My top 5 films of all time
Stanley Kubrick's underrated epic, starring Ryan O'Neal as a feckless 18th century Irishman, is also his most human and profound. Roger Alcott's Oscar-winning cinematography looks better than most paintings, and Kubrick's screenplay feels even richer and deeper than the original Thackeray novel. In terms of beauty, craft and vision, this movie has no equal. Credit: Warner Bros. / Photofest
After listing five of my top 20 films each Friday before the Oscars, I've gotten more than a few baffled and even outraged responses. Well, here's the final list -- the top five movies by which all others must be judged (by me, at least). Keep those emails, cards and letters coming.
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Dark, campy and exciting, this B-movie from John Carpenter had an electrifying central figure in Kurt Russell's Snake Plissken and a fun cast of creepy and comical supporting players.
Fantastic cast -- Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach. Good action and story.
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