Hedonist
A portrait of pleasure in an often disappointing world.
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Link reblogged from La República de Detroit
I’ve been following the development of this film. The relationship Haiti has with Venezuela is probably its most beneficial one to date.
(Source: chucklew)
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Link reblogged from NI AQUÍ, NI ALLÁ
Vanity Fair has put out their 18th annual Hollywood Issue saluting “the fresh young stars of 2012” that are making their mark on Hollywood. The issue comes out in March—right in the middle of awards season—and this year Adepero Oduye, the face of acclaimed indie film Pariah is amongst the 11 starlets that were highlighted.
Adepero Oduye, the lead in first-time director Dee Rees’s affecting and deeply personal new indie drama, Pariah. A hit at Sundance earlier this year, Pariah tells the story of Alike (pronounced “a-leek-aye”), a gender-bending seventeen-year-old from Brooklyn who struggles to find her identity while also trying to keep her sexuality a secret from her strict—and sometimes intentionally oblivious—churchgoing parents.
Meryl Streep think’s she’s extraordinary – and the critics have called her debut performance in Pariah ‘incandescent’ and “unforgettable”
We’ll be keeping our eyes on Miss Oduye.
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If you haven’t seen it, put it on your list.
And as tends to happen, the Academy snubbed an exceptional film. We can all speculate as to why…
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One of my working goals is to watch all of the Oscar winners for Best Picture. Out of 83 movies, I’ve seen 37 (the bolded). I’ve got a ways to go:
2010 - “The King’s Speech” ; 2009 - “The Hurt Locker”
2008 - “Slumdog Millionaire” ; 2007 - “No Country for Old Men”
2006 - “The Departed” ; 2005 - “Crash”
2004 - “Million Dollar Baby” ; 2003 - “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
2002 - “Chicago” ; 2001 - “A Beautiful Mind”
2000 - “Gladiator” ; 1999 - “American Beauty”
1998 - “Shakespeare in Love” ; 1997 - “Titanic”
1996 - “The English Patient” ; 1995 - “Braveheart”
1994 - “Forrest Gump” ; 1993 - “Schindler’s List” ; 1992 - “Unforgiven”
1991 - “The Silence of the Lambs” ; 1990 - “Dances With Wolves”
1989 - “Driving Miss Daisy” ; 1988 - “Rain Man”
1987 - “The Last Emperor” ; 1986 - “Platoon”
1985 - “Out of Africa” ; 1984 - “Amadeus”
1983 - “Terms of Endearment” ; 1982 - “Gandhi”
1981 - “Chariots of Fire” ; 1980 - “Ordinary People”
1979 - “Kramer vs. Kramer” ; 1978 - “The Deer Hunter”
1977 - “Annie Hall” ; 1976 - “Rocky”
1975 - “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” ; 1974 - “The Godfather Part II”
1973 - “The Sting” ; 1972 - “The Godfather”
1971 - “The French Connection” ; 1970 - “Patton”
1969 - “Midnight Cowboy” ; 1968 - “Oliver!”
1967 - “In the Heat of the Night” ; 1966 - “A Man for All Seasons”
1965 - “The Sound of Music” ; 1964 - “My Fair Lady”
1963 - “Tom Jones” ; 1962 - “Lawrence of Arabia”
1961 - “West Side Story” ; 1960 - “The Apartment”
1959 - “Ben-Hur” ; 1958 - “Gigi”
1957 - “The Bridge on the River Kwai” ; 1956 - “Around the World in 80 Days”
1955 - “Marty” ; 1954 - “On the Waterfront”
1953 - “From Here to Eternity” ; 1952 - “The Greatest Show on Earth”
1951 - “An American in Paris” ; 1950 - “All About Eve”
1949 - “All the Kings Men” ; 1948 - “Hamlet”
1947 - “Gentleman’s Agreement” ; 1946 - “The Best Years of Our Lives”
1945 - “The Lost Weekend” ; 1944 - “Going My Way”
1943 - “Casablanca” ; 1942 - “Mrs. Miniver”
1941 - “How Green Was My Valley” ; 1940 - “Rebecca”
1939 - “Gone with the Wind” ; 1938 - “You Can’t Take It with You”
1937 - “The Life of Emile Zola” ; 1936 - “The Great Ziegfeld”
1935 - “Mutiny on the Bounty” ; 1934 - “It Happened One Night”
1932/1933 - “Cavalcade” ; 1931/1932 - “Grand Hotel”
1930/1931 - “Cimarron” ; 1929/1930 - “All Quiet on the Western Front”
1928/1929 - “The Broadway Melody” ; 1927/1928 - “Wings”
