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Aaron Keck
May 17, 20205 min read
The Marxes, The Monster, or the Master of Suspense? Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1935
Every year we’ve covered so far, it hasn’t been easy to choose a single “best” picture - but it has been easy to narrow it down to a...
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Aaron Keck
May 3, 20204 min read
Vigo or Capra? Here's How We Picked The Best Movie Of 1934
We’ve journeyed through four years of film history, and thus far we haven’t agreed with the Oscars yet. But in 1934, the Academy...
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Aaron Keck
Apr 19, 20205 min read
Duck Soup or King Kong? Here's How We Chose the Best Picture of 1933
As everybody knows, the best movie that got released in the year 1933 was “Cavalcade,” Frank Lloyd’s epic tale of a rich British family...
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Aaron Keck
Apr 8, 20204 min read
Here's How We Picked The Best Movie Of 1932
According to the Oscars, “Grand Hotel” was the best film of 1932. But did the Oscars get it right? Now that we’ve got nearly 90 years of...
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Aaron Keck
Mar 26, 20204 min read
Here's How We Picked The Best Movie Of 1931
On November 10, 1931, the Academy honored “Cimarron” with the year’s Best Picture award. But let’s be honest, there were a lot of other,...
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Aaron Keck
Mar 9, 20204 min read
Here's How We Picked The Best Movie Of 1930
“All Quiet on the Western Front” won the Oscar - but when all is said and done, what (definitively) was the best picture of 1930? In...
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Aaron Keck
Feb 23, 20201 min read
Announcing the Nominees: Best Picture of 1930!
An antiwar epic, a shocking surrealist masterpiece, a hilarious farce, and two of cinema’s most fascinating women shared the spotlight...
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Aaron Keck
Feb 13, 20202 min read
The Program Is Sound
Here at the Moonlight Awards, we’re honoring the “best” movie of each year in cinema history - or at least that’s what we say we’re...
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Aaron Keck
Feb 8, 20202 min read
Welcome to the Moonlights!
On February 26, 2017, the Oscars briefly recognized “La La Land” as the best picture of 2016 - and then immediately thought better of it...
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