4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Bernardo Bertolucci Edition

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4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!

Today, the Shattered Lens celebrates Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci!  It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Bernardo Bertolucci Films

The Conformist (1970, dir by Bernardo Bertolucci, DP: Vittorio Storaro)

The Last Emperor (1987, dir by Bernardo Bertolucci, DP: Vittorio Storaro)

The Sheltering Sky (1990, dir by Bernardo Bertolucci, DP: Vittorio Storaro)

Stealing Beauty (1996, dir by Bernardo Bertolucci, DP: Darius Khondji)

Monday Live Tweet Alert: Join Us for Hard Ticket To Hawaii!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in hosting a few weekly live tweets on twitter and occasionally Mastodon.  I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of Mastodon’s #MondayActionMovie!  Every week, we get together.  We watch a movie.  We snark our way through it.

Tonight, for #MondayActionMovie, the film will be Hard Ticket To Hawaii!

If you want to join this watch party, just hop onto Mastodon, pull up Hard Ticket To Hawaii on YouTube, start the movie at 8 pm et, and use the #MondayActionMovie hashtag!

Enjoy!

Congratulations! You Have Survived Another Oscar Sunday!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

That’s it!  That’s a wrap!  All that is left to do is to cue up all of our applause GIFs:

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We hope everyone has enjoyed Oscar Sunday!

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Now that the Oscars are over with, it’s time to start a new year of entertainment!  Thank you everyone for reading us over the course of 2025 and the first three months of 2026!

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Now, let’s make 2026 the best year ever as we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of America!

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Love you!

Lisa Marie’s Way Too Early Oscar Predictions For March

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Now that the awards for the best of 2025 have been handed out, it’s time to think about what might be nominated next year!

Below are my first set of Oscar predictions for 2026!  What am I basing these predictions on?  Nothing but instinct, wild guesses, and hopeful thinking.  Take them with a grain of salt.  If nothing else, we’ll look back on these a year from now and we’ll laugh.  Or, we’ll be amazed at my cognitive abilities.

Best Picture

Digger

Disclosure Day

Dune Part Three

I Play Rocky

The Invite

Mother Mary

The Odyssey

Queen At Sea

The Social Reckoning

Wild Horse Nine

Best Director

Lance Hammer for Queen At Sea

Martin McDonagh for Wild Horse Nine

Christopher Nolan for The Odyssey

Steven Spielberg for Disclosure Day

Denis Villeneuve for Dune Part Three

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage in Madden

Timothee Chalamet in Dune Part Three

Tom Cruise in Digger

Anthony Ippolito in I Play Rocky

John Malkovivh in Wild Hose Nine

Best Actress

Juliette Binoche in Queen At Sea

Emily Blunt in Disclosure Day

Isabelle Huppert in The Blood Countess

Mikey Madison in The Social Reckoning

Anya Taylor-Joy in Joni Mitchell

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Courtenay in Queen At Sea

Willem DaFoe in Werewulf

Stephan James in I Play Rocky

Edward Norton in The Invite

Jeremy Strong in The Social Reckoning

Best Supporting Actress

Anna Calder-Marshall in Queen At Sea

Michaela Coel in Mother Mary

Penelope Cruz in The Invite

AnnaSophia Robb in I Play Rocky

Meryl Streep in Joni Mitchell

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 3/9/26 — 3/15/26

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Well, we survived both Friday the 13th and Oscar Sunday!  Yay!

Here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week.

Films I Watched:

  1. Buddy Hutchins (2015)
  2. Cellar Dweller (1987)
  3. Death Wish 3 (1985)
  4. DeathBed (2002)
  5. Dreamscape (1984)
  6. Falling Down (1993)
  7. Grizzly (1976)
  8. Hell Asylum (2002)
  9. Lisa (1990)
  10. The Man Without A Body (1957)
  11. Parasite Lady (2023)
  12. The Sleeper (2012)
  13. Teacher Shortage (2020)
  14. Totem (1999)
  15. The Turnpike Killer (2009)
  16. Who Killed The Montreal Expos (2025)
  17. Witchouse (1999)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. The 98th Annual Academy Awards
  2. American Love Story: John and Carolyn Bessette
  3. The Bachelorette: Before The First Rose
  4. Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life
  5. Rollergames
  6. The Simpsons
  7. Top of the Pops

Books I Read:

  1. Fever: The Complete History of Saturday Night Fever (2025) by Margo Donohue

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Alex North
  2. Art of Noise
  3. Big Data
  4. Blanck Mass
  5. Carter Burwell
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. The Dropkick Murphys
  8. Harry Manfredini
  9. INXS
  10. Jay Chattaway
  11. Jena Malone
  12. Kate Hudson
  13. Kerosense
  14. Lucid Express
  15. Percy Faith
  16. Saint Motel
  17. Tiesto
  18. The Toadies

Live Tweets:

  1. Dreamscape
  2. Lisa
  3. Death Wish 3
  4. Grizzly

Awards Season:

  1. My Final Oscar Predictions
  2. The Oscar Winners

Best Picture Race In Review

  1. 1920s
  2. 1930s
  3. 1940s
  4. 1950s
  5. 1960s
  6. 1970s
  7. 1980s
  8. 1990s
  9. 2000s
  10. 2010s
  11. 2020s

Scenes I Love:

  1. Julius Caesar
  2. The Oscar
  3. Inception
  4. Friday the 13th Part II
  5. Cabaret
  6. White Heat
  7. Invasion USA
  8. Code of Silence
  9. A Scanner Darkly

4 Shots From 4 Films:

  1. David Cronenberg
  2. Wolfgang Petersen
  3. Henry Hathaway
  4. 1972
  5. Raoul Walsh
  6. Chuck Norris
  7. 2006

News From Last Week:

  1. Guitarist Phil Campbell Dies At 64
  2. Actress Judy Pace Dies At 83
  3. Singer Tommy DeCarlo Dies At 60

Links From Last Week:

  1. “The Godfather” Opened 54 Years Ago Today! A Celebration…
  2. Helena Blavatsky

Links From The Site:

  1. Arleigh reviewed Ironwood, Into the Grand Line Episode 2.3, Whistle, Into The Grand Line Episode 2.2, Hellfire, Into the Grand Line Episode 2.1, and War Machine!
  2. Jeff shared a music video from INXS!
  3. Brad shared an Oscar memory, wished a happy birthday to Terrence Howard, and shared a scene from Code of Silence!
  4. Erin shared the Oscars through the years and reviewed Who Killed The Montreal Expos!
  5. Erin shared Robert Duvall and Dolly Parton At The 1984 Oscar Ceremony, Airborne Passions, Friday the 13th Part 3, Grave Business, Mammoth Detective, New Sports Magazine, and Argosy!
  6. I reviewed Tripfall, Grizzly, Creature, The Crater Lake Monster,
  7. I picked 6 Actors, Actresses, and Directors Who I Hope Win An Oscar In The Next 10 Years!  I welcomed you to Oscar Sunday and Friday the 13th!  And I also congratulated you for surviving Friday the 13th!  Yay!  I also announced that Retro Television Reviews would return in two weeks!