The X List (National Society of Film Critics)

In addition to the articles on the list of 80 films, the book also has numerous side articles on other topics, with frequently interesting references to other films not on the list.

Here are the topics, with the main films mentioned in them:

Annabel Chong: Casting the First Pebble, p. 36: Sex: The Annabel Chong Story (1999) dir Gough Lewis

Possession: What You Missed, p.94: Possession (1981) dir Zulawski

Why Vertigo? p. 102: Vertigo (1958)

Connie Nielsen: Empress Mine, p. 120: Gladiator (2000), Brødre (2004), Mission to Mars (2000)

The Female Gaze, p. 136: Entre Nous, The Piano, Laurel Canyon; Bend It Like Beckham, A League of Their Own, Love and Basketball; Lost In Translation, Look at Me

In My Skin, p. 160: In My Skin (2002) dir Marina de Van

The Eroticism of Words, p. 160: Ulysses (1967) dir Joseph Strick

Last Tango with Grandma, p. 176: Last Tango in Paris (1972)

Swoon, Britannia, p. 195: re: Haley Mills in Tiger Bay (1959); Julie Christie in Billy Liar(1963); Imogen Stubbs in A Summer Story (1988)

Habit-forming, p. 206: The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945); Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957); The Devils (1971)

My Own Private Barrymore, p. 233: The Wedding Singer (1998), Firestarter (1984), Poison Ivy (1992)

Annette Haven: What’s a Classy Girl Like You Doing In a Film Like This? p. 264: V: The Hot One (1977); High School Memories (1980); A Thousand and One Erotic Nights (1982); Memphis Cathouse Blues (1982); Body Double (1984)

Radley Metzger, Soft-core Auteur, p. 280: Score (1973), Therese and Isabell (1968), The Lickerish Quartet (1970), Camille 2000 (1969); The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann (1975); The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1977)

The Last X-Rated Picture Show, p. 293: Inserts (1975) ; also mentioned Midnight Cowboy, If…, Greetings, Last Tango in Paris, A Clockwork Orange, Medium Cool, The Killing of Sister George