Readers Poll: Who would you love to see as the next... ?

Here we are again. I'll give you all one more day to vote (or convince a friend) to vote on this "who should be the next Amy Madigan?" poll, cutting that poll off this Thursday night (04/09). In the meantime though, let's honor the men despite our perpetual actressy focus! Same parameters apply as the last poll-- only one Oscar nomination, more than 20 years ago, still alive, over 50, still Oscarless -- the latter meaning that an Honorary Oscar still disqualifies you. So who should it be? Here are the actors who fit the brief. 

While a man isn't going to be able to win Best Supporting Actress like Amy Madigan, it's still fun to contemplate a similar scenario. It wasn't that long ago that it happened for Robert Downey Jr. in Oppenheimer (2023). Judd Hirsch also managed to return after an even longer time away from his first nomination though his role in The Fabelmans (2022) wasn't substantial enough to spark a winning narrative like Madigan or RDJ.

OK, ready? VOTE BY SUNDAY, APRIL 12TH AND SHARE THE POLLS WITH FELLOW OSCAR / MOVIE / ACTING LOVERS.

What's on your cinematic mind + 'Ask Nathaniel'

Thank you dear readers for your patience during this past month's quiet period. Your host here is off to catch a flight to Middleburg in an hour but I'll aim for daily reports from there where I'll be moderating Q & As with Supporting Actress contender Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once) and Best Documentary Feature hopeful Goodnight Oppy as well as doing another "Coffee & Contenders" panel with Clayton & Jazz as is our annual habit! We'll also catch up with some other Oscar contenders there like The Whale.

In the meantime what's on your cinematic mind? Besides Cate Blanchett in TÁR, Triangle of Sadness, and Angela Lansbury (RIP) that is since there are other posts to discuss those! Also have you taken our recommendation to watch Catherine Called Birdy yet? 

And let's take another round of questions from you to get us talking again.

Site Takeover Question: How Do You Arrange Your DVD Collection

It's the Christopher James Site Takeover Day!!!

Hello Film Experience readers!

Nathaniel is on his way back from Venice to New York right now, so the site belongs to me for the next 24 hours (or until he gets wifi and tells me to stop)!

The past year of writing for The Film Experience has been a dream come true. I've been reading the site for over a decade (hence the bags under my eyes) and have enjoyed all your comments so much. Thus, I'm mining for more...

Here's a special question from me, my partner, my parents and my home decorator... How do you organize your DVDs and Blu-Rays?

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