We continue now onto our fourth Denzel Washington film; The Hurricane which saw him garner his second Best Actor nomination. Interestingly for me, this is the return to the blog of Norman Jewison, a man who had five Best Picture nominations and three Best Director nods during his career. I personally was unaware of his … Continue reading
As we’ve seen throughout this journey, David Lean is a director who has grand vision and scope. With Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia both giving a different perspective on the war film, Lean definitely excels in telling stories set around times of conflict. Continue reading
Following on from How the West Was Won; we look at another ensemble action film in the form of The Longest Day. Unlike the western though, The Longest Day isn’t an all-colour rambling epic but rather it’s a focused study on the events that led up to the D-Day Landing. Continue reading
We continue our Sidney Poitier retrospective by jumping forward four years to a ceremony in which the actor found himself starring in two Best Picture nominees. Oddly, Poitier didn’t find himself nominated for either film but his co-stars in the two films did pick up the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress. Continue reading
As we’ve seen in our past Brando posts, the star had lost three consecutive shots at winning the Best Actor prize. His luck finally changed a year later where he reunited with Streetcar director Elia Kazan and co-star Karl Malden. The film was Best Picture winner On the Waterfront, a piece that was based on … Continue reading
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