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Which is the Better Best Picture: The Godfather or Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King?
Three weeks down and it’s all come to this. Vote on the BEST Best Picture winner of All-TIME.
Celebrating Black History: 50 Cultural Giants
Which is the Better Best Picture: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King or Casablanca?
The readers of TIME.com are choosing the BEST Best Picture of All-TIME. Vote in today’s semifinals.
Which is the Better Best Picture: The Godfather or Lawrence of Arabia?
The readers of TIME.com are choosing the BEST Best Picture of All-TIME. Vote in today’s semifinals.
TIME’s Second Annual Oscar Endurance Test—Two Days, Nine Nominees, One Movie Theater
Wherein our intrepid reporter consumes as many Best Picture nominees as he can and lives to tell the tale.
The 2012 Oscar Race: TIME Picks the Winners
Each day this week, TIME examines a group of Oscar categories to help you ace your office-pool ballot.
Which is the Better Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs or Casablanca?
The readers of TIME.com are choosing the BEST Best Picture of All-TIME. Come back every day to vote on a different match-up. Voting ends at 9 pm EST.
Hail to the Chief: Denzel Wins the Presidents’ Day Weekend
Safe House edges The Vow, as five movies break the $20-million threshold over the four-day frame
Which is the Better Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia or Annie Hall?
The readers of TIME.com are choosing the BEST Best Picture of All-TIME. Come back every day to vote on a different match-up. Voting ends at 9 pm EST.
10 Dresses You May See on the Oscar Red Carpet
Like the stars they dress, fashion designers can also be award show regulars. As the countdown to the Oscars begins, TIME looks at 10 dresses recently presented at New York Fashion Week that you may see at the Academy Awards on Feb. 26.
The OSS 117 Films: Michel Hazanavicius’ Warmup for The Artist
The French director of The Artist may be an unknown to American audiences. but he’s been paying tribute to Hollywood-style movies for his entire career
Which Is The Better Best Picture: The Godfather or On the Waterfront?
The readers of TIME.com are choosing the BEST Best Picture of All-TIME. Come back every day to vote on a different match-up. Polls close at 9 pm EST.