Top 10 of 1956

1. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson): Favorite Bresson.

2. Baby Doll (Elia Kazan): Raw sexual tension.

3. Giant (George Stevens): Dean at his best.

4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel): You could be next!

5. The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse): One of the best shorts.

6. Lust for Life (George Cukor): Not as good as Pialat’s Van Gogh but pretty damn good.

7. Bob le flambeur (Jean-Pierre Melville): He sure likes mob movies.

8. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock): Much better than his other one.

9. Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray): Mason is great here.

10. Forbidden Planet (Fred M. Wilcox): Robbie is a pimp.

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