This is getting hard. I wanted to leave room for James Stewart and George C. Scott. I wanted at least one Nicholson or Pacino. I toyed with the idea of leaving spots empty for all the actors I no doubt forgot. But, lists must be made, and so here are...

Last week, when I selected my ten nominees for the greatest supporting actor performance of all-time, I immediately got complaints from virtually everyone I know, as well as a lot of people I didn't know. Everyone was very polite about it. And they all had defensible selections of their own....

This is, as the title says, obligatory. Whether you work in an office or a garage, have a nationally syndicated radio talk show or a lone friend you Skype with in Argentina, you will very likely express an opinion on the Oscar nominations. I intend to write something soon about...

One is a world of civilized men using a deliberative, legislative process to resolve volatile social issues. The other, a world of brave men using firearms (and a few sticks of dynamite) to resolve a volatile personal issue. Which world do you want to live in? Stephen Spielberg's Lincoln, or...

David Thomson, just about the most perceptive film critic of the last 25 years, wrote this line in a critique of Rob Reiner's 1990 film Misery: "... it settled for the basic character setup rather than (being) a film about two tyrants, competing for authorship." Well, Paul Thomas Anderson knows...