Long Lost Corleone, thank you for the Punch-Drunk Love recommendation. I've seen Hard Eight (Sydney; 1996), and it's a wonderfully staged modern film noir with a menacing foreboding, and the acting is a treat. Can't wait for you to see it. I have Boogie Nights ready to watch in my room, too.

Irishman, I agree with New York Stories (1989). Three of the best "New York" directors combine to make a gross mishit of a film. Scorsese experiments and fails with a sour romance story; Allen's featurette is merely an elongated sketch of a Jewish mother joke; and inbetween them, Coppola's short is a dreadful mess full of crass acting and a Godawful script.

Thanks for reading,
Mick