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I Have Always Depended on the List of Strangers:
Class of the Field: I'm in a good mood and will go with a tie here. I knew next to nothing about The Station Agent and it snuck on me big time. Great cast (Peter Dinklage, Bobby Cannavale, Patricia Clarkson) and a film that feels confident in itself thanks to Tom McCarthy's direction. Brief Encounter, although I recognized some of its DNA in a film I saw earlier this year (hi Falling in Love), is a film that is top tier from the Noel Coward screenplay to the acting tour de force by Celia Johnson who goes the full nine yards as well as clever, at times biting commentary on everything that's going on. David Lean's direction helps a ton as well. Maybe I'm finally ready for British drawing room dramas?
The Rest: A very solid list. Although there's questions about why they couldn't find someone her age to act like she's in love with, Audrey Hepburn along with Cary Grant carry the romantic portion of Charade. Throw in a twisty mystery and solid supporting cast led by James Coburn and Walter Matthau and you got a solid movie. Inside Out kind of struggled a bit with its third act, but the concept is an ingenious one (what goes on inside someone's head) and there's enough room for laughter and drama. Pinocchio has some of the same issues as Snow White but there's a section that can serve as nightmare fuel for the kids and it's hard not to like a film that wears its heart on its sleeve.
Class of the Field: I'm in a good mood and will go with a tie here. I knew next to nothing about The Station Agent and it snuck on me big time. Great cast (Peter Dinklage, Bobby Cannavale, Patricia Clarkson) and a film that feels confident in itself thanks to Tom McCarthy's direction. Brief Encounter, although I recognized some of its DNA in a film I saw earlier this year (hi Falling in Love), is a film that is top tier from the Noel Coward screenplay to the acting tour de force by Celia Johnson who goes the full nine yards as well as clever, at times biting commentary on everything that's going on. David Lean's direction helps a ton as well. Maybe I'm finally ready for British drawing room dramas?
The Rest: A very solid list. Although there's questions about why they couldn't find someone her age to act like she's in love with, Audrey Hepburn along with Cary Grant carry the romantic portion of Charade. Throw in a twisty mystery and solid supporting cast led by James Coburn and Walter Matthau and you got a solid movie. Inside Out kind of struggled a bit with its third act, but the concept is an ingenious one (what goes on inside someone's head) and there's enough room for laughter and drama. Pinocchio has some of the same issues as Snow White but there's a section that can serve as nightmare fuel for the kids and it's hard not to like a film that wears its heart on its sleeve.
