Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Backlog Results

5. Chhabi Biswas in Devi - Biswas gives a striking depiction of an idiosyncratic zealotry.

Best Scene: Final scene.  
4. John Gielgud in Prospero's Books - Within a director's film Gielgud remains present and elevates its style with his refined yet fluid performance. 

Best Scene: Constructing a romance.
3. Matthew Macfadyen in Pride & Prejudice - Macfadyen plays to the truth of a betrayed introvert in creating a more dynamic Mr. Darcy. 

Best Scene: First declaration. 
2. Tatsuya Nakadai in Kill! - Nakadai gives his own take on Yojimbo essentially and brilliantly finds his own alternative method of the clever badass.  

Best Scene: Final fight. 
1.  John Heard in Chilly Scenes of Winter - Heard gives a captivating but also unnerving depiction of a man's privileged view of a relationship crashing with reality.   

Best Scene: The breakup. 
Next: The very brief waiting game. 

6 comments:

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Nice to see Heard go up to #2 for 1979, and for Ray to finally crack a Best Director lineup.

Louis: Ratings and thoughts on the cast of Devi (and where would you rank Chatterjee in Supporting), and your thoughts on the following scenes:

Opening
Kalinkar's Dream
Failing to convince Doyamoyee
Final confrontation/Ending

Robert MacFarlane said...

Nice. Glad to see the discovery I made with Chilly Scenes last year had an impact.

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Louis: Disregard part of my earlier comment, I see you've ranked Chatterjee in Lead.

BRAZINTERMA said...

Hello Louis and folks
After the worst, now let's talk about the opposite: tell what was the best year in cinema?

For me, it's a tie between 1962 and 2007.

Calvin Law said...

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on Tagore.

Anonymous said...

Louis: Thoughts on the screenplay and direction of Devi?