My Cinematic Bucket List

Valerie talks about the last Oscar nominated movie she got to watch - the other two are not available for streaming! One day before the big night! Don't forget to follow along on My Cinematic Bucket List Facebook page starting around 6:45 PM on Sunday, March 11, 2024.

Valerie discusses Greta Gerwig's runaway hit Barbie.

Valerie talks about the dreamy romantic movie, Past Lives, directed by Grace Song.

Valerie sits down and discusses her summer 2023 viewing of Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy.

Valerie talks about Maestro, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper, and Carey Mulligan.

Today's episode is director Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe.

Today's episode is about Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall, starring Sandra Huller, Milo Machado Graner, and Swann Arlaud.

Each day for the 10 days before the 2024 Academy Awards, one of the nominees for Best Picture will be reviewed. Today's mini-review will be Alexander Payne's The Holdovers, starring Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Rudolph, and Dominic Sessa.

Valerie watches Edward Yang's epic about a middle-class family in Taiwan and mentions the activity in and around awards season.

Valerie revisits one of the jewels in Martin Scorsese's crown, which stars the late Ray Liotta, and Scorsese's usual suspects.

The long-awaited episode starts off the new year. Happy New Year, everybody! Valerie discusses Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpiece. (TW: Sexual Assault)

The holidays took over Valerie's life, so she decided to talk about a movie that's been on her list for a while, The Muppet Christmas Carol. Everyone talks about it, so Valerie decided she wanted to see what the fuss was about.

Valerie takes a break from the list to talk about what she's been watching during the Halloween season.

Valerie watches a movie long put off - only her second Gene Hackman movie. Learn who Hackman is to GenXrs and see if she enjoyed The French Connection. Show Notes: The French Connection: Between Myth and Reality by Alexandre Marchant https://www.cairn-int.info/article-E_VIN_115_0089--the-french-connection-between-myths.htm The Best Car Chases in Movies, Ranked by Callum Jones https://movieweb.com/...

Valerie rode the rails to watch #93 on the British Film Institute list, The Leopard, and became a new Burt Lancaster fan.

Love him or hate him, you can't deny that Quentin Tarantino's 1994 breakout movie, Pulp Fiction, made him a household name. Valerie watches the full picture for the first time since she saw it in the theater and has a few revelations.

Back with the first episode of season 2, Valerie watches the 1953 movie ranking at #94 on the BFI list: The Earrings of Madame de..., directed by Max Orphuls and based on the book by Louise de Vilmorin. Valerie discusses the characters' motivations while trying not to butcher the French language severely. Does she succeed? You decide.

Valerie takes the time to rate the movies she watched this season from the BFI, AFI, and 2023 Academy Award Nomination Lists.

Another French film enters the British Film List at #94. This one is based on a true story and Valerie talks about the simplicity of the story while remaining suspenseful.

Valerie watches one of the reasons why she was interested in doing this viewing challenge, The Last Picture Show.

Valerie swoons over the next movie on the list: Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, scored by Ennio Morricone. Now she's obsessed. Music credits: Ennio Morricone, https://youtu.be/YVm-x0RJjTA

Valerie rewatches the "dangerous" film by Spike Lee and has a bone to pick about Mookie's pizza delivery style. This is the first film on both the AFI and BFI lists.

Back to business: next up on the British Film Institute's list is Apichatpong Weerasethakul's 2004 movie, Tropical Malady. Valerie discusses her experience watching this dreamy and artistic film.

Valerie talks about the nominees and the winner of the Academy Award for Best Score. Show Notes: NPR Interview with Volker Bertelmann - https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1161051165/how-volker-bertelmann-created-the-score-for-all-quiet-on-the-western-front Includes snippets of music from: Babylon by Justin Hurwitz The Banshees of Inisherin by Carter Burwell Everything Everywhere All at Once by Son Lux...

Valerie talks about her favorite moments at the 95th Academy Awards held Sunday, March 12th, and whether or not she was surprised at who won and who didn't get the Oscar.