And the Winner Is…
And the Winner Is…
The biggest night in Hollywood may only happen once this year, but we are starting the party a little early with a showdown between some of our favorite Best Picture winners and their greatest contenders. Whichever film in each showdown has the highest attendance will be crowned the winner at our annual Oscars® Party!
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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
ETHAN COEN, JOEL COEN | USA | 2007 | 122 MIN | R | ENGLISH, SPANISH
January 12 | 6:30 PM /// January 18 | 7:00 PM /// January 20 | 3:30 PM
Joel and Ethan Coen’s taut neo-western is a brooding and dark masterpiece about the uncertain fates of three very different men hellbent on recovering a large sum of money at the Texas-Mexican border. Best Picture Winner 2008
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON | USA | 2023 | 158 MIN | R | ENGLISH, ASL
January 4 | 7:00 PM /// January 20 | 6:15 PM
Like the large oil rigs spread across Daniel Plainview’s growing empire, Paul Thomas Anderson delivers a towering achievement in crafting a larger-than-life character while debunking the sanctity of the American Dream with greed, hypocrisy, and one momentous milkshake. Lost to NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
TITANIC
JAMES CAMERON | USA | 1997 | 194 MIN | PG-13 | ENGLISH, SWEDISH, ITALIAN, FRENCH
January 7 | 3:00 PM /// January 13 | 12:00 PM
The unsinkable James Cameron merged spectacle with romance in this mammoth ocean liner epic about a poor Leonardo DiCaprio wooing upper crust, and floating debris hogger, Kate Winslet during the titular ship’s tragic maiden voyage. Best Picture Winner 1998
GOOD WILL HUNTING
GUS VAN SANT | USA | 1997 | 126 MIN | R | ENGLISH
January 7 | 7:00 PM /// January 13 | 4:00 PM
Two Cambridge boys teamed up to write and star in this beloved drama from Gus Van Sant about a math wiz janitor, his caring therapist, and a Dunkin’ enthusiast navigating the world of academia and townie bars. Lost to TITANIC
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
MILOŠ FORMAN | USA | 1975 | 133 MIN | R | ENGLISH
January 13 | 4:30 PM /// January 14 | 3:00 PM
The conniving Randle McMurphy’s attempt to escape hard labor by faking his insanity blows up in his face when he meets his match in the mental institution’s tyrannical Nurse Ratched in Miloš Forman’s adaptation of the Ken Kesey counterculture classic. Best Picture Winner 1976
NASHVILLE
ROBERT ALTMAN | USA | 1975 | 160 MIN | R | ENGLISH | 4K
January 13 | 12:30 PM /// January 14 | 6:00 PM /// January 27 | 7:30 PM
Bursting with comedy, romance, drama and a whole lot of great music, Robert Altman’s magnum opus descends upon the country music capital of the world to weave an unprecedented epic as dozens of characters careen towards a star-studded rally in this defining American classic. Lost to ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
WILLIAM FRIEDKIN | USA | 1971 | 104 MIN | R | ENGLISH, FRENCH
February 1 | 7:00 PM /// February 17 | 2:00 PM
Director William Friedkin swerves through frighteningly addicting car chases and a heated cat-and-mouse hunt between a determined Gene Hackman and an elusive drug smuggler in this 1971 thriller. Best Picture Winner 1972
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
PETER BOGDANOVICH | USA | 1971 | 118 MIN | R | ENGLISH | 4K
February 3 | 7:30 PM /// February 17 | 4:15 PM
In a small Texas town, two high school seniors wade through the complexities of adolescence and their eroding community in Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 cinematic contribution to the coming-of-age genre. Lost to THE FRENCH CONNECTION
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
ROBERT WISE | USA | 1965 | 172 MIN | G | ENGLISH, GERMAN | 4K
February 3 | 12:00 PM /// February 10 | 4:30 PM
Filled with magnificent songs and performances, this timeless tale follows Julie Andrews’ governess Maria frollicking through the alps with seven singing little rascals in her wake as news of the Third Reich’s advancement ominously grows. Best Picture Winner 1966
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
DAVID LEAN | ITALY, UK, USA | 1965 | 197 MIN | PG-13 | ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, FRENCH | 4K
February 3 | 3:30 PM /// February 10 | 12:00 PM
Master historical epic filmmaker David Lean focuses on the dizzying love story that emerges between Omar Sharif and Julie Christie as the world around them changes forever at the advent of the Russian Revolution and ensuing civil war. Lost to THE SOUND OF MUSIC
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
VINCENTE MINNELLI | USA | 1951 | 114 MIN | NR | ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN
February 4 | 6:00 PM /// February 11 | 3:00 PM
A year before Gene Kelly took to the rainy streets of LA, he was tapping his way across the City of Lights in this superb musical about a GI attempting to make a name for himself as an artist, but messy love affairs and a comedy of errors jeopardize his knack for rhythm. Best Picture Winner 1952
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
ELIA KAZAN | USA | 1951 | 122 MIN | NR | ENGLISH, SPANISH
February 4 | 3:00 PM /// February 11 | 5:30 PM
Through soul crushing performances and Elia Kazan’s vivid direction, Tennessee Williams’ heated play comes to life when Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) visits her sister in New Orleans following a tragedy and encounters her intimidating brute brother-in-law, Stanley (Marlon Brando). Lost to AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
JOHN SCHLESINGER | USA | 1969 | 113 MIN | NR | ENGLISH, ITALIAN
March 2 | 4:30 PM /// March 4 | 4:00 & 7:00 PM
The exploits of two hustlers, Ratso and Joe Buck, and their struggle for survival among the neon lights and dark alleys of New York City’s derelict streets has continued to keep everybody talkin’ since its controversial award-winning release. Best Picture Winner 1970
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
GEORGE ROY HILL | USA, MEXICO | 1969 | 110 MIN | PG | ENGLISH, SPANISH
February 28 | 7:00 PM
Uniting their undeniable star power for the first time, Paul Newman and Robert Redford cavort across the southwest as sharp shooting outlaws dead set on pulling off high stakes train robberies until they find themselves on the run from a dangerous posse. Lost to MIDNIGHT COWBOY
THE STING
GEORGE ROY HILL | USA | 1973 | 129 MIN | PG | ENGLISH | 4K
March 3 | 4:15 PM /// March 5 | 4:00 & 7:00 PM
Set during the Great Depression, the cunning Paul Newman and Robert Redford try to swindle mobsters out of their fortune through a hilariously entertaining, thrilling, and convoluted long con all to the tune of classic ragtime. Best Picture Winner 1974
CRIES AND WHISPERS
INGMAR BERGMAN | SWEDEN | 1972 | 91 MIN | R | SWEDISH, GERMAN, DANISH
March 3 | 7:00 PM /// March 6 | 4:00 & 7:00 PM
Ingmar Bergman creates a dramatic and visual souffle, doused in red, when two sisters (Ingrid Thulin and Liv Ullmann) attempt to comfort their cancer-stricken sibling (Harriet Andersson), but their own grief and past resentment threaten to keep them apart. Lost to THE STING
BRAVEHEART
MEL GIBSON | USA | 1995 | 178 MIN | R | ENGLISH, FRENCH, GAELIC, LATIN
March 9 | 3:00 PM /// March 10 | 3:00 & 6:30 PM
Best Director winner Mel Gibson cries for freedom in his historical epic about Sir William Wallace’s exploits in leading the charge against King Edward I in the First War of Scottish Independence. Best Picture Winner 1996
BABE
CHRIS NOONAN | AUSTRALIA, USA, UK | 1995 | 91 MIN | G | ENGLISH
March 9 | 1:00 PM /// March 10 | 1:00 PM
In this joyous and comforting tale of friendship and benevolence, the unforgettable Babe becomes ingrained in a kind English farmer’s livestock and learns how to become a bonafide sheep-herder. Lost to BRAVEHEART