Sunday Matinee, Oct 12 - Oct. 18

Not half the price ... just half the work.

Thanks for the traffic and comments this week. I hope everyone hasn't tired of Alfred Hitchcock, I'm still aiming to be finished by Oct. 31 (although I might need a few extra days). When I'm finished with Hitchcock's filmography, I'll be adding a new feature to the side bar to allow for quick access to a director's films once a majority of reviews are available.

But without further ado ...

• Dean's Shoulda-Won Oscar Meme elicits responses from the web: Best Picture selections at The Dancing Image, Out1, and Cinema Viewfinder. (My own list is forthcoming, I promise!)

• Wonders in the Dark has begun an awesome new feature that should create Best-Of lists for every decade. Nominations for Best Films of the 1930s may now be submitted, and then they'll be synthesized into a master list. Rush over and nominate your 25.

• With only about a fortnight remaining until Election Day, the season of politics is here. The Dancing Image begins a new series devoted to political films. Coleman's Corner looks at Oliver Stone's director's cut of Nixon, and Getafilm looks at Stone's W.

• And while door-to-door politicking is frightening, we mustn't forget we're also nearing Halloween. YDKS Movies continues an assessment of the greatest horror films of all time and provides an illuminating look into Tim Burton's masterful Ed Wood.

• Farzan gives his detailed take on Body of Lies.

• Dean at Filmicability gives a list of the best films to experience in an altered state. From personal experience, I'll add that the first fifteen minutes to The Fellowship of the Ring were trippy as hell until I fell asleep.

• Roger Ebert debates whether it's fair to review a movie after only watching eight minutes and then walking out, like he did with Tru Loved.

• Smashing Magazine runs down the 50 Most Beautiful Movie Posters of all time. My personal favorite, and not necessarily because I love Alfred Hitchcock, is this gorgeous poster for The Birds.

And if you haven't seen them already...

This week on Turner Classic Movies:
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Oct 19
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), Oct 19
• Rio Grande (1950), Oct 21
• White Heat (1949), Oct 22
• Suspicion (1941), Oct 22
• The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Oct 22
• Citizen Kane (1941), Oct 22
• Cat People (1942), Oct 23
• I Walked With A Zombie (1943), Oct 23
• The Big Sleep (1946), Oct 23
• D.O.A. (1950), Oct 23
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Oct 23
• Touch of Evil (1958), Oct 23
• The Red Shoes (1948), Oct 24
• The Lady Vanishes (1938), Oct 24
• The Circus (1928), Oct 24
• Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), Oct 24
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955), Oct 25
• Harvey (1950), Oct 25
• Psycho (1960), Oct 25
• Peeping Tom (1960), Oct 25
• Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Oct 26
• The Birds (1963), Oct 26