what's on your cinematic mind?

Do tell in the comments. We're needy and anxious to hear from you today. 

Smackdown Tease - Reader Votes!

by Nathaniel R

UPDATED POST: To correct for a second batch of ballots as I received both comment ballots and mail ballots.

Since the annual Supporting Actress Smackdown arrives tomorrow I thought I'd share a few notes from your ballots. Thanks for getting them in so quick. The most divisive performance with everything from 1 heart to 5 hearts on reader ballots was the Oscar frontrunner, I Tonya's Allison Janney. But it was Phantom Thread's Lesley Manville and Lady Bird's Laurie Metcalf who were neck and neck all through the counting of reader ballots. I'm on pins and needles -- looks like it might be close tomorrow! 

After the jump your favorite contenders who missed the Oscar nomination...

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Open Thread

What's on your cinematic mind? Do tell in the comments on this (potentially lazy) Saturday. 

Hooray! May the Comment Party Begin Again...

And there was much rejoicing. I can "hear" you all again. You can hear each other. We didn't expect to take a vow of collective silence but I had just watched Novitiate, that movie about the nuns, in which The LEOgend is very very upset when people talk during conversation blackout periods so perhaps I spiritually triggered it? Anyway... PLEASE SAY SOMETHING TO END THE SILENCE.

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• Paddington 2 Review
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• The women of The Post
• Scripter nominees for Adapted TV & Film
• Body of Evidence at 25 - the end of the "erotic thriller" period in Hollywood?
• Blueprints: Get Out
• A documentary on Barack Obama's final year in office
• Best Hitchcock star: Cary Grant OR Jimmy Stewart?
• Soundtracking: Call Me By Your Name
• Holiday weekend box office
• Visual Effects of Okja
• Michael Stuhlbarg in Call Me By Your Name
• Critics Choice Winners

Happy Monday Open Thread

Left to Right: Chris Feil, Murtada Elfadl, Nathaniel R, Jose Solis

The Film Experience is mostly an online party, but on very rare occasions small portions of us have the opportunity to see each other off line. So from this brief weekend get together... happy Monday to all of you!

WHAT'S ON YOUR CINEMATIC MIND?