My choices are noted with a ★. Historical Oscar winners are noted with a ✔.
I previously wrote about Citizen Kanehere. And I had a word or two to say about Mary Astor's surprisingly divisive performance in The Maltese Falconhere.
Named for Katie-Bar-The-Door, the Katies are "alternate Oscars"—who should have been nominated, who should have won—but really they're just an excuse to write a history of the movies from the Silent Era to the present day.
To see a list of nominees and winners by decade, as well as links to my essays about them, click the highlighted links:
Remember: There are no wrong answers, only movies you haven't seen yet.
The Silent Oscars
And don't forget to check out the Silent Oscars—my year-by-year choices for best picture, director and all four acting categories for the pre-Oscar years, 1902-1927.
Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
2 comments:
I bet it was General Stilwell that voted for "Dumbo" - he loves that movie. Riots can't drag him away
As I explained in 2011:
I first saw Kane in a revival house with a great projector, and an honest-to-Gahd silver screen.
Let me tell you, you ain't seen black nor white 'til you've seen this picture under those conditions.
Anyway, I like Kane because I am Kane.
Except without all the success and accomplishments and shit. . . .
still stands up. excep where it doesn't. . . .
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