Ten Best Lists, 1990-1994
The third list to be posted, in a series of six. –J.R. Chicago Reader, 1990 (ranked): Sweetie (Jane Campion) City of Sadness (Hou Hsiao-hsien) To Sleep With Anger (Charles Burnett) White Hunter, Black Heart (Clint Eastwood) The Icicle Thief (Maurizio Nichetti) Pump Up the Volume (Allan Moyle) The Plot Against Harry (Michael Roemer) Texasville (Peter Bogdanovich) Mr. Hoover and I (Emile De Antonio) tied: The Freshman (Andrew Bergman), Miami Blues (George Armitage) Chicago Reader, 1991: L’Atalante (restoration)(Jean Vigo) An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion) White Dog (Samuel Fuller) Ju Dou (Zhang Yimou) My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant) Chameleon Street (Wendell B. Harris, Jr.) Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland) Camp Thiaroye (Ousmane Sembene) Hangin’ With the Homeboys (Joseph P. Vasquez) For the Boys (Mark Rydell) Chicago Reader, 1992: A Tale of the Wind (Joris Ivens) Actress (Stanley Kwan) Rhapsody in August (Akira Kurosawa) Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami) + Life and Nothing More (Abbas Kiarostami) The Famine Within (Katherine Gilday) Rock Hudson’s Home Movies (Mark Rappaport) Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg) Close My Eyes (Stephen Poliakoff) La Belle Noiseuse (Jacques Rivette) Chicago Reader, 1993: Nouvelle Vague (Jean-Luc Godard) The Puppet Master (Hou Hsiao-hsien) Night and Day (Chantal Akerman) + From the East (Chantal Akerman) Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg) Bitter Moon (Roman Polanski) The Story of Qiu Ju (Zhang Yimou) The Passing (Bill Viola) + Histoire(s)du Cinéma (Jean-Luc Godard) Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (Mark Achbar/Peter Wintonick) + It’s All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (R. Read more
The third list to be posted, in a series of six. –J.R.
Chicago Reader, 1990 (ranked):
Sweetie (Jane Campion)
City of Sadness (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
To Sleep With Anger (Charles Burnett)
White Hunter, Black Heart (Clint Eastwood)
The Icicle Thief (Maurizio Nichetti)
Pump Up the Volume (Allan Moyle)
The Plot Against Harry (Michael Roemer)
Texasville (Peter Bogdanovich)
Mr. Hoover and I (Emile De Antonio)
tied: The Freshman (Andrew Bergman), Miami Blues (George Armitage)
Chicago Reader, 1991:
L’Atalante (restoration)(Jean Vigo)
An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion)
White Dog (Samuel Fuller)
Ju Dou (Zhang Yimou)
My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant)
Chameleon Street (Wendell B. Harris, Jr.)
Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland)
Camp Thiaroye (Ousmane Sembene)
Hangin’ With the Homeboys (Joseph P. Vasquez)
For the Boys (Mark Rydell)
Chicago Reader, 1992:
A Tale of the Wind (Joris Ivens)
Actress (Stanley Kwan)
Rhapsody in August (Akira Kurosawa)
Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami) + Life and Nothing More (Abbas Kiarostami)
The Famine Within (Katherine Gilday)
Rock Hudson’s Home Movies (Mark Rappaport)
Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg)
Close My Eyes (Stephen Poliakoff)
La Belle Noiseuse (Jacques Rivette)
Chicago Reader, 1993:
Nouvelle Vague (Jean-Luc Godard)
The Puppet Master (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
Night and Day (Chantal Akerman) + From the East (Chantal Akerman)
Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg)
Bitter Moon (Roman Polanski)
The Story of Qiu Ju (Zhang Yimou)
The Passing (Bill Viola) +
Histoire(s)du Cinéma (Jean-Luc Godard)
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (Mark Achbar/Peter Wintonick) + It’s All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (R. Read more
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