Outside the Scope of AFI: The 100 Best Foreign Language Films
Ingmar Bergman directing Fanny and Alexander, one of his 16 films on the list. One more genre after this and that’s Drama. This list is outside the scope of AFI’s lists, of course, because these are...
View ArticleThe History of the Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film
Rashomon (1951): one of the earliest and most deserving Academy Award winners for Best Foreign Film The Academy has a long history of flirting with the foreign film industry. As early as 1932, the...
View ArticleTop 100 Novels #61: War and Peace
the 1960 Modern Library dust jacket for War and Peace War and Peace (Война и мир) Author: Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) Rank: #61 Published: 1869 Publisher: Russkii Vestnik Pages: 1273 (Pevear /...
View ArticleBest Adapted Screenplay: the pre-Oscar years (1912-1926)
I grabbed this banner from altscreen.com. They deserve credit, because it’s awesome. My Top 10 Adapted Screenplays: Greed (1925) The Phantom of the Opera (1925) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)...
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