Ten-Best
Why do a ten-best list? Well, they turn out to be habit-forming, as it happens. I did one last year, and it proved to be fun. So this year I did another one, and it was fun too. This is it. (Trumpet flourishes, alarms and ex, cursions) Oh yes, before we begin I should mention that the list is not restricted to films released this year — just to the films I’ve seen this year for the first time.
Ten-Best
FILM
Why do a ten-best list? Well, they turn out to be habit-forming, as it happens. I did one last year, and it proved to be fun. So this year I did another one, and it was fun too. This is it. (Trumpet flourishes, alarms and ex, cursions)
Oh yes, before we begin I should mention that the list is not restricted to films released this year — just to the films I’ve seen this year for the first time. Living Dead, for instance, was released a couple of years ago, while WR is still unreleased. (More trumpets)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (directed by Stanley Kubrick)
EVEL KNEIVEL (directed by Marvin Chomsky)
GAS-S-S-S (directed by Roger Corman)
HOUR OF THE FURNACES (directed by Fernando Solanas)
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (directed by Peter Bogdanovich)
McCABE 'AND MRS. MILLER (directed by Robert Altman)
MILLHOUSE (directed by Emile de Antonio)
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (directed by George Romero)
THE RISE TO POWER OF LOUIS XIV (directed by Roberto Rossellini) WR: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM (directed by Dusan Makavejev)
Verbal Slapstick
In addition, there are the following Black Shadow Awards for Excellence in Moving Pictures: