I Lost it at the Movies by Pauline Kael

An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.

Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain the favor of their affectionate but strict, Bible-toting father as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.

A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.

An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman.

A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

A young man with artistic talent lives in a close-knit coal-mining town and finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative mother.

A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.

Honest, hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant, egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.

When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.

Three men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru.

In Sweden at the turn of the century, members of the upper class and their servants find themselves in a romantic tangle that they try to work out amidst jealousy and heartbreak.

During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.

A young French girl orphaned in a German air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.

Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.

When the composer of an opera about a swashbuckling, wenching highwayman meets his hero's real-life counterpart, he's disappointed with his lack of dash.

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.

A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.

A pair of cousins share a flat, but animosity begins to build between the two when a woman gets involved.

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.

In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.

A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.

A man getting on in years sets out to find a way to resurrect his flagging virility.

A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.