October. It's a Wrap
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 11:55PM With October gone -- our favorite month! *sniffle* -- gone, all that's left is holidays (are you prepared?) and Oscars (yes!) . If you were so foolish to miss even a single day here at The Film Experience (where were you?!) here are 11 highlights from the month that was!
Rosemary and Martha bonded over their cult-troubled past. Next thing you know...
I Stood Where Carey Mulligan Sang - Hitting an early movie party... awards season on its way
Happy Birthday Scorpios - put on that Drive jacket and imagine. What a difference casting makes, huh?
Q&A Silents & Sequels - Definitely the most popular new column we've started in awhile. More to come soon soon from last week's questions
Shame on the Ratings System - The problem is not the NC-17...
Interiority vs. Exteriority - Hide or Show? Elizabeth (Martha Marcy May Marlene) vs. Keira (A Dangerous Method) for Oscar and Critical Acclaim
Women in Hollywood - Red Carpet Convo with Guy
Oscar Horrors - Team Film Experience had a ton of fun with this 17 episode series, looking at those rare Oscar nom'ed achievements from the horror film genre.
NYFF - Michael, Kurt and I hit the annual event and wrote up a ton of new movies including My Week With Marilyn, The Descendants, The Artist, and more...
Most Eyeballs: Top Ten Actress Centerfolds [NSFW] from Marilyn to Drew in "honor" of Lindsay Lohan's upcoming Playboy pictorial. What? It's not always a bad career move AND on a less prurient note, Golden Globe Predictions Musical/Comedy anyone?
Most Discussed: Double Oscar Wins - Denzel's Training Day (2001) and other double dippers
COMING IN NOVEMBER:
Melancholia and The Five Obstructions, Superheroics, Costume Design Special, David Cronenberg interview, Thanksgiving blessings, Alfonso Cuaron, The Artist, Animated Oscar contenders, Meg Ryan, Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar, Transgendered Characters, My Week With Marilyn and more.
Year in Review
Reader Comments (7)
That Oscar Horrors series was awesome. Loved the Oscar analysis in combination with genuine love and appreciation for the films, acting and craft spotlighted.
Be fantastic to do this with a different genre next year. Romantic comedies for Valentine's Day? Religious films for Easter? Science fiction films for the anniversary of the moon landing in July? (I'm reaching here, I know, but I'm sure you'll come up with something great!)
Looking forward to the Costume Design Special.
I am a big fan of Alfonso Cuáron, so certainly I'm looking forward to that entry, yay! \o/
I really wish we had at least a monthly entry of Best Pictures From The Outside In, that was definitely the most awesome series this has ever started.
(Why Meg Ryan? Any new movie?)
Cal -- 50th birthday and I figure people need to stop hating and learn to remember that she gave a lotta love onscreen for awhile ;)
Steve G -- thanks for the suggestions.
Costume design special...yummmm....
I can't believe I completely missed the two-time Oscar winners post until today. Such a fun conversation. (I would have taken away Jodie's for The Accused and Fonda's for Coming Home, btw; not sure about anyone else on that list.)
I'd stop hating her if I could only look at her face, but I can´t! I'm embarassed for her.
(Sorry, but I've always been a Julia Roberts guy. One girl I used to date was a Meg Ryan girl and we've had this Ryan vs Roberts debate lots of times. I've always won ;) You know, Roberts never dragged me to see ridiculous remakes of Lubitsch's and Wenders' masterpieces. Then Julia made Erin Brockovich and we've never discussed this anymore. The relationship was over, too).
Now, really, Meg Ryan?
Ok, that was an exaggeration. I did enjoy some of her movies. (But she is far from ever being a special actress.)