Husbands and Wives (1992)

One of Woody Allen's best films, a raw and painful examination of the way relationships disintegrate imperceptibly. Upon its release, the film was notorious for echoing the implosion of Allen's relationship with Mia Farrow (and Mia doesn't come off looking too enticing here), but, twelve years on and divorced from that tempest, the film is still an extraordinary attempt to process the concept of social entropy. A sad, angry and restless movie (Allen's move to handheld camerawork was a masterstroke); also, occasionally still quite a funny movie. Gets bonus goodwill points for containing what was probably Juliette Lewis's last great performance (before she went all outlaw-counterculture-skank on us and forgot her abilities).

Grade: A