Selected by Leonard Maltin

“Writer-director John Sayles is one of my heroes: a truly independent filmmaker with a surfeit of original ideas and a peerless ear for dialogue. Passion Fish is one of his finest efforts. Two superb actresses—Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard—take center stage as a selfish, ill-tempered soap-opera star who moves to her family homestead in Louisiana following a debilitating accident, and the troubled woman who becomes her caregiver. The ensemble includes Sayles’ longtime colleague David Strathairn, Angela Bassett, Vondie Curtis Hall, and Nancy Mette, who delivers a memorable soliloquy about an odd line of dialogue she had to deliver at an audition. Passion Fish is as fresh as it was the day it opened in 1992.” – L.M.

Leonard Maltin is one of the most recognized and respected film critics of our time. He appears regularly on Reelz Channel and spent 30 years on the hit television show, Entertainment Tonight.