The winners, the losers, the snubs, the backstories, the gossip, the players and the games… it’s all about Oscar!
The 31 Days of Oscar blogathon, hosted by myself, Aurora of Once Upon A Screen, and Kellee of Outspoken and Freckled, continues. We’ve had two great weeks of submissions covering a wide variety of films from the silent era to this year’s nominees. So if you need more Oscar, you can also check out Week 1 and Week 2.
And now…these are the brilliant Week 3 posts, listed with Twitter handles (where available) so we can all find each other and converse.
Check out my completely random, probably totally wrong 2013 Oscar predictions, including a mini-review of Zero Dark Thirty.
“Glorious to look at, enchanting to listen to – a romance to remember…” My co-host Aurora (@CitizenScreen) reviews Midnight in Paris at Citizen Screenings.
Michael (@le0pard13) from It Rains… You Get Wet was a projectionist for a while, which I think eminently qualifies him to revise Oscar snubs from the 1970s and then make 1980s Oscar wrongs right as well.
Rich (@ratzo318) of Wide Screen World loves a good song and dance…for instance, octuple Oscar winner Cabaret.
The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) explores the connections between “spiritual sisters” and Oscar cinematography winners Black Narcissus and Apocalypse Now.
The Focused Filmographer (T, aka @FilmsWith_T) spotlights two criminally overlooked Oscar-worthy performances from 2012, one in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the other in Les Misérables.
Paul (@LassoTheMovies) from Lasso The Movies discusses the similarities between 1940’s and 2012’s Oscar nominees, particularly the diversity of genres.
Pete (@FuriousCinema) from Furious Cinema reviews The Master, “another masterwork from visionary filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
The Gal Herself discusses “the first time Mr. Lincoln was in the house,” 1940 Best Actor race at One Gal’s Musings.
Angela (@MaterialGirl850) of The Hollywood Revue analyzes and assesses “Oscar’s Most Awkward Year,” 1928-1929.
Murtaza (@apotofvestiges) reviews The Master, “a multifaceted work of cinema that can be enjoyed at so many levels,” at A Potpourri of Vestiges.
Dawn at Noir and Chick Flicks explores why Blood and Sand (1941) won Best Cinematography.
Dan (@PGCooper) from PG Cooper’s Movie Reviews takes a look at 12 classic films that, despite being worthy of Best Picture and Best Director nods, received none at all.
Lê (@startspreading) at Crítica Retrô gives her take on Oscar and the surprising 1950s.
Joel (@joelrwilliams1) of Joel’s Classic Film Passion appraises three Oscar-winning or -nominated foreign films from the 1980s.
R.A. (@925screenings) at Silver Screenings briefs us on why Miriam Hopkins was perfect for the role of Becky Sharp.
Karen (@TheDarkPages) highlights 10 Oscar-Less Dames Their Oscar-Worthy Roles at Shadows and Satin.
Kimberly (@glamamor) at GlamAmor surveys Audrey Hepburn’s amazing, and non-nominated, wardrobe in Two for the Road.
Marlee (@MarleeWalters) of Spoilers bestows the First Annual Muse Awards to Ida Lupino, Gene Tierney, and Gloria Grahame.
Paula's Cinema Club 
Thanks so much for inviting me to participate in this great blogathon and with such a worthy crowd. Lot of great articles I’m looking forward to reading, Paula.
You’re so welcome Michael! Thank you for your support and patience 🙂
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Hi, Paula:
Really great and very interesting diverse collection here.
Especially like Michael’s “Recants” of 1970s and 80s films!
Isn’t it? Michael’s posts are always super-high-quality 🙂
Now halfway through the month-long event I continue to be impressed by the entries. We’re a passionate lot, we are. Wonderful stuff – can’t wait to read them all.
Aurora
Me too Aurora, me too…looking forward to some awesome reading 🙂
Great contributions! I’ve been really enjoying reading them! Cheers to all the bloggers involved.:)
Thanks Pete! I agree, we’ve gotten a great bunch of posts 🙂
This has been a phenomenal blogathon Paula & Aurora! I’ll be working on my part this week, thanks so much for letting me take part.
Oh my goodness…thank you for writing something! It’s been a lot of fun and some great reading…I’m not even halfway through all the posts yet. Looking forward to learning all about Edith Head 🙂
Sorry I kept delaying my post, thanks to you & Aurora for being so patient. I’m sooo looking forward to writing about Edith. What a phenomenal woman. After seeing All About Eve and The Heiress recently, I definitely think she deserved all the awards she had gotten. I hope I get a chance to see The Sting before my post, but most likely I’ll watch it after 😀
No problem at all, doll. I have no idea how you write as much as you do. I think you will like THE STING a lot 🙂
Posted on the 21st from Caftan Woman: http://caftanwoman.blogspot.ca/2013/02/31-days-of-oscar-blogathon-oscars.html?showComment=1361478376532
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