Let's see if I can remember my lists of past conceivable winners, which were eliminated months ago. The second name is I had to include at least two of the Academy's nominees in every category ACTOR 1955 James Dean East of Eden 1956 David Niven Around the World in Eighty Days 1957 Henry Fonda Twelve...

Now it's 1993. Here are the Academy's choices: ACTOR Daniel Day-Lewis – In the Name of the Father Laurence Fishburne – What’s Love Got to Do with It Tom Hanks – Philadelphia Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day Liam Neeson – Schindler’s List ACTRESS Angela Bassett – What’s Love Got to Do with It...

Is there a convenient list of TCM stars of the month which could be used to define major stars?

Has CAMELOT and OLIVER! been mentioned? I would have mentioned Oliver! , I actually prefer it to the other three sixties Best Picture musicals. But I thought it was British, and hence not eligible, given that it originally appeared in London, and the movie has a British director as well as a Britis...

I've seen at least 45 movies. Here are my favorites: 1. The Band Wagon 2. The Earrings of Madame De.. 3. The Wages of Fear 4. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday 5. Gentleman Prefer Blondes 6. Ugetsu 7. Tokyo Story 8. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T 9. Kiss me Kate 10. Bienvenido Mr. Marshall 11. Stalag 17 12. The Naked...

Which director had the most "greatest performances" of an actor. I don't mean which director had the greatest performances, as opposed to the idea that each actor had a greatest performance in a movie, and who was the director responsible for them. Hawks and Hitchcock are obvious choices, ...

Has anybody not seen The Battle of Algiers? Well, it's too late to watch it now.

The last four are hard to justify and Chicago is not a great musical. Fantasia , in my view, is the indispensable Disney musical. Aladdin, Pinocchio , even Alice in Wonderland are better choices than Beauty and the Beast . Concert movies deserve to be on the list ( Stop Making Sense, The Last Waltz,...

I can imagine why TCM is unenthusiastic about showing Vietnam War films. But every year I wonder when they will show The Thin Red Line

I've seen at least 59 movies from 1967. Here are my favorites: 1. Two for the Road 2. Weekend 3. Playtime 4. The Young Girls of Rochefort 5. Le Samourai 6. Marketa Lazarova 7. The Red and the White 8. La Collectionneuse 9. Mouchette 10. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her 11. Bonnie and Clyde 12. Belle d...

Now it's 1969. Here are the Academy's choices: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Anne of the Thousand Days Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Hello, Dolly! Marooned I have not seen the last two. Here are my choices: Andrei Rublev The Red Tent The Color of Pomegranates Walden/Diaries, Notes and S...

A reminder that I rewatched Castle in the Sky last week.

Last week I saw three movies, none of them really successful. Breathless and Mame share being remakes of two much more famous movies. The first was one of the greatest movies ever made, the second was a respected oscar nominee. The new Breathless came out the same year as Hollywood insisted on makin...

I've seen at least 32 movies from 1940. Here are my favorites: 1. His Girl Friday 2. Fantasia 3. The Philadelphia Story 4. Pinocchio 5. The Grapes of Wrath 6. The Shop Around the Corner 7. The Great Dictator 8. The Thief of Bagdad 9. The Broadway Melody of 1940 10. The Bank Dick 11. Contraband 12. T...