It was an anno mirabilia, a year of marvels. For no particularreason, 1993 was the best year since the 1970s for new motionpictures. One after another they arrived, especially in the autumn,great and good films of all sorts, from the epic to the intimate,from thrillers to biopics, all with that special grace that leavesyou thankful for the movies.
I found myself granting "four stars" almost with abandon - morethan twice as many as in 1992. Readers wrote in asking if I hadn'tgone soft. Look at the movies, I advised them. I'm only reportingthe news.
At the head of the list were new films by the most populardirector in the world, Steven Spielberg, and the best …
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