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- Mon May 20, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: 2024
- Topic: Cannes 2024
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2184
Re: Cannes 2024
Jia Zhangke's film Caught by the Tide has quietly become one of the most acclaimed films out of the festival, although it got buried in the discourse between Emilia Perez and The Substance . Jia has been an international mainstay for about twenty years now, so I could see him being a compromise choi...
- Mon May 20, 2024 11:00 am
- Forum: The People
- Topic: R.I.P. Dabney Coleman
- Replies: 2
- Views: 117
Re: R.I.P. Dabney Coleman
Terence Winter has always denied it, has always claimed that the plot that unfolded in the show was what he intended all along, but I'll always believe that Coleman's cancer diagnosis was what messed up Boardwalk Empire . Much of season one seemed to be leading towards a big season two showdown betw...
- Mon May 13, 2024 6:32 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: R.I.P. Roger Corman
- Replies: 10
- Views: 259
- Sun May 12, 2024 12:23 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: R.I.P. Roger Corman
- Replies: 10
- Views: 259
Re: R.I.P. Roger Corman
Very few people in the history of the movie industry have had a better eye for talent than Roger Corman did.
- Fri May 10, 2024 6:23 pm
- Forum: Broadcast Media
- Topic: 2024 Emmy Awards
- Replies: 4
- Views: 180
Re: 2024 Emmy Awards
Shogun is reportedly submitting in the Drama Series categories, and FX announced this week that a second season is in development. I understand the attraction to making more, because it was such a big event, but from my understanding, it was a full adaptation of the novel. James Clavell did not wri...
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
- Topic: It's way too long since we had a quiz
- Replies: 9
- Views: 304
Re: It's way too long since we had a quiz
I was trying to work out some connections on Wednesday night, but then my area got hit by tornadoes, and I forgot about it after the weather event was over. (No damage at my house!) Not that I was getting the answers. I knew Queen Elizabeth II and Hawking had a connection, because The Theory of Ever...
- Sun May 05, 2024 12:47 pm
- Forum: 2024
- Topic: Dune, Part 2
- Replies: 9
- Views: 579
Re: Dune, Part 2
Caught Dune Part Two recently, like several others here. I wanted to see it in a theatre while I still could. I liked it, but it's also harder to follow than it needs to be, and I say this as someone who had rewatched Part One less than 48 hours earlier. This makes me want to read the books on one h...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:13 pm
- Forum: 2024
- Topic: Cannes 2024
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2184
Re: Cannes 2024
b) I have to admit I viewed the three big European festivals very distinctly before. Berlin was for English language films before their international release. Cannes was for the titans. Venice was like Cannes on easy mode. The decline of Berlin is directly related to the fact that big American film...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:51 am
- Forum: 2024
- Topic: Cannes 2024
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2184
Re: Cannes 2024
Quentin Dupieux's The Second Act is the opening film for Cannes. A lot of people didn't know this film even existed until this announcement, because it was shot in January. This may or may not be in competition; the opening film can go either way. Dupieux has never been in competition before, for wh...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:44 am
- Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
- Topic: Best Supporting Actor 1958
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2981
Re: Best Supporting Actor 1958
I just watched The Big Country essentially for the first time recently. I think I've seen it before, either partially or fully, but forgot most of it. I thought it was great and that Burl Ives, in particular, was great in it. I actually prefer him in this to him in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof although he ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:22 pm
- Forum: 2024
- Topic: Cannes 2024
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2184
Cannes 2024
Cannes 2024 (this is long) Preview ...this is long (hopefully not too full of typos)... I sometimes think, what if Damien Chazelle had premiered Babylon at Cannes? 15-20 years ago, he might have done just that. Babylon may not have been 100% finished in time, but it was conducting test screenings in...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: 97th Academy Awards
- Topic: 2024 Governors Awards
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2281
Re: 2024 Governors Awards
I've said before that I think Harrison Ford would be a no-brainer for an honorary. Multiple franchises covering several decades, multiple non-franchise hits over several decades, in the public consciousness for about fifty years now, has been in eight Best Picture nominees but never had the personal...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2945
Re: I'm always here for the Trivia
I would put Yuh-jung Youn alongside Robert DeNiro or Benicio Del Toro, in that it is a foreign language performance in an American film.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:58 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2945
Re: I'm always here for the Trivia
Mister Tee wrote Not a revolution, but I'd say progress. What's closer to a revolution is the number of women nominated for Best Director. This decade alone (if we start in 2020), we've seen almost as many nominated (4) than in all of Academy history combined (5). Not to mention twice as many winne...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:53 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Oscar Predictions Contest
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1645
Re: Oscar Predictions Contest
If there is no actual prize involved, why does it matter?