And if we had to include two of the Academy's choices? Picture: Norma Rae , no changes Actor: Lemmon, no change, having already won before Actress: No change S. Actor: Douglas, he would win since he already won in reality S. Actress: Barrie, but Breaking Away is weak in other awards, so it's still M...

Now it's 1979. Here are the Academy's choices: ACTOR Dustin Hoffman -Kramer vs. Kramer Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome Al Pacino – …And Justice for All Roy Scheider – All That Jazz Peter Sellers – Being There ACTRESS Jill Clayburgh – Starting Over Sally Field – Norma Rae Jane Fonda – The China Synd...

Last week I saw five movies. The Long Farewell is interestingly shot and shows a certain style. It looks fairly impressive and I would probably appreciate this story of a young man who would like to get out under his mother's domination if I could read Russian. Wake in Fright is fairly engaging as w...

Tom Wilkinson has died aged 75. Although perhaps best known to filmgoers for his role in The Full Monty and other movies (Oscar-nominated for Michael Clayton ), he was a great actor in many media. I had the pleasure to see him on stage several times, including The White Chameleon, Ghosts (with Vane...

It took until the penultimate day of the year, but here are my choices for the best performances of the year before, 2022: Actor Park Hae-Il, Decision to Leave Viggo Mortenson, Crimes of the Future Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans Marin Grigoire, R.M.N. Vincent Lindon, Both Sides of the Blade Runner-u...

Here's Los Angeles: Best Film: The Zone of Interest Runner-up: Oppenheimer Best Director: Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest Runner-up: Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things Best Leading Performance: Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest Emma Stone – Poor Things Runner-up: Andrew S...

1. The protagonist wonders what year it is. 2. One might wonder whether this is a film at all, even though recently a bunch of critics publicly declared this to be one of the greatest movies ever made. 3. The movie is a sequel. Arguably you could say it is part of a franchise. 4. One of the actresse...

Here were the nominees for 1952: Black and White The Bad and the Beautiful The Big Sky My Cousin Rachel Navajo Sudden Fear Color The Quiet Man Hans Christian Andersen Ivanhoe Million Dollar Mermaid The Snows of Kilimanjaro I haven't seen My Cousin Rachel, Navajo, Sudden Fear or Hans Christian Anders...

The Godfather, Part II

next: killing someone out of love for someone who arguably doesn't deserve it

And here's Dallas-Fort Worth (the winner is the first one mentioned: Best Picture The Holdovers Oppenheimer Killers of the Flower Moon Poor Things American Fiction Past Lives Maestro Anatomy of a Fall Barbie May December Best Director Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Martin Scorsese – Killers of the ...

1. The protagonist wonders what year it is. 2. One might wonder whether this is a film at all, even though recently a bunch of critics publicly declared this to be one of the greatest movies ever made. 3. The movie is a sequel. Arguably you could say it is part of a franchise. 4. One of the actresse...

And if we had to include two of the Academy's choices?

Picture: The Deer Hunter and a lot lower down Midnight Express
Actor: Busey, no change
Actress: No Change
S. Actor: No change
S. Actress: No change

Now it's 1978. Here are the Academy's choices: ACTOR Warren Beatty – Heaven Can Wait Gary Busey – The Buddy Holly Story Robert De Niro – The Deer Hunter Laurence Olivier – The Boys from Brazil Jon Voight - Coming Home ACTRESS Ingrid Bergman – Autumn Sonata Ellen Burstyn – Same Time, Next Year Jill C...

Last week I saw four movies. Priscilla may be the best Sofia Coppola movie I've ever seen. It's certainly the best since Lost in Translation . It has a certain stylistic value and while it's similar to Marie Antoinette , I certainly found the experience of Mrs. Elvis Presley far more worthy of his s...

1. The protagonist wonders what year it is. 2. One might wonder whether this is a film at all, even though recently a bunch of critics publicly declared this to be one of the greatest movies ever made. 3. The movie is a sequel. Arguably you could say it is part of a franchise. And now 4. One of the ...