Films I Saw in 1997
001. (02 Jan) /The Crucible/ (1996, Nicholas Hytner)
002. (05 Jan) La Cérémonie (1996, Claude Chabrol)
003. (07 Jan) Mother (1996, Albert Brooks)
004. (08 Jan) The Portrait of a Lady (1996, Jane Campion)
005. (09 Jan) Hamlet (1996, Kenneth Branagh)
006. (10 Jan) Some Mother's Son (1996, Terry George)
007. (10 Jan) /Citizen Ruth/ (1996, Alexander Payne)
008. (16 Jan) Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Music Festival, 1970 (1996, Murray Lerner)
009. (17 Jan) /Cold Water/ (1994, Olivier Assayas)
010. (18 Jan) /The Big Sleep/ [prerelease version] (1945, Howard Hawks)
011. (19 Jan) /Alien/ (1979, Ridley Scott)*
012. (19 Jan) /Aliens/ (1986, James Cameron)*
013. (20 Jan) /Jerry Maguire/ (1996, Cameron Crowe)
014. (21 Jan) The Whole Wide World (1996, Dan Ireland)
015. (22 Jan) Phantom Lady (1944, Robert Siodmak)
016. (22 Jan) The Leopard Man (1943, Jacques Tourneur)
017. (24 Jan) The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
018. (29 Jan) Ulysses' Gaze (1997, Theo Angelopoulos)
019. (30 Jan) Whity (1970, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
020. (30 Jan) The Niklashausen Journey (1970, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
021. (31 Jan) Beware of a Holy Whore (1970, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
022. (31 Jan) Killer of Sheep (1977, Charles Burnett)
023. (01 Feb) My Brother's Wedding (1984, Charles Burnett)
024. (02 Feb) GRIDLOCK'd (1997, Vondie Curtis Hall)
025. (04 Feb) Kolya (1997, Jan Sverak)
026. (04 Feb) Prisoner of the Mountains (1997, Sergei Bodrov)
027. (07 Feb) The Exterminating Angel (1962, Luis Buñuel)
028. (08 Feb) Lady in the Lake (1946, Robert Montgomery)
029. (08 Feb) Murder, My Sweet (1944, Edward Dmytryk)
030. (11 Feb) Saint Clara (1997, Ari Folman & Ori Sivan)
031. (12 Feb) Cyclo (1997, Tran Anh Hung)
032. (13 Feb) Effi Briest (1974, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
033. (14 Feb) Ali -- Fear Eats the Soul (1974, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
034. (14 Feb) Fox and His Friends (1975, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
035. (15 Feb) Absolute Power (1997, Clint Eastwood)
036. (19 Feb) Waiting for Guffman (1997, Christopher Guest)
037. (20 Feb) The Third Generation (1979, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
038. (20 Feb) The Stationmaster's Wife (1977, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
s01. (21 Feb) Canhead (1996, Timothy Hittle)
s02. (21 Feb) La Salla (1996, Richard Condie)
s03. (21 Feb) Quest (1996, Tyron Montgomery)
s04. (21 Feb) Wat's Pig (1996, Peter Lord)
s05. (21 Feb) De Tripas, Corazon (1995, Antonio Urrutia)
s06. (21 Feb) Dear Diary (1996, David Frankel)
s07. (21 Feb) Ernst & Lyset (1996, Kim Magnusson & Anders Thomas Jensen)
s08. (21 Feb) Esposados (1996, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo)
s09. (21 Feb) Wordless (1996, Antonello de Leo)
039. (21 Feb) Lost Highway (1997, David Lynch)
040. (22 Feb) City of Pirates (1983, Raoul Ruiz)
041. (23 Feb) Three Sad Tigers (1968, Raul Ruiz)
042. (27 Feb) Lola (1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
043. (28 Feb) Veronika Voss (1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
044. (28 Feb) Donnie Brasco (1997, Mike Newell)
045. (03 Mar) Hard Eight (1997, Paul Thomas Anderson)
046. (05 Mar) No End (1984, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
047. (06 Mar) /Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills/ (1996, Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky)*
048. (07 Mar) Private Parts (1997, Betty Thomas)
049. (12 Mar) The Watermelon Woman (1997, Cheryl Dunye)
050. (13 Mar) /All Quiet on the Western Front/ (1930, Lewis Milestone)
051. (13 Mar) /Kramer vs. Kramer/ (1979, Robert Benton)
052. (14 Mar) Un air de famille (1998, Cédric Klapisch)
053. (16 Mar) Capitaine Conan (1996, Bertrand Tavernier)
054. (19 Mar) Gray's Anatomy (1997, Steven Soderbergh)
055. (21 Mar) When the Cat's Away (1997, Cédric Klapisch)
s10. (21 Mar) Pact (1996, Scott Patterson)
056. (21 Mar) Love Serenade (1997, Shirley Barrett)
057. (21 Mar) Crash (1997, David Cronenberg)
058. (22 Mar) The Quiet Room (1997, Rolf de Heer)
s11. (23 Mar) Snake Feed (1997, Debra Granik)
059. (23 Mar) Little Angel (1996, Helke Misselwitz)
060. (25 Mar) The Eighteenth (1996, Anders Rønnow-Klarlund)
061. (27 Mar) Nénette et Boni (1997, Claire Denis)
062. (27 Mar) Liar Liar (1997, Tom Shadyac)
s12. (28 Mar) Pass (1996, Kate Haug)
063. (28 Mar) Black & White & Red All Over (1996, DeMane Davis & Harry McCoy & Khari Streeter)
s13. (28 Mar) Memorial Day (1995, Daniel Carey)
064. (28 Mar) In the Company of Men (1997, Neil LaBute)
065. (29 Mar) The Black Cat (1934, Edgar G. Ulmer)
066. (29 Mar) She (1935, Irving Pichel & Lansing C. Holden)
s14. (31 Mar) Amos Fortune Road (1996, Matthew Buckingham)
067. (31 Mar) Rainclouds over Wushan (1996, Zhang Ming)
068. (01 Apr) Ah-Chung (1996, Chang Tso-chi)
069. (02 Apr) Counsellor at Law (1933, William Wyler)
070. (02 Apr) Once in a Lifetime (1932, Russell Mack)
071. (04 Apr) Sunday (1997, Jonathan Nossiter)
072. (05 Apr) Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997, Kirby Dick)
073. (06 Apr) Shall We Dance? (1997, Masayuki Suo)
074. (08 Apr) /Sling Blade/ (1996, Billy Bob Thornton)
075. (09 Apr) Schizopolis (1997, Steven Soderbergh)
076. (10 Apr) /The Godfather/ (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
s15. (12 Apr) The Smell of Burning Ants (1994, Jay Rosenblatt)
077. (12 Apr) Licensed to Kill (1997, Arthur Dong)
078. (13 Apr) A Mongolian Tale (1997, Xie Fei)
079. (15 Apr) Das Boot (1981, Wolfgang Petersen) ["Director's Cut"]
080. (16 Apr) Grosse Pointe Blank (1997, George Armitage)
081. (18 Apr) /Dracula/ (1931, Tod Browning)
082. (18 Apr) Horror of Dracula (1958, Terence Fisher)
083. (20 Apr) /One False Move/ (1992, Carl Franklin)*
084. (24 Apr) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970, Peter Sasdy)
085. (24 Apr) Marvin's Room (1996, Jerry Zaks)
086. (25 Apr) Martin (1978, George A. Romero)
087. (25 Apr) /Near Dark/ (1987, Kathryn Bigelow)
088. (26 Apr) Hollow Reed (1997, Angela Pope)
089. (27 Apr) Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997, David Mirkin)
s16. (02 May) Peel (1982, Jane Campion)
s17. (02 May) Passionless Moments (198?, Jane Campion)
s18. (02 May) A Girl's Own Story (1983, Jane Campion)
s19. (02 May) After Hours (1984, Jane Campion)
090. (02 May) /Irma Vep/ (1997, Olivier Assayas)
091. (03 May) Chasing Amy (1997, Kevin Smith)
092. (05 May) Breakdown (1997, Jonathan Mostow)
093. (06 May) The Designated Mourner (1997, David Hare)
094. (07 May) The Bloody Child (1997, Nina Menkes)
095. (08 May) Diary of a Seducer (1997, Danièle Dubroux)
s20. (09 May) Transylvania 6-5000 (1963, Chuck Jones)
s21. (09 May) The Night of the Living Duck (1988, Greg Ford & Terry Lennon)
s22. (09 May) Pink Plasma (1968, Art Leonardi)
096. (09 May) Blacula (1972, William Crain)
097. (09 May) Curdled (1996, Reb Braddock)* [EW 30 May 97]
098. (10 May) Nowhere (1997, Gregg Araki)
099. (10 May) Unhook the Stars (1996, Nick Cassavetes)* [EW 30 May 97]
100. (13 May) The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933, Frank R. Capra)
101. (13 May) The Miracle Woman (1931, Frank R. Capra)
102. (16 May) The Van (1997, Stephen Frears)
s23. (17 May) Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1938, Gordon Douglas)*
103. (18 May) Night Falls on Manhattan (1997, Sidney Lumet)
104. (19 May) /Cold Fever/ (1996, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson)* [EW 13 Jun 97]
105. (22 May) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997, Steven Spielberg)
106. (23 May) /Breakdown/ (1997, Jonathan Mostow)
107. (24 May) In a Year of Thirteen Moons (1978, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
108. (25 May) Ponette (1997, Jacques Doillon)
109. (25 May) /Desolation Angels/ (1996, Tim McCann)* [EW 13 Jun 97]
110. (27 May) Brothers in Trouble (1997, Udayan Prasad)
111. (28 May) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997, Jay Roach)
112. (29 May) /Scarface/ (1932, Howard Hawks)
113. (29 May) /His Girl Friday/ (1940, Howard Hawks)
114. (31 May) /La Promesse/ (1997, Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne)
115. (31 May) /Simple Men/ (1992, Hal Hartley)*
116. (01 Jun) Flirt (1996, Hal Hartley)* [EW 20 Jun 97; also Citizen Ruth, not re-screened]
117. (03 Jun) Portland (1997, Niels Arden Oplev)
118. (04 Jun) Chronicle of a Disappearance (1997, Elia Suleiman)
119. (05 Jun) Tiger Shark (1932, Howard Hawks)
120. (05 Jun) King Lear (1970, Grigori Kozintsev)
121. (06 Jun) /Only Angels Have Wings/ (1939, Howard Hawks)
122. (06 Jun) Mr. Denning Drives North (1953, Anthony Kimmins)
123. (06 Jun) The Pillow Book (1997, Peter Greenaway)
124. (07 Jun) Turbulence (1997, Robert Butler)* [EW 27 Jun/4 Jul 97]
125. (08 Jun) Beverly Hills Ninja (1997, Dennis Dugan)* [EW 27 Jun/4 Jul 97]
126. (10 Jun) /Drowning by Numbers/ (1987, Peter Greenaway)*
127. (12 Jun) Flamenco (1997, Carlos Saura)
128. (12 Jun) The Daytrippers (1997, Greg Mottola)
129. (13 Jun) Hamlet (1948, Laurence Olivier)
130. (14 Jun) The Monster (1996, Roberto Benigni)* [EW 11 Jul 97]
131. (15 Jun) Kids Return (1996, Takeshi Kitano)
132. (15 Jun) Suzaku (1997, Naomi Kawase)
133. (17 Jun) Close-Up (1990, Abbas Kiarostami)
134. (17 Jun) Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996, Srdjan Dragojevic)
135. (18 Jun) Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997, William Gazecki)
136. (18 Jun) A Couch in New York (1997, Chantal Akerman)* [EW 18 Jul 97]
s24. (19 Jun) A Selection of Images in Ghajar Dynasty (1993, Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
137. (19 Jun) Marriage of the Blessed (1989, Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
138. (19 Jun) A Moment of Innocence (1996, Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
139. (20 Jun) Fleeing from Evil to God (1984, Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
140. (20 Jun) Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992, Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
141. (20 Jun) Ulee's Gold (1997, Victor Nunez)
142. (21 Jun) /M/ (1931, Fritz Lang)
143. (22 Jun) Squeeze (1997, Robert Patton-Spruill)
144. (24 Jun) Dust of Life (1994, Rachid Bouchareb)
145. (25 Jun) The Specialist (1994, Luis Llosa)* [EW 18 Jul 97 James Woods lead]
146. (25 Jun) The Getaway (1994, Roger Donaldson)* [EW 18 Jul 97 James Woods lead; never actually mentioned]
147. (26 Jun) Secrets (1933, Frank Borzage)
148. (26 Jun) Citizen Cohn [TV] (1992, Frank Pierson)* [EW 18 Jul 97 James Woods lead]
149. (27 Jun) Face/Off (1997, John Woo)
150. (27 Jun) Within Our Gates (1920, Oscar Micheaux)
151. (27 Jun) Hercules (1997, John Musker & Ron Clements)
152. (28 Jun) Tamango (1957, John Berry)
153. (28 Jun) Ghosts of Mississippi (1996, Rob Reiner)* [EW 18 Jul 97]
154. (28 Jun) The Summer of Ben Tyler [TV] (1996, Arthur Allan Seidelman)* [EW 18 Jul 97]
155. (02 Jul) Men in Black (1997, Barry Sonnenfeld)
156. (03 Jul) Love (1927, Edmund Goulding)
157. (03 Jul) /The Wind/ (1928, Victor Seastrom)
158. (03 Jul) Contempt (1963, Jean-Luc Godard)
159. (04 Jul) Underground (1997, Emir Kusturica)
160. (05 Jul) East Side Story (1997, Dana Ranga)
161. (05 Jul) Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997, Bille August)* [EW 25 Jul 97]
162. (06 Jul) /Hamlet/ (1996, Kenneth Branagh)* [EW 25 Jul 97]
163. (07 Jul) Sparrows (1926, William Beaudine)
164. (07 Jul) My Best Girl (1927, Sam Taylor)
165. (09 Jul) Star Maps (1997, Miguel Arteta)
166. (09 Jul) 4 Little Girls (1997, Spike Lee)
167. (10 Jul) Arizona Dream (1995, Emir Kusturica)
168. (10 Jul) For Ever Mozart (1997, Jean-Luc Godard)
169. (11 Jul) Midnight Mary (1933, William Wellman)
170. (11 Jul) Contact (1997, Robert Zemeckis)
171. (12 Jul) Albino Alligator (1997, Kevin Spacey)* [EW 1 Aug 97]
172. (13 Jul) Highway Patrolman (1992, Alex Cox)* [EW 1 Aug 97]
173. (18 Jul) Camille (1937, George Cukor)
174. (19 Jul) Booty Call (1997, Jeff Pollack)* [EW 8 Aug 97]
175. (21 Jul) Murder at 1600 (1997, Dwight Little) [EW 8 Aug 97]
176. (22 Jul) Mrs Brown (1997, John Madden)
177. (23 Jul) The Tall T (1957, Budd Boetticher)
178. (23 Jul) Buchanan Rides Alone (1958, Budd Boetticher)
179. (23 Jul) Box of Moonlight (1997, Tom DiCillo)
180. (24 Jul) The Tall Target (1951, Anthony Mann)
181. (24 Jul) Reign of Terror (1949, Anthony Mann)
182. (25 Jul) /Lone Star/ (1996, John Sayles)
183. (25 Jul) The Firemen's Ball (1968, Milos Forman)
184. (26 Jul) Through a Glass, Darkly (1961, Ingmar Bergman)
185. (26 Jul) Cries and Whispers (1972, Ingmar Bergman)
186. (26 Jul) /Smiles of a Summer Night/ (1955, Ingmar Bergman)
187. (26 Jul) /Prisoner of the Mountains/ (1997, Sergei Bodrov)* [EW 15 Aug 97]
188. (27 Jul) Shadow Conspiracy (1997, George P. Cosmatos)* [EW 15 Aug 97]
189. (28 Jul) The Winner (1997, Alex Cox)
190. (29 Jul) /In the Company of Men/ (1997, Neil LaBute)
191. (29 Jul) Air Force One (1997, Wolfgang Petersen)
192. (30 Jul) Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959, Bert Stern)
193. (31 Jul) Scandal Sheet (1952, Phil Karlson)
194. (31 Jul) Shockproof (1949, Douglas Sirk)
195. (01 Aug) /One, Two, Three/ (1961, Billy Wilder)
196. (01 Aug) /The Conversation/ (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
197. (02 Aug) /subUrbia/ (1997, Richard Linklater)* [EW 22/29 Aug 97]
198. (03 Aug) The Odyssey [TV] (1997, Andrei Konchalovsky)* [EW 22/29 Aug 97]
199. (04 Aug) Salvatore Giuliano (1962, Francesco Rosi)
200. (05 Aug) /Bleak Moments/ (1971, Mike Leigh)* [EW 22/29 Aug 97]
s25. (06 Aug) Past Perfumance (1954, Charles M. Jones)
201. (06 Aug) Day for Night (1973, François Truffaut)
202. (08 Aug) /Citizen Kane/ (1941, Orson Welles)
203. (08 Aug) Career Girls (1997, Mike Leigh)
204. (09 Aug) Nueba Yol (1996, Angel Muñiz)
205. (10 Aug) Guantanamera (1997, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabio)
206. (12 Aug) /Jules and Jim/ (1961, François Truffaut)
207. (13 Aug) Soul in the Hole (1997, Danielle Gardner)
208. (14 Aug) Conspiracy Theory (1997, Richard Donner)
209. (15 Aug) /McCabe & Mrs. Miller/ (1971, Robert Altman)
210. (15 Aug) Sullivan's Travels (1941, Preston Sturges)
211. (15 Aug) The Full Monty (1997, Peter Cattaneo)
212. (16 Aug) Lacombe, Lucien (1974, Louis Malle)
213. (16 Aug) Grind (1997, Chris Kentis)* [EW 26 Sep 97]
214. (17 Aug) Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991, Alfonso Cuarón)
215. (18 Aug) Badlands (1973, Terrence Malick)
216. (18 Aug) Margaret's Museum (1997, Mort Ransen)* [EW 5 Sep 97]
217. (19 Aug) Partner. (1968, Bernardo Bertolucci)
218. (19 Aug) Hamsun (1997, Jan Troell)
219. (20 Aug) Conspirators of Pleasure (1997, Jan Svankmajer)
220. (22 Aug) /The Rules of the Game/ (1939, Jean Renoir)
s26. (22 Aug) The Secret Cinema (1966, Paul Bartel)
221. (22 Aug) Stereo (1969, David Cronenberg)
222. (22 Aug) Fathers' Day (1997, Ivan Reitman)* [EW 12 Sep 97]
223. (23 Aug) The Shop Around the Corner (1940, Ernst Lubitsch)
224. (23 Aug) History Is Made at Night (1937, Frank Borzage)
225. (23 Aug) /Kolya/ (1997, Jan Sverak)* [EW 12 Sep 97]
226. (25 Aug) Shadows (1960, John Cassavetes)
227. (26 Aug) Black Girl (1965, Ousmane Sembène)
228. (26 Aug) The Big Bullet (1996, Benny Chan)
229. (26 Aug) Hard-Boiled (1992, John Woo)
230. (27 Aug) G.I. Jane (1997, Ridley Scott)
231. (28 Aug) Afterglow (1997, Alan Rudolph)
232. (29 Aug) She's So Lovely (1997, Nick Cassavetes)
233. (30 Aug) The Shopworn Angel (1938, H.C. Potter)
234. (30 Aug) The Mortal Storm (1940, Frank Borzage)
235. (31 Aug) /Rendezvous in Paris/ (1996, Eric Rohmer)*
236. (31 Aug) Roadracers [TV] (1994, Robert Rodriguez)* [EW 19 Sep 97]
237. (01 Sep) Hoodlum (1997, Bill Duke)
238. (01 Sep) /The Garden of the Finzi-Continis/ (1971, Vittorio de Sica)* [EW 19 Sep 97]
239. (03 Sep) Minnie and Moskowitz (1971, John Cassavetes)
240. (04 Sep) A Queer Story (1996, Shu Kei)
241. (04 Sep) Peking Opera Blues (1986, Tsui Hark)
242. (05 Sep) Cul-de-Sac (1966, Roman Polanski)
243. (05 Sep) Saint Jack (1979, Peter Bogdanovich)
244. (06 Sep) The Good Fairy (1935, William Wyler)
245. (06 Sep) Man's Castle (1933, Frank Borzage)
246. (06 Sep) Family Name (1997, Macky Alston)
247. (06 Sep) Fun (1995, Rafal Zielinski)* [EW 26 Sep 97]
248. (08 Sep) The Hills Have Eyes (1977, Wes Craven)
249. (10 Sep) My Mother's Courage (1997, Michael Verhoeven)
250. (11 Sep) A Man for All Seasons (1966, Fred Zinnemann)
251. (12 Sep) The Game (1997, David Fincher)
252. (12 Sep) Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (1994, Tom Shadyac)* [EW 3 Oct 97]
253. (13 Sep) The End of Violence (1997, Wim Wenders)
254. (13 Sep) /The Game/ (1997, David Fincher)
255. (13 Sep) Dumb & Dumber (1994, Peter Farrelly)* [EW 3 Oct 97]
256. (14 Sep) /Liar Liar/ (1997, Tom Shadyac)* [EW 3 Oct 97]
257. (15 Sep) The House of Yes (1997, Mark Waters)
258. (16 Sep) Gaslight (1940, Thorold Dickinson)
259. (16 Sep) /The Kingdom/ (1995, Lars von Trier/Morten Arnfred)*
260. (17 Sep) The Keeper (1997, Joe Brewster)
261. (18 Sep) /Better Off Dead.../ (1985, Savage Steve Holland)* [EW 10 Oct 97]
262. (19 Sep) The Devils (1971, Ken Russell)
263. (19 Sep) L.A. Confidential (1997, Curtis Hanson)
264. (20 Sep) In & Out (1997, Frank Oz)
265. (20 Sep) Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1995, Philippe Mora)* [EW 10 Oct 97]
266. (20 Sep) /The Sure Thing/ (1985, Rob Reiner)* [EW 10 Oct 97]
267. (20 Sep) /Say Anything.../ (1989, Cameron Crowe)* [EW 10 Oct 97]
268. (21 Sep) The Browning Version (1951, Anthony Asquith)
269. (21 Sep) /The Grifters/ (1990, Stephen Frears)* [EW 10 Oct 97]
270. (21 Sep) /Bullets over Broadway/ (1994, Woody Allen)* [EW 10 Oct 97]
271. (21 Sep) /Grosse Pointe Blank/ (1997, George Armitage)* [EW 10 Oct 97]
272. (22 Sep) Blithe Spirit (1945, David Lean)
273. (24 Sep) /Gray's Anatomy/ (1997, Steven Soderbergh)* [EW 17 Oct 97]
274. (24 Sep) /The Whole Wide World/ (1996, Dan Ireland)* [EW 17 Oct 97]
275. (25 Sep) The Homecoming (1973, Peter Hall)
276. (25 Sep) The Long Way Home (1997, Mark Jonathan Harris)
277. (26 Sep) Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970, Douglas Hickox)
278. (26 Sep) Hobson's Choice (1954, David Lean)
279. (26 Sep) The Edge (1997, Lee Tamahori)
280. (27 Sep) The Ice Storm (1997, Ang Lee)
s27. (27 Sep) Insight (1996, Georg Misch)
281. (27 Sep) Mother and Son (1998, Aleksandr Sokurov)
282. (27 Sep) /Face/Off/ (1997, John Woo)
283. (27 Sep) Love and Death on Long Island (1998, Richard Kwietniowski)
s28. (28 Sep) The House Is Black (1962, Forough Farrokzhad)
284. (28 Sep) Taste of Cherry (1998, Abbas Kiarostami)
s29. (28 Sep) Majorettes in Space (1997, David Fourier)
285. (28 Sep) Post coitum, animal triste (1997, Brigitte Roüan)
s30. (29 Sep) The Man Who Couldn't Open Doors (1997, Paul Arden)
286. (29 Sep) From Today Until Tomorrow (1996, Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub)
s31. (29 Sep) Balloons, Streamers (1997, Josh Sternfeld)
287. (29 Sep) Fireworks (Hana-Bi) (1998, Takeshi Kitano)
s32. (30 Sep) Whiplash (1997, Warren Sonbert)
288. (30 Sep) Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997, Errol Morris)
289. (30 Sep) Martin (Hache) (1997, Alfonso Aristarain)
290. (01 Oct) Kitchen (1997, Yim Ho)
s33. (02 Oct) Where's the Money Ronnie! (1996, Shane Meadows)
291. (02 Oct) Kiss or Kill (1997, Bill Bennett)
292. (02 Oct) Twin Town (1997, Kevin Allen)* [EW 24 Oct 97]
s34. (03 Oct) Signing Off (1996, Robert Sarkies)
293. (03 Oct) Forgotten Silver (1997, Peter Jackson & Costa Botes)
294. (04 Oct) Public Housing (1997, Frederick Wiseman)
295. (04 Oct) Washington Square (1997, Agnieszka Holland)
296. (04 Oct) The Sweet Hereafter (1997, Atom Egoyan)
297. (04 Oct) Year of the Horse (1997, Jim Jarmusch)
s35. (05 Oct) Breeze (1997, Barbara Sanon)
298. (05 Oct) Ma vie en rose (1997, Alain Berliner)
299. (05 Oct) Destiny (1997, Youssef Chahine)
300. (05 Oct) Jane Eyre [TV] (1997, Robert Young)* [EW 31 Oct 97; review aborted due to editorial error]
s36. (06 Oct) Sea Space (1997, William Farley)
301. (06 Oct) Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1998, Manoel de Oliveira)
302. (06 Oct) Deep Crimson (1997, Arturo Ripstein)
s37. (07 Oct) The Rocking Horse Winner (1997, Michael Almereyda)
303. (07 Oct) Fallen Angels (1995, Wong Kar-wai)
304. (07 Oct) The Second Civil War [TV] (1997, Joe Dante)* [EW 31 Oct 97]
305. (08 Oct) Boogie Nights (1997, Paul Thomas Anderson)
306. (08 Oct) Life of Jesus (1998, Bruno Dumont)
307. (08 Oct) Saint-Ex (1996, Anand Tucker)* [EW 31 Oct 97]
308. (09 Oct) Telling Lies in America (1997, Guy Ferland)
309. (09 Oct) The Apostle (1997, Robert Duvall)
s38. (10 Oct) The Hidden (1997, Bogdan Szyber & Carina Reich)
310. (10 Oct) Happy Together (1997, Wong Kar-wai)
311. (10 Oct) /L.A. Confidential/ (1997, Curtis Hanson)
312. (11 Oct) /Microcosmos/ (1996, Claude Nuridsany & Marie Perénnou)*
313. (12 Oct) The Kingdom II (1998, Lars von Trier & Morten Arnfred)
s39. (12 Oct) The Bloody Olive (1996, Vincent Bal)
314. (12 Oct) Live Flesh (1998, Pedro Almodóvar)
315. (14 Oct) /Fast, Cheap & Out of Control/ (1997, Errol Morris)
316. (16 Oct) Ripe (1997, Mo Ogrodnik)* [EW 7 Nov 97]
317. (16 Oct) Blush (1996, Li Shaohong)* [EW 7 Nov 97]
318. (17 Oct) The Naked Spur (1953, Anthony Mann)
319. (17 Oct) The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973, Peter Yates)
320. (18 Oct) Gummo (1997, Harmony Korine)
321. (18 Oct) Truth Or Consequences, N.M. (1997, Kiefer Sutherland)* [EW 7 Nov 97]
322. (19 Oct) Meantime (1983, Mike Leigh)* [EW 21 Nov 97]
323. (20 Oct) /Pretty Village, Pretty Flame/ (1997, Srdjan Dragojevic)
324. (21 Oct) Jacquot de Nantes (1991, Agnès Varda)
325. (21 Oct) /Schizopolis/ (1997, Steven Soderbergh)* [EW 14 Nov 97]
326. (23 Oct) Vagabond (1985, Agnès Varda)
s40. (24 Oct) Another Fine Mess (1930, no director credited)
327. (24 Oct) Hallelujah (1929, King Vidor)
328. (24 Oct) Gattaca (1997, Andrew Niccol)
329. (25 Oct) Shades of Fear (1994, Beeban Kidron)* [EW 21 Nov 97]
330. (26 Oct) Pal Joey (1957, George Sidney)
331. (26 Oct) The Man with the Golden Arm (1955, Otto Preminger)
332. (27 Oct) /Rear Window/ (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)
333. (28 Oct) /It's a Wonderful Life/ (1946, Frank Capra)
334. (28 Oct) Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997, Joe Mantello)* [EW 21 Nov 97]
335. (29 Oct) FairyTale -- A True Story (1997, Charles Sturridge)
336. (30 Oct) /Cape Fear/ (1962, J. Lee Thompson)
337. (30 Oct) /Chasing Amy/ (1997, Kevin Smith)* [EW 28 Nov 97]
338. (31 Oct) Love Affair (1939, Leo McCarey)
339. (31 Oct) /Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist/ (1997, Kirby Dick)
340. (01 Nov) Beautiful Girls (1996, Ted Demme)* [EW 28 Nov 97; cut from piece]
341. (02 Nov) The Wind in the Willows (1997, Terry Jones)
342. (02 Nov) /Walking and Talking/ (1996, Nicole Holofcener)* [EW 28 Nov 97]
343. (03 Nov) /Swingers/ (1996, Doug Liman)* [EW 28 Nov 97; cut from piece]
344. (04 Nov) From Hell to Hell (1996, Dmitri Astrachan)
345. (04 Nov) /Kicking and Screaming/ (1995, Noah Baumbach)* [EW 28 Nov 97]
346. (05 Nov) Men with Guns (1998, John Sayles)
347. (06 Nov) Gesche's Poison (1997, Walburg von Waldenfels)
348. (07 Nov) Starship Troopers (1997, Paul Verhoeven)
349. (08 Nov) The Wings of the Dove (1997, Iain Softley)
350. (08 Nov) Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997, Jan De Bont)* [EW 28 Nov 97]
351. (09 Nov) Anastasia (1997, Don Bluth & Gary Goldman)
352. (09 Nov) Eve's Bayou (1997, Kasi Lemmons)
353. (13 Nov) Obsession (1997, Peter Sehr)
354. (13 Nov) Rough Riders [TV] (1997, John Milius)* [EW 5 Dec 97]
355. (14 Nov) Runaway Train (1985, Andrei Konchalovsky)
356. (15 Nov) One Night Stand (1997, Mike Figgis)
357. (15 Nov) Con Air (1997, Simon West)* [EW 12 Dec 97]
358. (18 Nov) Girl with Hyacinths (1950, Hasse Ekman)
359. (19 Nov) Habit (1997, Larry Fessenden)
360. (19 Nov) Dreaming of Rita (1993, Jon Lindström)* [EW 12 Dec 97]
361. (19 Nov) The Sexual Life of the Belgians: 1950-1978 (1996, Jan Bucquoy)* [EW 12 Dec 97]
362. (21 Nov) The Leopard (1963, Luchino Visconti)
363. (21 Nov) /The Sweet Hereafter/ (1997, Atom Egoyan)
364. (22 Nov) Alien3 (1992, David Fincher)*
s41. (23 Nov) Et Cetera (1966, Jan Svankmajer)
s42. (23 Nov) Historia naturae (1967, Jan Svankmajer)
s43. (23 Nov) A Quiet Week in the House (1969, Jan Svankmajer)
s44. (23 Nov) The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983, Jan Svankmajer)
s45. (23 Nov) Manly Games (1988, Jan Svankmajer)
s46. (23 Nov) Darkness, Light, Darkness (1989, Jan Svankmajer)
s47. (23 Nov) The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1990, Jan Svankmajer)
s48. (23 Nov) Food (1993, Jan Svankmajer)
365. (23 Nov) Alice (1988, Jan Svankmajer)
366. (23 Nov) /The Sweet Hereafter/ (1997, Atom Egoyan)
367. (24 Nov) Ossessione (1942, Luchino Visconti)
368. (24 Nov) John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997, Francis Ford Coppola)
369. (25 Nov) How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1997, John Fisher)
370. (25 Nov) Così (1997, Mark Joffe)* [EW 19 Dec 97]
371. (26 Nov) The Man on the Roof (1977, Bo Widerberg)* [EW 16 Jan 98]
372. (26 Nov) Alien Resurrection (1997, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
373. (27 Nov) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997, Clint Eastwood)
374. (28 Nov) The Stranger (1967, Luchino Visconti)
375. (28 Nov) The Innocent (1976, Luchino Visconti)
376. (29 Nov) Welcome to Sarajevo (1997, Michael Winterbottom)
377. (30 Nov) Salesman (1968, David Maysles & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin)
378. (30 Nov) Gimme Shelter (1970, David Maysles & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin)
379. (01 Dec) La Terra trema (1947, Luchino Visconti)
380. (02 Dec) Senso (1954, Luchino Visconti)
381. (03 Dec) Man on a Tightrope (1953, Elia Kazan)
382. (03 Dec) La strada (1954, Federico Fellini)
383. (04 Dec) Death in Venice (1971, Luchino Visconti)
384. (05 Dec) Good Will Hunting (1997, Gus Van Sant)
385. (06 Dec) Rocco and His Brothers (1960, Luchino Visconti)
386. (06 Dec) Dont Look Back (1967, D.A. Pennebaker)
387. (06 Dec) Monterey Pop (1969, D.A. Pennebaker)
388. (08 Dec) Wedding Bell Blues (1997, Dana Lustig)* [EW 9 Jan 98]
389. (10 Dec) Amistad (1997, Steven Spielberg)
s49. (11 Dec) Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1993, George Hickenlooper)
390. (11 Dec) Bang (1997, Ash)
391. (11 Dec) /Scream/ (1996, Wes Craven)*
392. (12 Dec) Deconstructing Harry (1997, Woody Allen)
393. (13 Dec) Scream 2 (1997, Wes Craven)
394. (16 Dec) The Mother and the Whore (1973, Jean Eustache)
395. (18 Dec) Will It Snow for Christmas? (1997, Sandrine Veysset)
396. (19 Dec) /Umberto D/ (1952, Vittorio de Sica)
397. (19 Dec) Titanic (1997, James Cameron)
398. (22 Dec) /House of Games/ (1987, David Mamet)* [EW 23 Jan 98]
399. (23 Dec) Buddy (1997, Caroline Thompson)* [EW 16 Jan 98]
400. (24 Dec) Heavy (1996, James Mangold)*
401. (24 Dec) /Total Recall/ (1990, Paul Verhoeven)* [EW 23 Jan 98; ultimately not used]
402. (25 Dec) Jackie Brown (1997, Quentin Tarantino)
403. (26 Dec) As Good As It Gets (1997, James L. Brooks)
404. (26 Dec) The Prophecy (1995, Gregory Widen)*
405. (27 Dec) Diary of a Serial Killer (1997, Joshua Wallace)* [EW 23 Jan 98]
406. (28 Dec) /The Sweet Hereafter/ (1997, Atom Egoyan)
407. (28 Dec) /The Game/ (1997, David Fincher)* [EW 23 Jan 98]
408. (28 Dec) Extreme Measures (1996, Michael Apted)*
409. (29 Dec) The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996, Renny Harlin)*