In my somewhat hazy, impressionistic mind the 10 nominees for the 2020 Producers Guild of America’s Daryl F. Zanuck award (i.e., their Best Picture trophy) have blended into the Best Picture BAFTA nominees. Not actually but vaguely. And the proud contenders are 1917, Ford v. Ferrari, The Irishman, JoJo Rabbit, Joker, Knives Out, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Parasite. Some of these weren’t BAFTA-nominated but you get the drift.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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