Oppenheimer: A Second Look

#6 in my ranking of Christopher Nolan's filmography. #36 in my ranking of the Best Picture winners at the Oscars. Well, that was predictable. The Oscar win, that is. When a film wins top honors at the SAG, DGA, and PGA ceremonies, it's going to win Best Picture. Anyway, I was happy to revisit Oppenheimer,…

The Best Picture Winners at the Oscars: The Finale

Well, I did it. I watched 'em all. It took about a year, but I have seen every Best Picture winner at the Oscars from Sunrise and Wings to Everything Everywhere All At Once. This is the fourth of my posts about the winners, and it's going to end up more of a review of the whole thing rather than…

The Third Quarter Century of Oscar Best Picture Winners

Getting close now, it seems. I should be done right before the next Oscar ceremony, which isn't too far away, but I was looking ahead to what came after my stopping point of 2004 and realized that the whole game seemed to have changed character from that point on. Considering the vast changes in how…

The Second Quarter Century of Best Picture Winners

A few months ago I wrote about the first quarter century (roughly) of Best Picture winners at the Oscars. Well, in the ensuing months, as I've discovered the works of William Wyler and Peter Weir, I've also kept on with my viewing of Best Picture winners to the point where I can now talk about…

The Best Picture Winners at the Oscars: The Definitive Ranking

This is the whole list, all ninety-seven films that won Best Picture at the Oscars (including Sunrise which won Best Unique or Artistic Picture in 1927/28). There's precious little connecting one film to the next regarding authorship, though there are moments here and there where films connect from one year to the next. Still, this…