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  Saturday, August 09, 2008
Obligation is the mother of deformity

"I'm between two phases right now, pre-Iron Man and post-Iron Man, and the transition can be tricky," he says, shifting and smoking. "It used to be, I'd drive onto a studio lot, and the guard was like, 'Less Than Zero dude, I loved Chaplin!' Now it's, 'Iron Man!' It's not an algorithm anymore. It's a fixed number. Things have been zeroed out; it's the beginning of something. But right now, it's still a void, and we tend to think of the void as an abyss or a vacuum with nothing there. In fact, it's a new road, and what you should do on this new road is close for repairs — close right away, because that old vehicle is not going to work on that new road. I mean, if the cosmos is a loving, healing thing that also spins real fast and erupts and does violent stuff, and if there really is some kind of order to the whole thing, then everything that's led up to this moment has to be part of it, or the math doesn't work. But in this transition phase, I really am trying to live as much like a lizard as I can. Hot, rock, sun, fly, tongue." - Rolling Stone

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Monday, July 28, 2008
The Balcony is Closed
Very cool post by Roger Ebert re: walking away from Ebert & Roeper.

I was surprised how depressed I felt all day on July 21, when Richard and I announced we were leaving the "Ebert and Roeper" program. To be sure, our departures were voluntary. We hadn't been fired. And because of my health troubles, I hadn't appeared on the show for two years. But I advised on co-hosts, suggested movies, stayed in close communication with Don DuPree, our beloved producer-director. The show remained in my life. Now, after 33 years, it was gone--taken in a "new direction." And I was fully realizing what a large empty space it left behind. - More @ Chicago Sun Times

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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Another Movie Meme
I'm not really one for meme's but this one came through on one of my Google Alerts for Butch Cassidy and happened to have a movie I'm watching as I type, so I figured I'd give it a go.

Animation

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Pinocchio (1940)
Bambi (1942)
The Lion King (1994)
Fantasia (1940)
Toy Story (1995)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Shrek (2001)
Cinderella (1950)
Finding Nemo (2003)


Fantasy

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
King Kong (1933)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Harvey (1950)
Groundhog Day (1993)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Big (1988)


Science Fiction

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Blade Runner (1982)
Alien (1979)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Back to the Future (1985)


Sports

Raging Bull (1980)
Rocky (1976)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Hoosiers (1986)
Bull Durham (1988)
The Hustler (1961)
Caddyshack (1980)
Breaking Away (1979)
National Velvet (1944)
Jerry Maguire (1996)


Western

The Searchers (1956)
High Noon (1952)
Shane (1953)
Unforgiven (1992)
Red River (1948)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Stagecoach (1939)
Cat Ballou (1965)


Gangster

The Godfather (1972)
Goodfellas (1990)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
White Heat (1949)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Scarface: The Shame of the Nation (1932)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Public Enemy (1931)
Little Caesar (1931)
Scarface (1983)


Mystery

Vertigo (1958)
Chinatown (1974)
Rear Window (1954)
Laura (1944)
The Third Man (1949)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
North by Northwest (1959)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Usual Suspects (1995)


Romantic Comedies

City Lights (1931)
Annie Hall (1977)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Roman Holiday (1953)
The Philadelphia Story (1940) (The one I'm watching right now.)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Moonstruck (1987)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Courtroom Drama

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
The Verdict (1982)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
In Cold Blood (1967)
A Cry in the Dark (1988)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)


Epic

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Schindler's List (1993)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Spartacus (1960)
Titanic (1997)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Reds (1981)
The Ten Commandments (1956)

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posted by m/a/z/e  [6:37 PM]   0 comments
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Oscar Overdose
When the Oscar meme started floating around last year I thought it would be a good idea to use it as a blueprint to catch all the films on the list - both as a fan of movies and as a total OCD freakazoid. So between Oscar ceremonies, I hit 18 of the movies on the list. Since the last Oscar ceremony, full-on neurosis set in, and I've caught 26 more movies (see below). Last night I wound up deleting 30 more flicks from my DVR in an effort to stop the insanity. What is it about a list that creates a compulsion in some people? At any rate, I'm still on my quest to catch all the nominated movies (I've expanded the original meme to include every Oscar ceremony dating back to 1928.), but I'm going to take slower, less OCD pace in the process. :P

At any rate, here's the newest batch crossed off the list...

The Awful Truth (04/07/08)
The Grapes of Wrath (03/15/08)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (03/10/08)
High Noon (02/27/08)
Roman Holiday (03/16/08)
Shane (02/28/08)
Auntie Mame (03/07/08)
Lawrence of Arabia (03/13/08)
Lilies of the Field (03/31/08)
Ship of Fools (03/06/08)
In the Heat of the Night (04/12/08)
Midnight Cowboy (03/30/08)
Patton (04/06/08)
The French Connection (03/30/08)
The Last Picture Show (03/05/08
Lenny (03/11/08)
An Unmarried Woman (03/06/08)
Raging Bull (03/08/08)
Braveheart (03/04/08)
Elizabeth (02/27/08)
The Thin Red Line (04/09/08)
Gladiator (03/02/08)
Gosford Park (03/19/08)
Babel (03/18/08)
No Country for Old Men (03/16/08)
Michael Clayton (03/03/08)

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posted by m/a/z/e  [12:46 PM]   0 comments
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Oscar Meme Redux Redux
In the year that's past since I filled out the Oscar meme, I've managed to add 18 of the nominated films to my "have seen" list, while managing to miss every film nominated this year entirely. I need to make a few trips down to the theater before I have to wait until fall or later to catch them on cable. Anyway, here's the slots I did manage to fill. Eventually I'll have completed the whole list. :P

1944
Double Indemnity (02/24/08)
1949
All the King's Men (02/08/08)
1950
Sunset Blvd. (02/08/07)
1953
From Here to Eternity (02/28/07)
1974
Chinatown (03/02/07)
The Conversation (03/01/07)
1976
Network (02/09/07)
1978
Midnight Express (02/16/08)
1987
Broadcast News (02/06/07)
1993
The Piano (10/02/07)
1994
Four Weddings and a Funeral (03/03/07)
1998
Shakespeare in Love (03/10/07)
2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (11/04/07)
2004
The Aviator (03/09/07)
2005
Capote (09/13/07)
2006
The Departed (08/30/07)
Little Miss Sunshine (07/21/07)
The Queen (09/03/07)

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Monday, February 04, 2008
Lebowski


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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Line!
"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."

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posted by m/a/z/e  [10:17 PM]   0 comments
Saturday, December 22, 2007
More Christmas Cheer


Bill Nighy rocks.

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Damn! (In my best Ron Simmons voice.)
I was just looking over the comments on Reel Girl's post and saw someone mention Gremlins (The first one.). Damn, another one I hadn't thought about. Mental note to pick up the DVD soon to add the holiday collection.

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posted by m/a/z/e  [9:22 AM]   0 comments
Incomplete Top 10: Christmas Movies That Aren't It's a Wonderful Life
Found this link through imdb. Heard of E, never heard of Reel Girl. At any rate, her top ten...

1. Love Actually - Excellent choice. This movie works on so many levels it's not even funny.
2. The Family Stone - Another good one. Still, despite its holiday setting, I don't think of it as a "Christmas movie," in the same way I don't think of Home for the Holidays as a "Thanksgiving movie."
3. Trading Places - Another killer flick, another movie I've never thought of as a Christmas movie.
4. Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas - Here's where she loses me. I'm a huge fan of Emmet Otter (And all Muppet movies/shows in general regardless of holiday theme.), but this was a TV (HBO?) special, not a "movie." If the definition of movie is on a sliding scale, where's Rudolph? Where's a Muppet Family Christmas for that matter? Besides, everyone knows the pinnacle of Muppet Christmas movies is The Muppet Christmas Carol. ;)
5. Home Alone - My 7-Up of Hollywood - never seen it, never will.
6. Die Hard - A couple days ago I was pondering why I hadn't included Die Hard in my yearly Christmas Movie ritual. Good choice Reel Girl - score two for Alan Rickman.
7. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - Required holiday viewing.
8. A Christmas Story - I get the feeling she included this one on the list to save her ass from being rode out on a rail. Peer pressure's a bitch, but this should have rated much, much higher.
9. Funny Farm - Chevy Chase outside of a National Lampoon movie is a sad, sad thing.
10. You tell me! - She left this open for comments, which is a cop-out in itself. But since she asked...

Bad Santa - I list this one first because she mentioned it in the article. This is a movie that I never thought I would like despite being a huge Billy Bob Thornton fan. After one viewing I was hooked.

Elf - How she left Elf off the list is beyond me. Few movies become instant classics, Elf is one of them.

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - If Emmet Otter makes the list, Rudolph does too. It's an hour and a half long - by Reel Girl's standards, that constitutes a movie.

The Polar Express - Close to, but not quite, an instant classic.

The Muppet Christmas Carol - I've already mentioned it earlier, but for my money, TMCC is the finest Muppet production A.H. (After Henson). Which is not to say that A Muppet Family Christmas, or A Very Muppet Christmas aren't awesome in their own right.

I've got a few more to add to this list, but I'm bored now so I'll stop.

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Saturday, October 06, 2007
indieWire's Top 25 Documentaries
Via indieWire

1. "Hoop Dreams," directed by Steve James, Peter Gilbert and Frederick Marx *
2. "The Thin Blue Line," directed by Errol Morris *
3. "Bowling for Columbine," directed by Michael Moore *
4. "Spellbound," directed by Jeffery Blitz
5. "Harlan County USA," directed by Barbara Kopple
6. "An Inconvenient Truth," directed by Davis Guggenheim *
7. "Crumb," directed by Terry Zwigoff's Crumb *
8. "Gimme Shelter," directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin *
9. "The Fog of War," directed by Errol Morris
10. "Roger and Me," directed by Michael Moore *
11. "Super Size Me," directed by Morgan Spurlock *
12. "Don't Look Back," directed by DA Pennebaker
13. "Salesman," directed by Albert and David Maysles
14. "Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance," directed by Godfrey Reggio *
15. "Sherman's March," directed by Ross McElwee
16. "Grey Gardens," directed by Albert and David Maysles, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer
17. "Capturing the Friedmans," directed by Andrew Jarecki *
18. "Born into Brothels," directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
19. "Titticut Follies," directed by Frederick Wiseman
20. "Buena Vista Social Club," directed by Wim Wenders
21. "Fahrenheit 9/11," directed by Michael Moore *
22. "Winged Migration," directed by Jacques Perrin
23. "Grizzly Man," directed by Werner Herzog *
24. "Night and Fog," directed by Alain Resnais
25. "Woodstock," directed by Michael Wadleigh *

I put asterisks next to the one's I've seen...what can I say, I love lists. Documentaries I'd add to the list: Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Slasher, Country Boys, Reefer Madness (just kidding), and a bunch more that were in my head a second ago and have now floated away into the abyss. Looks like I'll have to make another blog entry down the road.

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Sunday, September 30, 2007
Countdown...
"You shouldn't put your foot through a Rembrandt. That's what we were being very careful not to do," Per Hallberg says of restoring Ridley Scott's 1982 classic "Blade Runner."

The futuristic Warner Bros. film recently was restored and remastered in 4K resolution (THR 5/23) with 5.1 audio to mark its 25th anniversary.

This new version -- "Blade Runner: The Final Cut" -- is slated for release Oct. 5 at the Landmark in Los Angeles and the Ziegfeld in New York. It also will be included in a "Blade Runner" box set -- due out later this year on both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, as well as DVD -- that also will offer the original domestic and international versions, the 1992 version and the work print. - Hollywood Reporter

Blade Runner fansite Blade Zone has additional details on the release, including images of the DVD packaging - check out the briefcase.

And to top it all off, Wired has an in-depth interview with Ridley Scott, definitely worth the read.

"You've done a man's job sir, but are you sure you're a man?"

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posted by m/a/z/e  [7:56 AM]   0 comments
Monday, September 10, 2007
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"Perhaps the greatest relief of all, though, was that I still thought of myself as a good man. I'd assumed what had happened at the edge of the nature preserve would change me, affect my character or personality, that I'd be ravaged by guilt, irreversibly damaged by the horror of my crime. But nothing changed. I was still who I'd always been. Pederson's death was just like the money; it was there whenever I thought about it, but then when I didn't, it was gone. It made no difference to my life in a day-to-day sense unless I called it up myself. The key was not to call it up." - From A Simple Plan by Scott Smith

I'm a huge fan of the film version of A Simple Plan, and I'm rapidly turning into a fan of the book as well. This passage got me thinking about murder, a person's capability of committing it, etc. For those of you who haven't seen the movie or read the book, the first murder in both is largely an accident that gets out of control.

At any rate, living in a world where the concept of murder is pretty loosely defined - thou shall not kill except in war, the death penalty, the movies, etc. - it makes you question your values. I suppose I'm like a lot of people - I'd only kill another human being under specific circumstances: mess with my child or my wife, try and kill me, break-in to my house, etc. Other than within those parameters, I don't think I could kill for revenge. I've always thought the best revenge was to simply let people live their own lives, karma has a way of taking care of the rest. There hasn't been a war in my lifetime that I felt strongly enough about to do something over - Afghanistan coming the closest, but even then I knew we'd fuck it up, which we did.

I don't think I could be a hit man, though I have achieved hit man status on Grand Theft Auto, I don't think I could be an executioner, a soldier, or the person who orders them to kill. I have driven under the influence more times than I care to admit, which has the potential to kill. I don't currently own a gun, though I do plan on getting at least a shotgun - not so much for human burglars but those of the Ursine variety, I have the same policy for bears as I do for humans in that respect.

Anyway there's no point or moral or whatever to this entry, that quote just got me thinking is all. If anything, I'm just puzzled over the definitions of death; murder, execution, war...it's all killing. Is it all murder?

Thou shall not kill...unless you have a good reason.

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posted by m/a/z/e  [2:59 PM]   1 comments
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Breakfast Tacos



Saw this on Slashfood - along with a link to to the original 10 Minute Cooking School for the infinitely yummy Puerco Pibil on What Geeks Eat. Rodriguez is one of my favorite directors, and his "cooking schools" are pretty freaking cool.

And remember kids, not knowing how to cook is like not knowing how to fuck.

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Friday, March 09, 2007
Oscar Meme Redux
Blame it on that stupid Oscar meme that floated around the 'net about a month or so ago. Blame it on Turner Classic Movies 31 Days of Oscar Marathon. Blame it Milli Vanilli, blame it on the rain. At any rate I found myself watching a lot of old movies as of late, only now coming out the other end of an often black and white tunnel.

If you're a true cinephile, and I make no claims to be one, you've probably already seen most of these films. Me? Anything that could have been referred to as a "talkie" in its day and age, I tend to have no use for. What can I say? I was a child of the eighties.

The Maltese Falcon (1941) - I must have heard a thousand Bogie impersonations in my time, but up until now, I've never seen a Bogart movie. The Maltese Falcon wasn't included on the Oscar meme - the meme only went as far back as 1944 - but it was nominated for Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor at the 1942 Academy Awards. Great dialogue, even if after 66 years, it comes off far more campy than originally intended. ("When you're slapped, you'll take it and you'll like it.") The Maltese Falcon was also my first introduction to Peter Lorre - how great is he? Joel Cairo made this film in my eyes.

Casablanca (1942) - Another Bogart/Lorre teaming. Another great Lorre performance, although he dies relatively early in the film which is a disappointment. What is up with all the soft-lighting in these old movies? In the pitch of night or high noon in the desert, all the actresses manage to find themselves bathed in fuzzy lighting. Bizarre.

Harvey (1950) - I've mentioned this before, but you know that feeling you get when you see a movie for the first time and all you can do is wonder what took you so fucking long to see it in the first place? That's the feeling I had watching Harvey. This movie is 21 years older than I am, so the opportunity was always there, but it took me until now to see it. I feel like a total chode. C'mon, Jimmy Stewart, a 6'3" invisible rabbit, great dialogue...what's not to love? (See Harvey quotes at the bottom of this entry.)

Sunset Boulevard (1950) - I dug Gloria Swanson's over-the-top performance as silent film star Norma Desmond, but beyond that, I thought the movie was just okay. It wasn't horrible, it wasn't great, it was just sort of there.

From Here to Eternity (1953) - Wow, Burt Lancaster sure was a big ape of a man. Until watching this movie, my only exposure to Lancaster was Tough Guys and The Island of Dr. Moreau. Seeing him in his prime really changed my perception of him. Frank Sinatra was great as well, but I can watch any movie with Sinatra and enjoy myself.

North by Northwest (1959) - Another movie not on the meme, but I've heard enough about the film to warrant a viewing and the pushers over at TCM were obliging, so.... I vaguely remember seeing Psycho a long, long time ago, but until now I hadn't seen any other Hitchcock movies. Obviously it's a great film, but what really impressed me is how well it held up over the years. Most older movies - and sadly, most modern movies - have a very distinct shelf-life (The Maltese Falcon anyone?). The dialogue doesn't hold up, the acting comes off like vintage baseball films, what's serious becomes camp and vice-versa, etc. I'm happy to say that's not the case in this, err, case. North by Northwest was as enjoyable as any movie out today, more so than most.

The Conversation (1974) - Snooze. The first half of this movie was way too arty for my tastes, to the point of appearing forced. The second half I liked, the artiness was toned down just enough to let the plot shine through, but by that time the damage had already been done. It's weird, the older I get, the more I like Gene Hackman. This movie wasn't bad enough to interrupt that rising arc of fandom, but it came close.

Chinatown (1974) - I realize this will get me kicked out of dozens of film clubs I would never join in the first place, but I can't stand Jack Nicholson. I realize he can act circles around just about anyone and I recognize his contribution to plenty of brilliant films - some of which are personal favorites - but he just annoys the shit out of me. I can see why people rank Chinatown as one of the top movies of all time, but for me, I could take it or leave it. The acting was okay, especially Faye Dunaway, and the story was interesting enough, but nothing really reached out and grabbed me. I could really have done without the nose slashing scene however.

Network (1976) - "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" All right. I was five when this movie came out, perhaps if I was in my late teens to early thirties it would have had a more profound impact on me. As it was...eh. People go nuts on television all the time now, 90% of all reality shows are based on that premise. Maybe in '76 it was new enough to be interesting, but nowadays we just call it prime time. The saving grace of the movie for me was Ned Beatty - I can't get enough of him.

Absence of Malice (1981) - Another movie that wasn't on the meme as it wasn't nominated for Best Picture. I'm a huge Paul Newman fan, so it's no surprise I liked this movie. One thing that did occur to me is that I keep forgetting how great an actress Sally Field is. I don't know why it never occurs to me until I'm actually watching one of her films, but she smokes.

Broadcast News (1987) - It's kind of hard to go wrong with Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter in the same flick. There were a few dry parts, but other than that, this flick rocked.

Four Weddings & a Funeral (1994) - To this day I cannot understand the appeal of Andie MacDowell. In my eyes she's second only to Darryl Hannah as far as being completely devoid of personality - Darryl Hannah at least has Blade Runner to her credit. Four Weddings is a little too cute for my tastes, but I managed to refrain from clawing my eyes out, which is a point in its favor. I begrudgingly accept this movie because, without it, there would not be the brilliant Love Actually. Saved by a technicality.

Harvey Quotes:

Elwood P. Dowd: Harvey and I sit in the bars... have a drink or two... play the juke box. And soon the faces of all the other people they turn toward mine and they smile. And they're saying, "We don't know your name, mister, but you're a very nice fella." Harvey and I warm ourselves in all these golden moments. We've entered as strangers - soon we have friends. And they come over... and they sit with us... and they drink with us... and they talk to us. They tell about the big terrible things they've done and the big wonderful things they'll do. Their hopes, and their regrets, and their loves, and their hates. All very large, because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar. And then I introduce them to Harvey... and he's bigger and grander than anything they offer me. And when they leave, they leave impressed. The same people seldom come back; but that's envy, my dear. There's a little bit of envy in the best of us.

The Taxi Driver: ...I've been driving this route for 15 years. I've brought 'em out here to get that stuff, and I've drove 'em home after they had it. It changes them... On the way out here, they sit back and enjoy the ride. They talk to me; sometimes we stop and watch the sunsets, and look at the birds flyin'. Sometimes we stop and watch the birds when there ain't no birds. And look at the sunsets when it's raining. We have a swell time. And I always get a big tip. But afterwards, oh oh... They crab, crab, crab. They yell at me. Watch the lights. Watch the brakes, Watch the intersections. They scream at me to hurry. They got no faith in me, or my buggy. Yet, it's the same cab, the same driver. And we're going back over the very same road. It's no fun. And no tips... After this he'll be a perfectly normal human being. And you know what stinkers they are!

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posted by m/a/z/e  [2:34 AM]   0 comments
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Oscar Meme
One bored m/a/z/e plus one halfway interesting meme =

Below is a list of all the films nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award since 1944 with the winning picture at the top of the list for each year (with the exception of 2006). Bold the ones you've seen

(I've been meaning to see some of the movies on this list, so I figured I would keep updating this as I go on, using the list as a guide.)

(03/07/08 - updated list to include all the Oscar ceremonies.)

1928 (1st)
Wings
The Racket
Seventh Heaven

1929 (2nd)
The Broadway Melody
Alibi
The Hollywood Review of 1929
In Old Arizona
The Patriot

1930 (3rd)
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Big House
Disraeli
The Divorcee
The Love Parade

1931 (4th)
Cimarron
East Lynne
The Front Page
Skippy
Trader Horn

1932 (5th)
Grand Hotel
Arrowsmith
Bad Girl
The Champ
Five Star Final
One Hour with You
Shanghai Express (06/15/08)
The Smiling Lieutenant

1933 (6th)
Cavalcade
42nd St.
A Farewell to Arms
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Lady for a Day
Little Women
The Private Life of Henry VIII
She Done Him Wrong
Smilin' Through
State Fair

1934 (7th)
It Happened One Night
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Cleopatra
Flirtation Walk
The Gay Divorcee
Here Comes the Navy
The House of Rothschild
Imitation of Life
One Night of Love
The Thin Man (06/15/08)
Viva Villa
The White Parade

1935 (8th)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Alice Adams
Broadway Melody of 1936
Captain Blood
The Informer
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Le Miserables
Naughty Marietta
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger
Ruggle of Red Gap
Top Hat

1936 (9th)
The Great Ziegfeld
Anthony Adverse
Dodsworth
Libeled Lady
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (10.12.08)
Romeo & Juliet
San Francisco
The Story of Louis Pasteur
A Tale of Two Cities
Three Smart Girls

1937 (10th)
The Life of Emile Zola
The Awful Truth (04/07/08)
Captain Courageous
Dead End
The Good Earth
In Old Chicago
Lost Horizon
One Hundred Men & a Girl
Stage Door
A Star is Born

1938 (11th)
You Can't Take it With You
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Boys Town
The Citadel
Four Daughters
La Grande Illusion
Jezebel
Pygmalion
Test Pilot

1939 (12th)
Gone with the Wind
Dark Victory
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (05/27/08)
Ninotchka
Of Mice & Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights

1940 (13th)
Rebecca
All This, and Heaven Too
Foreign Correspondent
The Grapes of Wrath (03/15/08)
The Great Dictator
Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
Our Town
The Philadelphia Story (06/22/08)

1941 (14th)
How Green Was My Valley
Blossoms in the Dust
Citizen Kane (06/01/08)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Hold Back the Dawn
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
One Foot in Heaven
Sergeant York
Suspicion

1942 (15th)
Mrs. Miniver
49th Parallel
Kings Row
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Pied Piper
The Pride of the Yankees
Random Harvest
The Talk of the Town
Wake Island
Yankee Doodle Dandy

1943 (16th)
Casablanca
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Heaven Can Wait
The Human Comedy
In Which We Serve
Madame Currie
The More the Merrier
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Song of Bernadette
Watch on the Rhine

1944 (17th)
Going My Way
Double Indemnity (02/24/08)
Gaslight
Since You Went Away
Wilson

1945 (18th)
The Lost Weekend
Anchors Aweigh
The Bells of St. Mary's
Mildred Pierce
Spellbound

1946 (19th)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Henry V
It's a Wonderful Life
The Razor's Edge
The Yearling (06/22/08)

1947 (20th)
Gentleman's Agreement
The Bishop's Wife
Crossfire
Great Expectations
Miracle on 34th Street

1948 (21st)
Hamlet
Johnny Belinda
The Red Shoes
The Snake Pit
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (03/10/08)

1949 (22nd)
All the King's Men (02/08/08)
Battleground
The Heiress
A Letter to Three Wives
Twelve O'Clock High

1950 (23rd)
All about Eve
Born Yesterday
Father of the Bride
King Solomon's Mines
Sunset Blvd. (02/08/07)

1951 (24th)
An American in Paris (07/11/08)
Decision before Dawn
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
A Streetcar Named Desire

1952 (25th)
The Greatest Show on Earth
High Noon (02/27/08)
Ivanhoe
Moulin Rouge
The Quiet Man

1953 (26th)
From Here to Eternity (02/28/07)
Julius Caesar
The Robe
Roman Holiday (03/16/08)
Shane (02/28/08)

1954 (27th)
On the Waterfront
The Caine Mutiny
The Country Girl
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Three Coins in the Fountain

1955 (28th)
Marty
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Mister Roberts
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo

1956 (29th)
Around the World in 80 Days
Fiendly Persuasion
Giant
The King and I
The Ten Commandments

1957 (30th)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Peyton Place
Sayonara
12 Angry Men
Witness for the Prosecution

1958 (31st)
Gigi
Auntie Mame (03/07/08)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Defiant Ones (04/30/08)
Separate Tables

1959 (32nd)
Ben-Hur
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
Room at the Top

1960 (33rd)
The Apartment
The Alamo
Elmer Gantry
Sons and Lovers
The Sundowners

1961 (34th)
West Side Story
Fanny
The Guns of The Navarone
The Hustler
Judgment at Nuremberg

1962 (35th)
Lawrence of Arabia (03/13/08)
The Longest Day
Meredith Willson's The Music Man (07/03/08)
Mutiny on the Bounty
To Kill a Mockingbird

1963 (36th)
Tom Jones
America America
Cleopatra
How the West Was Won
Lilies of the Field (03/31/08)

1964 (37th)
My Fair Lady (07/19/08)
Becket
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (05/11/08)
Mary Poppins
Zorba the Greek

1965 (38th)
The Sound of Music
Darling
Doctor Zhivago
Ship of Fools (03/06/08)
A Thousand Clowns

1966 (39th)
A Man for All Seasons
Alfie
The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
The Sand Pebbles
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1967 (40th)
In the Heat of the Night (04/12/08)
Bonnie and Clyde
Doctor Dolittle
The Graduate
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1968 (41st)
Oliver!
Funny Girl
The Lion in Winter
Rachel, Rachel
Romeo and Juliet (07/06/08)

1969 (42nd)
Midnight Cowboy (03/30/08)
Anne of the Thousand Days
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Hello, Dolly!
Z

1970 (43rd)
Patton (04/06/08)
Airport (06/17/08)
Five Easy Pieces
Love Story
MASH

1971 (44th)
The French Connection (03/30/08)
A Clockwork Orange
Fiddler on the Roof
The Last Picture Show (03/05/08)
Nicholas and Alexandra

1972 (45th)
The Godfather
Cabaret
Deliverance
Sounder
The Emigrants

1973 (46th)
The Sting
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
A Touch of Class
Cries and Whispers

1974 (47th)
The Godfather, Part II
Chinatown (03/02/07)
The Conversation (03/01/07)
Lenny (03/11/08)
The Towering Inferno

1975 (48th)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville

1976 (49th)
Rocky
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Network (02/09/07)
Taxi Driver

1977 (50th)
Annie Hall
The Goodbye Girl
Julia
Star Wars
The Turning Point

1978 (51st)
The Deer Hunter (07/13/08)
Coming Home
Heaven Can Wait
Midnight Express (02/16/08)
An Unmarried Woman (03/06/08)

1979 (52nd)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Apocalypse Now
All That Jazz
Breaking Away
Norma Rae

1980 (53rd)
Ordinary People
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Elephant Man
Raging Bull (03/08/08)
Tess

1981 (54th)
Chariots of Fire
Atlantic City
On Golden Pond
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reds

1982 (55th)
Gandhi
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Missing
Tootsie
The Verdict

1983 (56th)
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies (07/20/08)

1984 (57th)
Amadeus
The Killing Fields
A Passage to India
Places in the Heart (05/13/08)
A Soldier's Story

1985 (58th)
Out of Africa
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Prizzi's Honor
Witness

1986 (59th)
Platoon
Children of a Lesser God
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Mission
A Room with a View

1987 (60th)
The Last Emperor
Broadcast News (02/06/07)
Fatal Attraction
Hope and Glory
Moonstruck

1988 (61st)
Rain Man
The Accidental Tourist
Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
Working Girl

1989 (62nd)
Driving Miss Daisy
Born on the Fourth of July
Dead Poets Society
Field of Dreams
My Left Foot

1990 (63rd)
Dances With Wolves (07/06/08)
Awakenings
Ghost
The Godfather, Part III
Goodfellas

1991 (64th)
The Silence of the Lambs
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
JFK
The Prince of Tides

1992 (65th)
Unforgiven
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
Howards End
Scent of a Woman (06/11/08)

1993 (66th)
Schindler's List
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father
The Piano (10/02/07)
The Remains of the Day

1994 (67th)
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral (03/03/07)
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption

1995 (68th)
Braveheart (03/04/08)
Apollo 13
Babe
Il Postino
Sense and Sensibility

1996 (69th)
The English Patient
Fargo
Jerry Maguire
Secrets & Lies
Shine

1997 (70th)
Titanic
As Good as It Gets
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential

1998 (71st)
Shakespeare in Love (03/10/07)
Elizabeth (02/27/08)
Life Is Beautiful
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line (04/09/08)

1999 (72nd)
American Beauty
The Sixth Sense
The Cider House Rules
The Green Mile
The Insider

2000 (73rd)
Gladiator (03/02/08)
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (11/04/07)
Erin Brockovich
Traffic

2001 (74th)
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park (03/19/08)
In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge!

2002 (75th)
Chicago (08/26/08)
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist

2003 (76th)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World</