Robert Altman, 1992
Tim Robbins as the cynical Hollywood producer-mogul who accidentally kills a screenwriter who's been following him, is reason alone to adore this film. Every line, every little facial expression is just perfect. A really well-made satire of the Hollywood industry, it also has the bonus of including Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts best performances ever.
Hal Ashby, 1971
This little, compeletely wonderful film about young Harold, whose main hobbies in life are faking suicides to annoy his over- protective mother, and sneaking around on peoples funerals, where he eventually meets kindred spirit Maude, made me so happy when I saw it the first time that I still keep pushing it onto people whenever I get a chance. Just see it.
Mike Leigh, 1993
David Thewlis as the disillusioned, socially dysfunctional, manically babbling Johnny, who flees to London from Manchester to look up a former girlfriend, does a fantastic performance in this dark, largely improvised film. And then there's Katryn Cartlidge, and all the scary side-characters, and the strange, haunting soundtrack that together makes this a film that stays with you long after you've seen it.
Richard Linklater, 1991
A movie with no plot, no main char- acters, no real action, no dramatic structure, just lots of people floating around and doing various unrelated things. May not sound like an enjoyable thing, but really, it is.
I didn't like it as much though when I watched it the second time, but when it came, it felt so fresh, new and a relief in contrast to everything else at the moment, that I just have to include it here.
Roman Polanski, 1966
A neurotic couple living in a castle on a remote island off the northeast coast of Britain, gets unexpected company by two neurotic, wounded gangsters on the run, who turns just about everything upside down in this bizarre, hilariously funny, and quite horrific film. A must-see for everyone with a taste for bizarre, hilariously funny, quite horrific films.
The Internet Movie Database,
quite possibly the best place, all categories, on the internet. This is where, when you wake up in cold sweat at night, wondering who really did Steve Guevara's makeup in 'Psycho 3' and what film format did they use in 'Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) ', you can go and find all those really important bits of information.