I looked up to check when Cormac McCarthy died and discovered he was born in my hometown, Providence, RI.

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Didn't like the In Memoriam segment, but only because of the song.

If I understand correctly, Con te partiro is a song about two lovers parting ways after a tryst, with the implication that they'll be getting back together--it's time to say goodbye (for now).

If I've got that wrong, then never mind.

Agree with the idea that the best actress/actor intros were a total circle jerk.

Now see.... I would have paid good money to see one of the presenters pull this off on live broadcast television:

if I was al pacino and my only oscar was for scent of a woman I also wouldn't take that **** serious

True. But you know . . . Make up calls.

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The bolded is one of my favorite movies of the 2010s. Probably my favorite Gosling and Crowe performance, LA Confidential aside.

personnel*

agree completely, my only beef is it started a serious yoohoo addiction (yes I'm 8yrs old on the inside) which I'm still dealing with to this day.

I consider myself pretty liberal, but I'm beginning to suspect I'm not when I read articles about how the nominations for Academy Awards need more diversity and more diverse winners.

Maybe I'm just old and cranky, but should there be quotas? That seems to be what some critics are calling for.

As if Academy Award nominations (and the winners) are a true measure of quality anyway.


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A difference has opened between 'liberal' and 'progressive'. The latter's ideology has some reasonable points but is frequently incoherent.

The Oscars and Hollywood in general are ridiculous.
https://www.oscars.org/oscars/rules-eligibility

I always thought political art was a contradiction in terms.

https://www.oscars.org/awards/repres...sion-standards

These "rules" sound like someone selecting assorted doughnuts. Let's see, I'll have one woman actor, a couple Pakistani grips, and a deaf cinematographer.

And are women really an underrepresented group?

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Not in the movies I watch.

2 thumbs up

In honor of the upcoming Civil War film, A24 is releasing a series of never before presented iMax versions of Alex Garlands Ex-Machina and also Hereditary and Uncut Gems..

A24

Just saw Dune 2.

It was good. Great looking, great sound, some pretty good performances. Fun and worth seeing. It was good.



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Shall We Dance (1996)

I saw this one in the theater when it first was released. Hard to believe it was 28 years ago, and although I have what I think is a good memory, I only remembered the opening scenes.

I watched it again because it stars Koji Yakusho from Perfect Days. He plays a stodgy account (is there another kind?) who spots a young woman gazing from the window of a dance studio, so he takes up ballroom dancing. The woman is a pro, but her father makes her teach in the studio to learn a much needed lesson.

This is a charming and delightful film with a terrific cast of characters, especially the three novice dancers, the detectives who follow Yakusho's character (they have been hired by his wife who suspects him of cheating. He's not), and other assorted dancers, including one who works in the same office as Yakusho.

I can't see anyone not liking this film. It's free on YouTube.

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And much better than the American remake.

great movie

Even though it was little more than a procedural exercise, I rather enjoyed the slow burn of Fastbender in The Killer.

I got a guy that makes me Bootleg discs..

These are all great movies. Regarding the Oscars, I can't imagine how Toni Collette and Adam Sandler weren't even nominated for their roles in these films.

But what is the Civil War film, and does it have anything to do with these three?

Upcoming A24 release set in near future USA in midst of a civil war

it does not... just the first film in the iMax series, which was obviously Garland's.
I think A24 is trying to market their IP's in new and interesting ways, and I applaud them for all the creativity of their films and the pushing of the marketing narrative.

It's been a long time since I went to an Imax theater, and the only things I ever saw that were films made specifically for the Imax format. What is it like seeing a regular movie on Imax? Is there anything more to it than a bigger screen? I thought to take full advantage of the format special cameras had to be used, etc.