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mihrsuri · 3 months
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OT3 Verse Headcast
So @onekisstotakewithme asked me this question from a meme:
🎬 If a movie or show were based on your fic, which fic would you choose and who would you fancast?
And listen I usually say ‘Jewish Anne Boleyn’ but I don’t actually know of any biracial Persian Jewish actors to cast for that so I thought I’d do my giant emotional support Tudors AU aka The OT3 Verse. See here for summary of. So I thought I’d write out (with pictures) all the headcasts I have.
PLEASE feel free to ask me about any of them and I will answer like I was a show runner giving an interview to a media outlet because DUH.
Under a cut because LONG.
The Triad
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Natalie Dormer (Anne Boleyn)
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James Frain (Thomas Cromwell)
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers (King Henry VIII)
Boleyn Family
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Rufus Sewell/Luke Thompson (Thomas Boleyn)
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Joanne Whalley/Eleanor Tomlinson (Elizabeth Boleyn)
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Jonathan Bailey (George Boleyn)
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Morfydd Clark (Jane Boleyn)
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Holliday Granger (Mary Boleyn) because @houseofborgia in part because I think she would rock OT3 verse Mary.
Dudley Family
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Matthew Goode (John Dudley)
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Tom Blythe (Robert Dudley)
(Jane Dudley is obviously here but placeholder for now because stuck on headcast)
Children Of The Triad (adults)
Princess Mary (Sarah Bolger)
Princess Elizabeth (Sophie Turner)
Prince Thomas (Patrick Gibson)
Prince George (Ethan Peck)
Prince William (Ruari O’Connor)
Princess Margaret (Lola Petticrew)
Prince Owen (Ben Barnes)
Prince Edmund (Kerem Busin is the best visual representation I have but honestly like picture Travis Kelce with red hair and Giant)
Princess Philippa (Goldshifteh Farahani)
Other Major Characters
Princess Mihrimah/Mihrimah Sultan (I go between Sujaya Dasgupta for VIBES and because I think she’d kill it and Pelin Karahan)
John Welles, Earl of Norwich (Rupert Graves)
Thomas Howard, Duke Of Norfolk (Jeremy Irons)
Bridget Grey, nee Talbot (Hannah New)
Lionel Grey (Toby Regbo)
Charles Brandon, Duke of Sussex (Henry Cavill)
Mary Brandon, Duchess of Sussex (Debra Messing thank you @the-ships-to-rule-them-all so much for suggestion 🩷)
(I do also have the grandchildrens generation but that’s WAY TOO MUCH)
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In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Newton Knight: Matthew McConaughey Rachel: Gugu Mbatha-Raw Moses Washington: Mahershala Ali Serena Knight: Keri Russell Daniel: Jacob Lofland Sumrall: Sean Bridgers Lieutenant Barbour: Brad Carter Miss Ellie: Jane McNeill Prosecuting Attorney: Gary Grubbs Jasper: Christopher Berry Amos Deason: Joe Chrest Quitman: David Jensen Injured Soldier: Kurt Krause Confederate Color Guard: Carlton Caudle Freedman 1: Martin Bats Bradford Matthew Yates: Matt Lintz Mary: Kerry Cahill Annie: Jessica Collins Confederate Soldier: Juan Gaspard Junie Lee: Liza J. Bennett Polling Station Clerk: David Maldonado Schoolgirl: Serenity Neil Chester: Lawrence Turner Mrs. Deason: Lara Grice Col. Robert Lowry: Wayne Pére Farmer 1: Jim Klock Town Folk: Emily Bossak Sergeant: P.J. Marshall Third Man: Ritchie Montgomery Stillman Coleman: Mattie Liptak Aunt Sally: Jill Jane Clements Col. McLemore: Thomas Francis Murphy Old Man: Johnny McPhail Lt. Barbour: Bill Tangradi First Man: William Mark McCullough Edward James – Cotton Field Worker: Sam Malone Boy at Alice Hotel: Kylen Davis Farmer 2: Will Beinbrink George: Troy Hogan Confederate Soldier: Cy Parks Ward: Dane Rhodes Second Woman / Yeoman Farmer: Lucy Faust Yeoman Girl: Stella Allen Older Coleman Brother: Cade Mansfield Cooksey Maroon (uncredited): Tahj Vaughans Davis Knight: Brian Lee Franklin Film Crew: Casting: Debra Zane Production Design: Philip Messina Costume Design: Louise Frogley Editor: Juliette Welfling Producer: Jon Kilik Supervising Art Director: Dan Webster Editor: Pamela Martin Director of Photography: Benoît Delhomme Producer: Scott Stuber Executive Producer: Oren Aviv Set Decoration: Larry Dias Writer: Gary Ross Executive Producer: Robert Simonds Executive Producer: Robin Bissell Art Direction: Andrew Max Cahn Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Hsu Executive Producer: Wang Zhonglei Executive Producer: Stuart Ford Prosthetics: Gary Archer Foley: Marko Costanzo Makeup Department Head: Nikoletta Skarlatos Executive Producer: Wang Zhongjun Co-Producer: David Pomier First Assistant Director: Eric Heffron Assistant Costume Designer: Meagan McLaughlin Foley: Eric Milano Second Unit Director: Garrett Warren Visual Effects Editor: Gershon Hinkson Executive Producer: Michael Bassick Makeup Artist: Kris Evans Executive Producer: Bruce Nachbar “B” Camera Operator: Jerry M. Jacob Executive Producer: Matt Jackson Additional Camera: Michael Watson Executive Producer: Christopher Woodrow Hairstylist: Felicity Bowring Casting: Meagan Lewis Music Editor: John Finklea Executive Producer: Jerry Ye Set Designer: Randall D. Wilkins Still Photographer: Murray Close Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith First Assistant “A” Camera: Chad Rivetti Special Effects Coordinator: David K. Nami Hair Department Head: Jules Holdren Key Hair Stylist: Melizah Anguiano Wheat Set Costumer: Adriane Bennett Costume Supervisor: Carlane Passman Prosthetic Makeup Artist: Matthew O’Toole Visual Effects Producer: Lisa Beroud Key Hair Stylist: Theraesa Rivers Executive Producer: Russell Levine Additional Camera: Greg Morris Set Costumer: Tom Cummins Art Department Coordinator: Wylie Griffin Supervising Dialogue Editor: Branka Mrkic Visual Effects Supervisor: Kelly Port Second Assistant “C” Camera: Griffin McCann Set Costumer: Lisa Magee Wigmaker: Khanh Trance Art Direction: Chris Craine Gaffer: Bob Bates Original Music Composer: Nicholas Britell First Assistant “C” Camera: Wade Whitley Co-Producer: Diana Alvarez Second Second Assistant Director: Marvin Williams “A” Came...
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college-girl199328 · 2 years
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Raquel Welch, the big-screen star of the 1960s and ’70s who gained fame in movies including Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years B.C., Myra Breckinridge, and many others, died today after a brief illness was confirmed by her reps at Media 4 Management.
Welch’s career spanned more than 50 years, 30 films, and scores of TV series and appearances, including about a dozen visits to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson spanning two decades and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Imagen Foundation in 2001.
Born Jo Raquel Tejada on September 5, 1940, in Chicago, Welch's family moved to San Diego when she was a toddler on a theatre arts scholarship, and she began her career as a local TV weathercaster before landing guest shots on classic TV series such as McHale's Navy, Bewitched, The Virginian, and others, including Cora in the wild 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage, which also starred Stephen Boyd and Edmund Gwenn and only had an hour before they returned. 
The film won Oscars for its visual effects, art direction, and set decoration and became a cult classic with a 91% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Welch then starred as a clan cavewoman in the 1966 British film One Million Years B.C., another wild tale set in a time when humans and dinosaurs coexisted; a slightly censored version of the film was released in the United States, and the film became a TV staple in later years, inspiring her to star with Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in the London-set 1967 comedy Bedazzled and opposite James Stewart, Dean Martin, and George Kennedy in the 1968 western Bandoler.
Welch continued her big-screen career alongside some of the era's biggest stars, including Burt Reynolds in the 1972 cop comedy Fuzz, Richard Burton in Bluebeard the same year, and James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, and others in Herbert Ross' The Last of Sheila, written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins and starring Richard Chamberlain, Oliver Reed, and Michael York in 1973.
That film earned Welch a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, and it spawned a 1974 sequel, The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge. She also appeared in the 1976 ambulance-crew comedy Mother, Jugs & Speed, alongside Bill Cosby and Harvey Keitel; her other films from the era were Kansas City Bomber, a 1972 drama set in the then-popular world of roller derby; The Beloved (1971); and the western Hannie Caulder, which she co-starred in with Robert Culp and Ernest Borgnine. 
Welch was never shy about fighting for herself and her place at the Hollywood table. In that context, she made a very different set of headlines in the 1980s when she sued MGM over being dumped from starring with Nick Nolte in Cannery Row to play an empathetic prostitute in the David S. Ward-helmed movie based on the work of John Steinbeck. Welch was booted off the project by the studio over a contract violation in which she insisted on having her hair and makeup done there.
MGM said no and replaced Welch with Debra Winger to make peace by taking another role, but after being rebuffed by the studio, then run by David Begelman, Welch hit back and sued MGM for $24 million.
Making headlines all over the world, Welch alleged in her suit that the studio had built the movie and its financing around her and then used the hair-and-makeup dispute as a way to get a younger actress in the hooker role through the courts and appeals, but Welch ultimately was awarded a $10 million verdict in 1987, which, of course, generated a whole new set of headlines for her.  
By the late 1970s, Welch's film career had peaked, and she began doing more TV work in 1979, appearing in a couple of Season 2 Mork & Mindy episodes with Robin Williams, and she continued to appear in telefilms throughout the decade, including the title role in "The Legend of Walks Far Woman," a 1982 NBC telepic about a woman who murders her abusive husband, and the role of a successful woman whose husband is murdered.
She later did a memorable cameo as herself in 1994's Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, wrestling Leslie Nielsen's Lt. Frank Drebin onstage at the Oscars, and briefly appeared as Mrs. Windham-Vandermark herself in the classic 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Summer of George," which featured the actress mistakenly presenting a Tony Award to Michael Richards' Kramer, with unexpected repercussions.
Other 1990s TV guest roles included Evening Shade (reuniting with Reynolds), Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Lois & Clark, and multiple episodes of Spin City and C.P.W. Her small-screen credits since then include a recurring role on the 2002 PBS series American Family, which starred Edward James Olmos and Sonia Braga, along with 8 Simple Rules, CSI: Miami, the telefilm House of Versace, the short-lived CBS sitcom Welcome to the Captain, the Canadian comedy Date My Dad, and her career, Welch appeared on scores of TV talk, game, and awards show; hosted Saturday Night Live during its first season in 1976; was a presenter at multiple Academy Awards and Tony Awards ceremonies; appeared on Bob Hope comedy specials and toplined her own specials; in 1970, 1974, and the 1980 CBS special Raquel! showcased Welch’s comedy, dancing, and singing skills, earning a 51% share.
She also was a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and talk or variety shows hosted by Oprah Winfrey, Craig Ferguson, Bonnie Hunt, Dick Cavett, Mike Douglas, Joey Bishop, Dean Martin, Merv Griffin, and others twice on Broadway: the first time in 1981, when she filled in for a vacationing Lauren Bacall in Woman of the Year 1997, and the second time in 1997, when she played the lead role of Victoria Grant in Victor/Victoria, replacing original star Julie Andrews.
Despite her Golden Globes win and nomination, Welch never earned an Oscar or Emmy nomination during her long career; other accolades include an ALMA Award in 2001, a Western Heritage Award for The Legend of Walks Far Woman, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1996 by her son, Damon Welch, and daughter, Tahnee Welch.  
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Upcoming Movies in September 2020: Theaters, Streaming, and VOD
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Movies are back! Granted they never really left either, with Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, and others keeping us satiated with content these past five months. Still, the streamers are about to be reinforced for those willing to return to movie theaters: Major Hollywood blockbuster releases are coming, and limited rollouts are slowly making their way back into cinemas around the world.
For that reason, we’ve assembled a list of potential moviegoing experiences in September, whether on the big screen (please consider the risks of attending a theatrical screening) or at home via video on demand. It’s time for the popcorn to get popping.
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Now playing in theaters and VOD in the US (September 23 in the UK)
One of the biggest movies yet to eschew its intended theatrical window for a premium video on demand (PVOD) release is this most excellent adventure. It’s been 29 years since we last saw Alex Winter’s far out Ted or Keanu Reeves’ perpetually astonished Bill, yet it’s good to have both back in their legendary stoner roles. 
The fact they’re middle-aged and still having adventures through time and space, and against the visage of Death—he’s still cheating!—is pretty sweet. As is Keanu coming back to this role one Speed, three Matrixes, and nearly five John Wick chapters later. But this time they’ve got daughters (played by Samara Weaving and Brigette Lundy-Paine)… but rest assured, the children are as amused as their dads.
Tenet
Now playing in the UK (September 3 in the US)
Already playing in the UK, Tenet will be making its much vaunted North American debut in “select U.S. cities” in September. We’re still not entirely clear what that will look like, but hopefully it will be worth it for this mysterious and visually dazzling Christopher Nolan epic. 
Early reviews are in, and the majority promise Nolan’s most exciting use of IMAX spectacle to date, though even without spoilers, this one might be too big for its own good. Our own Rosie Fletcher describes it as Nolan’s long-whispered about James Bond movie meets Doctor Who…
The New Mutants
Now playing in the U.S. (September 4 UK)
Josh Boone’s journey into the X-Men universe has been pushed back so many times it almost feels like a mythical lost movie. So when it finally arrives in UK cinemas on Sept. 4 (it landed in the U.S. at the end of August) it might feel like a bizarre flashback to another era – namely that of 2017 when the main shoot took place. 
Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Blu Hunt, and Henry Zaga star as five young mutants held in a sinister facility against their will. It’s been positioned as an action horror which in theory sounds pretty cool, though what the final cut will look like is anyone’s guess.
Mulan
September 4 (Disney+ with premium)
One day after Tenet makes its U.S. debut, Disney, and more specifically Disney+, offers a starkly different vision for the future of cinema with Mulan. Whereas Tenet will attempt to jumpstart moviegoing, Disney has pushed one of their biggest 2020 blockbusters exclusively to streaming in all markets featuring Disney+, including the U.S. and UK. That means if you want to see Niki Caro’s anticipated reimagining of the 1998 animated Disney movie, you are going to have to pay $30 on top of your Disney+ subscription to get a load of this bad boy on a new PVOD model.
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Even so, the film’s need to step away from the 1998 version’s iconography—Chinese moviegoers generally dislike musicals—appears to offer an opportunity to make a modern 2020 epic that can stand on its own two feet.
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
September 4 (Netflix)
Charlie Kaufman does horror? Well, uh, maybe?! For his first Netflix original production, the idiosyncratic writer-director behind Synecdoche, New York, and the Being John Malkovich screenplay is adapting Iain Reid’s thriller novel, I’m Thinking of Ending Things. But Kaufman is expected to come at it from his singularly off-center perspective.
With a somber setup about a young woman (played by Wild Rose’s talented Jessie Buckley) going to meet the parents of her boyfriend (Jesse Plemons), the movie is actually about an unhappy lover planning to terminate her relationship. Yet when she meets Mom and Dad (Toni Collette and David Thewlis), things are going to get weirder, if not necessarily better for the relationship…
The Roads Not Taken
September 11 (UK)
Sally Potter’s wistful drama was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival earlier in the year before the world went into lockdown. It follows Leo (Javier Bardem), a man with dementia, as he imagines different paths in life he might have taken, while his daughter Mollie tries to help him keep various appointments and struggles with decisions about her own future. A very personal study of mental illness, grief, and regret.
The Devil All the Time
September 16 (Netflix)
Southern fried noir might be the creepiest noir. With its rural and sunny backdrops, and a smiling Christian face, its pleasantries belie an evil heart. And Tom Holland of all people will be driving right to the dark center of it in The Devil All the Time, a new thriller by writer-director Antonio Campos. 
Ready to bow on Netflix this month, the all-star cast, which also includes Bill Skarsgård, Riley Keough, Sebastian Stan, and Robert Pattinson, as a fire and brimstone preacher no less, The Devil All the Time reimagines post-WWII Tennessee backwoods as a hotbed of corruption, hypocrisy, and murder. Sounds about right.
Antebellum
September 18 (U.S. Only)
Co-writers and directors Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz appear to have cracked the code in making one of fiction’s favorite fantasies terrifying. You know the type: From Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court to Midnight in Paris, some congenial fellow travels back to a point in history he loves and has an all-around splendid time. Now imagine that same scenario except the protagonist is a Black woman. And she’s sent to the Antebellum South on the eve of the Civil War. Scared yet?
It’s a disturbing premise that aims to put Antebellum in the same wheelhouse as recent horror movies that have tackled American racism head on, including Jordan Peele’s Get Out and Us. The movie stars the ever compelling Janelle Monáe as a 21st century author trapped inside a 19th century nightmare, and it’s one of the most intriguing setups of the year. It also will be available on VOD and in select theaters.
The King’s Man
September 18 (September 16 in the UK)
Kingsman: The Secret Service was one of the nicer surprises of 2015. A better Bond movie than that year’s Bond film, this Matthew Vaughn directed and Jane Goldman co-written spy adventure was both a satire and loving homage to 007 movies of the 1960s and ‘70s, with excessive swagger and style to boot. Unfortunately, Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) didn’t live up to its predecessor. It did, however, make enough money to spawn a prequel. Which brings us to The King’s Man.
As Disney/20th Century Studios’ latest release, this movie sees Vaughn return to the director’s chair as he travels back in time to World War I and the origins of the Kingsman secret service. With the same daffy style but now in period garb (it worked for Vaughn in X-Men: First Class), the prequel hopes to recapture the charm of the original. It certainly has a winning cast that includes Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Bruhl, Djimon Hounsou, and Gemma Arterton.
Kajillionaire
September 18 (October 9 in the UK)
One of the happy discoveries out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Focus Features’ Kajillionaire is a movie we’ve had our eye on for a while. The picture is writer-director Miranda July’s pleasant vision of criminality and heists being the stuff of family team-building. Take Evan Rachel Wood as Old Dolio. She’s an adult daughter whose depression has forced her to live at home with her small time crook parents. But Mom and Pop (Debra Winger and Richard Jenkins) have a plan; they’ll incorporate their daughter in the next heist and bring her out of her funk. It’s a charming premise that won over almost every critic who saw it back in January.
The Nest
September 18 (U.S. Only)
Another apparent highlight out of Sundance this year, Sean Durkin’s The Nest presents itself as a foreboding drama. As the follow-up feature from the director of Martha Marcy May Marlene, the film intends to be an unsettling account of a wealthy marriage descending into Gaslight levels of manipulation. With Jude Law as the rich patriarch and Carrie Coon as his quietly suffering wife, a sudden move to the country reveals dark dimensions to their relationship and the brittleness of domesticity. If the buzz is to be believed, the wound up WASPy tension in this could strangle an elephant.
Enola Holmes
September 23 (Netflix)
Did you know Sherlock Holmes had a little sister? You’re about to thanks to some strong synergetic mojo going on at Netflix with Enola Holmes, a new mystery/adventure that stars The Witcher’s Henry Cavill as Sherlock, The Crown’s Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Holmes, and Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown as the eponymous Enola. That’s right, Eleven’s going to use her own English accent and play Sherlock’s kid sister. 
Often kept in her famous brother’s shadow, it is up to Enola to do him one better when she sets off to find their mysteriously vanished mother. In the process, she proves she’s a super-sleuth in her own right and brings to light a deadly conspiracy. The game’s afoot!
Misbehaviour
September 25 (Open in the UK)
A crowd-pleaser that debuted earlier in the year in the UK, Misbehaviour has all the markers of a charming dramedy with real world ramifications. In fact, it’s set during the events of the Miss World competition in 1970, a televised beauty pageant in London that was then the most-watched event on the planet. In this context, the Women’s Liberation Movement reached international acclaim by disrupting the proceedings, and a Woman of Color from Grenada became a contender for the Miss World title.
Director Philippa Lowthorpe (The Crown) reportedly explores these events to winning results with an ensemble of players that Keira Knightley and Jessie Buckley as lead activists, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Jennifer Hosten (aka Miss Grenada), and Greg Kinnear at his greasiest as an aging Bob Hope.
Greenland
September 25 (U.S. Only)
Imagine this: A comet that is supposed to gently pass Earth by was misjudged by the science community, and instead a cataclysmic extinction level event occurs with comet fragments destroying parts of the world one action scene at a time! Yeah, in 2020 that sounds about right. It’s also the plot of Greenland, a new high-concept survivalist action movie starring Gerard Butler as a family man who, realizing Florida is gone and his home state is next, tries to save his wife (Morena Baccarin) and child by getting his family to the last place that may be spared: military bunkers in Greenland!
And you thought U.S. leadership was being ridiculous when it tried to buy the country a few years ago…
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My alternative 91st Academy Awards
As always during 31 Days of Oscar, I partake in an annual fantasy. What would the Oscars look like if I stuffed the ballots - choosing every single nomination and choosing every single winner? It always would look a lot different. Fans of Black Panther and Bohemian Rhapsody and Vice? Come at me.
91st Academy Awards – February 24, 2019 Dolby Theatre – Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Host: None Broadcaster: ABC
Best Picture: ROMA
BlacKkKlansman, Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele, and Spike Lee (Focus)
Burning (KOR), Lee Joon-dong and Lee Chang-dong (Pinehouse Film/Now Film/NHK/CGV Arthouse/Well Go USA Entertainment)
Eighth Grade, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Lila Yacoub, and Christopher Storer (A24)
The Favourite, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, and Yorgos Lanthimos (Fox Searchlight)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout, J.J. Abrams, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, and Jake Myers (Paramount)
Roma (MEX), Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodriguez, and Nicolas Celis (Netflix)
Shoplifters (JPN), Matsuzaki Kaoru, Yose Akihiko, and Taguchi Hijiri (AOI Promotion/Fuji TV/GAGA/Magnolia Pictures)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Avi Arad, Ami Pascal, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Christina Steinberg (Columbia)
A Star Is Born, Bill Gerber, Jon Peters, Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, and Lynette Howell Taylor (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros.)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Morgan Neville, Caryn Capotosto, and Nicholas Ma (Focus)
Wholesale changes in this category compared to real life. The best three films of 2018, to me, were Burning, Roma, and Shoplifters -- none of these were in the English language. Films I tossed for Best Picture were Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book, and Vice. I don’t think any of those four films have any business being in this category. In their place are the likes of Eighth Grade, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, and one of the most technically marvelous action films in decades in Mission: Impossible -- Fallout. Yes, an M:I film (superb editing, setpieces, and audacious style that finally wakes the franchise up).
But I’m going for an unexciting pick according to some with Roma. To use an oxymoron, it is an intimate epic -- one crafted beautifully, daring to comment on relations between ethnicities and the sexes at a certain time in Mexico. 
Best Director
Lee Chang-dong, Burning
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Hirokazu Koreeda, Shoplifters
Christopher McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Paul Schrader, First Reformed
If you’re scratching your head, yes... Paul Schrader was nominated for Director in my ceremony, but First Reformed is nowhere to be found in Picture. I tend to do this for one Best Director nominee every year.
Best Actor
Christian Bale, Vice
Ryan Gosling, First Man
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Yoo Ah-in, Burning
The real-life Best Actor category this year is the most dire slate in a while. So here is your palate cleanser. 
Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
It is not so much acting, as inhabiting. And, as a non-professional actress, Yalitza Aparicio has it. And I believe that, in my alternate Oscar universe (yes, I’ve drawn up and thought about it for many ceremonies past... I’ll reveal those some day), Aparicio would be the first indigenous woman to be awarded an acting Oscar.
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Josh Hamilton, Eighth Grade
Tim Blake Nelson, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Steven Yeun, Burning
Ali is good, don’t get me wrong. But, compared to the movie Moonlight and his performance in it, it looks like he is about to get a second Oscar for a far worse movie and a lesser role. Ali is fourth or fifth in this lineup for me. Grant is fantastic in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actress
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Marina de Tavira, Roma
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians
This comes down to the fact I couldn’t separate Stone and Weisz’s performances in their saucy movie. Nor could I find the argument to give de Tavira or Yeoh the Oscar. This is a bit of a default choice, I hate to say.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Leave No Trace
Spike Lee would have at least one or two Oscars in my alternative universe by this point! The difference between the screenplays for BlacKkKlansman and Can You Ever Forgive Me? is far slighter than you think.
Best Original Screenplay
Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Paul Schrader, First Reformed
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Hirokazu Koreeda, Shoplifters
Not even a contest if you asked me. This category is something else if I consider The Favourite and Roma bringing up the rear. But Koreeda’s drama about a found family that does what they can to survive is the culmination of what he has done in his career thus far. This is his Oscar.
Best Animated Feature
Incredibles 2 (Pixar/Walt Disney)
Night is Short, Walk On Girl, Japan (GKIDS/Toho Company)
Ruben Brandt, Collector, Hungary (Mozinet/Sony Pictures Classics)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Columbia)
Tito and the Birds, Brazil (Bits Produções/Shout! Factory)
Longtime followers know that I have unorthodox opinions about animated features. The only Animated Feature Oscar I’ve handed to Pixar/Walt Disney Animation Studios since beginning this tradition in 2013 was for Inside Out. I thought Ralph Breaks the Internet was a painful addition to the Disney animated canon, so it is not here. Nor is Wes Anderson’s culturally insensitive Isle of Dogs or Mamoru Hosoda’s sloppy Mirai. At the end of the day? No boat-rocking this time, except in some of the other nominees.
Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo (National Geographic)
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (The Cinema Guild)
Minding the Gap (ITVS/Kartemquin Films/Hulu/Magnolia Pictures)
Three Identical Strangers (CNN/Channel 4/Neon)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Focus)
Shoulda been nominated! Shoulda won! But in the spirit of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, these are all great documentaries. Minding the Gap is a close #2.
Best Foreign Language Film
Burning, South Korea
Capernaum, Lebanon
Cold War, Poland
Roma, Mexico
Shoplifters, Japan
Best Cinematography
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Caleb Deschanel, Never Look Away (GER)
Rob Hardy, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Matthew Libatique, A Star Is Born
Łukasz Żal, Cold War
Best Film Editing
Barry Alexander Brown, BlacKkKlansman
Jay Cassidy, A Star Is Born
Tom Cross, First Man
Eddie Hamilton, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, The Favourite
Best Original Musical*
Julia Michels, A Star Is Born
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns
Sia, Greg Kurstin, Scott Walker, and Margaret Yen, Vox Lux
*Best Original Musical – known previously as several other names – exists in the Academy’s rulebooks, but requires activation from the Academy’s music branch. To qualify, a film must have no fewer than five original songs. This category was last activated when Prince won for Purple Rain (1984).
Best Original Score
Michael Giacchino, Incredibles 2
Justin Hurwitz, First Man
John Powell, Solo
Alan Silvestri, Ready Player One
Brian Tyler, Crazy Rich Asians
The Star Wars universe is in good musical hands when John Williams leaves after Episode IX!
Best Original Song
“All the Stars”, music by Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, and Anthony Tiffith, lyrics by Lamar, SZA, and Tiffith, Black Panther
“Nowhere to Go but Up”, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns
“The Place Where Lost Things Go”, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns
“Shallow”, music and lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt, A Star Is Born
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings”, music and lyrics by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Best Costume Design
Alexander Byrne, Mary Queen of Scots
Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther
Sandy Powell, The Favourite
Sandy Powell, Mary Poppins Returns
Mary E. Vogt, Crazy Rich Asians
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Cindy Harlow and Camille Friend, Black Panther
Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer, Border (SWE)
Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher, and Jessica Brooks, Mary Queen of Scots
Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin, Solo
Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia Dehaney, Vice
Best Production Design
Hannah Beachler, Black Panther
Nelson Coates, Crazy Rich Asians
Fiona Crombie, The Favourite
Nathan Crowley, First Man
John Myhre, Mary Poppins Returns
Best Sound Editing
Benjamin A. Burt and Steve Boeddeker, Black Panther
Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan, First Man
James Mather, Victoria Freund, and Nina Norek, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl, A Quiet Place
Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom, Cameron Barker, and Doug Winningham, Ready Player One
Best Sound Mixing
John Casali, Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, and Niv Adiri, Bohemian Rhapsody
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis, First Man
Chris Munro, Paul Munro, Lloyd Dudley, and Mark Timms, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, and Michael Barry, A Quiet Place
Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow, A Star Is Born
Best Visual Effects
Daniel DeLeeuw, Jen Underdahl, Kelly Port, Matt Aitken, Dan Sudick, Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones, and Chris Corbould, Christopher Robin
Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, and J. D. Schwalm, First Man
Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler, and David Shirk, Ready Player One
Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Dominic Tuohy, Solo
Best Documentary Short
Black Sheep (Lightbox Entertainment/The Guardian)
End Game (Netflix)
Lifeboat (Spin Film/RYOT Films)
A Night at the Garden (Field of Vision)
Period. End of Sentence. (Guneet Monga)
My omnibus review of this year’s nominees is coming soon (check this space later).
Best Live Action Short
Detainment (Twelve Media)
Fauve, Canada (H264 Distribution)
Marguerite, Canada (H264 Distribution)
Mother, Spain (Apache Films/Caballo Films/Malvalanda)
Skin (New Native Pictures/Salaud Morisset)
My omnibus review of this year’s nominees is coming soon (check this space later).
Best Animated Short
Animal Behaviour (National Film Board of Canada)
Bao (Pixar/Walt Disney)
Late Afternoon (Cartoon Saloon)
One Small Step (Taiko Studios)
Weekends (Past Lives Productions)
My omnibus review of this year’s nominees can be read here.
Academy Honorary Awards: Cicely Tyson, Lalo Schifrin, and Marvin Levy
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall
MULTIPLE NOMINEES (24) Eight: The Favourite; Roma Seven: First Man; A Star Is Born Six: Mission: Impossible – Fallout Five: Black Panther; Burning; Mary Poppins Returns Four: Crazy Rich Asians; Eighth Grade; Shoplifters Three: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs; BlacKkKlansman; First Reformed; Ready Player One, Solo Two: Bohemian Rhapsody; If Beale Street Could Talk; Incredibles 2; Mary Queen of Scots; A Quiet Place; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Vice; Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
WINNERS 4 wins: Roma 2 wins: First Man; Mary Poppins Returns 1 win: BlacKkKlansman; Black Panther; Border; Can You Ever Forgive Me?; Cold War; Crazy Rich Asians; First Reformed; If Beale Street Could Talk; Marguerite; Mission: Impossible – Fallout; Shoplifters; Solo; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; A Star Is Born; Weekends; Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
19 winners from 25 categories. 39 feature-length films and 15 short films were represented.
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1999-2000 Emmy Awards
Outstanding Makeup For A Series
The X-Files - Theef ** WINNER ** Cheri Montesanto Medcalf, Head Makeup Artist; Kevin Westmore, LaVerne Basham, Gregory Funk, Cindy Williams, Makeup Artists
also nominated: Angel, MadTV, Star Trek: Voyager, That 70s Show
Outstanding Visual Effects For A Series
The X-Files - First Person Shooter ** WINNER ** Bill Millar, Visual Effects Producer; Deena Burkett, Visual Effects Supervisor; Monique Klauer, Visual Effects Coordinator; Don Greenberg, Jeff Zaman, Steve Scott, Steve Strassburger, Visual Effects Compositors; Cory Strassburger, Visual Effects Animator
The X-Files - Rush Bill Millar, Visual Effects Producer; Deena Burkett, Visual Effects Supervisor; Monique Klauer, Visual Effects Coordinators; Don Greenberg, Visual Effects Compositor
also nominated: Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate SG-1,
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Series
The X-Files - First Person Shooter ** WINNER ** Steve Cantamessa, Production Mixer; David J. West, Harry Andronis, Ray O’Reilly, Re-Recording Mixers
also nominated: ER, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Sopranos, The West Wing
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series
The X-Files - First Person Shooter Thierry J. Couturier, Sound Supervisor; Cecilia Perna, Sound Effects Editor; Debby Ruby-Winsberg, Donna Beltz, Jay Levine, Ken Gladden, Mike Kimball, Stuart Calderon, Susan Welsh, Sound Editors; Jeff Charbonneau, Music Editor; Mike Salvetta, Sharon Michaels, Foley Artists
Winner: Third Watch also nominated: ER, The Others, Star Trek: Voyager
Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Dramatic Underscore)
The X-Files - Theef Mark Snow
Winner: Xena: Warrior Princess also nominated: Falcone, Felicity, Star Trek: Voyager
1999-2000 Screen Actor's Guild Awards
These are the X-Files related nominations for the 1999-2000 Screen Actor's Guild Awards. The awards were be presented on Sunday, March 12, 2000 and aired on TNT (Turner Network Television).
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
David Duchovny
Winner: James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) also nominated: Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue), Rick Schroder (NYPD Blue), Martin Sheen (The West Wing)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson
Winner: Edie Falco (The Sopranos) also nominated: Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos), Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos), Annie Potts (Any Day Now)
1999-2000 Miscellaneous Awards
Publicists Guild of America
Television Showmanship Award Chris Carter ** WINNER ** for the "exceptional impact" Carter has had on TV.
TV Guide Awards
Favorite Actor in a Drama David Duchovny Winner: David James Elliot (JAG) also nominated: Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue), Sam Waterston (Law & Order)
Favorite Actress in a Drama Gillian Anderson Winner: Melina Kanakaredes (Providence) also nominated: Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel), Julianna Margulies (ER)
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show (online category) X-Files Winner: Buffy the Vampire Slayer also nominated: Charmed
Art Director Guild Awards
Television Series X-Files - Amor Fati also nominated: The Magnificent Seven (Chinatown), Roswell (Monster), Star Trek Voyager (11:59), West Wing (Pilot)
First Annual Hollywood Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards
Best Period Makeup - Television (For a Single Episode of a Regular Series - Sitcom, Drama, or Daytime) X-Files - Triangle ** WINNER ** Cheri Montesanto-Medcalf, Kevin Westmore and LaVerne Basham also nominated: Rude Awakenings (Between a Rock Star and Hard Place), Freaks & Geeks (Pilot), Providence (He's Come Undone)
Best Character Makeup - Television X-Files - Two Fathers/One Son Cheri Montesanto-Medcalf and Kevin Westmore also nominated: Mad TV (Episode #505), Mad TV (Episode #507), Providence (He's Come Undone)
American Society of Cinematographers
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Bill Roe, The X-Files, Agua Mala ** WINNER **
British Independant Film Awards
Best Actress Gillian Anderson (House of Mirth) ** WINNER ** also nominated: Kate Ashfield (The Low Down), Brenda Blethyn (Saving Grace), Julie Walters (Billy Elliot), Emily Watson (The Luzhin Defence)
 These are the X-Files related nominations for the 1999 Emmy Awards (for the period of June 1, 1998 through May 31, 1999). The awards were televised by Fox on Sunday, September 12th, 1999. The Creative Arts Awards were given out on August 28, 1999.
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully
Winner Edie Falco (The Sopranos)
also nominated: Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos), Christine Lahti (Chicago Hope), Julianna Margulies (ER)
Outstanding Makeup for a Series
The X-Files - Two Fathers/One Son Parts I & II ** WINNER ** Cheri Montesanto-Medcalf, Head Makeup Artist; Laverne Basham, Makeup Artist for Duchovny & Anderson; John Vulich, Makeup Effects Artist; Kevin Westmore, Greg Funk, John Wheaton, Mark Shostrom, Rick Stratton, Jake Garber, Craig Reardon, Fionagh Cush, Steve LaPorte, Kevin Haney, Jane Aull, Peri Sorel, Jeanne Van Phue, Julie Socash, Makeup Artists
also nominated: Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Saturday Night Live, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Tracey Takes On...
Outstanding Art Direction for a Series
The X-Files - One Son Corey Kaplan - Production Designer, Lauren Polizzi & Sandy Getzler - Art Directors, Tim Stepeck - Set Decorator
Winner Buddy Faro also nominated: Ally McBeal, The Sopranos, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series
The X-Files - The Unnatural Bill Roe - Director of Photography
Winner Felicity also nominated: Chicago Hope, JAG, The Practice
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series
The X-Files - S.R. 819 Heather MacDougall - Editor
Winner The Sopranos also nominated: Ally McBeal, ER
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
The X-Files - S.R. 819 Mark Snow - Composer
Winner Invasion America also nominated: Fantasy Island, The Simpsons, Xena: Warrior Princess
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Veronica Cartwright as Cassandra Spender (Two Fathers & One Son)
Winner Debra Monk (NYPD Blue) also nominated: Patty Duke (Touched by an Angel), Julia Roberts (Law & Order), Marion Ross (Touched by an Angel)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
The X-Files - Triangle Thierry J. Couturier, Supervising Sound Editor; Stuart Calderon, Michael Goodman, Jay Levine, Maciek Malish, George Nemzer, Cecilia Perna, Chris Reeves, Gabrielle Reeves, Sound Editors; Jeff Charbonneau, Music Editor; Gary Marullo, Mike Salvetta, Foley Artists
Winner ER also nominated: Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Pretender, The Sopranos
 These are the X-Files related nominations & awards for the 1999 Golden Globes.
Best TV Series - Drama
The X-Files
Winner The Practice also nominated: ER, Felicity, Law & Order
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Drama
Gillian Anderson
Winner Keri Russell (Felicity) also nominated: Julianna Margulies (ER), Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue), Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel)
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Drama
David Duchovny
Winner Dylan McDermott also nominated: Anthony Edwards (ER), Lance Henrickson (Millennium), Jimmy Smitts (NYPD Blue)
 These are the X-Files related nominations & awards for the 1998-1999 Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
David Duchovny
Winner Sam Waterston (Law & Order) also nominated: Anthony Edwards (ER), Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue), Jimmy Smits (NYPD Blue)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson
Winner Julianna Margulies (ER) also nominated: Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue), Christine Lahti (Chicago Hope), Annie Potts (Any Day Now)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:
The X-Files Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, David Duchovny, Chris Owens, James Pickens Jr, Mitch Pileggi
Winner ER also nominated: Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Practice
 Viewers for Quality Television:
Best Actress in a Quality Drama Gillian Anderson, The X-Files ** WINNER **
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (Saturn Awards):
Best Series on Network TV The X-Files ** WINNER **
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Favorite Actress - Science Fiction Gillian Anderson, The X-Files ** WINNER **
American Comedy Awards
Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a Television Series David Duchovny, The Larry Sanders Show ** WINNER **
Producer's Guild of America Awards
The Vision Award for Artistic Achievement Chris Carter, The X-Files ** WINNER **
TV Guide Awards
Favorite Actor in a Drama David Duchovny, The X-Files ** WINNER ** Favorite Actress in a Drama Gillian Anderson, The X-Files - nominee (online) Best Dressed - Drama David Duchovny, The X-Files ** WINNER ** (online) Sexiest Male - Drama David Duchovny, The X-Files ** WINNER **
Directors's Guild of America Awards
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series Chris Carter, The X-Files, Triangle - nominee
American Society of Cinematographers
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Bill Roe, The X-Files, Drive ** WINNER ** Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Joel Ransom, The X-Files, Travelers - nominee
BAFTA Awards
Best International Programme or Series The X-Files ** WINNER **
 These are the X-Files related nominations & awards for the 1998 Emmy Awards (for the period of June 1, 1997 through May 31, 1998). The awards were presented Sunday, September 13th, on NBC, and the "Creative Arts" Awards were televised on TV Land September 11th. Congratulations to the X-Files for being the most nominated television series (tied with ER -- both with 16 nominations)!
Outstanding Drama Series
The X-Files
Winner The Practice also nominated: ER, Law & Order, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
David Duchovny as Fox Mulder episode - Redux II
Winner Andre Braugher also nominated: Anthony Edwards, Dennis Franz, Jimmy Smits
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully
Winner Christine Lahti also nominated: Roma Downey, Julianna Margulies, Jane Seymore
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
The X-Files - Post-Modern Prometheus Chris Carter - Writer
Winner NYPD Blue also nominated: Homicide: Life on the Street, NYPD Blue, The Practice
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
The X-Files - Post-Modern Prometheus Chris Carter - Director
Winner (tie) Brooklyn South & NYPD Blue also nominated: Chicago Hope, ER
Outstanding Art Direction for a Series
The X-Files - Post-Modern Prometheus ** WINNER ** Graeme Murray - Production Designer, Greg Loewen - Art Directory, Shirley Inget - Set Decorator
also nominated: Ally McBeal, Dharma & Greg, Nothing Sacred, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series
The X-Files - Kill Switch ** WINNER ** Heather MacDougall - Editor The X-Files - Mind's Eye Casey Rohrs - Editor The X-Files - Post-Modern Prometheus Lynne Willingham - Editor
also nominated: Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, ER
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Veronica Cartwright as Cassandra Spender (Patient X & The Red and the Black) Lili Taylor as Marty Glenn (Mind's Eye)
Winner Cloris Leachman also nominated: Swoosie Kurtz, Alfre Woodard
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series
The X-Files - Post-Modern Prometheus Joel Ransom - Director of Photography
Winner Law & Order also nominated: Chicago Hope, Earth: Final Conflict, JAG
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
The X-Files - The Red and the Black Thierry Couturier - Supervising Sound Editor; Maciek Malish, M.P.S.E., Jay Levine, Gabrielle Reeves, Michael Goodman, Ira Leslie, M.P.S.E., Chris Fradkin, Rick Henson, M.P.S.E., Michael Kimball - Sound Editors; Jeff Charbonneau - Music Editor; Gary Marullo, Mike Salvetta - Foley Artists
Winner ER also nominated: Millennium, Soldier of Fortune, Inc., The Visitor
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
The X-Files - The Red and the Black Michael Williamson - Production Mixer; David J. West, Harry T. Andronis, Kurt Kassulke - Re-Recording Mixers
Winner Chicago Hope also nominated: ER, ER, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Makeup for a Series
The X-Files - Post-Modern Prometheus Laverne Basham, Pearl Loule - Makeup Artists, Toby Lindala, Dave Coughtry, Rachel Griffin, Robin Lindala, Leanne Rae Podavin, Brad Proctor, Geoff Redknap, Tony Wohlgemuth, Wayne Dang, Vince Yoshida - Prosthetic Makeup Artists
Winner Buffy the Vampire Slayer also nominated: Babylon 5, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Tracey Takes On...
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
The X-Files - Post-Modern Prometheus Mark Snow - Composer
Winner Buffy the Vampire Slayer also nominated: Roar, The Simpsons, Stargate SG-1
Honorable Mention -- since he is an X-Files character, after all: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Charles Nelson Reilly as Jose Chung - Millennium (Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense) Winner John Larroquette (The Practice) also nominated: Bruce Davidson (Touched by an Angel), Vincent D'Onofrio (Homicide: Life on the Streets), Charles Durning (Homicide: Life on the Streets)
 These are the X-Files related nominations & awards for the 1998 Golden Globes.
Best TV Series - Drama
The X-Files ** WINNER **
also nominated: Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, ER, Law & Order
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Drama
Gillian Anderson
Winner Christine Lahti (Chicago Hope) also nominated: Julianna Margulies (ER), Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue), Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel)
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Drama
David Duchovny
Winner Anthony Edwards (ER) also nominated: George Clooney (ER), Lance Henrickson (Millennium), Kevin Anderson (Nothing Sacred)
 These are the X-Files related nominations & awards for the 1997 Emmy Awards (for the period of June 1, 1996 through May 31, 1997).
Outstanding Drama Series
The X-Files
Winner Law & Order also nominated: Chicago Hope, ER, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully ** WINNER **
also nominated: Christine Lahti (Chicago Hope), Julianna Margulies (ER), Sherry Stringfield (ER), Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
David Duchovny as Fox Mulder
Winner Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue) also nominated: Anthony Edwards, Sam Waterston, Jimmy Smits
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
The X-Files - Memento Mori Chris Carter - Writer; Vince Gilligan - Writer, John Shiban - Writer, Frank Spotnitz - Writer
Winner NYPD Blue also nominated: ER, ER, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
The X-Files - Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man James Wong - Director
WinnerNYPD Blue also nominated: ER, ER, ER
Outstanding Art Direction for a Series
The X-Files - Memento Mori ** WINNER ** Graeme Murray - Production Designer, Gary P. Allen - Art Director, Shirley Inget - Set Decorator
also nominated: 7th Heaven, The Drew Carey Show, NYPD Blue, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
The X-Files - Paper Hearts Mark Snow - Composer
Winner The Cape also nominated: Early Edition, Orleans, Xena: Warrior Princess
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
The X-Files - Tempus Fugit ** WINNER ** Stuart Calderon, Sound Editor; Jeff Charbonneau, Music Editor; Thierry J. Couturier, Sound Supervisor; Chris Fradkin, Sound Editor; Ira Leslie, Sound Editor; Jay Levine, Sound Editor; Maciek Malish, Sound Editor; Gary Marullo, Foley Artist; Chris Reeves, Sound Editor; Debby Ruby-Winsburg, Sound Editor; Mike Salvetta, Foley Artist; Susan Welsh, Sound Editor
also nominated: The Cape, Chicago Hope, Nash Bridges, Profiler
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
The X-Files - Tempus Fugit Harry Andronis, Re-Recording Mixer; Nello Torri, Re-Recording Mixer; David West, Re-Recording Mixer; Michael Williamson, Production Mix
Winner ER also nominated: Law & Order, Star Trek, Voyager, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series
The X-Files - Tempus Fugit Heather MacDougall - Editor The X-Files - Terma Jim Gross - Editor
Winner ER also nominated: Chicago Hope, ER, Law & Order
Outstanding Makeup for a Series
The X-Files - Leonard Betts Laverne Basham, Makeup Artist; Toby Lindala, Effects Makeup Artist
Winner Tracey Takes On... also nominated: Babylon 5, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
 These are the X-Files related nominations & awards for the 1997 Golden Globes. Congratulations to the X-Files for winning every category they were nominated in!!
Best TV Series - Drama
The X-Files ** WINNER **
also nominated: Party of Five, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, ER
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Drama
Gillian Anderson ** WINNER **
also nominated: Christine Lahti (Chicago Hope), Heather Locklear (Melrose Place), Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), Sherry Stringfield (ER)
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Drama
David Duchovny ** WINNER **
also nominated: Jimmy Smits (NYPD Blue), Anthony Edwards (ER), George Clooney (ER), Lance Henrickson (Millennium)
 These are the X-Files related nominations & awards for the 1996-1997 Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson ** WINNER **
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
David Duchovny - nominee
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:
The X-Files - nominee Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, David Duchovny, Nicolas Lea, Mitch Pileggi, Stephen Williams
 These are the X-Files related nominations & awards for the 1996 Emmy Awards (for the period of June 1, 1995 through May 31, 1996).
Outstanding Drama Series
The X-Files
Winner ER also nominated: Chicago Hope, Law & Order, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully Episode: Piper Maru
Winner Kathy Baker (Picket Fences) also nominated: Christine Lahti (Chicago Hope), Sherry Stringfield (ER), Angela Lansbury (Murder, She Wrote)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Boyle as Clyde Bruckman (Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose) ** WINNER **
also nominated: Michael Jeter (Chicago Hope), Richard Pryor (Chicago Hope), Rip Torn (Chicago Hope), Danny Glover (Fallen Angels)
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
The X-Files - Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose ** WINNER ** Darin Morgan - Writer
also nominated: ER, ER, Murder One, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Art Direction for a Series
The X-Files - Jose Chung's From Outer Space Shirley Inget - Set Decorator, Graeme Murray - Art Director
Winner Murder One also nominated: Cybill, Murder She Wrote, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series
The X-Files - Grotesque ** WINNER ** John S. Bartley, C.S.C. - Director of Photography
also nominated: Babylon 5, Chicago Hope, Dave's World, ER, Murder One
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
The X-Files - Nisei ** WINNER ** Nello Torri, Re-Recording Mixer; Doug Turner, Re-Recording Mixer; David J. West, Re-Recording Mixer; Michael Williamson, Production Mixer
also nominated: American Gothic, Chicago Hope, ER, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
The X-Files - Nisei ** WINNER ** Jeff Charbonneau, Music Editor; Thierry J. Couturier, Supervising Sound Editor; Michael Goodman, Dialogue Editor; Rick Hinson, Sound Effects Editor; Jerry Jacobson, Sound Effects Editor; Michael Kimball, Sound Effects Editor; Ira Leslie, Sound Effects Editor; Maciek Malish, Dialogue Editor; Kitty Malone, Foley Artist; Greg Pusateri, Sound Effects Editor; Chris Reeves, Dialogue Editor; Debra Ruby-Winsberg, ADR Editor; Joe Sabella, Foley Artist; Marty Stein, Dialogue Editor; Susan Welsh, Sound Effects Editor
also nominated: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Law & Order, Party of Five, Sliders, Strange Luck
 These are the X-Files related nominations & awards for the 1995 Emmy Awards (for the period of June 1, 1994 through May 31, 1995).
Outstanding Drama Series
The X-Files
Winner NYPD Blue also nominated: Chicago Hope, ER, Law & Order
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
The X-Files - Duane Barry Chris Carter - Writer
Winner ER also nominated: ER, My So-Called Life, NYPD Blue
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series
The X-Files - One Breath John S. Bartley, C.S.C. - Director of Photography
Winner Chicago Hope also nominated: Babylon 5, Chicago Hope, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, NYPD Blue, Star Trek: Voyager
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series
The X-Files - Duane Barry James Coblentz - Editor The X-Files - Sleepless Stephen Mark - Editor
Winner ER also nominated: Chicago Hope, Chicago Hope, ER
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
CCH Pounder as Agent Kazdin (Duane Barry)
Winner Shirley Knight (NYPD Blue) also nominated: Colleen Flynn (ER), Rosemary Clooney (ER), Amy Brenneman (NYPD Blue)
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
The X-Files - Duane Barry Thierry Couturier, Supervising Sound Editor; Maciek Malish, Dialogue Editor; Chris Reeves, Dialogue Editor; Marty Stein, Dialogue Editor; Jay Levine, Dialogue Editor; Stuart Calderon, Sound Effects Editor; Michael Kimball, Sound Effects Editor; David Van Slyke, Sound Effects Editor; Susan Welsh, Sound Effects Editor; Chris Fradkin, Sound Effects Editor; Matt West, Sound Effects Editor; Ira Leslie, Sound Effects Editor; Jeff Charbonneau, Music Editor; Debby Ruby Winsberg, ADR Editor; Kitty Malone, Foley Artist; Yvonne Preble, Foley Artist
Winner ER also nominated: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Earth 2, The Marshal
1993 - 1994 Emmy Awards
These are the X-Files related nominations & awards for the 1994 Emmy Awards (for the period of June 1, 1993 through May 31, 1994).
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences
The X-Files ** WINNER ** James Castle - Title Designer, Bruce Bryant - Title Designer, Carol Johnsen - Title Designer
also nominated: Birdland, Late Show With David Letterman, Rolling Stone '93: The Year In Review, South of Sunset, Tekwar
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music
The X-Files Mark Snow - Composer
Winner seaQuest DSV also nominated: Frasier, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman, NYPD Blue
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Watched in January:
Like Father
Upgrade
Skate Kitchen
Never Been Kissed
Anomalisa
Dick 
The Black Balloon
Under the Silver Lake
6 Balloons
Rosy
The Party’s Just Beginning 
The Rider
Snowpiercer
Touch of Evil 
Thirteen 
Sadie
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Frida
Fyre: The Greatest Pary That Never Happened
Time Share (Tiempo Compartido)
The Stranger 
Abducted in Plain Sight
King of Thieves
Malevolent
Serena
Baise-moi 
And Breathe Normally (Andið Eðlilega)
Catwalk: Tales from the Cat Show Circuit 
Santoalla
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Mademoiselle Paradis (Licht)
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Did not finish
Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
Tau (Federico D'Alessandro, 2018)
Laerte-se (Eliane Brum, Lygia Barbosa da Silva, 2017)
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski (Ireneusz Dobrowolski, 2018)
Never Goin’ Back (Augustine Frizzell, 2018)
Did not like
Like Father (Lauren Miller Rogen, 2018)
Never Been Kissed (Raja Gosnell, 1999)
Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, 2015)
Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho, 2013)
Malevolent (Olaf de Fleur, 2018)
Sort of okay, maybe
The Black Balloon (Elissa Down, 2008)
Under the Silver Lake (David Robert Mitchell, 2018)
Rosy (Jess Bond, 2018)
Fyre: The Greatest Pary That Never Happened (Chris Smith, 2019)
Time Share (Tiempo Compartido, Sebastián Hofmann, 2018)
King of Thieves (James Marsh, 2018): Fantastic actors, great dialogue... The second half of the film is really muddled though. Only recommended if you’re really into heist films (which I am, but like... sadly, it’s not that good)
Serena (Susanne Bier, 2014): I disagree with the people who didn’t understand Serena’s so-called change in character (she fuckin [spoiler spoiler spoiler], how the fuck isn’t that enough to change a person’s entire life???), also didn’t agree that the national park thing was a bad idea (in fact I thought it was one of the best things about the film). However, I also thought the killer guy character fell flat, the story had potential but was half-baked, and it didn’t make half as much of its setting as it could have. So. Watch Bird Box instead.
And Breathe Normally (Andið Eðlilega, Ísold Uggadóttir, 2018)
Catwalk: Tales from the Cat Show Circuit (Aaron Hancox and Michael McNamara, 2018)
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography (Errol Morris, 2016)
Mademoiselle Paradis (Licht, Barbara Albert, 2017)
Fine fine films
Sadie (Megan Griffiths, 2018): Okay I did watch it because Melanie Lynskey is in it but it was pretty good, although it did feel like a first feature film a lot of the time, and I was a bit disappointed in Megan Griffiths when I learnt it wasn’t
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Desiree Akhavan, 2018): Just a... good companion to the book, a great film for gay teenagers to have, but I did not think it was anything special in and of itself
Frida (Julie Taymor, 2002): Really puzzled at the choice of making an English-language film where everyone speaks with “Mexican accents,” whatever that means... It was fine though, and would make as good an introduction as any to Frida Kahlo’s life
Really enjoyed
Upgrade (Leigh Whannell, 2018): Like a cyberpunk Ex Machina
Skate Kitchen (Crystal Moselle, 2018): Great visuals, great setting, great acting... the only thing that makes it not an absolute favourite is the weak plot (I’m a plot person)
6 Balloons (Marja-Lewis Ryan, 2018): Just a very solid film about addiction and sibling love
The Rider (Chloé Zhao, 2017): It’s beautiful. It’s not trying to be any more than it is, not romanticising its subject, just showing matter-of-fact beauty (and heartbreaking drama)
Touch of Evil and The Stranger (Orson Welles, 1958 and 1946): I saw so many not-so-good old films last year that I almost forgot what I love about them. These were my second and third Orson Welles films, and I liked them a lot more than The Lady from Shanghai -- The Stranger particularly. What can I say? It’s Orson Welles
Thirteen (Catherine Hardwicke, 2003): Basically I feel that this should be the standard and the goal for everyone making a film about thirteen-year-olds
Abducted in Plain Sight (Skye Borgman, 2017): This month’s film that fucked me up. And it’s a documentary. And the new Ted Bundy Netflix series is like, nothing compared to how fucked up this is
Baise-moi (Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi, 2000): It’s hard for me to dissociate the film from the book (which I love dearly). Mainly though, like a lot of Virginie Despentes’s early work (Trois Etoiles comes to mind), I thought it was slightly more laudable than enjoyable. I do wish there were more films like this, just... better ones, if that makes sense. Still very good though, and recommended
Santoalla (Andrew Becker and Daniel Mehrer, 2016): Jesus... just watch it without knowing anything about it if you want to be thoroughly spooked
Jane Fonda in Five Acts (Susan Lacy, 2018): I love Jane Fonda ten times as much as I did before I saw this. She is so incredibly self-aware, and the documentary is so well-researched and to the point. What a fantastic woman
Favourites of the month
Dick (Andrew Fleming, 1999): Why everyone still isn’t talking about a comedy in which teen-aged Kirsten Dunst and Michell Williams are responsible for the Watergate scandal is honestly beyond me
The Party’s Just Beginning (Karen Gillan, 2018): You ever see one of these films that make you think, wow, this is really what life is like? Not in a Debra-Granik, Kelly-Reichardt, giving-a-voice-to-those-etc. sort of way, just in a sort of... like, you nod along really hard because you feel like you get it and it gets you... you know? I’ve been trying to pinpoint what takes it from “very good” to “wow” and I think the soundtrack, the title, the assault scene and its aftermath are some elements, but mostly it really feels like Gillan decided to talk about what she knew with great tact and empathy... This is probably going into my favourites-of-the-year list, and it’s also one of those rare films I really want to rewatch again and again
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"Halloween"- One of the greatest experiences in horror ever crafted.
"Black cats and goblins and broomsticks and ghosts... Covens of witches with all of their hosts... You may think they scare me, you're probably right... Black cats and goblins, on Halloween night... Trick or treat!" Those words, a comparatively adorable and childish rhyme, usher in the beginning of one of the greatest experiences in horror ever crafted. Deliciously terrifying and capable of chilling you to the very core, John Carpenter's iconic classic of mayhem and murder still stands tall nearly forty years later as perhaps one of the greatest films ever made. I am of course referring to the legendary film known as "Halloween"- a pioneering achievement that not only created virtually every trope and cliché of the slasher-film genre that we know today, but also showed how they could all be performed with craft and class. Set 15 years after a six year old child named Michael Myers murders his older sister without reason on Halloween night, the film follows two relatively disconnected story lines. When the now 21-year-old Myers escapes his captivity in a mental institution, his obsessive Psyichiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) begins tracking him back to his home in Haddonfield, Illinois, sure that his former patient has only the most deadly of motivations in returning. At the same time, a group of teenage girls including the somewhat sheltered Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) are about to embark on a Halloween night of babysitting, unaware that they will become prime targets in the violent homecoming of the deranged and inhuman Myers. While perhaps antiquated by today's standards, Carptenter's film is one that has continued to enthrall and thrill audiences even to this day. The script co-written by Carpenter and then-girlfriend Debra Hill is amongst the most finely-tuned in the slasher film genre. It is a carefully assembled machine where every single sequence is expertly written to contribute towards the furthering development of story, character or atmosphere, without the need for excessive filler or meandering diversion. It's a perfectly constructed puzzle, with all of the pieces fitting just into place, as it builds throughout a 90 minute runtime towards a heart-stopping climactic showdown. I've always been a fan of Carpenter's visual direction. The man has a knack for storytelling and a grand, old-fashioned approach to his camera-work and composition. And here, he excels with perhaps the best work of his career. Combining his slow and methodical, flowing camera movements with the masterful lighting of cinematographer Dean Cundy, Carpenter is able to increase tension and drama with each passing moment, like a high tension wire ready to snap at any instant. Carpenter also perfectly compliments his beautiful imagery with a haunting and freakish musical score that he composed himself, with chilling piano compositions and some delightfully dated-but-eerie synthesizer riffs that just ooze of atmospheric thrills. The performances are uniformly magnificent and further aid in elevating the film to its highly-regarded standard as one of the greats. Donald Pleasence is just stunning as the troubled Psychiatrist Sam Loomis, giving him a great deal of pathos and depth in the role that went on to define his career. Pleasence solidifies himself as acting royalty here, and nothing will ever be able to top what he does with the character. Curtis is a revelation as Laurie Strode- her breakout role. Now considered one of the great "Scream Queens" of the big screen, Curtis does a fantastic job at creating a highly identifiable and relatable heroine that all can see themselves in. Nick Castle- the man behind the mask as Michael Myers- also is able to build such a menacing and devious presence in his role, despite having no dialog and having his face hidden by the iconic William-Shatner-mask-painted-white. Castle, who is a filmmaker in his own right and helmed the wonderful "The Last Starfighter", creates a grand character through only physical movement, which is highly commendable and exciting. Supporting roles by the likes of Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Kyle Richards and Brian Andrews also all similarly knock their material out of the part and are a great addition to the story. The other really fascinating thing to mention is just how influential a film that "Halloween" was, and how big an inspiration it became to the numerous other copy-cat films to emerge after its release. This is the movie that essentially defined the slasher sub-genre of horror. Every cliché... every trope you can think of was started here. The idea that "sex is danger"... the fact you never say "I'll be right back"... the false scares proceeding the real jump... the fact you don't drink or do drugs if you're underage. "Halloween" is the movie that established all of these unwritten "rules" of horror. There is sort of a tragedy to this, however. As its style was continually emulated in film after film (including most notably "Friday the 13th"), audiences became increasingly familiar with the ideas established, and they became the new clichés. And I do think it's sad... plenty of new audiences will not be able to experience them for the first time as audiences did back in the 70's, and a degree of impact may be lost as a result. Despite being a 90's child, this was one of the first horror films I was allowed to see uncut, and I am happy that this was the one that was chosen, as I could experience it in a "pure" sense without it being spoiled by other films. At nearly forty years of age, "Halloween" still exists in a league of its own. Not only as one of the greatest horror movies ever made. But as one of the greatest films ever made, period. And it most certainly and easily earns a perfect 10 out of 10 from me. Worth seeing to all fans of cinema.
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James L. Brooks, the TV legend who became a movie hitmaker is 81 today. A few of his films:
Terms of Endearment (1983). Brooks, a TV situation comedy legend (who created The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda and Taxi) brought sitcom rhythms to the Larry McMurtry novel about a domineering mother (Shirley MacLaine) and her cradle-to-grave relationship with her daughter  (Debra Winger), beefing up Winger’s story, and giving MacLaine a screwball romance with the astronaut next door (Jack Nicholson). That’s because he realized that for a TV raised generation, those rhythms are those of ordinary life which at it’s best, this film nails. And when, at the end, it becomes a tear-jerker, it’s one of the best ones ever filmed.
Broadcast News (1987). Brooks brought some of his past as a CBS news-writer (wouldn’t be surprised if Joan Cusack’s hilariously heroic race to get a tape to the right people comes from experience) to this workplace comedy film set in a national networks slowly shrinking news division. It’s a romantic triangle between a  producer (Holly Hunter) as neurotic as she is talented, her best friend and favorite reporter (Albert Brooks wearing anxious likability well) and a dim but handsome and camera friendly anchorman-in-training (William Hurt). The film also examines issues of work obsession and the ethical demands of a (sometimes manipulative) visual medium. “(The devil ) will never deliberately hurt a living thing,” says Brooks… he will just bit by little bit lower our standards where they are important. And he’ll talk about all of us really being salesman. And he’ll get all the great women.”
As Good as It Gets (1997). Brooks  wrote frequent collaborator Jack Nicholson one of his Jaaaaackiest roles as a misanthropic novelist with OCD who is dragged, kicking and screaming, into the problems of his favorite waitress (Helen Hunt) at the only place he eats and the badly assaulted gay artist (Greg Kinnear) whose dog he reluctantly agrees to take care of. Given that the three, each vulnerable in their own way, form a tenuous family and that the film is about the value of kindness, it’s gratifying how much banality the director manages to avoid while getting Oscar-caliber performances from the three actors (Nicholson and Hunt won, Kinnear was nominated). “You make me want to be a better man,” Nicholson says to Hunt. “That’s maybe the best compliment of my life.” “Well, maybe I overshot a little, because I was aiming at just enough to keep you from walking out.”
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Underground film legend George Kuchar taught film at SFAI from 1971 to 2011. Here’s a candid interview as published in our 1979–81 catalog.
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Why are you making movies? Anybody can make a movie.
Don't ever let a filthy rumor like that get around, or phonies like myself will be out of a teaching job!
Why do you use such a fantastic cast?
I use people because it's less time consuming than animating paper cutouts.
How did your film career really start?
It started by me and my brother being taken to movies by our mom. She's responsible for my career.
My dad gave me and Mike, my brother, a weekly allowance. He was our first producer, as we bought film with that allowance.
The Bronx was our movie lot and, frankly, it is unequaled for its incredible variety of terrain—in that one borough you can recreate jungles, forests, oceans, moun­tains, prairies, cities, arctic wastes, and At­lantean empires. It's full of photogenic yentas and beatific Babas. The guys were all John Travoltas or Arnold Stangs. Sun­sets were very vivid with all the smog and crap like that.
Sewers backed up frequently creating vast pools in which to mirror the landscape.The abundance of potato knishes guaran­teed voluptuous starlets, and pimples caused by atmospheric irritants added splashes of color to every face. The prox­imity to other New York boroughs guaran­teed a vast assortment of new faces, which meant that if you were making a movie about radioactive mutants you'd never be at a loss for actors.
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How is your work received? Is there any difference between audience reaction in San Francisco, New York, or Europe?
My work is received okay. I find my audiences, and they find me. I like meeting them in dinky chambers behind store fronts. I enjoy stapling up a sheet of butcher paper in a college lecture hall so that the movies can have some sort of screen to be projected on. I like meeting kind people I never knew existed. I wish the rotten people would drop dead.
In San Francisco, they come out of the fog to see my stuff. In New York, they come out of the woodwork. In Europe...well, what else is new?
The Cinematheque recently screened your new films “Symphony for a Sinner,” “Forever and Always,” and “Mon­greloid.” Tell us something about one or all of them, or one of the others, or how they all relate.
“Symphony for a Sinner” is made in the classroom and can be looked upon as a big lesson. Each sequence is a verbal and visual lecture...filmmaking gib­berish. It is also a sort of college yearbook as it records the people in our class at the time, plus their friends, and anyone else who happened to be passing by.
“Forever and Always” is a baby I gave birth to at home. Most of the people in it were students of mine and so I guess it can be considered a homework assignment.
The “Mongreloid” documents my relation­ship with my dog, and parts of it were shot by an ex-student of mine. So I guess you can look at it as him getting his revenge since I was photographed in my own habitat, which makes me automatically look like an idiot.
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What inspires your films?
God is dead and the devil is big box office these days. It was hard to be inspired by the Divine anyway. Especially when, as a youth, you had to sit through such massive biblical movies like “The Story of Esther” and “The Big Fisherman.” In such movies—no matter how horrible it sounds—I used to look for­ward to the crucifixion scene. Back then the special effects people would get to work and turn on the wind machines, clouds would boil, Hollywood lightning would crackle, and pagan temples would split open at the seams disgorging vomiting sin­ners! I guess all these planetary and meteorological pyrotechnics meant God to me, and I welcomed their climactic ar­rival when the bearded actors made their temporary exits. 
All I really remember about “The Story of Esther” was that Peggy Wood was in it...and maybe Yvonne De Carlo, or was it Debra Paget? In any case, Peggy Wood used to be in “I Remember Mama,” a TV show I watched when I was a kid. I remember years later how shocked I was that she should appear at the Academy Awards presentation in a plung­ing neckline. It was a disgrace to mothers everywhere...and to God. But, Divine Wrath did not intercede: the walls of the crowded theatre didn't split asunder sending forth a crushing stampede of painted harlots and effeminate men to trample the sin out of she who flaunts her nakedness in God's very face! The injustice of it all. 
I then realized that these were films not inspired by the Divine, and I looked elsewhere for the truth.
I found it in the films of Mamie Van Doren and John Drew Barrymore, Jr. Pictures such as “High School Confidential” and “Legion of the Zombies.” Sure, she was cheap and bleached her hair, but I knew she was deep inside.
These people and these films became my Divine inspiration in the world of cinema.
These movie goddesses served well the actors who became their screen lovers. Men such as Tom Conway and William Campbell. Men, who no matter how humiliating the script and production val­ues, managed to add dignity and virility to the one-dimensional characters. In an era of stereoscopic cinema and the emergence of elongated rectangular screens, these people persevered in the black and white box format—while color and cinemascope smeared Robert Wagner and Terry Moore wall to wall.
I like a little black and white box because I realize all too well that we all wind up in an elongated box...in the end. One with brass handles and shining white satin. We wind up in that elongated box all painted up, perfumed, and powdered like a Percy Westmore creation.
George Kuchar was a member of the filmmak­ing faculty at SFAI. He has exhibited his works at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, American Independent Film Exhibition, London, and the Archives of the Austrian Film Museum, Vienna, among others. Kuchar was selected for American representation at the 7th Rotterdam International Film Festi­val, Holland, in 1978. 
Image Credits: (1–7) George Kuchar, circa 1979. (8) George Kuchar, Symphony For A Sinner, 1977. 16mm color, sound film; 60 minutes.
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Santa Barbara Beach Home Design
  Are you being able to enjoy your summer? I hope you’re being able to enjoy the sunshine and make special memories with your loved ones. Trust me, nothing is more important than that in this life.
I am truly happy to start this brand new week by sharing this beautiful home designed by the talented interior designer Debra Lynn Henno of Debra Lynn Henno Design, and I am very sure you will love this place as much as I do.
Not everyone will agree with me, but I am a big believer that you don’t need to have a big house to have a great home, in fact, if you ask me personally, I prefer smaller homes because they tend to be done just right – you won’t find rooms that feel incomplete, unfurnished nor neglected with pointless things. When you live in a smaller home, every room has a purpose, every space feels complete and you end up with a house that feels homey. I feel that this Santa Barbara coastal home is a perfect example of well-designed interiors that not only look beautiful but are also smartly done.
I hope you feel inspired!
  Santa Barbara Beach Home Design
This home is very special! I am loving the combination of metal roof, stained Cedar shingles with this modern “Picket” fence.
Exterior Paint Color: Frazee Fossil Dust 1043.
House Size: 2,500 Sq. Ft. – New Construction.
The front courtyard features a pair of white Adirondack chairs by Hampton.
Coastal Vibes
This beach house features some innovative ideas while respecting its traditional architectural details. Also, notice the stunning ocean view and the low cabinets flanking the fireplace.
Lighting: Visual Comfort (Small) – similar here.
Art Above Mantel: Jeremy Harper.
Decor
Chair Fabric & Sofa: Schumacher –  Beautiful Chairs: here, here & here.
Ottoman: Kravet in faux leather.
Ceramic Garden Stool: Pottery Barn.
Similar Throw: here.
Rug: Serena & Lily.
Paint Color
Paint color is Farrow and Ball Borrowed Light.
Similar Sofa: Here & Here.
Inspired by this Look:
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Open Feeling
The living room opens directly to the kitchen and the dining area. The shell chandelier is by Currey & co.
White Kitchen
This small kitchen features some brilliant ideas! It has two peninsulas – one for cooking and the other for seating – and glass cabinets above the sink don’t obscure the natural light coming from the windows.
Kitchen Lighting: Jamie Young Small Curved Pendant – similar here.
Counterstools: Serena & Lily.
Blue Chest (Left): Joss & Main – similar here.
Kitchen Cabinet
Kitchen cabinet is pre-finished maple with shaker-style doors.
Countertop is Quartz, Pental Lattice.
Kitchen Hardware
Hardware: Pulls & Knobs.
Appliances: Refrigerator, Dishwasher & Cooktop.
Kitchen Faucet: Bathroom Faucet: Rohl Perrin & Rowe in Polished Nickel.
Kitchen Sink: Rohl.
Dining Room Details
Dining chairs are custom with dual Schumacher fabrics – Other Beautiful Dining Chairs: here, here, here, here, here, here & here.
Dining Table: Joss & Main.
Landing
The landing features a custom desk and light White Oak hardwood flooring.
Hardwood Flooring: Provenza Floors Old World Aged Alabaster hardwood flooring – similar here, here & here.
Master Bedroom Paint Color
Paint color is Farrow and Ball Pale Powder.
Similar Bed: Pottery Barn.
Bedding: Serena & Lily.
Similar Nightstands: Here (Distressed White).
Sweet Dream
Imagine waking up every day with this view!
Similar Chair: Here & Here.
Similar Garden Stool: Here.
Master Bathroom
The master bathroom is neutral and has a timeless design.
Bathroom Faucet: Rohl Perrin & Rowe.
Cabinet Hardware
Hardware: Pulls & Knobs (Polished Nickel).
Lighting: Visual Comfort.
Tiling: Floor: Tileco Stock 12×12, 18×18, and 12×24 Lyra Italian Porcelain – similar here. Backsplash: Tileco 1×1 South Beach Shell Mosaic on the backsplash – similar here.
Teal & Coral Guest Bedroom
The second bedroom of the house features a cheerful coral and teal color palette. Walls are clad in vertical tongue and groove.
White Dressers: Here, Here, Here, Here & Here.
Bathroom Lighting: Visual Comfort.
Nursery
The homeowner’s office doubles as a nursery when her grandchild visits.
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Paint Color: Borrowed Light by Farrow and Ball.
Desk: Pottery Barn.
Chair: Pottery Barn.
Pillow: Pottery Barn.
Similar Crib: Here.
Similar Pompom Throw: Here & Here.
Guest Bathroom
This shows that a small bathroom can look not only beautiful, but also bright and welcoming!
The bathroom features a combination of large white subway tile (4×12) and 1×4 Linea Blue Recycled Glass by Tileco – similar here & here.
Bathroom Faucet: Rohl Perrin & Rowe.
Lighting: Worlds Away.
Deck View
I would never leave!
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The classic wicker outdoor furniture is English Bay (similar here & here) and the outdoor pillows are Pottery Barn.
Patio Tile: 16×16 and 8×16 Tumbled Jerusalem Grey/Gold Limestone.
  I would like to thank the designer, Debra Henno, for sharing the details above.
Interior Design: Debra Lynn Henno Design (Instagram)
Builder: Zimmerman Construction (Instagram)
Architecture: James J. Zimmerman of Zimmerman Architects.
Photographer: Alexander Vertikoff (Instagram).
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Not Sander-Sides “Tag”
((oh gods! I exist!))
(basic premise: make up your own sides in a @thatsthat24 sort of style)
I was tagged by --the magnificent-- @halexander-sansilton with the original post here
Angela (the skeleton) Evil [Core personality/ The Author]
My sona and the first part of my personality I identify as ‘me’. Her skeletal appearance is meant to emphasize her lack of interest in physical or sensual pleasures. She’s usually pretty quiet when alone but becomes very lively in the presence of others.  Angie is alway dressed in a pair of grey sweatpants and a grey zip-hoodie with a beanie on her head and socks on her feet. She’s very modest and encompaces my morals and my desire to write and create. Angie also has a bit of a sadistic streak when it comes to tormenting readers and characters with angst and cliff-hangers, often joking that it makes it easier for her to absorb their life energy. She rarely is not smiling at some inane thought or another.
Patritia [The Perfectionist]
Everything she does has to be right the first time. She’s a nagging sense of anxiety or something similar to it that always runs way ahead of the rest of my thoughts, ignoring and stepping on everything she doesn’t deem perfect. She is also the source of my writer's block, often interfering with Angie’s incessant creations by actively and harshly criticising it, correcting and destroying what she doesn’t like, pulling Agie from one topic to another purely on whim. Because of this Partitia is also rather confusingly the source of inspiration for may things, especially when working along with the more logical Debra. Though she hates the nickname, she’ll respond to ‘Patie’. Is a total Tsudere though she genuinely care behind her harsh and critical demeanor. Think of the typical blonde pretty-girl stereotype, dressed in shades of light blue and you have a rough approximation of how I visualize her. Short tempered upon occasion.
Debra [The Debater]
My most logical and also my most passive side. It takes a lot to stir her up but once she get going on a topic she won’t shut up for days. Debra has a really, really hard time understanding when her words hurt other people and she often does so unintentionally. As a result she’d a lot more withdrawn and has an air of caution around her when meeting new people, usually getting looped into a conversation because Angie want to help her engage. Debra really does love analytical conversation, critical thinking and deep thought. She’ll often play devils advocate in conversations with the other facets of my personality, getting into arguments she doesn’t realize are arguments and falling back on hyperbole to get her point across which only makes things worse and stresses everyone out. She working on it though. Is the part of me defined by my star sign (Scorpio). Always wears comfortable business casual clothes. Never skirts.
William [The “Libido”]
He’s a bit off? Like he doesn’t really belong here, but he’s here anyway. In many ways he’s the opposite of Angie. My love of the color red comes from him as does my appreciation for things that are aesthetically pleasing or romantic. Unlike the other personalities he’d a lot more physical and focused on immediate pleasure. Often sidetracking anything productive to spend hours on YouTube and frequently encouraging Angie to put her focus towards things I want to write for fun instead of need to write for school. Usually either Patritai or Debra try to stop him but that often results in more internal stress and conflict. He and Angie get along well enough even though they are opposites, it’s Patie who has the most problem with him. He’s always wear ripped jeans and only upon occasions and tank-top but otherwise refuses to cover his arms. As someone who identifies as Ace, William is kind of a weird existence for me that I recognize as purely coming from my body. He’ll get excited by things that I often don’t understand and laughs off any attempt to rebuke his behavior. The reason he’d male in appearance is probably because it emphasizes just how out of place he is. Though I am thankful he’s here because he’s the best cuddler and always love to watch cheesy romantic movies with me.  Most likely to ‘ship it’.
I’m going to tag a few peeps but anyone can do this if they want. @yanderesgalore @fallen--child @cvnvry @alexisnovak. Who knows, once the semester is over I might try drawing them. This was a pretty fun thought experiment, really pinning down the sides of myself I see most often both in real life and online.
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--A shy wolf tries to befriend a group of hip, party-loving bunnies but finds her body is in revolt.--
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2016 Sundance Film Festival: selected for the Debra Hill Film Grant by Women in Film LA 2016 Sarasota Film Festival: Best Animated Short Film 2016 Nashville Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize 2016 Athens International Film and Video Festival: Animation, First Prize 2016 St. Louis International Film Festival: Best Animated Short 2016 New Hampshire Film Festival: Best Animated Film 2016 Monster Film Festival: Best Short Animation
A Collaboration by Dianne Bellino + Adam Davies Written, Directed + Edited by Dianne Bellino Animated by Adam Davies Produced by Dianne Bellino + Adam Davies
Cinematography + Lighting: Dianne Bellino Production Design, Set Construction + Art Direction: Dianne Bellino + Adam Davies Costume Design + Construction: Antonia Ford-Roberts + Dianne Bellino Music: Dean Parker Sound Design + Mix: Eii Cohn Title Design: Nancy Kwon
Assistant Camera: Adam Davies Animal Design + Construction: Dianne Bellino Prop Design + Construction: Adam Davies Animal Resculpting: Dianne Bellino + Adam Davies Costume Assistance + Sewing: McLean Sheperd, Kimi Kaplowitz, Jen Prokopowicz Armatures: Adam Davies Assistant Editor: Adam Davies
Post Production Effects: Adam Davies Additional Visual Effects: Alec Iselin Colorist: Chris Ramey Sound Editor: Daniel D'Errico Production Consultants: Reuben Kleiner, Zach Williams Post Production Consultants: Richie Sherman, Kalika Kharkar Sharma, Jeremy Brooke
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49 of the greatest books in Psychology and Philosophy
49 of the greatest books in Psychology and Philosophy
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The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
What the Dog Saw: and other adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
The Fine Art of Small Talk: How To Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills -- and Leave a Positive Impression by Debra Fine
Gifs of Immperfection by Brene Brown
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic by Dan Ariely
Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid by Robert J Sternberg
Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life by Shakti Gawain
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life: Winifred Gallagher by Winifred Gallagher
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them by Joshua Greene
Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average by Joseph T. Hallinan
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Gregory Boyle
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story by Jim Holt
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Others by Sherry Turkle
Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities by Dean Radin
Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy by William Barrett
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business by Charles Duhigg
The Concise 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
Prisoner's Dilemma by William Poundstone
The Ethical Brain: The Science of Our Moral Dilemmas by Michael S. Gazzaniga
Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You: Sam Gosling by Sam Gosling
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present by Eric Kandel
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis by Eric Berne.
How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic by Madsen Pirie
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki, David Chadwick
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking by John Brockman
Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett
Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy by Michael Bruce, Steven Barbone
The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
The Truth About Everything: An Irreverent History of Philosophy : With Illustrations by Matthew Stewart
Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson
Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized by James Ladyman, Don Ross, et al
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern by Douglas Hofstadter
Education and the Significance of Life by Krishnamurti
Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson
The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell
The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size by Tor Norretranders
Outsmarting IQ: The Emerging Science of Learnable Intelligence by David Perkins
Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior by Geoffrey Miller
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston
Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! by Anthony Robbins
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