Any Given Sunday (Available April 1)

In 1986, writer/director Oliver Stone directed Platoon, and then followed it up with (aside from a few smaller film detours), Wall Street (1987), Talk Radio (1988), Born On The Fourth of July (1989), The Doors and JFK (1991), and Natural Born Killers (1994). It’s curious how when cinephiles trace great “runs” by filmmakers, that grouping by Stone is often overlooked. Nonetheless, after that, things got a little less thrilling career-wise for Stone, which brings us to 1999’s football epic Any Given Sunday. While certainly not an all-timer like most of those listed above, the film actually holds up quite well and features a solid 1990s era cast with Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, and Jamie Foxx. The film is definitely one ripe for a revisit, which The A.V. Club’s Nick Schager did in 2016 saying “Stone’s bruising, blistering game footage is some of the best ever committed to film, and his frenzied montages further lend the action concussive energy.”