The following films received a *** ½ or **** rating, and were
in contention for my 1996 top ten list.
Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai)
Citizen Ruth (Alexander Payne)
The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner)
Dadetown (Russ Hexter)
The Frighteners (Peter Jackson)
From the Journals of Jean Seberg (Mark Rappaport)
Hate (Mathieu Kassovitz)
Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe)
Land and Freedom (Ken Loach)
Lone Star (John Sayles)
Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton)
Microcosmos (Claude Nuridsany & Marie Pérennou)
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (Milos Forman)
Rendezvous in Paris (Eric Rohmer)
Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh)
Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thornton)