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Throughout this month, just like I did last year, I have decided to do a series of Oscar-related articles in anticipation to the 90th Academy Awards ceremony, which will be held on March 4. Last week, I told you my top 10 favourite Best Supporting Actor-winning performances , so today I thought I would do the same, but for Best Supporting Actresses. Once again, please bear in mind that this is my own personal opinion, which is limited to the films I have seen so far. 10. Jennifer Connelly in A Beautiful Mind (2001)   Alicia Nash (Jennifer Connelly): I need to believe that something extraordinary is possible.     9. Teresa Wright in Mrs. Miniver (1942) Carol Beldon (Teresa Wright): I know how comfortable it is to curl up with a nice, fat book full of big words and think you're going to solve all the problems in the universe. But you're not, you know. A bit of action is required every now and then.     8. Anne Baxter in The Razor's Edge (1946) Sophie Nel...

This week on «Film Friday» I bring you a film that had its premiere exactly 74 years ago yesterday. This also happens to be one of my favorite Alfred Hitchcock pictures. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Shadow of a Doubt (1943) begins when Charlie Oakley (Joseph Cotten) arrives at the town of Santa Rosa, California, supposedly to visit his older sister, Emma Newton (Patricia Collinge). At the train station, he is met by his brother-in-law Joseph (Henry Travers), his young nephew Roger (Charles Bates) and his two nieces, Charlie (Teresa Wright) and Ann (Edna May Wonacott). Charlie is thrilled by the arrival of her uncle, as she was named after him and two seem to share a telepathic connection. The next day, two men, Jack Graham (Macdonald Carey) and Fred Saunders (Wallace Ford), appear at the house to survey the family. Uncle Charlie suddenly becomes agitated and refuses to be interviewed or photographed.   Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten and Patricia Collinge in Shadow of a Doubt . Af...

This week's "Film Friday" is a very special one: not only is it the first day of the year and the first "Film Friday" of the year, but also Dana Andrews' birthday. So, to celebrate all of this, I am bringing you what is arguably the most important film of Andrews' career, which also serves as a way to wish you a happy new year. May this be the best year of our lives. Original release poster Directed by William Wyler, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) follows three World War II veterans — Army Sergeant Al Stephenson (Fredric March), decorated Army Air Force Captain Fred Derry (Dana Andrews) and sailor Homer Parish (Harold Russell) — as they try to readjust to civilian life after meeting and bonding while flying to their hometown of Boone City. Al is a bank loan officer with a comfortable home and a loving family: wife Milly (Myrna Loy) and teenage children Peggy (Teresa Wright) and Rob (Michael Hall). Fred is a former soda jerk from the wro...

JACK C ARSON (Octo ber 27, 1910 — January 2, 1963) Fans are people who let an actor know he's not alone in the way he feels about himself. TERESA WRIGHT (October 27, 1918 — March 6, 2005) I only ever wanted to be an actress, not a star.