The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors, Part 3.
Hoffman, Damon, Law, Seymour Hoffman, Ledger, Gyllenhaal, Depp, Hackman, Mason and Hanks. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actors.
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Category: Masterpieces
The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses. Part 3.
Ronan, Weaver, Pfeiffer, Davis, Rampling, Christie, Hepburn, Kerr, Arthur, Wood. The Best of the Best of Ten of My Favorite Actresses.
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Woody Allen is NOT Retiring. His Sixteen Oscar Nominations for Best Original Screenplay Remain an Academy Record.
This is a good time to take a look at what is truly an incredible list: Woody Allen’s record-breaking sixteen Oscar Nominations for Best Original Screenplay.
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La Nouvelle Vague at the Criterion Collection.
I have confined myself to rating thirteen films from the height of La Nouvelle Vague. This was before Jean-Luc Godard, in particular, seemed to loose his joy in making movies.
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Two of the Best of 1964
“Seven Days in May”, directed John Frankenheimer, then at his absolute peak and “The Best Man” beautifully directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
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2011. “Take Shelter”. Horror Masterpiece.
It boasts a tremendous performance by Michael Shannon as a quiet man, raising a family, who has horrific nightmares and daytime visions of a meteorological disturbance
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2014. Under the Skin. Horror Masterpiece.
Guys with erect penises walking downward into a transparent ooze, confused, as Scarlett walks on another level above them.
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1936. Dodsworth. 30s 40s
“Dodsworth”: William Wyler’s masterpiece, the best movie ever made about the fear of growing old. It was Wyler’s first Oscar nomination.
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1949. Kind Hearts and Coronets. 30s 40s
In “Kind Hearts and Coronets”: Alec Guinness has fun playing all eight of the unfortunate D’Ascoynes, including Lady Agatha D’Ascoyne..
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1964. The Best Man. 50s and 60s
“The Best Man” boasts three outstanding performances: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson and pre-code star Lee Tracy who returns to the screen.
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1964. Seven Days in May. 50s and 60s
A peak entry in the American political thriller genre, the film boasts four of the greatest performances of the sixties.
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1975. Jeanne Dielman. 70s 80s 90s
In “Jeanne Dielman”, a feminist masterpiece, the everyday details of a caring mother contrast with her life as a prostitute.
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1975. Picnic at Hanging Rock. 70s 80s 90s
Weir who showed, like Hitchcock, that horror can be visited upon us on the brightest and most beautiful of summer days
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1999. The Talented Mr. Ripley. 70s 80s 90s
“Ripley”, Minghella’s masterpiece, boasts Matt Damon’s best performance plus stunning turns by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jude Law.
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