"Dick" it is!

Much to our surprise, y'all selected the Kirsten Dunst/Michelle Williams comedy Dick (1999) as our film of the week in the readers poll. So watch it before Friday (it's on Pluto free with ads or rentable anywhere) so we can have a good conversation on March 31st. (Last week we devoured Babette's Feast) We should ask you to vote earlier each week so on Wednesday look for the poll for April 7th discussion to go up so you'll have more of a headstart on voting/watching. 

Fri March 31st - Dick (1999)
Fri April 7th -TBA voting starts Wednesday
Fri April 14th - Fatal Attraction (1987) since I owe a patient reader a piece on that.

What's next for the recently Oscar-nominated: Pt 2- Actresses

With the 95th Academy Awards wrapped, it's time to look to the future. We already talked about what's next for last season's most honored directors so let's turn to our favourite subject: Actresses. What's in store for the recently nominated? Read on...

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My Trip to Bountiful Oscar Completism!

Baby Clyde's Oscar Completist Diaries -- Part 1

I’ve been and gone and done it! It took me nearly four decades, thousands of hours of screen time, a very patient brother and ultimately a trip to the other side of the world, but I’ve finally I’ve watched every available Best Picture and Acting Oscar nomination.

There were highs, lows, tears, laughter and Maximillian Schell in The Man in the Glass Booth but I’ve done it. The first thing I’ve ever had patience to follow through with in my entire life and we have one woman to thank. I know the exact moment my Oscar obsession started: Tuesday March 25th, 1986. 37 years ago, today...   

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Reader's Choice: Babette's Feast (1987)

This weekend's topic, currently streaming on HBOMax and Criterion Channel, was chosen by readers. This article contains spoilers so if you've never seen the film, correct that first.

for such a delicious movie, the first shot of people and food isn't very appetizing!by Nathaniel R

How far does the "foodie" movie subgenre stretch back? It's difficult to tell from the internet alone, which tends to think movies of all genres began in the 1980s; online "best of all time" lists are of little use when you're curious about film history. We know at least that the subgenre was in full swing by the 1990s with arthouse hits such as Like Water for Chocolate, Eat Drink Man Woman, and Big Night arriving semi-annually. Was the watershed moment, at least for US moviegoers, bout a half a year stretch between the fall of 1987 and the spring of 1988? In that time the hilarious Japanese "ramen western" Tampopo (1985) was slowly collecting its fult following and Denmark's Babette's Feast was a hit at arthouse theaters and took home the Oscar.

Whether or not Babette's Feast was the first truly popular foodie title with movieogers, it was at least a grand appetizer or sensational first course for the now robust subgenre...

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Reader's Choice - Let's watch _____ together

Thank you for egging me on to finally watch Babette's Feast. T'was yummy. On April 14th we'll be discussing Fatal Attraction (1987) as there's a television adaptation coming up AND I owe a reader a piece on that and he's not going to be ignored, Dan! But until then you can pick our film of the week collectively. What should we watch next week and discuss by Friday, March 31st? 

This time we'll do an early star vehicle from one of our recent Oscar players. To make it more unexpected the requirement is that the movie came out in the 1990s and have zero Oscar nods. So which will it be? 

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