Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1996

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip96banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>Top Ten of 1996: World Premieres</b></Font><br>  <a href=movies96us.html>U.S. Releases</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>) // <a href=movies96orig.html>Original List</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Jan 98</i></Font>) // <a href=persac96.html>My 1996 Oscar Ballot</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>)<br> <Font Size=-1><br></Font> <Table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>1.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=fargo.html style="text-decoration:none">Fargo</a></b></Font> Dir. Joel Coen. With Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>2.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilmsirmavep.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none">Irma Vep</a></b></Font> Dir. Olivier Assayas. With Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre L&#233aud, Nathalie Richard <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>3.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=portlady.html style="text-decoration:none">The Portrait of a Lady</a></b></Font> Dir. Jane Campion. With Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>4.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=crash.html style="text-decoration:none">Crash</a></b></Font> Dir. David Cronenberg. With James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>5.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=seclies.html style="text-decoration:none">Secrets & Lies</a></b></Font> Dir. Mike Leigh. With Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Marianne Jean-Baptiste <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>6.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=bound.html style="text-decoration:none">Bound</a></b></Font> Dirs. Larry and Andy Wachowski. With Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>7.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=engpat.html style="text-decoration:none">The English Patient</a></b></Font> Dir. Anthony Minghella. With Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>8.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=waves.html style="text-decoration:none">Breaking the Waves</a></b></Font> Dir. Lars von Trier. With Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsg&#229rd <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>9.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=lonestar.html style="text-decoration:none">Lone Star</a></b></Font> Dir. John Sayles. With Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pe&#241a, Kris Kristofferson <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>10.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">A Moment of Innocence</Font></b></Font> Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf. With Mirhadi Tayebi <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF"><b>Runners-Up (alpha):</b></Font> <a href=bignight.html style="text-decoration:none"><i>Big Night</i></a>, <a href=gabbeh.html style="text-decoration:none"><i>Gabbeh</i></a>, <a href=maguire.html style="text-decoration:none"><i>Jerry Maguire</i></a>, <Font Color="#003399"><i>Jude</i></Font>, <a href=favfilmspillow.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none"><i>The Pillow Book</i></a> <br><hr> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1996: World Premieres</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog/Favorites Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=beauthng.html style="text-decoration:none">Beautiful Thing</a></b></Font> Dir. Hettie MacDonald. With Glen Berry, Linda Henry, Scott Neal <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=bloodwin.html style="text-decoration:none">Blood and Wine</a></b></Font> Dir. Bob Rafelson. With Jack Nicholson, Stephen Dorff, Michael Caine <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilmscemetman.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top">Cemetery Man</a></b></Font> Dir. Mich&#232le Soavi. With Rupert Everett, Francois Hadji-Lazaro <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=citzruth.html style="text-decoration:none">Citizen Ruth</a></b></Font> Dir. Alexander Payne. With Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kelly Preston <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=crash.html style="text-decoration:none">Crash</a></b></Font> Dir. David Cronenberg. With James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilmsengpat.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top">The English Patient</a></b></Font> Dir. Anthony Minghella. With Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilmsfemperv.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top">Female Perversions</a></b></Font> Dir. Susan Streitfeld. With Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=flirtwth.html style="text-decoration:none">Flirting with Disaster</a></b></Font> Dir. David O. Russell. With Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=hollreed.html style="text-decoration:none">Hollow Reed</a></b></Font> Dir. Angela Pope. With Martin Donovan, Joely Richardson, Sam Bould <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=longkgnt.html style="text-decoration:none">The Long Kiss Goodnight</a></b></Font> Dir. Renny Harlin. With Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Craig Bierko <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilmspillow.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top">The Pillow Book</a></b></Font> Dir. Peter Greenaway. With Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ewan McGregor <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=portlady.html style="text-decoration:none">The Portrait of a Lady</a></b></Font> Dir. Jane Campion. With Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=ransom.html style="text-decoration:none">Ransom</a></b></Font> Dir. Ron Howard. With Mel Gibson, Gary Sinise, Ren&#233 Russo, Brawley Nolte <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=schizopl.html style="text-decoration:none">Schizopolis</a></b></Font> Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Steven Soderbergh, Betsy Brantley <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=survpic.html style="text-decoration:none">Surviving Picasso</a></b></Font> Dir. James Ivory. With Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=trainspt.html style="text-decoration:none">Trainspotting</a></b></Font> Dir. Danny Boyle. With Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=twelf96.html style="text-decoration:none">Twelfth Night</a></b></Font> Dir. Trevor Nunn. With Imogen Stubbs, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Kingsley <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1996</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Before and After</b></Font> Dir. Barbet Schroeder. With Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=bignight.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Big Night</b></a></Font> Dirs. Campbell Scott & Stanley Tucci. With Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Butterflies on the Scaffold</b></Font> Dirs. Margaret Gilpin & Luis Felipe Bernaza. Documentary <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=couchny.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>A Couch in New York</b></a></Font> Dir. Chantal Akerman. With Juliette Binoche, William Hurt <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Fire</b></Font> Dir. Deepa Mehta. With Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Kulbushan Kharbanda <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=gabbeh.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Gabbeh</b></a></Font> Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf. With Shaghayeh Djodat, Rogheih Moharami <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Jude</b></Font> Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Rachel Griffiths <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=kissed.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Kissed</b></a></Font> Dir. Lynne Stopkewich. With Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge, Jay Brazeau <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=watwoman.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>The Watermelon Woman</b></a></Font> Dir. Cheryl Dunye. With Cheryl Dunye, Valarie Walker <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet</b></Font> Dir. Baz Luhrmann. 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