Hollywood on Oakton Street

Happy Birthday to Alfred Hitchcock!

On this day (August 13) in 1899, Alfred Hitchcock was born in the Leytonstone part of London. He went on to become one of the most acclaimed movie directors in the world. Happy Birthday, Hitch!!!!!

Film Fonts: Summer Movie

Hint: This is one of the Summer's most anticipated sequels.

Boston on Film: A Retrospective

Since Boston has been on our minds lately, I thought of featuring some Boston-set movies. These films are all set in the historical city. Some do not depict Boston in the best light, but nonetheless, they showcase the many facets of Beantown.

Bluehill Avenue. R. 2001.
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. R. 2009.
The Boondock Saints. Not Rated. 1999.
The Bostonians. Not Rated. 1984.
Children of Invention. Not Rated. 2009.
A Civil Action. PG-13. 1998.
Coma. PG. 1978.
The Departed. R. 2006.
Edge of Darkness. R. 2010.
Fear Strikes Out. Not Rated. 1956.
Fever Pitch. PG-13. 2005.
The Friends of Eddie Coyle. R. 1973.
Gone Baby Gone. R. 2007.
My Best Friend’s Girl. R. 2008.
Mystic River. R. 2003.
Saint Ralph. PG-13. 2004.
The Thomas Crown Affair. R. 1968.
3 Americas. Not Rated. 2008.
The Town. R. 2010. (also on blu-ray)

Roger Ebert:1942-2013

Today, with the passing of Roger Ebert, is a very sad day indeed. Ebert was a national treasure…in the film world and in popular culture. Whether you agreed with him or not, he always seemed to command a level of respect among his peers and among the public. It is a great loss. NO ONE will be able to replace him. Other have tried…but never succeeded and never will.

I used to always say I agreed more with Gene Siskel, Ebert’s longtime TV film critic partner…but I liked Ebert more. I could say that the main reason for this was that he was a Pulitzer Award winner. OR that he worked for a more “of the people” paper – The Sun Times. But, in my heart, as a big gal myself, I think it has to do with his size. Yes, his size. Ebert was more human and more approachable to folks because he was a normal guy. Also, the media always used to poke fun at him for being chubby and he used to take it in stride…with good humor and class. I think folks found that endearing. Siskel even used to make fun of his girth and I think people never liked that. Ebert was the one that more people probably would have wanted to have a drink with…or see a movie with.

And, as a filmie, Ebert did a lot for film and the art of cinema. Siskel just used to write reviews. Ebert’s passion for movies used to come through the page…and also through his many books on film. In 1997, he began writing articles in The Sun Times entitled THE GREAT MOVIES...which was classic films he loved and cherished. He wrote so many of these "great movie" articles that he eventually compiled them into books. Basically, Ebert just loved movies...new movies, classic movies, foreign films, and everything in between.

Goodbye, Roger. You will be missed much more than you know!

Oscar winners 2013!!!!!!!!!!

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Bradley Cooper -- Silver Linings Playbook {"Pat"}

*	*Daniel Day-Lewis -- Lincoln* {"Abraham Lincoln"}**

Hugh Jackman -- Les Misérables {"Jean Valjean"}

Joaquin Phoenix -- The Master {"Freddie Quell"}

Denzel Washington -- Flight {"Whip Whitaker"}

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Alan Arkin -- Argo {"Lester Siegel"}

Robert De Niro -- Silver Linings Playbook {"Pat Sr."}

Philip Seymour Hoffman -- The Master {"Lancaster Dodd"}

Tommy Lee Jones -- Lincoln {"Thaddeus Stevens"}

*	*Christoph Waltz -- Django Unchained* {"Dr. King Schultz"}**

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Jessica Chastain -- Zero Dark Thirty {"Maya"}

*	*Jennifer Lawrence -- Silver Linings Playbook* {"Tiffany"}**

Emmanuelle Riva -- Amour {"Anne"}

Quvenzhané Wallis -- Beasts of the Southern Wild {"Hushpuppy"}

Naomi Watts -- The Impossible {"Maria"}

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Amy Adams -- The Master {"Peggy Dodd"}

Sally Field -- Lincoln {"Mary Todd Lincoln"}

*	*Anne Hathaway -- Les Misérables* {"Fantine"}**

Helen Hunt -- The Sessions {"Cheryl"}

Jacki Weaver -- Silver Linings Playbook {"Dolores"}

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

*	Brave -- Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

Frankenweenie -- Tim Burton

ParaNorman -- Sam Fell and Chris Butler

The Pirates! Band of Misfits -- Peter Lord

Wreck-It Ralph -- Rich Moore

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Anna Karenina -- Seamus McGarvey

Django Unchained -- Robert Richardson

*	Life of Pi -- Claudio Miranda

Lincoln -- Janusz Kaminski

Skyfall -- Roger Deakins

COSTUME DESIGN

*	Anna Karenina -- Jacqueline Durran

Les Misérables -- Paco Delgado

Lincoln -- Joanna Johnston

Mirror Mirror -- Eiko Ishioka

Snow White and the Huntsman -- Colleen Atwood

DIRECTING

Amour -- Michael Haneke

Beasts of the Southern Wild -- Benh Zeitlin

*	Life of Pi -- Ang Lee

Lincoln -- Steven Spielberg

Silver Linings Playbook -- David O. Russell

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

5 Broken Cameras -- Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi

The Gatekeepers -- Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon

How to Survive a Plague -- David France and Howard Gertler

The Invisible War -- Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering

*	Searching for Sugar Man -- Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

*	Inocente -- Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

Kings Point -- Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider

Mondays at Racine -- Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan

Open Heart -- Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern

Redemption -- Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

FILM EDITING

*	Argo -- William Goldenberg

Life of Pi -- Tim Squyres

Lincoln -- Michael Kahn

Silver Linings Playbook -- Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers

Zero Dark Thirty -- Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

*	Amour -- Austria

Kon-Tiki -- Norway

No -- Chile

A Royal Affair -- Denmark

War Witch -- Canada

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Hitchcock -- Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey -- Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

*	Les Misérables -- Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

MUSIC (Original Score)

Anna Karenina -- Dario Marianelli

Argo -- Alexandre Desplat

*	Life of Pi -- Mychael Danna

Lincoln -- John Williams

Skyfall -- Thomas Newman

MUSIC (Original Song)

"Before My Time" from Chasing Ice -- Music and Lyric by J. Ralph

"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from Ted -- Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane

"Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi -- Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri

*	*"Skyfall" from Skyfall* -- Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth**

"Suddenly" from Les Misérables -- Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

BEST PICTURE

Amour -- Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers

*	Argo -- Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers

Beasts of the Southern Wild -- Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers

Django Unchained -- Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers

Les Misérables -- Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers

Life of Pi -- Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers

Lincoln -- Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Silver Linings Playbook -- Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers

Zero Dark Thirty -- Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Anna Karenina -- Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey -- Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright

Les Misérables -- Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson

Life of Pi -- Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

*	Lincoln -- Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

SHORT FILM (Animated)

Adam and Dog -- Minkyu Lee

Fresh Guacamole -- PES

Head over Heels -- Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" -- David Silverman

*	Paperman -- John Kahrs

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

Asad -- Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura

Buzkashi Boys -- Sam French and Ariel Nasr

*	Curfew -- Shawn Christensen

Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) -- Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele

Henry -- Yan England

SOUND EDITING

Argo -- Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn

Django Unchained -- Wylie Stateman

Life of Pi -- Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

*	Skyfall -- Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers

*	Zero Dark Thirty -- Paul N.J. Ottosson

SOUND MIXING

Argo -- John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia

*	Les Misérables -- Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

Life of Pi -- Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin

Lincoln -- Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins

Skyfall -- Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

VISUAL EFFECTS

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey -- Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White

*	Life of Pi -- Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

Marvel's The Avengers -- Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick

Prometheus -- Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill

Snow White and the Huntsman -- Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)

*	Argo -- Screenplay by Chris Terrio

Beasts of the Southern Wild -- Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin

Life of Pi -- Screenplay by David Magee

Lincoln -- Screenplay by Tony Kushner

Silver Linings Playbook -- Screenplay by David O. Russell

WRITING (Original Screenplay)

Amour -- Written by Michael Haneke

*	Django Unchained -- Written by Quentin Tarantino

Flight -- Written by John Gatins

Moonrise Kingdom -- Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

Zero Dark Thirty -- Written by Mark Boal

Film Fonts

How big a movie buff are you? Can you figure which movie this font is from?

Introducing the "Film Fonts" series. Every three months, the Cinema Cecilia logo will have a new font, based on a different movie. There will be adult, teen and kid films represented over the course of the year. Your challenge is to figure out what movie it's from.