Welcome back to Ten Decades of Oscars! Today it’s the 2000s, one of my favourite decades. CRASH (2005) is the only black eye in an otherwise distinguished lineup of winners. Even when my personal pick of a given year didn’t win, I was happy with the outcome. Films like THE DEPARTED (2006) and GLADIATOR (2000)? […]
Classic Movies
Ten Decades of Oscars: AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999)
Hey, we’re making it! We’re getting there! Feels like I’ve been saying that for a while but this time I feel some semblance of truth in it! Welcome back to Ten Decades of Oscars, and now things are getting weird because now we’ve reached an era of film that I feel personally connected to because […]
Ten Decades of Oscars: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983)
After a lovely yet arduous Easter long weekend, I’m back with the next installment of my weekly feature: Ten Decades of Oscars. We’ve come a long way, covered a fair bit of ground, and now we’re here at the interminable 80s. And I must remind our readers that even though we’ve now reached the 80s, […]
Ten Decades of Oscars: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)
Hello! And welcome to yet another installment of my ongoing feature: Ten Decades of Oscars. Well, we’ve done it: we’ve reached the 70s. It’s all downhill from here, folks! I joke, I joke. Kinda. The 70s isn’t my generation of films, but it’s one that’s heavily informed my desire to explore cinema as both an […]
Ten Decades of Oscars: WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
Hello! And welcome to another week of Ten Decades of Oscars, where each week I watch every Best Picture winner from a decade and then choose one to discuss at length. This week was the 1960s, and boy, the size and scale of these films have certainly started to strike upward. BRIDGE ON THE RIVER […]
Ten Decades of Oscars: MARTY (1955)
Welcome back! We’re a little late this week due to scheduling but that’s fine! I am totally managing this ten films per week thing! Managing it like Batman manages grief. And this year’s Oscar nominations came out today and I’ve only seen two of the eight Best Picture nominees—it’s fine! I’m fine! Let’s talk about […]
Ten Decades of Oscars: THE LOST WEEKEND (1945)
Hello! And welcome to Ten Decades of Oscars where each week I watch the Best Picture winners in a given decade and then choose one to discuss at length. In case you haven’t done the math yet, that means ten movies in one week! And in case you’ve forgotten, there are seven days in a […]
Ten Decades of Oscars: YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938)
Hello! And welcome to the second installment of my weekly feature Ten Decades of Oscars where each week I’ll watch every Best Picture from a given decade, then choose one to discuss at length. This week, it’s Frank Capra’s YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU, which won top prize in 1938. The film follows the […]
Ten Decades of Oscars: WINGS (1927)
Hello! And welcome to a weekly feature I’ll be writing in the run-up to the 2020 Oscars on April 25th. I’m one of those idiots who still buys physical media—often an annual metric tonnage of it—and I’m also one of those idiots who can’t help but be swept up in the politics and the competition […]