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My favorite best picture Oscar winner

24 February 2017

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    My favorite best picture Oscar winner: The Lost Weekend

    Concluding our series of Guardian writers’ all-time Academy picks, Benjamin Lee explains why this 1946 film is one of the most vital about alcoholism ever made

23 February 2017

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    My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Titanic

    Continuing our series of Guardian writers’ all-time Academy picks, Kate Hutchinson makes her case for James Cameron’s blockbusting romance

22 February 2017

  • ‘First and foremost, a great caper’ ... The Sting.

    My favorite best picture Oscar winner: The Sting

    Continuing our series of Guardian writers’ picks of the great Academy Award winners, Andrew Pulver explains why the Paul Newman and Robert Redford caper is the most purely enjoyable film in Oscar history

21 February 2017

  • The pause Clinto Eastwood takes after the sheriff says he’ll see him in hell is noticeably long.

    My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Unforgiven

    Clint Eastwood went back to the genre that made his name and deconstructed its tropes, making it current by incorporating the psychological impact of killing

20 February 2017

  • ‘It was a rare moment when Hollywood saw the coming changes in cinema and, rather than ignore them and hope they went away, rolled out the red carpet’ ... Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman

    My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Midnight Cowboy

    Continuing a series of Guardian writers’ all-time Academy picks, Gwilym Mumford explains why the 1970 winner remains a vital and progressive triumph

17 February 2017

  • 12 Years a Slave - 2014<br>TM & copyright 20th Century Fox No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only No Book or TV usage without prior permission from Rex. Mandatory Credit: Photo by c.FoxSearch/Everett/REX (3195979e) Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o, Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave - 2014

    My favorite best picture Oscar winner: 12 Years a Slave

    Continuing our series of Guardian writers’ all-time Academy picks, Catherine Shoard explains why Steve McQueen’s film deserved to triumph over Gravity

16 February 2017

  • ‘Annie Hall is firmly rooted in late 1970s New York but its themes concerning human relationships are universal’ … Diane Keaton and Woody Allen.

    My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Annie Hall

    Continuing our series of Guardian writers’ all-time Academy picks, Jordan Hoffman explains why Woody Allen’s film deserved to triumph over Star Wars

15 February 2017

  • ‘A riveting movie, intriguing, a little exasperating, alternately naïve and very sharp, fascinating for what it puts in and leaves out’ ... Dorothy McGuire and Gregory Peck in Gentleman’s Agreement.

    My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Gentleman's Agreement

    In the first of a new series, Peter Bradshaw explains why the 1947 drama about a journalist exploring antisemitism by posing as a Jew remains a sharp and high-minded watch
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