest films varied significantly from that of the international...
TOP TEN (Part IV)
In 1992, Sight & Sound magazine added a Directors' poll in addition to the long-established Critics' Top Ten. Surprisingly, they had...
TOP TEN (Part III)
As I discussed in my last post, the 1982 Sight & Sound Critics' poll was remarkable for a number of reasons. I was ecstatic because...
TOP TEN (Part II)
As I mentioned yesterday, the 1962 Sight & Sound Critics' poll confirmed a sea change in attitudes toward classic cinema, beginning with...
TOP TEN
I recently viewed a classic French film I had never seen before--Marcel Carne's Le Jour se Leve (Daybreak) (1939). The screenwriter was...