1 July, 2011
Thanks to Out of Africa and Braveheart, Driving Miss Daisy is not the worst Best Picture of my lifetime.
The 62nd annual Academy Awards, for the film year 1989. The nominations were announced on February 14, 1990 and the awards were held on March 26, 1990.
Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy
Most Surprising Omission: When Harry Met Sally
Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: Glory
Rank (out of 82) Among Best Picture Years: #18
27 June, 2011
The bas-relief on Boston Common that lead to the film Glory
My Top 20:
24 June, 2011
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - the best film of 1988 and the best animated film of the 80's
1980 - 1989
Total Films I’ve Seen: 942
Films That Make the Top 5 in Any Category: 43
Best Film Not to Make the Top 5 in Any Category: Platoon
Film of the Decade: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Worst Film of the Decade: Human Highway
Worst Best Picture Nominee of the Decade: Fatal Attraction
Worst Film of the Decade Made by a Top 100 Director: Phobia
1 June, 2008
Kirk Douglas in Kubrick's Paths of Glory, one of the best films from 1957
A little note before my article: I have a new article appearing on CinCity2000.com on Tuesday. It’s a response to a New York Times article about the lack of decent women’s roles in summer movies.
The Myth of 1939
We are so fond of anniversaries. Just look at everything we celebrated last year. The 80th anniversary of the Academy Awards. The 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love and Sgt Pepper’s. The 30th anniversary of Star Wars and the Summer of Sam. But did we forget the best anniversary from last year? Isn’t the big number supposed to be 50 (“not to fifty” Christopher Guest shouts as that classic turned 20)? Shouldn’t we have been looking back to 1957? For movies, after all, it might have been the peak of artistic creation, both on the national and international front. (more…)
