BEST PICK: A JOURNEY THROUGH FILM HISTORY AND THE ACADEMY AWARDS
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BEST PICK: A JOURNEY THROUGH FILM HISTORY AND THE ACADEMY AWARDS

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Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards Hardcover – February 15, 2022by John Dorney (Author), Jessica Regan (Author), Tom Salinsky (Author), Helen O'Hara (Foreword)A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders.In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, and Tom Salinsky provide a captivating decade-by-decade exploration of the Oscars. For each decade, they examine the making of classic films, trends and innovations in cinema, behind-the-scenes scandals at the awards ceremony, and who won and why. Twenty films are reviewed in-depth, alongside ten detailed “making-of” accounts and capsule reviews of every single Best Picture winner in history. In addition, each Best Picture winner is carefully scrutinized to answer the ultimate question: “Did the Academy get it right?”Full of wonderful stories, cogent analysis, and fascin

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