You'll be shocked to learn that Filth & Wisdom, Madonna's directorial debut has received just about the worst reviews possible, even worse than those for hubbie's bomb Revolver.

Julie Delpy's 2 Days in Paris should have received better reviews than it did. It is funny, is very good in portraying cultural differences, the situations are real and the characters are interesting. Julie excels both as an actress and as a director.

I think I loved Roy Scheider most in All That Jazz. A very underrated actor. He remains the best reason to endure Wages of Fear, let alone Still of the Night, in which his work opposite Mrs. Gummer's hair is heroic.

I'm expecting Atonement to be completely shut out at the Oscars.

It _might_ (I stress MIGHT) win Best Costumes, tho' ELIZABETH and SWEENEY TODD, are probably superior accomplishments IMO.

(haven't seen ELIZABETH yet)

Otherwise, I agree - a shutout.

You're right. I'd forgotten about costumes, but that generally goes to movies from earlier periods of time. Although The Aviator won a few years ago,

Atonement's also up for Art Direction, too, but I think that goes to Sweeney Todd.

Actually, by way of correction, The Wages of Fear was the title of the very great Clouzot classic on which Sorcerer, the much less great Friedkin adaptation in which Scheider starred, was based.

(Although further research reveals that Sorcerer is also known as Wages of Fear without the "The.")

P.S. Two movies which DIDN'T win Oscars but were VERY influential on women's fashions at the time were BONNIE AND CLYDE and ANNIE HALL.

So was Thoroughly Modern Millie.