25 June, 2022
This is the final grouping of 50 to count down the 1000 Greatest Films of the first Century of Film (1912-2011).
The original introduction can be found here. Other parts can be found here.
The films in this portion rate at a 98 down through Modern Times and a 99 after that.
After some other posts, there will be an update that covers the years 2012-2016. Then after some other posts, there will be another update that will cover the years 2017-2021.
12 March, 2022
Getting close to the (initial) end of the Top 1000 list. The introduction is here and the rest of the list can be found by going here. Films through Inglourious Basterds (#174) are a 95 which is high ****. The rest are a 96. A 96 is, to me, worthy of a Best Picture win. That means any Oscar winners from that point on, even if they don’t win the Nighthawk, earn no complaints from me. Ironically, one of those films doesn’t even earn a Nighthawk nomination (The Hours) because 2002 is just that tough. There are also a few films that come 5th in their years while the only actual Nighthawk winners in this post are all 95 films. Things are so even across genres and major studios that only one film in this group of 50 is in the Top 5 all-time for its genre or major studio. (more…)
30 November, 2021
24 October, 2021
This is part something of this, I’ve lost track. But you can find the original introduction here and by going here you can find all the other parts. All of these films earn a 93 on a 100 point scale except The Commitments which is a 94 (which is a high **** while the rest are mid ****). The picture above wasn’t the easiest to decide on this time – I originally had Michael Caine images from three different films (in three different decades), there are two films with the same director and two stars, I could have gone with a different McKellen pic on the left to go with the one on the right or I could have done the other McKellen pic with another actor in the same role. (more…)
25 September, 2021
21 August, 2021
28 July, 2020
Some forty years ago, long before one brother sank beneath the weight of his other brother’s sexual crimes, there were Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Though they were from New York City, they had been successful with a rock promotion business in Buffalo during the seventies. But their passion for films won them over and began a small, independent distribution business that they named after their parents Miriam and Max. (more…)
22 July, 2020
For a lot of people (and for me when I originally broke things into genres after first starting to track all of my movies back in 1989), this would be considered Action-Adventure. And if that were the case, there would be a long, complex history going back to the early days of film history and the total numbers would be close to those of Horror or Musicals. However, that’s not the case. For me, an Action film centers around the action itself while for the most part Adventure films center around a journey of some sort. But they crossed paths along the way. Going forward, by 1959, Action was in dead last as a genre for total films but Adventure was in sixth place. But, since then, Action is the fourth highest genre and Adventure is among the five lowest.
27 May, 2020
It’s a bit difficult to write the history of original screenplays on film. First of all, it’s been hard to determine, a lot of times, over the years, if a film truly is original or not. When the old oscars.org site existed they listed films by a source author which was really helpful for determining if something was adapted or not but not perfect as sometimes the “source” was just a screen story or an idea. There were also occasions where they didn’t list anything, the same way that sometimes the IMDb or Wikipedia don’t list a source material and I end up considering something original until someone points out that it’s not. (more…)
19 April, 2020
If this doesn’t look like a fun night with the family you should see what happens to them later in the film.
The 91st annual Academy Awards, for the film year 2019. The nominations were announced on 13 January 2020 and the awards were held on 16 February 2020.
Best Picture: Parasite
Most Surprising Omission: The Two Popes
Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: Pain and Glory
Rank (out of 92) Among Best Picture Years: #21 (more…)
Yet another part in my countdown of the Top 1000 films in the first Century of Film (1912-2011). The introduction can be found 
This is the 12th part of the countdown of the Top 1000 Films of the first Century of Film (1912-2011). The introduction can be found 
This is the 11th part of the countdown of the Top 1000 Films of the first Century of Film (1912-2011). The introduction can be found 
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