Cabaret

I was an instant convert to Fosse's Cabaret: it was and is nothing but the movie for me. It concentrates Fosse's interest in stories about style-its power to define and transform, to dominate and subdue.

The main characters' inebriated antics never seem to amount to anything potent or moving or simply involving.

The bright, manic glee is countered by small moments of stunning brutality, moments that increase in frequency, size, and viciousness as the film progresses.

Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey are electrifying; director Bob Fosse's choreography and the camera work are scintillating.

If brash Minnelli seems a mite too talented for the Sally Bowles character, it really doesn't matter: she is, quite simply, magnificent in this role.