In the past 40 years only three Academy Award-winning films managed to break into the coveted top 60 all-time box office earners. Here’s Why.
Why are ‘Deep Culture Impact’ Films so Rare?
High Culture? Pop Culture? Shouldn’t a Great Film Impact DEEP Culture?
One helpful (if imperfect) way to estimate ‘deep culture’ impact is to look for films that have achieved success what at what Hollywood sometimes calls the “double bottom-line.”
100+ All-Time Top ‘Deep Culture Impact’ Films (2014)
Nearly two decades of using film to teach worldview to undergraduate students has resulted in a few surprises in which films have had the deepest cultural impact on a generation. Here’s our list of the top 25 films and our pick for “Best Deep Culture Impact” Film for 2013.
Adult Films: Why Oscars Ignore Movies About Millennials, by John Hanlon
SHORT TERM 12, THE SPECTACULAR NOW, and THE WAY, WAY BACK received as high or higher critical ratings than any of this year’s best picture nominees. So why weren’t any of them nominated?
Twelve Years a Slave to History: Why Academy Voters Often Miss the Real Best Picture
Odds are Brad Pitt and the TWELVE YEAR’S A SLAVE producing team will win best picture Sunday night. Yet history reveals that, when it comes to picking a film that will be recognized as truly great twelve years from now, Oscar voters often miss the mark.
Oscar Fail: Is an Academy Award a Reliable Indicator of a Truly Great Film?
Sunday’s Academy Awards show seeks to honor this year’s greatest film, yet history reveals that Oscar voters often miss the mark.
USC Twitter-Mining Computer Predicts Surprise Oscar Winner Tonight
By Marc Parry When it comes to which movies deserve an Oscar this Sunday, are fans and the official voters divided? The public would have picked Avatar over The Hurt Locker in 2010, some say. But this is “The Age of Big Data,” as The New York Times put…
Oscar Awards Season is On: Angsty American Masculinity is On Display, by Melena Ryzik
Many of the films that have begun to rack up statuettes and nominations on the sometimes gilded, sometimes barbed path to the Oscars deal with the existential crises of men. There are real-life figures grappling with their place in…
All-Time ‘Deep Culture Impact’ Films
Nearly two decades of using film to teach worldview to undergraduate students has resulted in a few surprises in which films have had the deepest cultural impact upon a generation.
High Culture, Pop Culture, What About Films that Impact ‘Deep Culture’?
By necessity I have developed my own informal (and often intuitive) system for finding worldview-shaping films that you might find interesting as you consider your own choice in films.
Is Winning an Oscar a Reliable Indicator of a Truly Great Film?
The public-relations-driven, artistically myopic, and sometime overtly political nature of both the studios and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences often make Oscars an unreliable measure of true greatness.
Oscar Week 2011: First Annual Two Handed Warrior Best Picture Poll
Two Handed Warriors first annual Oscar Poll. Don’t forget to vote!