tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72314797959932486832011-07-30T15:33:13.349-07:00"Film lovers are sick people" ~François TruffautDame Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231479795993248683.post-85752445169483885712010-08-28T21:10:00.000-07:002010-08-28T21:38:58.811-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/THnh75nAbpI/AAAAAAAAFZI/39rKp1lr9Lw/s1600/2010.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 155px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/THnh75nAbpI/AAAAAAAAFZI/39rKp1lr9Lw/s400/2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510684038257471122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />36 Films Screened</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Numbers in bold indicate number of screenings</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Fish Tank</span> (Andrea Arnold)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work</span> (Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Prodigal Sons</span> (Kimberly Reed)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Ghost Writer</span> (Roman Polanski)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Green Zone</span> (Paul Greengrass)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Mother</span> (Bong Joon-ho)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2010/06/running-gamut-from-b-to-b.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Un Prophète</span></a> (Jacques Audiard)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shutter Island</span> (Martin Scorsese)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2010/06/why-toy-story-3-wasnt-meant-for-me.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Toy Story 3</span></a> (Lee Unkrich)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Crazies</span> (Breck Eisner)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Date Night</span> (Shawn Levy)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Emma</span> (Jim O’Hanlon)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Den Brother</span> (Mark L. Taylor)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Inception</span> (Christopher Nolan)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Killer Inside Me</span> (Michael Winterbottom)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Please Give</span> (Nicole Holofcener)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Red Riding: 1974</span> (Julian Jarrold)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Runaways</span> (Floria Sigismondi)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I Am Love</span> (Luca Guadagnino)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2010/07/kids-may-be-all-right-but-this-movie.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Kids Are All Right</span></a> (Lisa Cholodenko)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Remember Me</span> (Allen Coulter)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-i-liked-and-didnt-like-about-sex.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sex and the City 2</span></a> (Michael Patrick King)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Twilight Saga: Eclipse</span> (David Slade)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Valentine’s Day</span> (Garry Marshall)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Back-Up Plan</span> (Alan Poul)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Chloe</span> (Atom Egoyan)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Clash of the Titans</span> (Louis Leterrier)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Death at a Funeral</span> (Neil LaBute)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D+</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2010/08/rants-on-charlie-st-cloud.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Charlie St. Cloud</span></a> (Burr Steers)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</span> (Niels Arden Oplev)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Greenberg</span> (Noah Baumbach)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dear John</span> (Lasse Hallström)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Kick-Ass</span> (Matthew Vaughn)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">StarStruck</span> (Michael Grossman)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">16 Wishes</span> (Peter DeLuise)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time</span> (Mike Newell)<br /><br />F<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7231479795993248683-8575244516948388571?l=rantsofadivaawards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dame Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231479795993248683.post-30350067941096906202009-05-04T15:27:00.000-07:002010-08-28T21:24:33.420-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/Sf9tp_UIJrI/AAAAAAAADfY/lx1zVsnTuEs/s1600-h/2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/Sf9tp_UIJrI/AAAAAAAADfY/lx1zVsnTuEs/s400/2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332101051967874738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">80 Films Screened</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Numbers in bold indicate number of screenings</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >A</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >A-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >District 9</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Neill Blomkamp)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Julia</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Erick Zonca)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Messenger</span> (Oren Moverman)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2010/02/rants-on-single-man.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">A Single Man</span></a> (Tom Ford) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >(500) Days of Summer</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Marc Webb)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/05/playing-catch-up-with-2009.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Adventureland</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Greg Mottola)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Brothers Bloom</span> (Rian Johnson) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Capitalism: A Love Story</span> (Michael Moore)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Informant!</span> (Steven Soderbergh)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Jennifer's Body</span> (Karyn Kusama)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Julie &amp; Julia</span> (Nora Ephron)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Precious</span> (Lee Daniels)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">[Rec]</span> (Jaume Balageró and Paco Plaza)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Summer Hours</span> (Olivier Assayas)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Up</span> (Peter Docter and Bob Peterson)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Away We Go</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Sam Mendes)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Confessions of a Shopaholic</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (P.J. Hogan)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Drag Me to Hell</span> (Sam Raimi)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Funny People</span> (Judd Apatow)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Headless Woman</span> (Lucrecia Martel)<br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Hurt Locker</span> (Kathryn Bigelow)</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">In the Loop</span> (Armanda Iannucci)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-five-favorite-performances-in.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Inglourious Basterds</span></a> (Quentin Tarantino)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A Serious Man</span> (Joel and Ethan Coen)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/05/rants-on-star-trek-2009.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Star Trek</span></a> (J.J. Abrams)<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/05/playing-catch-up-with-2009.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sunshine Cleaning</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Christine Jeffs)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/10/tyler-perrys-taraji-p-hensons-i-can-do.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself</span></a> (Tyler Perry)<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />B-</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Brüno</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Larry Charles)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Coraline</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Henry Selick)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Fantastic Mr. Fox</span> (Wes Anderson)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/07/sasha-grey-in-girlfriend-experience.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Girlfriend Experience</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Steven Soderbergh)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Grey Gardens</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Michael Sucsy)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">State of Play</span> (Kevin Macdonald)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Two Lovers</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (James Gray)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Whip It!</span> (Drew Barrymore)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">You, the Living</span> (Roy Andersson)<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />C+</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2010/01/rants-on-avatar.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Avatar</span></a> (James Cameron)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Box</span> (Richard Kelly) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Broken Embraces</span><span> (Pedro Almódovar)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Easy Virtue</span> (Stephan Elliott)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">An Education</span> (Lone Scherfig)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/06/oscar-nominee-hangover-or-have-people.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Hangover</span></a> (Todd Phillips)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Moon</span> (Duncan Jones)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Newcastle</span> (Dan Castle)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Police, Adjective</span> (Corneliu Porumboiu)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ponyo</span> (Hayao Miyazaki)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Soloist</span> (Joe Wright)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-inner-monologue-during-twilight-saga.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Twilight Saga: New Moon</span></a> (Chris Weitz)<br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail</span> (Tyler Perry)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/05/playing-catch-up-with-2009.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">17 Again</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Burr Steers) <span style="font-weight: bold;">4</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Bright Star</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jane Campion)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Death in Love</span> (Boaz Yakin)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Duplicity</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Tony Gilroy)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Last Station</span> (Michael Hoffman)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/07/that-movie-was-two-and-half-hours-what.html"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Public Enemies</span></span></a><span> (Michael Mann)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Rudo y Cursi</span> (Carlos Cuarón)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Spring Breakdown</span> (Greg Shiraki)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/10/rants-on-where-wild-things-are.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Where the Wild Things Are</span></a> (Spike Jonze)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Zombieland</span> (Ruben Fleischer)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C-</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Adam</span><span> (Max Mayer)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">He's Just Not That Into You</span> (Ken Kwapis)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Me and Orson Welles</span> (Richard Linklater)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2010/01/so-many-women-so-little-time-sexual.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Nine</span></a> (Rob Marshall)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Proposal</span> (Anne Fletcher)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/08/short-rants-on-ugly-truth.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Ugly Truth</span></a> (Robert Luketic)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2010/01/so-many-women-so-little-time-sexual.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Up in the Air</span></a> (Jason Reitman)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D<span style="font-style: italic;">+</span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Antichrist</span></span><span><span> (Lars von Trier)<br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Assassination of a High School President</span></span> (Brett Simon)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Blind Side</span> (John Lee Hancock)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Fighting</span> (Dito Montiel)<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/09/wonderful-horrible-decade-known-as-80s.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Informers</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Gregor Jordan)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Little Ashes</span> (Paul Morrison)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Lovely Bones</span> (Peter Jackson)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/05/playing-catch-up-with-2009.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Obsessed</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Steve Shill)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/09/christophe-honor-can-suck-my-balls.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >La Belle Personne</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Christophe Honoré)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Princess Protection Program</span> (Allison Liddi)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D-</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Bride Wars</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Gary Winnick)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Fame</span> (Kevin Tancharoen)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >F</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Stephen Sommers)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Bruce Hendricks)</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7231479795993248683-3035006794109690620?l=rantsofadivaawards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dame Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231479795993248683.post-4768441616920605022009-02-01T22:21:00.000-08:002010-02-16T17:46:50.579-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SUswuZEPTDI/AAAAAAAAC5o/77k0s9ZztDQ/s1600-h/2008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SUswuZEPTDI/AAAAAAAAC5o/77k0s9ZztDQ/s400/2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281368561582820402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />105 Films Screened</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Numbers in bold indicate number of screenings</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/03/top-10-films-of-2008.html">My Top 10 List</a><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >A</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">A Christmas Tale</span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Arnaud Desplechin)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/07/in-bruges-martin-mcdonagh-2008.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >In Bruges</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Martin McDonagh)</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Rachel Getting Married</span><span> (Jonathan Demme) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Reprise</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Joachim Trier)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >A-</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/10/rants-on-high-school-musical-3-senior.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >American Teen</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Nanette Burstein)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Burn After Reading</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Joel and Ethan Coen)</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Class</span><span> (Laurent Cantet)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Visitor</span> (Thomas McCarthy)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/07/wall-e-andrew-stanton-2008.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >WALL-E</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Andrew Stanton) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Wrestler</span> (Darren Aronofsky) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Australia</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Baz Luhrmann)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Blindness</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Fernando Meirelles)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Boy A</span> (John Crowley)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Edge of Heaven</span> (Faith Akin)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Frozen River</span> (Courtney Hunt)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Funny Games U.S.</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Michael Haneke)<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Kung Fu Panda</span><span> (Mark Osborne and John Stevenson)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Milk</span><span> (Gus Van Sant) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist</span> (Peter Sollett)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/09/pineapple-express-david-gordon-green.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Pineapple Express</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (David Gordon Green)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Religulous</span> (Larry Charles) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shelter</span> (Jonah Markowitz) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Birds of America</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Craig Lucas)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Choke</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Clark Gregg)<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/cloverfield-matt-reeves-2008-b.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Cloverfield</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Matt Reeves)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Dark Knight</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Christopher Nolan) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Forgetting Sarah Marshall</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Nicholas Stoller)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Happy-Go-Lucky</span> (Mike Leigh)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/10/rants-on-high-school-musical-3-senior.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >High School Musical 3: Senior Year</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Kenny Ortega) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The House Bunny</span> (Fred Wolfe) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span></span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Bharat Nalluri)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/12/otto-or-up-with-gay-israeli-soldiers.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Otto; or, Up With Dead People</span></a> (Bruce La Bruce)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Role Models</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (David Wain)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Savage Grace</span> (Tom Kalin)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Stop-Loss</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Kimberly Peirce) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Strangers</span> (Bryan Bertino)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tropic Thunder</span> (Ben Stiller) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/10/rants-on-w.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">W.</span></a> (Oliver Stone) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Wendy and Lucy</span> (Kelly Reichardt)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Bank Job</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Roger Donaldson)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Bolt</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Bryon Howard and Chris Williams)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/08/cassandras-dream-woody-allen-2008-b.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Cassandra's Dream</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Woody Allen)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/11/quest-ce-que-les-franais-ont-t-jusqu.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Les Chansons d'Amour [Love Songs]</span></a> (Christophe Honoré)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/05/cranford-simon-curtis-and-steve-hudson.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Cranford</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Doubt</span> (John Patrick Shanley)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/12/finding-brittany-snow.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Finding Amanda</span></a> (Peter Tolan)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hamlet 2</span> (Andrew Fleming)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/12/horton-hears-voice-of-god.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Horton Hears a Who!</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hunger</span> (Steve McQueen)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Man on Wire</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (James Marsh)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Miracle at St. Anna</span> (Spike Lee)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Paranoid Park</span> (Gus Van Sant)<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/05/sex-and-city-movie-michael-patrick-king.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Sex and the City: The Movie</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Michael Patrick King)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys</span> (Tyler Perry)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Witnesses</span> (André Téchiné)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >27 Dresses</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Anne Fletcher) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >3</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Baby Mama</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Michael McCullers)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</span> (David Fincher)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Harold &amp; Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Il y a Longtemps Que Je T'aime [I've Loved You So Long]</span> (Philippe Claudel)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Lakeview Terrace</span> (Neil LaBute)<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/04/rants-on-leatherheads.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Leatherheads</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (George Clooney)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Married Life</span> (Ira Sachs)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/03/rants-on-other-boleyn-girl.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Other Boleyn Girl</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Justin Chadwicke)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Reader</span> (Stephen Daldry) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/01/short-rants-on-revolutionary-road.html"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Revolutionary Road</span></span></a> (Sam Mendes)<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />Snow Angels</span> (David Gordon Green)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Valkyrie</span> (Bryan Singer)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/07/be-kind-rewind-michel-gondry-2008-c.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Be Kind Rewind</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Michel Gondry)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Une Fille Coupée un Deux [A Girl Cut in Two]</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Claude Chabrol)</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Get Smart</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Peter Segal)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />Iron Man</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jon Favreau)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Let the Right One In</span> (Tomas Alfredson)<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-vaguely-distracted-thoughts-on-never.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Never Back Down</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jeff Wadlow)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/07/penelope-mark-palansky-2008-c.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Penelope</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Mark Palansky)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Synecdoche, New York</span> (Charlie Kaufman)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Then She Found Me</span> (Helen Hunt)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/11/rants-on-twilight-based-on-overheard.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Twilight</span></a> (Catherine Hardwicke)</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/09/rants-on-vicky-cristina-barcelona.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Vicky Cristina Barcelona</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Woody Allen)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span><span>C-</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Defiance</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Edward Zwick)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/07/definitely-maybe-adam-brooks-2008-c.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Definitely, Maybe</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Adam Brooks)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Elegy</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Isabel Coixet)<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/07/picture-this-stephen-herek-2008-c.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Picture This!</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Stephen Herek)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >RocknRolla</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Guy Ritchie)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Secret Life of Bees</span> (Gina Prince-Blythewood)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Step Up 2 the Streets</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (John Chu)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/semi-pro-kent-alterman-2008-c.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Semi-Pro</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Kent Alterman)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/08/smart-people.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Smart People</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Noam Murro)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D+</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/07/21-robert-luketic-2008-d.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >21</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Robert Luketic)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/07/charlie-bartlett-jon-poll-2008-d.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Charlie Bartlett</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jon Poll)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Foot Fist Way</span> (Jody Hill)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Frost/Nixon</span> (Ron Howard)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/01/10-things-i-hate-about-slumdog.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Slumdog Millionaire</span></a> (Danny Boyle)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/11/quest-ce-que-les-franais-ont-t-jusqu.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Tell No One</span></a> (Guillaume Canet)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Wanted</span> (Timur Bekmambetov)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Changeling</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Clint Eastwood)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/08/rants-on-mamma-mia.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Mamma Mia!</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Phyllida Lloyd)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Righteous Kill</span> (Jon Avnet)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/06/rants-on-were-world-mine.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Were the World Mine</span></a> (Tom Gustafson)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Brideshead Revisited</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Julian Jarrold)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Jumper</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Doug Liman)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Untraceable</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Gregory Hoblit)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >F</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/07/rants-on-camp-rock.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Camp Rock</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Matthew Diamond)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/09/message-to-hollywood-about-horror-films.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Prom Night</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Nelson McCormick)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Wackness</span> (Jonathan Levine)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Major Diva Cup Award Nominees:<br /><br />Best Picture</span><span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Christmas Tale</span><br />In Bruges<br />Rachel Getting Married<br />Reprise<br />WALL-E<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Best Director</span><span><br />Darren Aronofsky, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Wrestler</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Arnaud Desplechin, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">A Christmas Tale</span><br />Jonathan Demme, <span style="font-style: italic;">Rachel Getting Married</span><br />Andrew Stanton, <span style="font-style: italic;">WALL-E</span><br />Joachim Trier, <span style="font-style: italic;">Reprise</span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Best Actor</span><br />Colin Farrell, <span style="font-style: italic;">In Bruges</span><br />Andrew Garfield, <span style="font-style: italic;">Boy A</span><br />Richard Jenkins, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Visitor</span><br />Heath Ledger, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Dark Knight</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mickey Rourke, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Wrestler</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Best Actress</span><span><br />Anna Faris, <span style="font-style: italic;">The House Bunny</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anne Hathaway, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Rachel Getting Married</span><br />Sally Hawkins, <span style="font-style: italic;">Happy-Go-Lucky</span><br />Melissa Leo, <span style="font-style: italic;">Frozen River</span><br />Brittany Snow, <span style="font-style: italic;">Finding Amanda</span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Best Supporting Actor</span><br />Josh Brolin, <span style="font-style: italic;">Milk</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Robert Downey, Jr., </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Tropic Thunder</span><br />Emile Hirsch, <span style="font-style: italic;">Milk</span><br />Bill Irwin, <span style="font-style: italic;">Rachel Getting Married</span><br />Brad Pitt, <span style="font-style: italic;">Burn After Reading</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Best Supporting Actress</span><br />Hiam Abbass, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Visitor</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penélope Cruz, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Vicky Cristina Barcelona</span><br />Rosemarie DeWitt, <span style="font-style: italic;">Rachel Getting Married</span><br />Ashley Tisdale, <span style="font-style: italic;">High School Musical 3: Senior Year</span><br />Marisa Tomei, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Wrestler</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7231479795993248683-476844161692060502?l=rantsofadivaawards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dame Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231479795993248683.post-46724645825912192022009-01-01T16:44:00.000-08:002010-02-16T17:57:44.366-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SUsw5W41h_I/AAAAAAAAC5w/2mw0eGQnCco/s1600-h/2007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SUsw5W41h_I/AAAAAAAAC5w/2mw0eGQnCco/s400/2007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281368749976684530" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />85 Films Screened</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Numbers in bold indicate number of screenings</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />A</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Atonement</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Joe Wright) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >3</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Hairspray</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Adam Shankman) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >6</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >No Country for Old Men</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Joel and Ethan Coen)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />A-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >2 Days in Paris</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Julie Delpy)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Andrew Dominik) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Before the Devil Knows You're Dead</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Sidney Lumet)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2010/01/rants-on-joshua.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Joshua</span></a> (George Ratliff)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Sicko</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Michael Moore)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/03/rants-on-zodiac.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Zodiac</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (David Fincher) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />B+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Cristian Mungiu)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Black Book</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Paul Verhoeven)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Bourne Ultimatum</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Paul Greengrass)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/09/message-to-hollywood-about-horror-films.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Bug</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (William Friedkin)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/09/beauty-in-monotony.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Day Night Day Night</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Julia Loktev)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Diving Bell and the Butterfly</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Julian Schnabel) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/07/grindhouse-planet-terror-robert.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Grindhouse: Planet Terror</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Robert Rodriguez)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Hot Fuzz</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Edgar Wright) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/01/rants-on-walk-hard-dewey-cox-story-and.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Juno</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> (Jason Reitman)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Seth Gordon)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Paprika</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Satoshi Kon)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Superbad</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Greg Mottola) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >There Will Be Blood</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Paul Thomas Anderson)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/we-own-night-james-gray-2007-b.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >We Own the Night</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (James Gray)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />B</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Black Snake Moan</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Craig Brewer)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/12/rileys-next-move.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Control</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Anton Corbijn)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Eastern Promises</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (David Cronenberg)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Enchanted</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Kevin Lima)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/gone-baby-gone-ben-affleck-2007-b-x2.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Gone Baby Gone</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Ben Affleck) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Knocked Up</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Judd Apatow) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Lives of Others</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Margot at the Wedding</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Noah Baumbach)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/10/short-rants-on-michael-clayton-brave.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Michael Clayton</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Tony Gilroy) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Rocket Science</span> (Jeffrey Blitz) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/09/savages-tamara-jenkins-2007-b.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Savages</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Tamara Jenkins)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Tim Burton)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Talk to Me</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Kasi Lemmons)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />B-</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/10/short-rants-on-michael-clayton-brave.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >3:10 to Yuma</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (James Mangold)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Lars and the Real Girl</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Craig Gillespie)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Lust, Caution</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Ang Lee)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Paris, Je T'Aime</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Various Directors)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Persepolis</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi<span style="font-weight: bold;">)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C+</span></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/11/rants-on-american-gangster.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">American Gangster</span></a> (Ridley Scott)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Away From Her</span> (Sarah Polley)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Blades of Glory</span> (Josh Gordon and Will Speck) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/10/short-rants-on-michael-clayton-brave.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Brave One</span></a> (Neil Jordan)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/charlie-wilsons-war-mike-nichols-2007-c.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Charlie Wilson's War</span></a> (Mike Nichols) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/02/rants-on-im-not-there-and-elizabeth.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">I'm Not There</span></a> (Todd Haynes) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ratatouille</span> (Brad Bird)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/08/christophe-honor-and-his-destructive.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Dans Paris</span></a><span> (Christophe Honor&eacute;)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Fracture</span> (Gregory Hoblit)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Freedom Writers</span> (Richard Lagravenese)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In the Land of Women</span> (Jonathan Kasdan)<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Into the Wild</span></span> (Sean Penn)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/10/short-rants-on-michael-clayton-brave.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">La Vie en Rose</span></a> (Olivier Dahan)<br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">A Mighty Heart</span> (Michael Winterbottom)</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mr. Woodcock</span> (Craig Gillespie)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Private Fears in Public Places</span> (Alain Resnais)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Snow Cake</span> (Marc Evans)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sunshine</span> (Danny Boyle)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/waitress-adrienne-shelley-2007-c.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Waitress</span></a> (Adrienne Shelley)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/01/rants-on-walk-hard-dewey-cox-story-and.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story</span></a> (Jake Kasdan)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">300</span> (Zack Snyder)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Evan Almighty</span> (Tom Shadyac)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/09/short-rants-on-once.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Once</span></a> (John Carney)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/10/rants-on-across-universe-and-rendition.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Rendition</span></a> (Gavin Hood)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Reno 911: Miami</span> (Robert Ben Garant)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Ten</span> (David Wain)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D+</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/10/rants-on-across-universe-and-rendition.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Across the Universe</span></a> (Julie Taymor)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/02/rants-on-im-not-there-and-elizabeth.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Elizabeth: The Golden Age</span></a> (Shekhar Kapur)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Golden Compass</span> (Chris Weitz)<br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/01/supporting-actress-blog-thon-ashley.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">High School Musical 2</span></a> (Kenny Ortega) <span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Premonition</span> (Mennan Yapo)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Disturbia</span> (D.J. Caruso)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hannibal Rising</span> (Peter Webber)<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Music and Lyrics</span> (Marc Lawrence)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Becoming Jane</span> (Julian Jarrold)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Eagle vs. Shark</span> (Taikia Waititi)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Fred Claus</span><span> (David Dobkin)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Lucky You</span> (Chris Hanson)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Reign Over Me</span> (Mike Binder)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shooter</span> (Antoine Fuqua)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">F</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Blind Dating</span> (James Keach)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/bucket-list-rob-reiner-2007-f.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Bucket List</span></a> (Rob Reiner)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-know-who-killed-me-chris-sivertson.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">I Know Who Killed Me</span></a> (Chris Sivertson)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Wild Hogs</span> (Walt Becker)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Major Diva Cup Award Nominees:<br /><br />Best Picture</span><span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Atonement</span><br />Before the Devil Knows You're Dead<br />Hairspray<br />No Country for Old Men<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Best Director</span><br />Paul Thomas Anderson, <span style="font-style: italic;">There Will Be Blood</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joel and Ethan Coen, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">No Country for Old Men</span><br />David Fincher, <span style="font-style: italic;">Zodiac</span><br />Sidney Lumet, <span style="font-style: italic;">Before the Devil Knows You're Dead</span><br />Joe Wright, <span style="font-style: italic;">Atonement</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Casey Affleck, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</span><br />Don Cheadle, <span style="font-style: italic;">Talk to Me</span><br />Daniel Day-Lewis, <span style="font-style: italic;">There Will Be Blood</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />Viggo Mortensen, <span style="font-style: italic;">Eastern Promises</span><br />Sam Riley, <span style="font-style: italic;">Control</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marion Cotillard, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">La Vie en Rose</span><br />Jodie Foster, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Brave One</span><br />Nicole Kidman, <span style="font-style: italic;">Margot at the Wedding</span><br />Ellen Page, <span style="font-style: italic;">Juno</span><br />Tang Wei, <span style="font-style: italic;">Lust, Caution</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor</span><br />Javier Bardem, <span style="font-style: italic;">No Country for Old Men</span><br />Paul Dano, <span style="font-style: italic;">There Will Be Blood</span><br />Ben Foster, <span style="font-style: italic;">3:10 to Yuma</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">James Marsden, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Enchanted, Hairspray</span><br />Tom Wilkinson, <span style="font-style: italic;">Michael Clayton</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress</span><br />Charlotte Gainsbourg, <span style="font-style: italic;">I'm Not There</span><br />Romola Garai, <span style="font-style: italic;">Atonement</span><br />Jennifer Garner, <span style="font-style: italic;">Juno</span><br />Amy Ryan, <span style="font-style: italic;">Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Gone Baby Gone</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tilda Swinton, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Michael Clayton</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7231479795993248683-4672464582591219202?l=rantsofadivaawards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dame Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231479795993248683.post-30705937366631748082008-12-15T15:23:00.000-08:002010-03-11T21:40:05.924-08:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SUsrh4j8IgI/AAAAAAAAC5Y/ZYwOYVSbY_8/s1600-h/2006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SUsrh4j8IgI/AAAAAAAAC5Y/ZYwOYVSbY_8/s400/2006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281362849140843010" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />66 Films Screened</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >Numbers in bold indicate number of screenings</span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/02/thoughts-on-departed.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Departed</span></a> (Martin Scorsese) <span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/05/dreamgirls-revisited.html"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Dreamgirls</span></span></a> (Bill Condon) <span style="font-weight: bold;">5</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Litle Miss Sunshine</span> (Jonathon Dayton and Valerie Faris)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A-</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Borat</span> (Larry Charles)<br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Children of Men</span> (Alfonso <span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Cuaron)</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/05/rants-on-notes-on-scandal.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Notes on a Scandal</span></a> (Richard Eyre) <span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">The Painted Veil</span> (John Curran)</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Shortbus</span> (John Cameron Mitchell)</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Inside Man</span> (Spike Lee) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Jesus Camp</span> (Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2<br /></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Prestige</span> (Christopher Nolan) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Science of Sleep</span> (Michel Gondry)</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Thank You For Smoking</span> (Jason Reitman) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Volver</span> (Pedro Almodovar)</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Bugcrush</span> (Carter Smith, short)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Devil Wears Prada</span> (David Frinkel)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Fast Food Nation</span> (Richard Linklater)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Friends With Money</span> (Nicole Holofcener)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Imagine Me &amp; You</span> (Ol Parker)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Marie Antoinette</span> (Sofia Coppola)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Notorious Bettie Page</span> (Mary Harron)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Over the Hedge</span> (Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Pan's Labyrinth</span> (Guillermo del Toro)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This Film Is Not Yet Rated</span> (Kirby Dick) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story</span> (Michael Winterbottom)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">V For Vendetta</span> (James McTeigue)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Happy Feet</span> (George Miller)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Little Children</span> (Todd Field)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Queen</span> (Stephen Frears)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Strangers With Candy</span> (Paul Dinello)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">United 93</span> (Paul Greengrass)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C+</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/05/rants-on-bobby.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Bobby</span></a> (Emilio Estevez)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Casino Royale</span> (Martin Campbell)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2009/07/rants-on-history-boys.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The History Boys</span></a> (Nicholas Hytner)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Snakes on a Plane</span> (David R. Ellis)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Summer Storm</span> (Marco Kreuzpaintner)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby</span> (Adam McKay)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Candy</span> (Neil Armfield)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/06/short-film-rants.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Flags of Our Fathers</span></a> (Clint Eastwood)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Good Shepherd</span> (Robert De Niro)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints</span> (Dito Montiel)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/02/open-apology-to-ryan-gosling.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Half Nelson</span></a> (Ryan Fleck)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Last King of Scotland</span> (Kevin Macdonald)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Brick</span> (Rian Johnson)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Illusionist</span> (Neil Burger)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Madea's Family Reunion</span> (Tyler Perry)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Running With Scissors</span> (Ryan Murphy)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Stranger Than Fiction</span> (Marc Forster)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Water</span> (Deepa Mehta)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Blood Diamond</span> (Edward Zwick)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Un Dimanche a Kigali</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Robert Favreau)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/02/random-scribblings-on-high-school.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">High School Musical</span></a> (Kenny Ortega) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">She's the Man</span> (Andy Fickman)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Babel</span> (Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Deja Vu</span> (Tony Scott)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">John Tucker Must Die</span> (Betty Thomas)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Open Season</span> (Roger Allers and Jill Culton)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Step Up</span> (Anne Fletcher) <span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Black Dahlia</span> (Brian DePalma)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Night at the Museum</span> (Eugene Levy)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Pursuit of Happyness</span> (Gabriele Muccino)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Superman Returns</span> (Bryan Singer)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Three Times</span> (Huo Hsiao-Hsien)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">F</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Grandma's Boy</span> (Nicholaus Goossen)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Man of the Year</span> (Barry Levinson)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Stick It</span> (Jessica Bendinger)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Major Diva Cup Award Nominees:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Picture</span><span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Children of Men<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Departed</span><br />Dreamgirls<br />Little Miss Sunshine<br />Notes of a Scandal<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Best Director</span><br />Bill Condon, <span style="font-style: italic;">Dreamgirls</span><br />Alfonso Cuarón, <span style="font-style: italic;">Children of Men</span><br />Michel Gondry, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Science of Sleep</span><br />Christopher Nolan, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Prestige</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Martin Scorsese, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Departed</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor</span><br />Matt Damon, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Departed</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leonardo DiCaprio, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Departed</span><br />Aaron Eckhart, <span style="font-style: italic;">Thank You For Smoking</span><br />Ryan Gosling, <span style="font-style: italic;">Half Nelson</span><br />Edward Norton, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Painted Veil</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress</span><br />Penélope Cruz, <span style="font-style: italic;">Volver</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dame Judi Dench, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Notes on a Scandal</span><br />Dame Helen Mirren, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Queen</span><br />Gretchen Mol, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Notorious Bettie Page</span><br />Meryl Streep, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Devil Wears Prada</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor</span><br />Steve Carell, <span style="font-style: italic;">Little Miss Sunshine</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eddie Murphy, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Dreamgirls</span><br />Jack Nicholson, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Departed</span><br />Michael Sheen, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Queen</span><br />Mark Wahlberg, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Departed</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress</span><br />Lindsay Beamish, <span style="font-style: italic;">Shortbus</span><br />Abigail Breslin, <span style="font-style: italic;">Little Miss Sunshine</span><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jennifer Hudson, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Dreamgirls</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >Ashley Johnson, <span style="font-style: italic;">Fast Food Nation</span><br />Rinko Kikuchi, <span style="font-style: italic;">Babel</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7231479795993248683-3070593736663174808?l=rantsofadivaawards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dame Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231479795993248683.post-73959862838249830762008-12-01T11:51:00.000-08:002010-02-16T18:11:31.053-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SUswRpIBaTI/AAAAAAAAC5g/DYpvA1Fhmos/s1600-h/2005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SUswRpIBaTI/AAAAAAAAC5g/DYpvA1Fhmos/s400/2005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281368067677448498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />64 Films Screened</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Numbers in bold indicate number of screenings</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >A</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Brokeback Mountain</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Ang Lee) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >6</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Monster in Law</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Robert Luketic) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >7<br /><br />A-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The 40-Year Old Virgin</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Judd Apatow) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Constant Gardener</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Fernando Meirelles)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >King Kong</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Peter Jackson) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Kings and Queen</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Arnaud Desplechin)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Match Point</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Woody Allen) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/06/short-film-rants.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mysterious Skin</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Gregg Araki) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />B+</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Brothers</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Susanne Bier)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Good Night, and Good Luck</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (George Clooney) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Grizzly Man</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Werner Herzog)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >A History of Violence</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (David Cronenberg)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Junebug</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Phil Morrison)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Family Stone</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Thomas Bezucha)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >In Her Shoes</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Curtis Hanson)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Jarhead</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Sam Mendes)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Murderball</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Red Eye</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Wes Craven)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Capote</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Bennett Miller)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Tim Burton)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Downfall</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Oliver Hirschbiegel)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/edukators-hans-weingartner-2005-b.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Edukators</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Hans Weingartner)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Alex Gibney)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Must Love Dogs</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Gary David Goldberg)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Pride &amp; Prejudice</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Joe Wright)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Squid and the Whale</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Noah Baumbach)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Transamerica</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Duncan Tucker) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Upside of Anger</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Mike Binder)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Walk the Line</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (James Mangold)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Diary of a Mad Black Woman</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Darren Grant)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Flightplan</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Robert Schwentke)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Havoc</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Barbara Kopple) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Mrs. Henderson Presents</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Stephen Frears)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Producers</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Susan Stroman) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Wedding Crashers</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (David Dobkin) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />C</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Brothers Grimm</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Terry Gilliam)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Crash</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Paul Haggis) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Memoirs of a Geisha</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Rob Marshall)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Doug Liman)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 2</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Prime</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Ben Younger)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/09/unfinished-life-lasse-hallstrom-2005-c.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >An Unfinished Life</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Lasse Hallstrom)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Waiting...</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Rob McKittrick)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >War of the Worlds</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Steven Spielberg)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The World's Fastest Indian</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Roger Donaldson)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Derailed</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Mikael Hafstrom)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2007/12/rants-on-heights.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Heights</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Chris Terrio)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Kiss Kiss Bang Bang</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Shane Black)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Proof</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (John Madden)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Rumor Has It...</span> (Rob Reiner)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Shopgirl</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Anand Tucker)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Sin City</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />D+</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Madagascar</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >March of the Penguins</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Luc Jacquet)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The New World</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Terrence Malick)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/08/sexual-harassment-101.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">North Country</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Niki Caro)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Bewitched</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Nora Ephron)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Saw II</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Darren Lynn Bousman)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Me and You and Everyone We Know</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Miranda July)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Stay</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Marc Forster)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Ring Two</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Hideo Nakata)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >F</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Bee Season</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (David Siegel and Scott McGehee)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Hide and Seek</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (John Polson)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Hitch</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Andy Tennant)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/11/dont-see-this-movie.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Ma Mère</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Christophe Honoré)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Major Diva Cup Award Nominees:<br /><br />Best Picture</span><span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The 40-Year Old Virgin<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brokeback Mountain</span><br />The Constant Gardener<br />Monster in Law<br />Mysterious Skin<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Best Director</span><br />Woody Allen, <span style="font-style: italic;">Match Point</span><br />Judd Apatow, <span style="font-style: italic;">The 40-Year Old Virgin</span><br />Gregg Araki, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mysterious Skin</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ang Lee, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Brokeback Mountain</span><br />Fernando Meirelles, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Constant Gardener</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor</span></span><br />Ralph Fiennes, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Constant Gardener<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />Joseph Gordon-Levitt, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mysterious Skin</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Heath Ledger, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Brokeback Mountain</span><br />Joaquin Phoenix, <span style="font-style: italic;">Walk the Line</span><br />Vince Vaughn, <span style="font-style: italic;">Wedding Crashers</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actress</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joan Allen, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Upside of Anger</span><br />Dame Judi Dench, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mrs. Henderson Presents</span><br />Jane Fonda, <span style="font-style: italic;">Monster in Law</span><br />Felicity Huffman, <span style="font-style: italic;">Transamerica</span><br />Diane Lane, <span style="font-style: italic;">Must Love Dogs</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actor</span><br />Matt Dillon, <span style="font-style: italic;">Crash</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jake Gyllenhaal, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Brokeback Mountain</span><br />Terrence Howard, <span style="font-style: italic;">Crash</span><br />Tyler Perry, <span style="font-style: italic;">Diary of a Mad Black Woman</span><br />Andy Serkis, <span style="font-style: italic;">King Kong</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Supporting Actress</span><br />Amy Adams, <span style="font-style: italic;">Junebug</span><br />Isla Fisher, <span style="font-style: italic;">Wedding Crashers</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wanda Sykes, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Monster in Law</span><br />Rachel Weisz, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Constant Gardener</span><br />Michelle Williams, <span style="font-style: italic;">Brokeback Mountain</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7231479795993248683-7395986283824983076?l=rantsofadivaawards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dame Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231479795993248683.post-79791246781881248732008-11-01T09:20:00.000-07:002010-02-16T18:18:37.927-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SXDZGEIL_3I/AAAAAAAADBI/71U_CLHk3CE/s1600-h/2004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SXDZGEIL_3I/AAAAAAAADBI/71U_CLHk3CE/s400/2004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291968260370857842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />84 Films Screened</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Numbers in bold indicate number of screenings</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >A</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Michel Gondry) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Fahrenheit 9/11</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Michael Moore)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Kill Bill Volume 2</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Quentin Tarantino) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Mean Girls</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Mark Waters) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >5</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >A-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Bad Education</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Pedro Almodóvar)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Dogville</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Lars von Trier)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Incredibles</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Brad Bird)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />B+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Aviator</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Martin Scorsese)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Rawson Marshall Thurber) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Finding Neverland</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Marc Forster) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Good Bye, Lenin!</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Wolfgang Becker)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >I Heart Huckabees</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (David O. Russell)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Million Dollar Baby</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Clint Eastwood)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Hero</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Zhang Yimou)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Hotel Rwanda</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Terry George)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Shaun of the Dead</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Edgar Wright)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Super Size Me</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Morgan Spurlock)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Team America: World Police</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Trey Parker)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Vera Drake</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Mike Leigh)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B-</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Collateral</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Michael Mann)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Chorus/Les Choristes</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Christophe Barratier) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Door in the Floor</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Tod Williams)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >House of Flying Daggers</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Zhang Yimou)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >In Good Company</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Paul Weitz)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Kinsey</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Bill Condon)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Maria Full of Grace</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Joshua Marston)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Meet the Fockers</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jay Roach)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Saw</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (James Wan)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Shrek 2</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C<span style="font-style: italic;">+</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Birth</span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jonathan Glazer)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Closer</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Mike Nichols)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/search?q=dear+frankie"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Dear Frankie</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Shona Auerbach)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Dreamers</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Bernardo Bertolucci)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Notre Musique</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jean-Luc Godard)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Phantom of the Opera</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Joel Schumacher)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Ray</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Taylor Hackford)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Sea Inside</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Alejandro Amenábar)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Sideway</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Alexander Payne)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Suspect Zero</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (E. Elias Merhige)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >13 Going on 30</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Gary Winick)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Adam McKay)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >C.S.A.: Confederate States of America</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Kevin Willmott)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Eurotrip</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jeff Schafer)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Machinist</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Brad Anderson)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Spanglish</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (James L. Brooks)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Wimbeldon</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Richard Loncraine)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C<span style="font-style: italic;">-</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Assassination of Richard Nixon</span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Niels Muller)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Being Julia</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (István Szabó)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Sara Sugarman)</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/08/cutie-honey-hideaki-anno-2004-c.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Cutie Honey</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Hideaki Anno)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >De-Lovely</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Irwin Winkler)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Garden State</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Zach Braff)</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://rantsofadiva.blogspot.com/2008/11/rants-on-latter-days.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Latter Days</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (C. Jay Cox)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Motorcycle Diaries</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Walter Salles)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Notebook</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Nick Cassavetes)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Open Water</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Chris Kentis) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >3</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Secret Window</span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (David Koepp)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Starsky and Hutch</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Todd Phillips)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Sugar</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (John Palmer)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Taking Lives</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (D.J. Caruso)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D<span style="font-style: italic;">+</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Clearing</span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Pieter Jan Brugge)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Manchurian Candidate</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jonathan Demme)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Miracle</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Gavin O'Connor)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Ocean's 12</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Steven Soderbergh)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Stage Beauty</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Richard Eyre)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Stepford Wives</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Frank Oz)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Village</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (M. Night Shyalaman)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >After the Sunset</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Brett Ratner)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Cellular</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (David R. Ellis)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >I'll Sleep When I'm Dead</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Mike Hodges)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Napoleon Dynamite</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jared Hess)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >National Treasure</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jon Turteltaub)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Silver City</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (John Sayles)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Twisted</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Philip Kaufman)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D-<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Primer</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Shane Carruth)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Shall We Dance?</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Peter Chelsom)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >F</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Alfie</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Charles Shyer)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Butterfly Effect</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Day After Tomorrow</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Roland Emmerich)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Forgotten</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Joseph Ruben)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Grudge</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Takashi Shimizu)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Sky Captain and the World Tomorrow</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Kerry Conran)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Troy</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Wolfgang Petersen)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Welcome to Mooseport</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Donald Petrie)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Major Diva Cup Award Nominees:<br /><br />Best Picture</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dogville<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span><br />Fahrenheit 9/11<br />Mean Girls<br />Kill Bill Volume 2<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />Best Director</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Pedro Almodóvar, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Bad Education</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Michel Gondry, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Michael Moore, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Fahrenheit 9/11</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Quentin Tarantino, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Kill Bill Volume 2</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Lars von Trier, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Dogville</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Actor</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Gael Garcia Bernal, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Bad Education</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />Jim Carrey, <span style="font-style: italic;">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Leonardo DiCaprio, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Aviator</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Clint Eastwood, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Million Dollar Baby</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Steve Sandvoss, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Latter Days</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Best Actress</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Nicole Kidman, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Dogville</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Natalie Portman, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Garden State</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Imelda Staunton, <span style="font-style: italic;">Vera Drake</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Uma Thurman, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Kill Bill Volume 2</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Kate Winslet, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Best Supporting Actor</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Paul Bettany, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Dogville</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >David Carradine, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Kill Bill Volume 2</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Morgan Freeman, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Million Dollar Baby</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Clive Owen, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Closer</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Mark Wahlberg, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >I Heart Huckabees</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Best Supporting Actress</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Patricia Clarkson, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Dogville</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Minnie Driver, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Phantom of the Opera</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Daryl Hannah, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Kill Bill Volume 2</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Rachel McAdams, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Mean Girls</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Natalie Portman, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Closer</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7231479795993248683-7979124678188124873?l=rantsofadivaawards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dame Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231479795993248683.post-9813088955577047422003-06-01T09:53:00.000-07:002010-02-16T18:25:27.150-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SVUhipfBuII/AAAAAAAAC64/1xUx3y5WiKo/s1600-h/1939.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/SVUhipfBuII/AAAAAAAAC64/1xUx3y5WiKo/s400/1939.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284166616924403842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />29 Films Screened</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Numbers in bold indicate number of screenings</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />A</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Gone With the Wind</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Victor Fleming) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >20+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Rules of the Game</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Jean Renoir) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >3</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Wizard of Oz</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Victor Fleming) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >3</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><br />A-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Frank Capra)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Women</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (George Cukor) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />B+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Five Came Back</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (John Farrow)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Ninotchka</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Ernst Lubitsch)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Only Angels Have Wings</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Howard Hawks)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Dark Victory</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Edmund Goulding)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/07/love-affair-leo-mccarey-1939-b-x2.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Love Affair</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Leo McCarey) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Stagecoach</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (John Ford) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >3</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Destry Rides Again</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (George Marshall)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Le Jour se Lève</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Marcel Carné)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Old Maid</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Edmund Goulding)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />C+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Beau Geste</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (William Wellman)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Gunga Din</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (George Stevens)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Michael Curtiz)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />C</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/jesse-james-henry-king-1939-c-return-of.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Jesse James</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Henry King)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Roaring Twenties</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (James Cagney)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (H.C. Potter)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Babes in Arms</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Busby Berkeley)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >In Name Only</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (John Cromwell)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Midnight</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Mitchell Leisen)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />D+</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Golden Boy</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Rouben Mamoulian)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Goodbye, Mr. Chips</span><span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Sam Wood)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/wuthering-heights-william-wyler-1939-c.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Wuthering Heights</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (William Wyler)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/drums-along-mohawk-john-ford-1939-d.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Drums Along the Mohawk</span></a></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (John Ford)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Idiot's Delight</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Clarence Brown)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Young Mr. Lincoln</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (John Ford)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D-<br /><br />F<br /><br />Major Diva Cup Award Nominees:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Best Picture</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dark Victory<br />Five Came Back<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gone With the Wind</span><br />Mr. Smith Goes to Washington<br />Ninotchka<br />Only Angels Have Wings<br />The Rules of the Game<br />Stagecoach<br />The Wizard of Oz<br />The Women<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />Best Director</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">George Cukor, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Women</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Victor Fleming, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Gone With the Wind</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Victor Fleming, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Wizard of Oz</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Ernst Lubitsch, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Ninotchka</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Jean Renoir, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Rules of the Game</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Best Actor</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Charles Boyer, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Love Affair</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Henry Fonda, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Young Mr. Lincoln</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Clark Gable, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Gone With the Wind</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Cary Grant, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Only Angels Have Wings</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >James Stewart, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />Best Actress</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Jean Arthur, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Bette Davis, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Dark Victory</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Greta Garbo, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Ninotchka</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Judy Garland, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Wizard of Oz</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Vivien Leigh, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Gone With the Wind</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Best Supporting Actor</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Ray Bolger, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Wizard of Oz</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Jack Haley, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Wizard of Oz</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Bert Lahr, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Wizard of Oz</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Thomas Mitchell, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Gone With the Wind, Stagecoach</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Claude Rains, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Best Supporting Actress</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Olivia de Havilland, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Gone With the Wind</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Greer Garson, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Goodbye, Mr. Chips</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Paulette Goddard, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Women</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Hattie McDaniel, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Gone With the Wind</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Rosalind Russell, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Women</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7231479795993248683-981308895557704742?l=rantsofadivaawards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dame Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7231479795993248683.post-87239653237944658952002-05-01T21:31:00.000-07:002010-02-20T20:28:24.619-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/Sa9urDLUfFI/AAAAAAAADM8/6ofr6l7iRhc/s1600-h/silent+era.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AyezJdxKHM4/Sa9urDLUfFI/AAAAAAAADM8/6ofr6l7iRhc/s400/silent+era.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309584171559320658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">76 Films Screened</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Numbers in bold indicate number of screenings</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Big Parade</span> (King Vidor, 1925) <span style="font-weight: bold;">5</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/cheat-cecil-b-demille-1915-x2.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Cheat</span></a> (Cecil B. 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Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1927)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />J'Accuse</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Abel Gance, 1919)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Kid</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Charles Chaplin, 1921)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >La Roue</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Abel Gance, 1923)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans</span> (F.W. Murnau, 1927)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Within Our Gates</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Oscar Micheaux, 1920)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >A Woman of Paris</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Charles Chaplin, 1923)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Adventures of Prince Achmed</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Lotte Reiniger and Carl Koch, 1926)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >College</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Buster Keaton and James W. Horne, 1927)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Häxan [Witchcraft Through the Ages]</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Benjamin Christensen, 1922)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Safety Last</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, 1923)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Seven Chances</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Buster Keaton, 1925)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Seven Years Bad Luck</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Max Linder, 1921)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Spring Fever</span> (Edward Sedgwick, 1927)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >B-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >It</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Clarence C. Badger, 1927)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >La Boheme</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (King Vidor, 1926)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Love</span> (Edmund Goulding, 1927)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Souls for Sale</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Rupert Hughes, 1923)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Tell It to the Marines</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (George W. Hill, 1926)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Three Ages</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Buster Keaton, 1923)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Wings</span> (William A. Wellman, 1927)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Beyond the Rocks</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Sam Wood, 1922) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Birth of a Nation</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (D.W. Griffith, 1915)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Camille</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Ray C. Smallwood, 1921)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Conquering Power</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Rex Ingram, 1921)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Exit Smiling</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Sam Taylor, 1926)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Go West</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Buster Keaton, 1925)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Greed</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Erich von Stroheim, 1924) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Michael</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1924) </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >2</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Moran of the Lady Letty</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (George Melford, 1922)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Scarlet Letter</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Victor Sjöström, 1926)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Show</span> (Tod Browning, 1927)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/toll-of-sea-chester-m-franklin-1922-c.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Toll of the Sea</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Chester M. Franklin, 1922)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Unknown</span> (Tod Browning, 1927)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Ace of Hearts</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Wallace Worsley, 1921)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Broken Blossoms</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (D.W. Griffith, 1919)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Cat and the Canary</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Paul Leni, 1927)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Hunchback of Notre Dame</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Wallace Worsley, 1923)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Jazz Singer</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Alan Crosland, 1927)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">My Best Girl</span> (Sam Taylor, 1927)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Orphans of the Storm</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (D.W. Griffith, 1921)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Phantom of the Opera</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Rupert Julian, 1925)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Temptress</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Fred Niblo, 1926)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Red Lily</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Fred Niblo, 1924)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Symbol of the Unconquered</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Oscar Micheaux, 1920)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >C-</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Cleopatra</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Charles L. Gaskill, 1912)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" href="http://divafilmscreenings.blogspot.com/2008/06/dragon-painter-william-worthington-1919.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Dragon Painter</span></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (William Worthington, 1919)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Merry Widow</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Erich von Stroheim, 1925)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Monster</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Roland West, 1925)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Tillie's Punctured Romance</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Mack Sennett, 1914)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D+</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Affairs of Anatol</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Cecil B. DeMille, 1921)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Nosferatu</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (F.W. Murnau, 1922)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Phantom</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (F.W. Murnau, 1922)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Torrent</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Monta Bell, 1926)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />D<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Algie the Miner</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Alice Guy, 1912)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Rag Man</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Edward Cline, 1925)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >D-</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Amarilly of Clothesline Alley</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Marshall Neilan, 1918)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Bardelys the Magnificent</span> (King Vidor, 1926)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Two Arabian Knights</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Lewis Milestone, 1927)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Young Rajah</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Phil Rosen, 1922)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >F</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Delicious Little Devil</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Robert Z. Leonard, 1919)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Intolerance</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (D.W. Griffith, 1916)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Stolen Moments</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (James Vincent, 1920)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Uncle Tom's Cabin</span> (Harry A. Pollard, 1927)<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ten Best Films of the Silent Era</span></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span><br />1. <span style="font-style: italic;">Sherlock, Jr.</span><br />2. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Big Parade</span><br />3. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Cheat</span><br />4. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Navigator</span><br />5. <span style="font-style: italic;">The General</span><br />6. <span style="font-style: italic;">Metropolis</span><br />7. <span style="font-style: italic;">Nanook of the North</span><br />8. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse</span><br />9. <span style="font-style: italic;">Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ</span><br />10. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Gold Rush</span><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Ten Best Short Films of the Silent Era (in order of release)</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Arrive d'un train un gare á La Ciotat [Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat]</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (August and Louis Lumière, 1895)</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />Voyage to the Moon</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Georges Méliès, 1902)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Life of an American Fireman</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Edwin S. Porter, 1903)<span style="font-style: italic;"><br />The Great Train Robbery </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">(Edwin S. Porter, 1903)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Kid Auto Races at Venice</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Henry Lehrman, 1914)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Immigrant</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Charles Chaplin, 1917)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >One Week</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Buster Keaton and Edward Cline, 1920)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Playhouse</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Buster Keaton, 1921)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Cops</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Buster Keaton, 1922)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Long Fliv the King</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> (Leo McCarey, 1926)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Ten Best Male Performances of the Silent Era (in alphabetical order)</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Lon Chaney, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Hunchback of Notre Dame</span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />Lon Chaney, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Phantom of the Opera</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Charlie Chaplin, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Gold Rush</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Charlie Chaplin, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Kid</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">John Gilbert, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Big Parade</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Sessue Hayakawa, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Cheat</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Buster Keaton, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Navigator<br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Buster Keaton, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Sherlock, Jr.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Max Schreck, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Nosferatu</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Rudolph Valentino, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" >Ten Best Female Performances of the Silent Era (in alphabetical order)</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Renée Adorée, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Big Parade</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Eleanor Boardman, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Souls for Sale</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Clara Bow, <span style="font-style: italic;">It</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Lillian Gish, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >La Boheme</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Lillian Gish, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Scarlet Letter</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Kathryn McGuire, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Navigator</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Alla Nazimova, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Camille</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Mary Pickford, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >Sparrows</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Edna Purviance, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >A Woman of Paris</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Fanny Ward, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >The Cheat</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7231479795993248683-8723965323794465895?l=rantsofadivaawards.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dame Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.com0