The "relationship" film of its era, Annie Hall is in essence a simple story of love won and lost to the vagaries of need, ambition, and the great East Coast/Left Coast schism. With New York City and its citizens characters in their own right, Woody Allen's Alvy Singer and Diane Keaton's Annie Hall grapple with neurosis and ambivalence. There is an emotional immediacy, a chemistry and affection between Alvy and Annie that make Annie Hall Allen's most gentle and romantic film. Allen's and Keaton's genuine rapport and sincerity are most palpable in the hilarity of the lobster hunt scene and in Keaton's tender and vulnerable renditions of "It Had to Be You" and "Seems Like Old Times." In 1977, Diane Keaton's menswear-based look, designed by Ralph Lauren, defined the wardrobe for a nascent feminist determined to find her voice and follow her own path.-Sally Syberg