My All-Time Academy Award Winners

Paul Newman in The Verdict, my best actor winner

The premise here is simple. These are the Academy Award winners from all films ever made as selected by yours truly. I have ten nominees in each category. The winner is listed first and is in bold. The remaining films on each list are in no particular order except for the categories of best foreign language films and best motion pictures. I was going to note which ones won actual Academy Awards but I don’t have enough respect for the Oscars to be bothered.

Best Editing

Dede Allen -- Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Lumet

Tom Rolf and Melvin Shapiro -- Taxi Driver (1976) Scorsese 

Bill Butler -- A Clockwork Orange (1971) Kubrick

Lee Catozzo -- 8 1/2 (1963) Fellini

Dorothy Spencer -- Foreign Correspondent (1940) Hitchcock

Thelma Schoonmaker -- Goodfellas (1990) Scorsese 

Ulla Ryghe -- Persona (1966) Bergman

David Bretherton -- Cabaret (1972) Fosse

Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia -- JFK (1991) Stone

Norman Gay and Evan A. Portman -- The Exorcist  (1973) Friedkin

Best Cinemaphotography

Gordon Willis -- Manhattan (1979) Allen

Winton C. Hoch --The Searchers (1956) Ford

John Alcott -- Barry Lyndon (1975) Kubrick

Christopher Doyle, Pun Leung Kwan and Ping Bin Lee -- In the Mood for Love (2000) Wong

Gregg Toland -- Citizen Kane (1941) Welles

Joseph H. August -- The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) Dieterle

Stanley Cortez -- The Night of the Hunter (1955) Laughton

Lukasz Zal -- Cold War (2018) Pawlikowski

Georgi Rerberg -- Mirror (1975) Tarkovsky

Jost Vacano -- Das Boot (1981) Peterson

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nunnally Johnson -- Grapes of Wrath (1940) Ford

John Huston -- Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Huston

Peter Bogdanovich -- The Last Picture Show (1971) Bogdanovich

Sidney Buchman, Lewis R. Foster and Myles Connolly -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Capra

Steve Kloves  -- Wonder Boys (2000) Hanson

Sally Benson and Alma Reville -- Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Hitchcock

Sergio Amidei, Federico Fellini and Roberto Rossellini -- Rome: Open City (1945) Rossellini

Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur -- His Girl Friday (1940) Hawks

Gerard Brach and Roman Polanski -- Tess (1979) Polanski

Aki Kaurismäki -- La Vie de bohème (1992) Kaurismäki

Best Original Screenplay

Ethan and Joel Coen -- The Big Lebowski (1998) Coen

Robert Towne and Roman Polanski -- Chinatown (1974) Polanski

Jules J. Epstein, Howard Koch and Murray Burnett -- Casablanca (1942) Curtiz

Haruki Murakami, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Ôe -- Drive My Car (2021) Hamaguchi

Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman Jr. -- Sunset Blvd. (1950) Wilder

Woody Allen -- Midnight in Paris (2011) Allen

Louis Malle -- Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987) Malle

Paul Schrader -- Taxi Driver (1976) Scorsese 

Quentin Tarantino -- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) Tarantino
Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis -- Groundhog Day (1993) Ramis

Best Documentary Feature

Hearts and Minds (1974) Davis

Monterey Pop (1968) Pennebaker

The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) Ophüls

When We Were Kings (1996) Gast

Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) Bahr,  Hickenlooper and E. Coppola

Shoah (1995) Lanzman

Woodstock (1970) Wadleigh

Wild Man Blues (1997) Kopple

Grizzly Man (2005) Herzog

Chris & Don. A Love Story (2007) Mascara/Santi

Best Foreign Language Film

Winter Light (1963) Bergman

Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987) Malle

Stalker (1979) Tarkovsky 

The Seventh Seal (1957) Bergman

Fallen Leaves (2023) Kaurismäki

Nights of Carbiria (1957) Fellini

Rome: Open City (1945) Rossellini

8 1/2 (1963) Fellini

In the Mood for Love (2000) Wong

Umberto D (1952) De Sica

Best Supporting Actor

Edward G. Robinson — Double Indemnity (1944) Wilder

Christoph Waltz — Inglorious Basterds (2009) Tarantino

Lew Ayres -- Holiday (1938) Cukor

James Gleason — Meet John Doe (1941) Capra

Joe Pesci — Goodfellas (1990) Scorsese

Walter Huston — The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) Dieterle

Thomas Mitchell —  It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Capra

Robert Downey Jr. — Zodiac (2007) Fincher

Javier Bardem — No Country for Old Men (2007) Coen

Samuel L. Jackson — Pulp Fiction (1994) Tarantino

Best Supporting Actress

Jane Darwell — Grapes of Wrath (1940) Ford

Claire Trevor — Stagecoach (1939) Ford

Angela Lansbury — The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Frankenheimer

Cloris Leachman — The Last Picture Show (1971) Bogdanovich

Dianne Weist — Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Allen

Janet Leigh — Psycho (1960) Hitchcock
Carey Mulligan — Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Coens

Penelope Cruz — Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) Allen

Lupita Nyongo’o — 12 Years a Slave (2013) McQueen

Allison Janey — I, Tonya (2017) Gillespie

Best Lead Actor

Paul Newman — The Verdict (1982) Lumet

Al Pacino — The Godfather (1972) Coppola 

Jack Nicholson — The Last Detail (1973) Ashby

Casey Affleck — Manchester by the Sea (2016) Lonergan

Max Von Sydow — Through a Glass Darkly (1961) Bergman

Michael Keaton — Birdman (2014) Iñárritu

Colman Domingo — Rustin (2023) Wolfe

Al Pacino — Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Lumet

Paul Newman — Hud (1963) Ritt

Marcello Mastrioni — A Special Day (1977) Scola

Best Lead Actress

Gena Rowlands — A Woman Under the Influence (1974) Cassavetes

Cate Blanchett — Blue Jasmine (2013) Allen

Giulietta Masina — Nights of Carbiria (1957) Fellini

Bette Davis — The Letter (1940) Wyler

Ingrid Bergman — Stromboli (1950) Rossellini

Liv Ullman — Shame (1968) Bergman

Barbara Stanwyck — The Lady Eve (1941) Sturges

Gloria Swanson — Sunset Blvd. (1950) Wilder

Faye Dunaway — Chinatown (1974) Polanski

Liza Minelli— Cabaret (1972) Fosse

Best Director

Martin Scorsese — Goodfellas (1990) 

Howard Hawks His Girl Friday (1940) 

Roman Polanski -- Chinatown (1974) 

John Ford — The Searchers (1956)

Woody Allen — Match Point (2005) 

Ingmar Bergman -- Winter Light (1963) 

Andrei Tarkovsky — Stalker (1979) 

Peter Bogdanovich -- The Last Picture Show (1971) Bogdanovich

Federico Fellini -- 8 1/2 (1963) 

Francis Ford Coppola -- The Godfather (1972) 

Best Motion Picture

His Girl Friday (1940) Hawks

Manhattan (1979) Allen

Goodfellas (1990 Scorsese

The Last Picture Show (1971) Bogdanovich

The Godfather (1972) Coppola

Winter Light (1963) Bergman

Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987) Malle

Chinatown (1974) Polanski

The Searchers (1956) Ford

Duck Soup (1993) McCarey

I Re-Try Posting These Questions After a Previous Attempt was Mysteriously Banned

As I noted in my previous post The Blogger Team somehow deemed my post of last week unsuitable for innocent eyes. One had to agree to view sensitive material by clicking a link in order to see the post. The link did not work so in effect the post was verboten. I am reposting it here minus one question that I imagine was the reason for the controversy. It contained the word -- not a dirty one at all -- for the performance of oral sex on a woman. This work begins with a cu and ends with a us. Let's see if this version of the post avoids censorship.

Why do math teachers make kids solve problems? Isn’t it tough enough being in school without having to solve an adult’s problems?

Why is it whenever I go to Trader Joe’s they won’t accept anything in trade and insist on cash?

Did anyone else think that a cocktail was a specific kind of drink when they were a kid?

Do people who work tirelessly really never get tired?

If an email reminder doesn’t specify that it is a “friendly reminder” are we to assume it’s a hostile reminder?

Do you think fish ever feel like toweling off?

You hear about old coots, old codgers and old geezers but never about young ones. Why is that?

You always hear people say they hate goodbyes (especially long ones). Isn’t there anyone who enjoys goodbyes?

You hear about people barking up the wrong tree but never hear that someone was barking up the correct tree. Why is that?

Does the Game Show Network ever show episodes of The Blame Game? Is there a home version of the Blame Game?

Have two people named Andy ever hiked together in the Andes?

Why is that — checks notes —people are always checking their notes these days? Doesn’t anyone remember anything anymore?

If something can be far-fetched why can’t something else be near-fetched or just fetched? (And no, I’m not trying to make fetch happen).

I often hear of people making bucket lists. I’m surprised so many people own enough buckets to make a list of them. Why do people have so many buckets?

I’ve never seen a yard for sale at a yard sale nor a garage for sale at a garage sale. Can we talk about this?

Don’t you think sloths need a re-brand? Mustn't it suck to be named after one of the seven deadly sins?

Where's this box that people are supposed to think outside of?

Kids playing baseball are always saying they want a pitcher and not a belly itcher. What wrong with a belly itcher? Why doesn’t anyone want one?

Bathroom tissue and toilet paper are identical. What’s the deal here?

I often hear of something being a blessing in disguise. The obvious question here is: why would anyone disguise a blessing?

I sometimes hear people say that ‘someone has too much time on his hands.’ What is the proper amount of time for a person to have on their hands and who determines this?

You call the room you sleep in the bedroom because there’s a bed in it so why not call the kitchen the refrigerator room or oven room? Why not call the call the dinning room the dining table room? And how about referring to the living room as the sofa room?

Has someone ever said to you: “don’t get me wrong” but you went ahead and got them wrong anyway?

Why do they only give posthumous awards to the deceased? Seems unfair.

Many characters in films, TV and books have said the following: “I’m afraid I’ll have to insist.” But have you ever heard someone say it in ‘real life’?

I worked at a school where they changed the title of the receptionist to reception coordinator and another school where the janitors were renamed custodial services. Who do you suppose they were trying to kid?

Why NOT re-invent the wheel?

Why are they called cross country runners? I never hear of them running from coast to coast.

Why don’t Brits say “by jove” anymore?

If money can’t be happiness, can you trade for it?

Can a rolling stone gather moss if it wants to?

I Somehow Run Afoul of "The Blogger Team" and a Post is Censored

Can you see this post? My last one, from September 2, is currently unavailable to readers. 

A history: On Monday I celebrated Labor Day by putting up a post which was comprised solely of questions. I have done this before.

Here’s a sampling: 

Do people who work tirelessly really never get tired?

If an email reminder doesn’t specify that it is a “friendly reminder” are we to assume it’s a hostile reminder?

Do you think fish ever feel like toweling off?

Later that day I received an email from “the blogger team” telling me that my post violated their community guidelines and that there would be a warning in lieu of my post that indicated the post included “sensitive content.” Readers could clink on a link and view the post at their own peril.

I was stunned.

In my sixteen and half years blogging I’d never seen this before and here it was for such a benign, silly post. I quickly determined that “the blogger team” was probably offended by a single word. Obviously I can’t use it hear lest this post be similarly flagged. The word is the technical term for the performance of oral sex on a woman. It begins with a “c” and ends with a “us.” It is not in the slightest bit offensive nor had I used it in an offensive manner. The question in which it was used was: “Does it bother anyone else that cumulus cloud sounds a lot like c———-us cloud?”

It was not an issue worth fighting over so I removed the question. Magically my post appeared for all the world to see.

But today “the summary is not available” is there again and again one must click a link to view the post. Clicking the link takes you to a page titled “sensitive content warning” and you have to click “I understand and I wish to continue” in order to view the post. That link does not work. At the risk of being obvious that means the post is not available for viewing despite the fact that it most certainly worthy of a PG, if not a G rating. (NOTE: On 9/8 I finally removed the original post and re-posted minus the "nasty word.")

Censorship!

What’s particularly odd about this is that less than a month ago I posted a short story called “Sexual Lessons From the Revolutions, The Sarah Levin Affair” that as one might guess included very clear references to the sexual act. That was fine. “The blogger team" didn’t utter a peep. It's also been fine when  I've used all manner of profanity including words beginning with f and sh.(Don't pretend you don't know what I mean.) But evidently the technical and by no means lewd term for a particular act was deemed inappropriate for the three-year-olds who read my blog.

Weird.

I don’t know if my post with questions is lost to the world or if it will ever return for viewing and I don’t know why it went away after having passed muster. I don’t know if some conservative group has taken over “the blogger team” or there was a glitch in the system or someone’s messing with me or this is all a dream and the alarm will go off soon. Maybe it wasn't that word at all, but if not, then what? Perhaps more will be revealed. If so I’ll keep you posted.

Below is the email “the blogger team sent me.” Make of it what you will. (I think they’ve gone screwy.)

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