Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

I'm a bit ignorant in this decade and am mostly adrift in horror-land. Not sure why my perennial favorites Creepshow and Poltergeist don't figure in here. 1. Day of the Dead (George A. Romero, 85) 2. Phenomena (Dario Argento, 84) 3. Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma, 80) 4. The Shining (Stanley Kubric...

1. Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami) 2. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick) 3. Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven) 4. Untitled (for Marilyn) (Stan Brakhage) 5. One False Move (Carl Franklin) 6. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino) 7. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch) 8. Bitter Moon (Roman Polanski) 9. L...

I'm all for an open interpretation of what constitutes Christianity or Christian commentary in a film, but isn't Schindler's List more a Judaic film? (I suppose Christianity as an evil force in the world has to be considered as well.) Can't wait for some of the responses in this thread. I haven't y...

I just jotted down a list of guilty pleasures for that Criterion message board. I think the best definition of a guilty pleasure is a film one loves a great deal but can't (or doesn't want to) come up with a coherent defense on its behalf. Here were mine: The Wiz (great Q score, great sets/costume....