Oscar History
When Raymond Chandler Met the Oscars
What is missing in the discourse lately is any kind of critical writing about the Oscars themselves. Many a film...
Read moreDetails33 years of films that held on at #1 for 3 consecutive weeks
I've cherry-picked the dramas. Many of these films held the #1 spot at the box-office for more than 3 weeks....
Read moreDetailsAlec Baldwin says he’ll never never never host the Oscars again
There's talk that Alec Baldwin is in talks to host a late night talk show on NBC at 1:35 a.m.,...
Read moreDetailsGuest Post: Oscar Treasures 1990, The Grifters
Let us not kid ourselves - 1990 was the year the academy got it wrong, very wrong. This was the...
Read moreDetailsGUEST POST: Oscar Treasures and Do the Right Thing
"My people, my people, what can I say, say what I can. I saw it but didn't believe it, I...
Read moreDetailsThe State of the Race: Climbing the tree and finding Best Picture, branch by branch
In the circle of gal pals we're playfully calling Oscar's Angels, I discuss with Anne, Thelma and Susan the Best...
Read moreDetailsThe Academy to Screen The Bicycle Thief
It was truly one of the Academy's best moments in 1950 that they awarded Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief...
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2026 Oscar Predictions: Do Academy Voters Think for Themselves?
"People will think..." "What I tell them to think." -- Citizen Kane Most movies in the screener pile are movies...
