Catch-22. Alan Arkin was transcendent in Mike Nichols' perverse adaptation, which missed the comedy but captured the pure terror of the Joseph Heller novel.
Husbands. John Cassavetes' dynamic portrait of three middle-aged men on a desperate tear also featured some of the year's best acting by Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk and Cassavetes himself.
Joe. A fascinating but ultimately horrifyingattempt to get inside the hardhat skull, with an emphatic performance by Peter Boyle.
Little Big Man. Arthur Penn revitalized the classic myth of the western by alternately revering and reviling it. Dustin Hoffman was outstanding...