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It's Saturday somewhere, so let's get this baby diapered and ready for bed... no, wait that doesn't make sense... let's wake this baby up and get the redux started! That's better...
Poster courtesy of Holden Pike
Here it is... 80 Balloteers gave votes to 566 features, 100 of which will be spotlighted on this thread over the next month and a half.
* A few key points: Do NOT reveal the contents of your full lists until we come to the end (or near end, as I hear some of you do it) - allow the countdown to unfold naturally, allow the element of surprise.
* I ask that you leave past complaints behind - That stuff was for prelim, and we can't do anything about it now, so let's look forward and enjoy the 'what is' rather than continue to grumble about 'what isn't'
Before we begin the countdown, let's set the table by looking at what was going on in cinema in the 90s.
In the States, a group of American filmmakers with a distinct, idiosyncratic voice burst on the scene -- among them, Paul Thomas Anderson, Alexander Payne, writer Charlie Kaufman, and Wes Anderson.
The Danish film movement Dogma 95 is born
The Berlin School film movement in Germany emerges late in the decade, led by Christian Petzold, Angela Schanelec, and Thomas Arslan.
And I was impressed with what was happening in Iran with directors like Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi, Dariush Mehrjui (The Pear Tree), Majid Majidi and the Makhmalbaf Film House, led by father Mohsen (pictured above) and daughter Samira (The Apple) - (mother Marziyeh will join them in 2000 with her stunning directorial debut The Day I Became a Woman)
More?
Pierce Brosnan becomes Eon's fifth James Bond. Sadly, Q, Desmond Llewelyn would die in a car accident shortly after filming The World Is Not Enough in 1999.
And Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is released in 1995 - it will go on to be considered the longest-running film in the history of Indian cinema, it's been shown daily to this posting.
In the 90s Parker Posey was crowned "Queen of the Indies", Jim Carrey fever broke out, Pretty Woman made Julia Roberts a worldwide star, and June Squibb made her big screen debut at the age of 61 in "Alice".
A handful of other acting film debuts - Leonardo DiCaprio (Critters 3), Gwyneth Paltrow (Shout), Reese Witherspoon (The Man in the Moon), Cate Blanchett (Paradise Road), Natalie Portman (Léon: The Professional), Kate Winslet (Heavenly Creatures), Peter Dinklage (Living in Oblivion), Mads Mikkelsen (Pusher), Viola Davis (Substance of Fire), Amy Adams (Drop Dead Gorgeous), Hugh Jackman (Paperback Hero)
And Gene Hackman (RIP) presented the award for Best Supporting Actress to 11-year-old Anna Paquin, in her debut role in The Piano
Future stars who were born in the 90s Include... Dev Patel, Margot Robbie, Daisy Ridley, Mia Goth, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Paul Mescal, Anya Taylor-Joy, Margaret Qualley, Hailee Steinfeld - and 2025 Oscar winner Mikey Madison enters the world in March of 1999.
A few who passed on... Barbara Stanwyck, Greta Garbo, David Lean, Frank Capra, Satyajit Ray, Anthony Perkins, Audrey Hepburn, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Burt Lancaster, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Marcello Mastroianni, Robert Mitchum, Jimmy Stewart, Akira Kurosawa - and Brandon Lee is accidentally killed on the set of the Crow.
As to what were the biggest and brightest releases on the decade? That's what we're here to share and discuss.
But first, our 1 pointers and a list of contributors.
Poster courtesy of Holden Pike
Here it is... 80 Balloteers gave votes to 566 features, 100 of which will be spotlighted on this thread over the next month and a half.
* A few key points: Do NOT reveal the contents of your full lists until we come to the end (or near end, as I hear some of you do it) - allow the countdown to unfold naturally, allow the element of surprise.
* I ask that you leave past complaints behind - That stuff was for prelim, and we can't do anything about it now, so let's look forward and enjoy the 'what is' rather than continue to grumble about 'what isn't'
Before we begin the countdown, let's set the table by looking at what was going on in cinema in the 90s.
In the States, a group of American filmmakers with a distinct, idiosyncratic voice burst on the scene -- among them, Paul Thomas Anderson, Alexander Payne, writer Charlie Kaufman, and Wes Anderson.
The Danish film movement Dogma 95 is born
The Berlin School film movement in Germany emerges late in the decade, led by Christian Petzold, Angela Schanelec, and Thomas Arslan.
And I was impressed with what was happening in Iran with directors like Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi, Dariush Mehrjui (The Pear Tree), Majid Majidi and the Makhmalbaf Film House, led by father Mohsen (pictured above) and daughter Samira (The Apple) - (mother Marziyeh will join them in 2000 with her stunning directorial debut The Day I Became a Woman)
More?
Pierce Brosnan becomes Eon's fifth James Bond. Sadly, Q, Desmond Llewelyn would die in a car accident shortly after filming The World Is Not Enough in 1999.
And Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is released in 1995 - it will go on to be considered the longest-running film in the history of Indian cinema, it's been shown daily to this posting.
In the 90s Parker Posey was crowned "Queen of the Indies", Jim Carrey fever broke out, Pretty Woman made Julia Roberts a worldwide star, and June Squibb made her big screen debut at the age of 61 in "Alice".
A handful of other acting film debuts - Leonardo DiCaprio (Critters 3), Gwyneth Paltrow (Shout), Reese Witherspoon (The Man in the Moon), Cate Blanchett (Paradise Road), Natalie Portman (Léon: The Professional), Kate Winslet (Heavenly Creatures), Peter Dinklage (Living in Oblivion), Mads Mikkelsen (Pusher), Viola Davis (Substance of Fire), Amy Adams (Drop Dead Gorgeous), Hugh Jackman (Paperback Hero)
And Gene Hackman (RIP) presented the award for Best Supporting Actress to 11-year-old Anna Paquin, in her debut role in The Piano
Future stars who were born in the 90s Include... Dev Patel, Margot Robbie, Daisy Ridley, Mia Goth, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Paul Mescal, Anya Taylor-Joy, Margaret Qualley, Hailee Steinfeld - and 2025 Oscar winner Mikey Madison enters the world in March of 1999.
A few who passed on... Barbara Stanwyck, Greta Garbo, David Lean, Frank Capra, Satyajit Ray, Anthony Perkins, Audrey Hepburn, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Burt Lancaster, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Marcello Mastroianni, Robert Mitchum, Jimmy Stewart, Akira Kurosawa - and Brandon Lee is accidentally killed on the set of the Crow.
As to what were the biggest and brightest releases on the decade? That's what we're here to share and discuss.
But first, our 1 pointers and a list of contributors.
