Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

The Naked Island (1960) - 9/10 - A small family with two young boys live on an island and work hard every day to prepare soil for crops, get water to the crops they have planted, and so on. There are also occasional commutes to the mainland with the boys attending school there. The soundtrack and c...

Another couple of weeks worth of films Aimless Bullet (1961) - 8/10 - A fairly bleak look at a family struggling to survive in postwar Korea. An accountant with a constant toothache has to provide for his wife, kids, sister, brother, and mother. His mother appears to be suffering from PTSD and just ...

I guess it's been a few weeks since I last posted here. Shiva (2008) - 5/10 - A (very) large extended family gathers during the Gulf War after one of the brothers in the family dies. The family gathers in a large house for a seven day period of mourning (Shiva). The film is well made, but watching t...

I went to see Barbie yesterday and enjoyed, though not as much as expected. Perhaps that was due to too high expectations based on the hype train and previews. Some of the humor felt a bit flat, but most of it landed.

Mister Tee wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 7:06 pm Does this mean A Cold Wind in August was somehow deemed not-American? (I've never been able to track that film down. Would love to see it.)

It's fairly low quality, but A Cold Wind in August is available on YouTube

Requiem from Java / Opera Jawa (2006) - 5/10 - I think that the film is well made, but I'm not a fan of opera and didn't care for the story here. There were only bits and pieces that I really enjoyed. Diary (1983) - 7/10 - David Perlov was an Israeli filmmaker ad professor whose ideas for films wer...

Stroszek (1977) - 6.5/10 - Bruno is a strange guy who gets released from jail, counseled by the guy in charge to give up alcohol since it was the cause of his troubles. He promptly stops at a bar for a drink and befriends a down on her luck prostitute. The pair eventually move from Germany to Wisco...

I haven't been reading the site on my phone, but I do find the black background to be harder on the eyes. I looked for a way to change the settings to get back a silver background, or at least a light background of some sort, but we don't appear to have that as an option.

The Company of Wolves (1984) - 6/10 - This Little Red Riding Hood story has excellent production design and a pretty boring story. The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972) - 7/10 - A goalie is sent out after an argument during an away match. He wanders around for a while, visits the cinema, ...

I didn't like Annie Hall very much and I'm sure that puts me very much in the minority. My favorite movie in the original screenplay section is easily Star Wars, but I wouldn't choose that for best screenplay. My choice there is The Goodbye Girl, a film that I liked quite a bit. The relationships we...

Air (2023) - 8/10 - The story of how Nike signed Michael Jordan and created the Air Jordan line which became a huge success. Before that, Nike was known for running shoes, but had no real impact in the basketball market. It was a pretty good story and Matt Damon did a nice job as well as the rest o...

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) - 7.5/10 - A group of men travel around one night looking for where a murder victim is buried. The group includes the prosecutor, a doctor, police officers, the murderers, and others. There are a number of false stops since the murderers can't remember exactly wh...

Angel and the Badman (1947) - 7/10 - John Wayne stars as an injured outlaw named Quirt Evans who is nursed back to health by a Quaker family. He and the adult daughter (Gail Russell) hit it off and he is tempted to reform his ways. Evans has a fairly big reputation and also has a few rivals from hi...

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) - 8/10 - In 1931, three Aboriginal girls are taken from their home and sent to a camp for re-education. It's all in their best interests of course. They escape and make their way home by following the rabbit-proof fences in the Outback. Pure S (1975) - 5/10 - Heroin junkie...

Tangerine (2015) - 7/10 - It's Christmas Eve and Sin-Dee is fresh out of a short stay in jail. Her best friend informs her that her pimp boyfriend cheated on her while she was locked up so she goes on a mission to find the boyfriend that takes the two of them around various parts of LA. She also tr...