Now it's time for 1966. Here are the Academy's choices: Black and White Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Fortune Cookie Georgy Girl Is Paris Burning? Seconds Color A Man for All Seasons Fantastic Voyage Hawaii The Professionals The Sand Pebbles And here are my choices: Black and White Persona Au ...

I've seen around 37. Here are my favorites: 1. The Wizard of Oz 2. The Rules of the Game 3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 4. Stagecoach 5. Ninotchka 6. Daybreak 7. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums 8. Only Angels Have Wings 9. Gone with the Wind 10. The Four Feathers 11. The Women 12. Dark Victory...

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

Picture: The Godfather, Part III
Actor: Costner, no change
Actress: no change
S. Actor: Garcia, no change
S. Actress: Bening, no change

Now it's 1990, here are the Academy's choices: ACTOR Kevin Costner – Dances With Wolves Robert De Niro – Awakenings Gerard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac Richard Harris – The Field Jeremy Irons – Reversal of Fortune ACTRESS Kathy Bates – Misery Anjelica Huston – The Grifters Julia Roberts – Pretty W...

Last week I saw four movies. Let's start with the two 1972 MGM musicals. Man of La Mancha is not the BOMB that Leonard Maltin described. But it is a rather bland and uninteresting musical. I don't know how much that is the result of the original musical, which only has one memorable number. O'Toole ...

I believe I've seen at least 56 movies from 1993. Here are my favorites: 1. Schindler’s List 2. Groundhog Day 3. Short Cuts 4. The Age of Innocence 5. Farewell my Concubine 6. Dazed and Confused 7. Caro Diaro 8. Naked 9. The Puppetmaster 10. Sonatine 11. The Remains of the Day 12. The Scent of Green...

Now it's 1965. Here are the Academy's choices: Black-and-White Ship of Fools In Harm's Way King Rat Morituri A Patch of Blue Color Doctor Zhivago The Agony and the Ecstasy The Great Race The Greatest Story Ever Told The Sound of Music I have not seen Morituri . Here are my choices Black and White Ch...

It turns out the May schedule has Breathless, not Godard's first film which TCM has shown fairly frequently, but the 1983 remake starring Richard Gere. It also has Switching Channels, by common consent everybody's least favorite version of The Front Page. Might as well test that view.

Hibi wrote: ↑April 26th, 2024, 8:55 am I'm getting tired of these group SOTMs or "trying to right past wrongs" SOTMs by focusing on a minority SOTM who was never really a star. There are so many stars waiting for a month that have NEVER been chosen and TCM seems to have no interest in showcasing them.

Such as?

Chimes at Midnight

I saw at least 61 movies from 1971. I liked more than 40% of them, at least enough to include them in a list: 1. The Sorrow and the Pity * 2. Death in Venice 3. McCabe and Mrs. Miller 4. Bananas 5. Two English Girls 6. King Lear 7. The Last Picture Show 8. A Clockwork Orange 9. Murmur of the Heart 1...

Last week I saw six movies. Let's start with Indiscreet and Les Girls . Both are made by a first rate director (Stanley Donen and George Cukor). Both are amusing, but they both lack a certain weight. In the first, Cary Grant pretends to be married so the women he meets won't make too many demands on...

A reminder that I rewatched The Heiress and was quite impressed with Miriam Hopkins' supporting role. I rewatched Marketa Lazarova today, and while I had already nominated the title character for best supporting actress of 1967, I now have a clear enough grasp of the movie to remember the other char...

I have seen at least 56 movies from 1963. Here are my favorites: 1. The Leopard 2. The Great Escape 3. Winter Light 4. The Organizer 5. Contempt 6. Vidas Secas 7. High and Low 8. The Silence 9. Muriel 10. Bay of Angels 11. The Birds 12. Charade 13. Le Joli Mai 14. The Big City 15. Les Carabiniers Su...

I know it doesn't have many fans, but it's a pity that as part of its Brando tribute TCM isn't showing A Countess from Hong Kong. It's hard to believe it would be the worst Brando film shown this month.