2010s

Question 1

The director of what blockbuster has insisted that its title ultimately refers not to the main character, but to Detective John Blake, as stressed by the film’s final scene? The director is quoted: “…is a symbol. He can be anybody, and that was very important to us.”

Answer 1

Christopher Nolan The film is “The Dark Knight”. John Blake (Robin) is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Question 2

In addition to being the setting, Abu Dhabi was to be the filming location of what 2010 film until authorities actually read the script, prompting them to revoke permission, thus prompting a shift to Morocco? Through a hell of a lot of luxury and one rather vulgar pun about T.E. Lawrence, the film leads to an inelegant attempt to convey international solidarity among women that, in a legendarily savage review, Lindy West described as “Muslim women: Under those craaaaaaay-zy robes, they’re just as vapid and obsessed with physical beauty and meaningless material concerns as us! Feminism! Fuck yeah!”

Answer 2

Sex and the City 2

Question 3

The Pixar film Coco was released in November 2017 in conjunction with a 21-minute film, preceding screenings of Coco for a limited time, which features (and is named after) what character?

Answer 3

Olaf

Question 4

Already an Emmy winner, in 2017 she won an Oscar for the same role that had won her a Tony.

Answer 4

Viola Davis (Fences)

Question 5

The subject of a 2010 documentary film by Philip Rosenthal is the making of the Russian TV show Voroniny, which is a Russian version of what US sitcom?

Answer 5

Everybody Loves Raymond

Question 6

The 2012 remake of this movie has North Koreans pitted against the protagonists, unlike the 1984 original, when the US was occupied by the Soviet Union (with help from Cuba and Nicaragua).

Answer 6

Red Dawn

Question 7

Kate Winslet and Justin Timberlake took a ride in 1950s Coney Island in this 2017 film.

Answer 7

Wonder Wheel

Question 8

In 2017, Sally Hawkins starred in two movies opposite a humanoid animal character who gets pulled out of a South American river. Name both movies.

Answer 8

The Shape of Water, Paddington 2

Question 9

As of 2018, who has won two of the five most recent “Worst Actress” Razzie awards, despite not being a female actress?

Answer 9

Tyler Perry

Question 10

In a 2017 movie, what name does Christine McPherson insist on going by at Immaculate Heart High School?

Answer 10

Lady Bird

Question 11

In 2008 and 2009, a group of Calabasas, California teenagers and twentysomethings burgled the homes of various 2000s socialites and other celebrities to the tune of $3 million in cash and property stolen. This group – and the 2013 feature film they inspired – was known by what rhyming name?

Answer 11

The Bling Ring

Question 12

These two films, recent back-to-back winners of Best Picture, both have nine letter titles that end with the same five letters. (Card created 3/19/19)

Answer 12

Spotlight (2016), Moonlight (2017)

Question 13

2017 saw the release of two Netflix films based on stories by Stephen King. The first was directed by Mike Flanagan (who would go on to create The Haunting of Hill House for Netflix the next year) and was based on a 1992 novel. The other was based on a short story from 2010’s Full Dark, No Stars. Name either film.

Answer 13

Gerald’s Game, 1922

Question 14

The first African-American woman to direct a movie with a budget over $100 million (A Wrinkle in Time), as well as the first African-American woman to direct a film nominated for Best Picture (Selma) Ava DuVernay did not get behind the camera until she was 32. Before that, she owned her own Hollywood publicity firm, working most famously on what film? Following an interview in which the star of the movie said that she felt the voices of the main characters were not heard, DuVernay tweeted, “That film pushed me to make my own - for the reasons Viola states. I’m grateful for that push.”

Answer 14

The Help

Question 15

Best known as an actress, this woman made her (solo) directorial debut in the last two years, with a critically acclaimed coming-of-age tale that co-stars Beanie Feldstein… Actually, that description applies to two women. (Card created August 22nd, 2019)

Answer 15

Greta Gerwig, Olivia Wilde

Question 16

One of the obstacles to women sitting in the director’s chair is the male-dominated nature of many crew jobs that have the potential to lead to a directing gig. Director Dee Rees challenged this status quo by hiring as many women as possible for what 2017 movie, based on a novel by Hillary Jordan? Cinematographer Rachel Morrison earned the first Oscar nomination by a woman in that category.

Answer 16

Mudbound

Question 17

While six individuals have been nominated for Academy Awards twice for the same role in different films (e.g., Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II), the widest spread between nominations—39 years —occurred in 2015. Identify either the actor or the character in this circumstance.

Answer 17

Sylvester Stallone / Rocky Balboa

Question 18

2019’s Berlin, I Love You is the latest in a series of films (including Paris Je T’Aime and New York, I Love You) which contain a number of short segments set in the titular city. However, one artist and activist who has lived in Berlin since 2015 directed a segment he claims was cut due to pressure by the Chinese government. Name him.

Answer 18

Ai Weiwei

Question 19

The soundtrack of this 2018 film has “Material Girl” and “Money (That’s What I Want)” in Chinese and English.

Answer 19

Crazy Rich Asians

Question 20

The lost and hidden (and fictional) Incan city of Parapata is central to the plot of a 2019 film that features the first live-action film appearance of what title character?

Answer 20

Dora The Explorer

Question 21

In 2012 at age 82, Christopher Plummer became the oldest winner of a competitive acting Oscar; the record for a male actor had stood for 36 years, since this beloved 80-year-old comedian took the honors in 1976 for “The Sunshine Boys”

Answer 21

George Burns

Question 22

What Oscar-winning director produced the acclaimed 2018 documentary They Shall Not Grow Old, in which 21st-century technology is used to add color and sound to archival World War I film footage?

Answer 22

Peter Jackson

Question 23

What 2019 film set a scene on a cliff called an “attestupa,” a term popularized by the 13th-century Gautreks saga?

Answer 23

“Attestupa” are ritual suicide cliffs, as you won’t forget anytime soon if you saw Midsommar.

Question 24

After a 23-year absence, what actor is slated to return to the big screen in an upcoming film to reprise his role as inventor Wayne Szalinski?

(Card created June 2020)

Answer 24

Rick Moranis

Question 25

What controversial psychological thriller released in 2019 surpassed Deadpool 2 to become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time (measured by worldwide box office)?

Answer 25

Joker

Question 26

Though she appeared in 20 feature-length films prior to 2010, the following list is the complete filmography from 2010 to July 2020 for what 2-time Oscar-winning actress: Conviction, The Resident, New Year’s Eve, The Homesman, You’re Not You, Lauda: The Untold Story, Spark, Logan Lucky, 55 Steps, What They Had, I Am Mother, and The Hunt?

Answer 26

Hilary Swank

Question 27

A 2011 film starring Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, and John C. Reilly—the adaptation of an English-language version of a play by Yasmina Reza that debuted on Broadway in 2009—has what one-word title? Not only is that word the final word of the play’s English title, it’s also the final word (following Le Dieu de) of the play’s French title.

Answer 27

Carnage

Question 28

Name the Canadian actor who voiced Canadian daredevil action figure Duke Caboom in the 2019 film Toy Story 4.

Answer 28

Keanu Reeves

Question 29

Anya Taylor-Joy reprised her role from Split in what ambitious 2019 Shyamalan film, which forms a trilogy with Split and Unbreakable? The one-word title of the film sounds very breakable.

Answer 29

Glass

Question 30

During the 85th Academy Awards in 2013, the race for Best Supporting Actor was stacked with talent. It was the first time in Oscar history where all five nominees in the category were previous winners.

The five men nominated had fifteen nominations/wins between them going in to the awards ceremony with the oldest going back to 1968.

Name the nominees in the category for that year.

Answer 30

Christoph Waltz, Alan Arkin, Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones

Question 31

Some of the stories in a 1981 short story collection by Raymond Carver have influenced or have been adapted into film, including 2014’s Birdman, whose plot centers on a Broadway production of one of the stories. That story, like the collection itself, is titled “What We Talk about When” what?

Answer 31

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love