Womanizing workaholic substance-abusing chainsmoking Bob Fosse transformed his decline into one of the great American films, as clear-eyed about death, creativity, and denial as any movie ever made. You might not imagine Roy Scheider as the star of a musical, but then it’s tough to imagine a director making a film about his own incipient death this unsentimental. -Lee Gardner

1979 Bob Fosse 1.85:1 Color DCP 123 min.