Pre internet, I used to LIVE for these lists, then spend like 3 years trying to find these movies to watch.
Fun fact- still have my collection of Film Comment mags complete from 1988-the end.
Premiere used to have a chart of the top 100 movies and how 20 critics rated them and I would wait all year for it and circle the ones I agreed with. These lists rekindle that old spark. Such good movies - what a time to be alive that was.
1994 gets praised as an epic film year and I admit, I've rolled my eyes because I'm a Classic Hollywood maven. But looking at these lists, I have to admit, this was a helluva year. Room for so much variation between them!
Trying to imagine what it would have been like to be a working critic during the 12-month period when Kieslowski dropped the Three Colors trilogy. Must have been quite the time.
It's interesting to me how Satantango didn't make any list, but most of my friends today would rank it. Through the Olive Trees, Chungking Express, Wild Reeds, Barcelona, Take Care of Your Scarf Tatjana... all missing.
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Fun fact- still have my collection of Film Comment mags complete from 1988-the end.