THE YEAR’S 10 BEST
*The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Brazil
Out of Africa
Witness
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Prizzi’s Honor
Deperately Seeking Susan
Cocoon
Blood Simple
DIRECTOR
*Terry Gilliam, Brazil
Woody Allen, The Purple Rose of Cairo
Hector Babenco, Kiss of the Spider Woman
John Huston, Prizzi’s Honor
Sidney Pollock, Out of Africa
ACTOR
*William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Raul Julia, Kiss of th Spider Woman
Danny Glover, The Color Purple
Jack Nicholson, Prizzi’s Honor
Jon Voight, Runaway Train
ACTRESS
Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful
Vanessa Redgrave, Wetherby
Maryl Streep, Out of Africa
*Whoopie Goldberg, The Color Purple
Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Crispin Glover, Back to the Future
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Out of Africa
Charles Dance, Plenty
William Hickey, Prizzi’s Honor
Don Ameche / Wilford Brimley / Brian Dennehy, Cocoon
John Gielgud, Plenty
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laraine Newman, Perfect
Judith Ivey, Compromising Positions
Tracy Ullman, Plenty
Carlin Glynn, The Trip to Bountiful
*Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Witness
*The Purple Rose of Cairo
Brazil
Cocoon
Blood Simple
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Compromising Positions
Prizzi’s Honor
The Color Purple
*Kiss of the Spider Woman
Out of Africa
SNOB DEPT.: THE WORST MOVIES I DIDN’T’ SEE
Revolution
Target
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Agnes of God
Jewel of the Nile
Secret Admirer
Remo Williams
Mischief
Enemy Mine
Marie
Maxie
The Mean Seaon
Santa Claus: The Movie
One Magic Christmas
Songwriter
My Science Project
Alamo Bay
Bring on the Night
Return to Oz
Godzilla 1985
The Bride
The Man With One Red Shoe
Brewster’s Millions
Red Sonja
Death Wish III
Subway
Spies Like Us
Fever Pitch
Teen Wolf
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER DEPT.:
THE WORST MOVIES I DID SEE
American Flyers
Lifeforce
Rambo: First Blood II
Baby
King David
St. Elmo’s Fire
Silverado
Volunteers
MOVIES THAT WERE SURPRISINGLY FUN
Commando
Compromising Positions
Desperately Seekign Susan
Dawn of the Dead
Return of the Living Dead
A Chorus Line
Into the Night
Day of the Dead
Return of the Living Dead
Cat’s Eye
The Company of Wolves
Pumping Iron II: The Women
Year of the Dragon
Young Sherlock Holmes
Jagged Edge
THE YEAR’S BEST LINES
Judith Ivey, in Compromising Positions, discussing a woman who was known to be photographed committing sex acts with certain vegetables: “Well, if I ever meet her, I’ll remember notto try her cole slaw.”
The cigarette girl in Desperately Seeking Susan: “Cigars? Cigarettes? Tofutti?”
Mia Farrow discussing her movie-character-become-flesh boyfriendin The Purple Rose of Cairo: “Sure, he’s fictional, but you can’t have everything.”
John Wood as the evil bishop in Ladyhawke: “I believe in miracles. It’s part of my job.”
Movie that Made Me Laugh the Loudest the Most Often
Compromising Positions
LOOK! MY INTESTINES! DEPT.: BEST CHASE SCENE
To Live and Die in L.A.
THE BRITISH ARE YAWNING DEPT.:
NEW HORIZONS IN BORING PRETENTIONS ENGLISH CINEMA
Dance With a Stranger
A Private Function
The Return of the Soldier
Lily in Love
THREE REASONS TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE WESTERN FOREVER
Rustler’s Rhapsody
Silverado
Lust in the Dust
CAN’T WAIT UNTIL THEY’RE ON PBS DEPT.:
THE YEAR OF THE FABULOUS DOCUMENTARY
Shoah
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey
28 Up
Streetwise
Pumping Iron II: The Women
SHOULD HAVE CALLED GENERAL CASTING DEPT.:
CITATIONS FOR DUBIOUS MARRIAGES OF ACTORS AND ROLES
Richard Gere as King David
Ann-Margaret as a sexless spinster in The Return of the Soldier
Judd Nelson as a human being in St. Elmo’s Fire
Mickey Roarke as a middle-aged NYC cop in Year of the Dragon