best biographical films (post 1990)

in no particular order

35.The Pianist- Roman Polanski -2002
34.Elizabeth-Shekhar Kapur -1998
33.JFK - Oliver STone -1991
32.Chaplin-Richard Attenborough-1992
31.the People vs. Larry Flynt - Milos Forman -1996
30.American Splendor- Shari Springer Berman&Robert Pulcini -2003
29.Che- Steven Soderbergh- 2008
28.Ray - Taylor Hackford -2004
27.The Pursuit of Happyness -Gabriele Muccino-2006
26.Schindler's List - Steven Speilberg -1993
25.What's Love Got to Do with It - Brian Gibson -1993
24.Milk _ Gus Van Sant - 2008
23.Walk the Line - James Mangold - 2005
22.The world's Fastest Indian - Roger Donaldson - 2005
21.The Insider -1999-Micheal Mann
20. Monster - Patty Jenkins - 2003
19. Ali -Micheal Mann- 2001
18. Man on the Moon -Milos Foreman- 1999
17. Shine - Scott Hicks -1996
16. Frida - Julie Taymor - 2002
15.The Aviator - Martin Scorsese - 2004
14.A beautiful Mind - Ron Howard -2001
13.Malcolm X - Spike Lee -1992
12.Before Night Falls- Julian Schnabel- 2000
11.The queen -Stephen Frears - 2006
10. Der Untergang (Downfall)- Oliver Hirschbiegel - 2004
9.Braveheart - Mel Gibson - 1995
8.Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) - Julian Schnabel-2007
7.Mar Adentro (the Sea Inside) -Alejandro Cantos -2004
6.Mangal Pandey: The Rising- Ketan Mehta- 2005
5.Persepolis -Marjane Satrapi- 2007
4.Vals im Bashir (waltz with Bashir) - Ari Folman -2008
3.In the Name of the Father - Jim Sheridan -1993
2.Cinderella Man - Ron Howard -2005
1.The Straight Story -David Lynch - 1999

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Oscar Predictions-Film Awards (i)

Best Director Most likely winner : Steven Spielberg for Lincoln. Leaving out Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow and Quentin Tarantino pretty much made this Spielberg's to lose. And doesn't reflect too well on the Academy either. Backup Pick : David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook. The production company of Weinstein have been campaigning hard for this and it's a good film with the acting performances set up well. The thing about best director is it's the easiest award to give to someone the academy likes because it's ambiguous and the academy doesn't really love Russell. Most deserving : Michel Haneke for Amour. Haneke has the most carefully crafted film here. All in all it is definitely his film in every scene. His presence is all around the film and it is an excellent film. If they give it for the greatest impact a director has on the film, this is it. Best Adapted Screenplay Most li...

10 (20th century) novels that you can summarize the plot of in two lines. and completely miss what makes it good.

10. Remembrance of Things Past ( À la recherche du temps perdu ) - Marcel Proust - 1913–1927 Summary: A man remembers large parts of his past, involuntarily. All because of an incident where he dips a madeleine into tea. In a book where basically nothing happens except the very ordinary life of the narrator, the story still manages to capture one's attention. Also the author manages to make every experience, thought and emotion seem as something that everyone has either experienced or can relate to. Written with almost every word in the vocabulary, it is condensation of innumerable literary, structural, stylistic, and thematic possibilities. 9.Ulysses - James Joyce - 1922 Summary : The entire book follows a day in the life of Leopold Bloom on 16th June 1904 through the streets of Dublin. A deceptively simple plot but while reading the plot itself becomes secondary or even forgotten. Most of what makes this book a classic are the hundreds of references and allusions to other works...

a list about plays (post 1950)

The general perception is good plays stopped being written. That all the plays being performed which remain popular are classics and there is no place for the playwright in the current dramatic world. The role of the playwright has been diminished but good plays have not become extinct in the 20th and 21st century.This list will attempt to reflect that by giving a selection of excellent plays written (and performed) after 1950. 20. Prelude to a Kiss- Craig Lucas. Premiered in California in 1988. Quick Description: Thought to be a metaphor for AIDS. A story about the switching of bodies between a new bride and an old man and how the husband must find the old man while keeping his love alive. Something of a Sci-fi style and one of the most original works in recent times. 19. Long Day's Journey Into Night - Eugene O'Neill.premiered in Stockholm at the Royal Dramatic theatre in 1956. quick summary: A play about addiction and how it affects everyone around the addict.The characters ...

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