F. Murray Abraham- Amadeus
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Jeff Bridges- Crazy Heart (though “The Big Liebowski” is close but he gets extra points for singing)
Claudette Colbert – It Happened One Night
Olivia Colman- The Favourite (I couldn’t think of a better cinematic perform…[Read more]

I still need to finally see “Portrait of a Lady On Fire” which starts near, or at least nearish, me this weekend but for now the list goes…

1) Little Women
2) Marriage Story
3) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
4) Jojo Rabbit
5) Parasite
6) Uncut Gems
7) The Last Black Man in San Francisco
8) 1917
9) Ford vs Ferrari
10) The Farewell

1) The Godfather
2) The Godfather Part II
3) Schindler’s List
4) Casablanca
5) How Green Was My Valley
6) All Quiet On the Western Front
7) Lawrence of Arabia
8) Amadeus
9) Moonlight
10: The Silence of the Lambs

Adam Driver in best actor would be my top choice and Florence Pugh in best supporting actress would be my number two.

Les Misérables B
Atlantics C+

2010: The Social Network (Runner-Up: The Kids Are All Right)
2011: The Artist (Runner-Up: A Separation)
2012: The Master (Runner-Up: Moonrise Kingdom)
2013: Her (Runner-Up: The Act of Killing)
2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Runner-Up: Whiplash)
2015: The Tribe (Runner-Up: Ex-Machina)
2016: La La Land (Runner-Up: Moonlight)
2017: Call Me By Your…[Read more]

What social circles are we talking about? The landed gentry? Wealthy divorcees? Book clubbers? Birders? Who?

“Angels with Dirty Faces” was not a best picture nominee.

Antonio Banderas- The Skin I Live In
Leonardo DiCaprio- The Departed
Adam Driver- Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix- The Master
Jonathan Pryce- The Wife

Cynthia Erivo- Bad times at the El Royale
Scarlett Johansson- Lost in Translation
Saoirse Ronan- Brooklyn
Charlize Theron- Young Adult
Renee Zellweger- Jerry Maguire

Tom Hanks- Cast Away
Anthony…[Read more]

Harriet C+

I was excited to see “Waves” but where I live in AZ it basically disappeared from theatres after one week and I did not get the chance. If that happened across the country this may be more of an availability issue rather than a snubbing issue.

I did have Noah Jupe in my breakthrough performance list because even though “Honey Boy” was barely…[Read more]

Pho
lamb curry
chicken or turkey pot pie
fruit pies of all kinds
spaghetti and meatballs
molten lava cake or hot brownie with vanilla ice cream
sushi rolls
seafood in general
the classic Thanksgiving turkey dinner

same question

Persona
Ran
Tokyo Story
Smiles of a Summer Night
Bicycle Thieves
Rififi
La Dolce Vita
Pather Panchali
Raise the Red Lantern
Y Tu Mama Tambien

Best Picture: Little Women
Best Director: The Safdie Brothers- Uncut Gems
Best Actor: Adam Driver- Marriage Story
Best Actress: Renee Zellweger- Judy
Best Supporting Actor: Al Pacino- The Irishman
Best Supporting Actress: Zhao Shuzhen- The Farewell
Best Adapted Screenplay: A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood
Best Original Screenplay: Knives…[Read more]

I am also very much against this idea. It is fun when the Oscars are competitive but it is not required and is not really the point. Sometimes best picture is a blowout (ex: “Schindler’s List”) or best actor (Daniel Day Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”) or whatever category. The Oscar voters are not required to make it a nail biter for the home…[Read more]

A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood: Children on the subway break out into the Mr. Rogers theme song/ Mr. Rogers surprisingly shows up at a dying man’s house

For Sama: Watching a dead baby be brought back to life as doctors vigorously shake it and slap its back

The Irishman: Al Pacino’ final moments

John Wick 3: Knife fight in the antique…[Read more]

1) Pulp Fiction
2) Inglorious Basterds
3) Kill Bill Volume 1
4) Django Unchained
5) Jackie Brown
6) Reservoir Dogs
7) Kill Bill Volume 2
8) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
9) The Hateful Eight

For Sama A

Oh, it is stacked. I spent the last two weekends catching up on my doc viewing (“The Great Hack”, “One Child Nation”, “Knock Down the House”, etc.) and the only doc I had seen at that point made it into the Oscar race was “American Factory”. After seeing “For Sama” I am up to two Oscar nominees.

On your recommendation I watched this last night on YouTube and it was as good as you said.

It is not very long and widely available so I would highly recommend it for some last minute Goldderby Award viewing.