To be forward about one of my many obsessions, I am a movie fanatic.  Certifiably drunk on the wonders and possibilities of the art and craft of cinema.  I watch movies to be entertained, to be taught, to be cautioned, to be astounded, to be amused...

Best Performances From Movies I've Seen This
          Year (And There Have Been 116 )


Best Supporting Actress
Karen Black, The Day of the Locust
Judith Anderson, Rebecca
Mercedes McCambridge, Johnny Guitar
Bernadette Peters, Pennies from Heaven
Madeline Kahn, Paper Moon

Best Supporting Actor
Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs
Ray Bolger, The Wizard of Oz
Jack Weston, The Four Seasons
John Goodman, Barton Fink
Karl Malden, One-Eyed Jacks

Best Actress

Tatum O'Neal, Paper Moon
Kim Novak, Vertigo
Joan Crawford, Johnny Guitar
Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Susan George, Straw Dogs

Best Actor
James Stewart, Vertigo
Steve Martin, Pennies from Heaven
Dustin Hoffman, Straw Dogs
Ralph Meeker, Kiss Me Deadly
Alec Guinness,  Bridge on the River Kwai
Roger Ebert is a really important modern film critic.  His stuff is easily accessible and always thoughtful.

Elvis Mitchell, A.O. Scott, and Stephen Holden have their own, lesser cinema menage a tois at the Times and write consistently good reviews.

The reviewers at Salon.com offer wonderful bits of writing to offset their eclectic views of movies today.

James Berardinelli is a student of the Ebert school of film review.  His site is comprehensible and updated often.

Internet Movie Database:  Help!  I'm drowning in a sea of movies!  The penultimate resource.

Movie Review Query Engine:  Linked to myriad reviews, it's a great tool to find opinions on basically anything.

Chicago Reader Capsule Reviews:  Self-explanatory database with insights from Dave Kehr, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and others.
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