Ask Nathaniel

Hey all! In the October wrap-up, Pedro requested a return of the old Q&A column wherein I, well, Answer your Questions. So why not? Let's do it! Since we had to implement a membership step to commenting there is less engagement but would be happy to feel "connected" again to you all of you  [Norma Desmond voice] "wonderful people out there in the dark".

Put your questions in the comments or e-mail them my way and I'll whip up some answers in the next couple of days.

Complete the sentence(s)...

I'm off to see Eyes of Tammy Faye and apologize that the Smackdown is running late (it'll be up tomorrow... the registrations and site difficulties of the past few days have eaten up all our time) so in the meantime, complete these sentences in the comments for fun.

1. The movie I'm most excited about this fall/winter is ________ because __________ . 
2. I don't care about ________ but I hope it means good things for ___________'s career. 
3. ______________ is winning ___________ at the Oscars and you can't convince me otherwise ... yet!

what's on your cinematic mind?

We're all busy with the final couple of days of SXSW at this very moment. What are YOU watching? What's on your mind? Do tell in the comments. 

3 days til Oscar nominations.

Final Oscar nomination predictions coming up very soon but while we finish them, today's silly discussion prompt:  rank the Best Picture nominees with "Three" in the title.

THREE SMART GIRLS (1936) -3 noms.
A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949) - 3 noms & 2 wins: Director, Screenplay
THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (1954) 3 noms & 2 wins: Cinematography, Song
THE GODFATHER PART III (1990) - 7 noms. No wins
TOY STORY 3 (2010) - 5 noms & 2 wins: Animated Feature and Song
THREE BILLBOARDS... (2017) - 7 noms & 2 wins: Actress, Supporting Actor

And for extra credit...

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Comment Party: What's a movie that's famous but you (still) think vastly undervalued?

Just a question I've been thinking of today for no apparent reason. What's a movie you think is vastly underrated that also happens to be respected / famous? Usually respected and famous things aren't exactly "underappreciated", you know? I'll give you four examples off the top of my head that I would use to answer this question in that I think they're genuinely great movies, in addition to being whatever else they happen to be. 

• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Paul Mazursky, 1969)
• Silkwood (Mike Nichols, 1983)
• Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola, 2006)
• Magic Mike (Steven Sodebergh, 2012)

What's your answer?