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John DiLeo

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John DiLeo is the author of eight books about classic movies: AND YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW CLASSIC MOVIES (1999, reissued in 2013), 100 GREAT FILM PERFORMANCES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BUT PROBABLY DON'T (2002), SCREEN SAVERS: 40 REMARKABLE MOVIES AWAITING REDISCOVERY (2007), TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND COMPANY: HIS ESSENTIAL SCREEN ACTORS (2010), SCREEN SAVERS II: MY GRAB BAG OF CLASSIC MOVIES (2012), TEN MOVIES AT A TIME: A 350-FILM JOURNEY THROUGH HOLLYWOOD AND AMERICA 1930-1970 (2017), THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS: 100 OUTSTANDING FILM PERFORMANCES WITH SCREEN TIME OF TEN MINUTES OR LESS (2022), and NOT EVEN NOMINATED: 40 OVERLOOKED COSTARS OF OSCAR-WINNING PERFORMANCES (2024).

Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, John currently resides in Milford,
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And You Thought You Knew Cl...

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Screen Savers: 40 Remarkabl...

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Oscar Hustle

If you want to stop reading this right now, well, I totally understand.  I, too, feel worn out by this year’s Oscar season, more out of boredom than anything else.  Not one of the nine Best Picture nominees is currently among the top ten movies in America.  Aren’t these nominations intended to generate big box-office returns during the pre-awards weeks?  Ideally, yes, but this year the major conte

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