Hypochondriac (2022)
Addison Heimann’s psychological horror drama Hypochondriac is the [...]
The Best Picture Winners
The Best Picture Winners: Wings (1927-28)
Five years ago, on Oscar’s 90th birthday, I did an overview of Every Single Movie that was ever bestowed the Oscar for Best Picture. So, here we are again, approaching Oscar’s 95th. Every other day, from now until Oscar night, I will take a look at each film through fresh eyes (I have seen them […]
The Best Picture Winners: CODA (2021)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been handing out awards for more than 90 years, and the results have been spotty at best. That applied most aptly to their selections for Best Picture. In this series I am looking down the barrel at each of their selections for better and, very often, […]
The Best Picture Winners: The Broadway Melody (1928-29)
Five years ago, on Oscar’s 90th birthday, I did an overview of Every Single Movie that was ever bestowed the Oscar for Best Picture. So, here we are again, approaching Oscar’s 95th. Every other day, from now until Oscar night, I will take a look at each film through fresh eyes (I have seen them […]
The Best Picture Winners: Nomadland (2020)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been handing out awards for more than 90 years, and the results have been spotty at best. That applied most aptly to their selections for Best Picture. In this series I am looking down the barrel at each of their selections for better and, very often, […]
The Best Picture Winners: Parasite (2019)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been handing out awards for more than 90 years, and the results have been spotty at best. That applied most aptly to their selections for Best Picture. In this series I am looking down the barrel at each of their selections for better and, very often, […]
The Best Picture Winners: Green Book (2018)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been handing out awards for more than 90 years, and the results have been spotty at best. That applied most aptly to their selections for Best Picture. In this series I am looking down the barrel at each of their selections for better and, very often, […]
The Best Picture Winners: The Shape of Water (2017)
It would have been irresponsible for me to end this Best Picture journey with Moonlight. So, here is a bonus – the newest entry in Oscar’s top-prize scrapbook . . . The Best Picture winners, in many cases, have a way of signaling the times in which they were made. That’s no less applicable for The […]
