One would think that people would talk about the greatest murders on film? But what about the greatest suicides? Here are three to start with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g5Cad6qW6k Cache https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt4CxPpWThoHYvOqPC5QcfjAr_p6n2wYoJpg&s The Godfat...

And if we had to include at least two of the Academy's choices? Picture: no change Actor: no change Actress: no change Supporting Actor: Jones, but no changes Supporting Actress: Ruehl, Lewis. The academy chose Ruehl in real life, and probably would here, though both suffer from not getting any othe...

Now it's time for 1991. Here are the Academy's choices: ACTOR Warren Beatty – Bugsy Robert De Niro – Cape Fear Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs Nick Nolte – The Prince of Tides Robin Williams – The Fisher King ACTRESS Geena Davis – Thelma & Louise Laura Dern – Rambling Rose Jodie Foste...

Last week I saw four movies, three of them interesting. Let's start with the least of these. Before James Caan and Robert Duvall appeared together in The Godfather , they appeared in Coppola's earlier movie The Rain People . And before they appeared in that, they both appeared in the early Robert Al...

I've seen at least 60 films from 1984. Here are my favorites: 1. Splash 2. Paris, Texas 3. Stop Making Sense 4. All of Me 5. The Wannsee Conference 6. The Cotton Club 7. Once Upon a Time in America 8. The Killing Fields 9. Birdy 10. Broadway Danny Rose 11. Love Streams 12. Nausicaa of the Valley of ...

Here's a list of directors who got three or more nominations: Nominations Director 12 William Wyler 10 Martin Scorsese 9 Steven Spielberg 8 Billy Wilder 7 Woody Allen David Lean Fred Zinnemann 6 Frank Capra 5 Robert Altman Clarence Brown[c] George Cukor John Ford Alfred Hitchcock John Huston Elia Ka...

Ten Best Leading Actor Performances of 1962: 10. Alain Delon, L'Eclisse 9. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Le Doulos 8. Oskar Werner, Jules et Jim 7. Jack Lemmon, Days of Wine and Roses 6. Tatsuya Nakadi, Harakiri 5. Ralph Richardson, Long Day's Journey into Night 4. Chishu Ryu, An Autumn Afternoon 3. Gregory P...

I've seen at least 59 movies from 1962. Here are my choices: 1. Lawrence of Arabia 2. L’Eclisse 3. The Manchurian Candidate 4. Jules et Jim 5. Lolita 6. Long Day’s Journey into Night 7. Harakiri 8. My Life to Live 9. Salvatore Giulliano 10. Le Doulos 11. The Exterminating Angel 12. Heaven and Earth ...

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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...