The Film Department of the Museum of Modern Art is mounting a career retrospective of Mike Nichols, one of the most successful and idiosyncratic filmmakers who has done the almost impossible: create original films with a specific voice within the gears of the assembly line Hollywood system. After a celebrated career as a comedian (part of the incomporable duo of Nichols and May) and theater director, Nichols, at the tender age of 32, took on the twin dragons of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burto...

Herewith the List of top 100 films voted by AFI experts, all time best from the past 100 years. Rank 1 to 100 the ranking in 1997 follows the title, along with the move up or down from previous list1 CITIZEN KANE 1 02 GODFATHER, THE 3 13 CASABLANCA 2 -14 RAGING BULL 24 205 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 10 56 GONE WITH THE WIND 4 -27 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 5 -28 SCHINDLER'S LIST 9 19 VERTIGO 61 5210 WIZARD OF OZ, THE 6 -411 CITY LIGHTS 76 6512 SEARCHERS, THE 96 8413 STAR WARS 15 214 PSYCHO 18 415 2001: A SPACE...