Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

In Antonioni's honor I just watched Cronaca di un amore --which is a good film, and it's easy to spot some of the touches that would later become the hallmarks of Antonioni's style. I can't totally put my finger on it (and I could be victim of my own hazy memory) but the film it actually reminded m...

If news of Manoel de Oliveira, Eric Rohmer, or Alain Resnais dying surfaces tomorrow, I might become religious again. I haven't seen everything but La Notte is probably my favorite. Most recently (last year sometime) I saw a program of his very early short films, which had at least one very impress...

Yet I'm afraid that Bergman, in America, isn't recognized as the great artist he was - especially by the young generation. Hope I'm wrong. Italiano, actually I'd bet most young American cinephiles like his work and consider him a justly major figure. And of course he was a major figure, regardless ...

What I learned from Criddiconomics: - Unemployment and low wages are the fault of individual people who are lazy, unlucky, or incompetent. Personal responsibility . - Rents and gas prices don't reflect the economy, they aren't the economy, they're just a few isolated greedy individuals. Personal re...

Please keep them coming, Precious! I like to see who writes up each film. I have to say that Nasreen Munni Kabir's comments on Andaz (which I haven't seen) are perplexing. Mehboob Khan's Mother India in 1957 (!) a dam-breaking watershed for non-devotional, non-simplistic Indian cinema!? I hope this...

Some of those are films I've wished to see for a while now-- Adieu Philippine , Three Years Without God , Subarnarekha , plus that Eugene Green film (missing a retrospective of his work is one of my most regretted filmgoing omissions of recent years) ... there are a lot of good choices on the list,...

A recipe for cherry coke salad here . I've never had it. The recipes from a Google search seem to indicate that the cola isn't itself "Cherry Coke." I'm not too surprised by Paul's stances on gay marriage and immagration. Certain forms of traditionalism can do a lot to check libertarianis...

From the NY Times: There is something homespun about Paul, reminiscent of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” He communicates with his constituents through birthday cards, August barbecues and the cookbooks his wife puts together every election season, which mix photos of grandchildren, Gospel passages...

I saw this movie a few hours ago (and not because I personally wanted to see it) and was shocked at how good it was. Actually, it's not really that good. But relative to my expectations , which were rock-bottom if not subterrannean, this was a revelation. The music leaves much to be desired, especi...