Most Wanted
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Ishtar
(May, 1987)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (OOP)
(Ross, 1976)
The Devils
(Russell, 1974)
The Pirates of Penzance
(Papp/Leach, 1983)
The Fortune
(Nichols, 1975)
-30-
(Webb, 1959)
Betrayal
(Jones, 1983)
Play It As It Lays
(Perry, 1972)
The Outfit
(Flynn, 1973)
Alex in Wonderland
(Mazursky, 1969)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
(Aldrich, 1968)
In The Cool of the Day
(Stevens, 1963)
That Cold Day in the Park
(Altman, 1969)
Thumb Trippin'
(Masters, 1972)
Midas Run
(Kjellin, 1969)
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1973)
Brewster McCloud
(Altman, 1972)
Outcast of the Islands
(Reed, 1951)

Reader Submissions

1930's-1950's
The Moon's Our Home
(Seiter, 1936)
Sh! The Octopus
(McGann, 1937)
The Mating Season
(Leisen, 1951)
Bad for Each Other
(Rapper, 1953)
The Phenix City Story
(Karlson, 1955)
Run of the Arrow
(Fuller, 1956)
House of Secrets
(Green, 1956)
Saint Joan
(Preminger, 1957)
Macabre
(Castle, 1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
(G. Douglas, 1958
Five Gates to Hell
(Clavell, 1959)
1960's
Key Witness
(Karlson, 1960)
Summer and Smoke
(Glenville, 1961)
The Chapman Report
(Cukor,1962)
Bachelor Flat
(Tashlin, 1962) [on Hulu]
The L Shaped Room
(Forbes, 1963)
The Chalk Garden
(Neame, 1964)
A Thousand Clowns
(Coe, 1965)
You're a Big Boy Now
(Coppola, 1966)
The Whisperers
(Forbes, 1967)
Dark of the Sun
(Cardiff, 1968)
Skidoo
(Preminger, 1968)
Last Summer
(Perry, 1969)
The Comic
(C. Reiner, 1969)
1970-1974
The Revolutionary
(Williams, 1970)
The Landlord
(Ashby, 1970)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
(Perry, 1970)
Tropic of Cancer
(Strick, 1970)
I Never Sang for My Father
(Cates, 1970)
Sometimes a Great Notion
(Newman, 1971)
Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
(Turman, 1971)
The Music Lovers
(Russell, 1971)
Drive, He Said
(Nicholson, 1971)
The Steagle
(Sylbert, 1971)
The Last Movie
(Hopper, 1971)
Made For Each Other
(Bean, 1971)
The Day the Clown Cried
(Lewis, 1972)
Hickey & Boggs (OOP)
(Culp, 1972)
The Carey Treatment
(Edwards, 1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie
(Ritt, 1972)
Slither
(Zieff, 1973)
Man on a Swing
(Perry, 1974)
Open Season
(Collinson, 1974)
The Tamarind Seed
(Edwards, 1974)
Law and Disorder
(Passer, 1974)
Homebodies
(Yust, 1974)
Stardust
(Apted, 1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating
(Rivette, 1974)
1975-1979
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
(Richards, 1975
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1975)
Hearts of the West
(Zieff, 1975)
Welcome to L.A.
(Rudolph, 1976)
W.C. Fields and Me
(Hiller, 1976)
Citizens Band
(Demme, 1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(Aldrich, 1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
(Brooks, 1977)
Girlfriends
(Weill, 1978)
Movie Movie
(Donen, 1978)
The Medusa Touch
(Gold, 1978)
American Hot Wax
(Mutrux, 1978)
Hot Stuff
(DeLuise, 1979)
Scavenger Hunt
(Schultz , 1979)
Players
(Harvey, 1979)
Rich Kids
(Young, 1979)
Nightwing
(Hiller, 1979)
Screams of a Winter's Night
(Wilson, 1979
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
(Katselas, 1979
1980's
Resurrection
(Petrie, 1980)
The Awakening
(Newell, 1980)
Simon
(Brickman, 1980)
God's Angry Man
(Herzog, 1980)
Fast-Walking
(Harris, 1982)
Twice Upon a Time
(Korty & Swenson, 1983)
Trouble in Mind
(Rudolph, 1985)
When the Wind Blows
(Murikami, 1986)
Housekeeping
(Forsyth, 1987)
The Glass Menagerie
(Newman, 1987)
Patty Hearst
(Schrader, 1988)
Drowning by Numbers
(Greenaway, 1988)
Haunted Summer
(Passer, 1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
(Spheeris, 1988)
1990's
Old Times
(Curtis, 1991)
Prospero's Books
(Greenaway, 1991)
City of Hope
(Sayles, 1991)
The Baby of Macon
(Greenaway, 1993)
King of the Hill
(Soderbergh, 1993)
Dadetown
(Hexter, 1995)
SubUrbia
(Linklater, 1997)

Swedish "Brave" One

For whatever reason, the Swedes have decided against calling Jodie Foster's Manhattan-vigilante pic The Brave One. Not that I'm a fan of The Stranger Inside, but I've never quite figured out what the American title actually means. It doesn't really work as a literal notion (Foster's character is "brave" because she works through her fiance's death and personal trauma by drilling some bad guys?) or an ironic one.


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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 13, 2007 at 2:11 PM

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DarthCorleone Author Profile Page says ...

I haven't seen the film, but based on what I knew of it I agree the title wasn't great.

Posted by DarthCorleone Author Profile Page at September 13, 2007 2:29 PM

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chicagodad Author Profile Page says ...

Wasn't wild about it either. I think I like "The Stranger Inside" better.

What it really needed was a good 70's exploitation film title, but "Superbad" was taken.

Posted by chicagodad Author Profile Page at September 13, 2007 2:37 PM

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Mark Author Profile Page says ...

i wonder what Foster personally thinks of the current slogan on the tv ads shown on MTV, reading Payback's a Bitch!

On one hand, it's got to be offensive to indirectly label your protagonist a bitch. On the other hand, it's kind of clever.

Posted by Mark Author Profile Page at September 13, 2007 2:40 PM

comment #4

MiraJeffAICN Author Profile Page says ...

Foster and director Neil Jordan are on record as saying they aren't wild about the title either. Personally, I like The Stranger Inside better, but that makes it sound like a high school short story a little bit.

Posted by MiraJeffAICN Author Profile Page at September 13, 2007 2:46 PM

comment #5

Terry McCarty Author Profile Page says ...

Not that these are any better:
VENGEANCE IS MINE
THE KILLER INSIDE

Posted by Terry McCarty Author Profile Page at September 13, 2007 2:56 PM

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Mr. Kockum Author Profile Page says ...

Well, glad I can still contribute somehow.

Posted by Mr. Kockum Author Profile Page at September 13, 2007 3:59 PM

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malibugigolo Author Profile Page says ...

CHICK WITH A GLOCK

Posted by malibugigolo Author Profile Page at September 13, 2007 6:41 PM

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lesterg Author Profile Page says ...

"Personally, I like The Stranger Inside better, but that makes it sound like a high school short story a little bit."

Agreed, like a late 70's After School Special about the trials and tribulations of a young girl entering puberty...also starring Jodie Foster.

"Well, glad I can still contribute somehow."

Well, it is the sincerest form of flattery.

Posted by lesterg Author Profile Page at September 13, 2007 7:31 PM

comment #9

Ogami Itto Author Profile Page says ...

"VENDETTA"

Posted by Ogami Itto Author Profile Page at September 13, 2007 8:16 PM

comment #10

nemo Author Profile Page says ...

The Stranger Inside sounds more like some obscure late 40s film noir. Certainly better than The Brave One.

Posted by nemo Author Profile Page at September 13, 2007 8:19 PM

comment #11

bachelorcool Author Profile Page says ...

The Dying Game

Posted by bachelorcool Author Profile Page at September 14, 2007 1:50 AM

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