Monthly Archives: December 2012
Movie Quote of the Day – Shadows, 1959 (dir. John Cassavetes)
Lelia: What happens now?
Tony: What happens? Um, what do you mean, “what happens now?”
Lelia: I mean, do I stay with you?
Tony: Stay with me? Um, stay with me. Do you mean live with me?
Lelia: Yes.
Tony: Do you want to?
Lelia: No. I want to go home.
Movie Quote of the Day – Something’s Gotta Give, 2003 (dir. Nancy Meyers)
Harry: I don’t think I’ve ever had this effect on a woman before.
Erica Barry: What effect do you think you’re having on me?
Harry: I don’t quite recognize it. That’s how I know I never had it before.
Movie Quote of the Day – Baby Doll, 1956 (dir. Elia Kazan)
Silva Vacarro: You make me think of cotton. No. . .no fabric or cloth. . .not even satin or silk. . .no kind of fiber, not even a cotton fiber. . .has the absolute delicacy of your skin.
Baby Doll: Should I say thanks, or something?
Silva Vacarro: Just smile. You’ve got an attractive smile. . .and dimples. . .oh, yes, you do. Smile, Mrs. Meighan. There, you see, you do have them.
Baby Doll: Please, don’t touch me, I don’t like to be touched.
Silva Vacarro: Why do you giggle?
Baby Doll: You make me feel kind of hysterical.
Silva Vacarro: I do?
Baby Doll: Mr. Vacarro. . .
Silva Vacarro: Yes?
Baby Doll: I think I’ll go and make us some lemonade. [he stops her] What did you do that for?
Silva Vacarro: I don’t want to be deprived of the pleasure of your company. Not yet.
Baby Doll: Mr. Vacarro, you certainly are getting familiar.
Silva Vacarro: Don’t you have a little fun-loving spirit?
Baby Doll: This isn’t fun.
Silva Vacarro: Why do you giggle, then?
Baby Doll: Because I’m ticklish.
Silva Vacarro: Ticklish? Don’t be so skittish.
Baby Doll: All right, I’ll get up then.
Silva Vacarro: Go on. . .
Baby Doll: I feel so weak.
Movie Quote of the Day – Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 2005 (dir. Steve Box, Nick Park)
Wallace: Ah, love, Gromit. That’s the biggest trap of all. The tender trap, they call it. And that’s how we’ll capture this thing. A lovely lady rabbit. How could any hot-blooded rabbit beast resist?
Movie Quote of the Day – You Only Live Once, 1937 (dir. Fritz Lang)
Eddie Taylor: Lots of people in love get to live inside a house…
Joan Graham: That doesn’t matter now. Maybe anywhere is our home. In the car, out on that cold star, anywhere’s our home.
“Zero Dark Thirty” Sweeps the National Board of Review
Best Film: ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, DJANGO UNCHAINED
Best Supporting Actress: Ann Dowd, COMPLIANCE
Best Original Screenplay: Rian Johnson, LOOPER
Best Adapted Screenplay: David O. Russell, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Best Animated Feature: WRECK-IT RALPH
Special Achievement in Filmmaking: Ben Affleck, ARGO
Breakthrough Actor: Tom Holland, THE IMPOSSIBLE
Breakthrough Actress: Quvenzhané Wallis, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Best Directorial Debut: Benh Zeitlin, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Best Foreign Language Film: AMOUR
Best Documentary: SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN
William K. Everson Film History Award: 50 YEARS OF BOND FILMS
Best Ensemble: LES MISÉRABLES
Spotlight Award: John Goodman (ARGO, FLIGHT, PARANORMAN, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE)
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: CENTRAL PARK FIVE
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: PROMISED LAND
Top Films
(in alphabetical order)
ARGO
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
DJANGO UNCHAINED
LES MISÉRABLES
LINCOLN
LOOPER
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
PROMISED LAND
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Top 5 Foreign Language Films
(In Alphabetical Order)
BARBARA
THE INTOUCHABLES
THE KID WITH A BIKE
NO
WAR WITCH
Top 5 Documentaries
(In Alphabetical Order)
AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY
DETROPIA
THE GATEKEEPERS
THE INVISIBLE WAR
ONLY THE YOUNG
Top 10 Independent Films
(In Alphabetical Order)
ARBITRAGE
BERNIE
COMPLIANCE
END OF WATCH
HELLO I MUST BE GOING
LITTLE BIRDS
MOONRISE KINGDOM
ON THE ROAD
QUARTET
SLEEPWALK WITH ME
Movie Quote of the Day – TRON, 1982 (dir. Steven Lisberger)
TRON: If you are a user, then everything you’ve done has been according to a plan.
Kevin Flynn: Ha! You wish! You guys know what it’s like. You keep doing what it looks like you’re supposed to, no matter how crazy it seems.
Zero Dark Thirty Wins Picture, Director at New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- Best Picture: Zero Dark Thirty
- Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (ZERO DARK THIRTY)
- Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner (LINCOLN)
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (LINCOLN)
- Best Actress: Rachel Weisz (THE DEEP BLUE SEA)
- Best Foreign Language Film: AMOUR
- Best Animated Film: FRANKENWEENIE
- Best Supporting Actor: Matthew McConaughey (BERNIE, MAGIC MIKE)
- Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field (LINCOLN)
- Best Cinematographer: Greig Fraser (ZERO DARK THIRTY)
- Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary): (THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE)
- Best First Film: David France (HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE)
Oscar Vault Monday – Jezebel, 1938 (dir. William Wyler)
I really love this film. I have watched it many times. It’s one that gets richer each time you watch it. Often, you hear it dismissed, or at least introduced, as Bette Davis’s Gone With The Wind, but it is definitely more than just a consolation prize. This film represents a turning point in Davis’s career and it was after her phenomenal turn in this film that she became the superstar we now know and love. The film was nominated for five Academy Award, won two: Best Cinematography, Best Score, Best Supporting Actress Fay Bainter (won), Best Actress Bette Davis (won), Best Picture. The other films nominated for Best Picture that year were The Adventures of Robin Hood, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Boys Town, The Citadel, Four Daughters, La Grande Illusion, Pygmalion, Test Pilot, and winner You Can’t Take It With You. I have actually seen all of these films, and they are ALL fantastic.
Movie Quote of the Day – Week End, 1967 (dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
Corinne: This isn’t a novel, this is a film. A film is life.
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