Brokeback Mountain: Heath Ledger–Meaning of Role, Boosting Stagnant Career

“I was not doing anything that was testing me, and I got bored. I was ready to earn my career and start over.”

Oscar Actors: Lansbury, Angela–Manchurian Candidate, Caustic, Scheming, Vicious Mother (American Politics, Mother Son

At one point, the scheming caustic mother tells her son: “Raymond, why do you always have to look as if your head were about to come to a point.”

Oscar Speeches: Pickford, Mary–Best Actress, Coquette

Pickford had wet eyes upon accepting the award, noting: “I’ve forgotten my prepared speech.”

Oscar Speeches: Woodward, Joanne–Three Faces f Eve

“I can only say that I’ve been dreaming about this since I was nine years old.”

Cinema 2000-2009: Best Films of the Decade–What You Need to Know–Mulholland Drive, Lives of Others, Cache

My choices for the ten best (most memorable) films of the past decade, from 2000 to 2009.