Picture Runners-Up: Careless Crime, RRR, Pleasure, A Man of Integrity, Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, Armageddon Time, Babi Yar. Context, Holy Spider, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Decision to Leave, Neptune Frost, The Territory, The Cathedral, Descendant, No Bears. Director Runners-Up: Alice Diop (Saint Omer), Shaunak Sen (All That Breathes), Kiro Russo (The Great…
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2022 Viewing Log by Grade
Films Seen Alphabetically | Films Seen Chronologically Films Seen: 47 Aftersun: A-All That Breathes: A-All the Beauty and the Bloodshed: A-Armageddon Time: A-Descendant: A-Great Freedom: A-The Great Movement: A-Happening: A-Katrina Babies: A-Mad God: A-A Man of Integrity: A-Pleasure: A-Saint Omer: A- BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths: B+Benediction: B+Catherine Called Birdy: B+Corsage: B+Decision…
2022 Viewing Log Chronologically
Films Seen Alphabetically | Films Seen By Grade Films Seen: 119 Last Updated: 11/6/2022 January 2022 1/26/2022 Great Freedom: A- March 2022 3/22/2022 The Batman: C+ April 2022 4/1/2022 X: C+4/5/2022 Death on the Nile: D+4/5/2022 Nitram: B4/17/2022 Jackass Forever: C+4/19/2022 Ambulance: C4/24/2022 Everything Everywhere All At Once: B- May 2022 5/8/2022 How to Survive…
Supporting Actress Smackdown: The Final Wind-Up
The final season of the Supporting Actress Smackdown approaches this summer. With the schedule announcement arriving this month, I wanted to do a larger buildup for the last-ever season, getting a wider sample of potential supporting actress contenders from the selected years before the ceremony starts in earnest. And here we are, with me slightly…
Personal Ballot for 2021, List Version
Note: This list is cultivated from films released in the US in 2021, rather than Oscar’s eligibility list. 2021 Films Alphabetically | 2021 Films Chronologically | 2021 Films By Grade * – original nominee that subsequent became a runner-up^ – runner-up that was originally a nominee^^ – runner-up that was a nominee and then became…
2021 Long Lists
As the Oscars draw ever-closer, and folks like me begin really digging into their ballots for this year, I decided to post one giant long list of all the films I’ve got in contention for each category, be they surefire nominees or honorable mentions worth recognizing. Picture’s off to keep some air of suspense, though…
It's Just Like The Movies 