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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

1975 Alternate Oscars

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A year ago, Sight & Sound magazine came out with its once-a-decade list of the greatest movies ever made, passing over the likes of Dr...
Monday, October 16, 2023

1974 Alternate Oscars

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Chinatown is about seeing without understanding, and rushing headlong where angels fear to tread. Detective Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is...
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

1973 Alternate Oscars

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The Sting is fifty years old — fifty! — which means I'm even older. I saw it in a theater with my dad and little brother when it came ...
Monday, October 9, 2023

1972 Alternate Oscars

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Just to clarify, yes, Marlon Brando won the Oscar for best actor in 1972 (and then declined the award for ... reasons .) But here at th...
Saturday, October 7, 2023

1971 Alternate Oscars

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I know some of you are big fans of A Clockwork Orange . I wish I shared your enthusiasm. It's not that the film expects me to root for...
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Thursday, October 5, 2023

1970 Alternate Oscars

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Best Picture of 1970 Best Actor of 1970 Best Actress of 1970 Best Director of 1970 Best Supporting Actor of 1970 ...
Tuesday, October 3, 2023

1969 Alternate Oscars

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I wrote this when I was fifty, the same age as William Holden when he filmed The Wild Bunch : I don't know anybody over the age of fif...
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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?
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