I don’t watch the Oscars, lame, I know. I get too caught up when my pick doesn’t win and so it’s just better if I read the results in the news the next morning. What I do watch during this season however is TCM (Turner Classic Movies), which showcases Oscar films for 31 days leading up to the event. Here are a few I’ve noted down to watch or DVR (the two with an * are chapters in my novel Reel Life).

Mon, Feb 6

Lust for Life (1956) at 3:30 am

Tues, Feb 7

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) at 10:15 pm

Grand Hotel (1932) at 3:30 am

Fri, Feb 10

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) at 8:00 pm

Sat, Feb 11

On the Waterfront (1954) at 1:15 pm

Wait Until Dark (1967) at 8:00 pm

Three Days of the Condor (1975) at 12:15 pm

Sun, Feb 12

Funny Girl (1968) at 8:00 pm

Mon, Feb 13

North By Northwest (1959) at 5:30 pm

Wed, Feb 15

Casablanca (1942) at 11:00 pm

Breaker Morant (1980) at 1:00 am

Thurs, Feb 16

Fiddler on the Roof (1972) at 8:00 pm

Doctor Zhivago (1965) at 11:15 pm

Friday, Feb 17

Gone With The Wind (Part 1) (1939) at 10:30 pm

Sat, Feb 18

The Three Musketeers, (1948) at 2:00 pm

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) at 4:15 pm

Mon, Feb 20

The Third Man, (1949) at 10:00 pm

Amadeus (1984) at 12:00 am

Tues, Feb 21

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1954) at 8:00 pm

Wed, Feb 22

Strangers on a Train (1951) at 8:00 pm

All The President’s Men (1976) at 12:15 am

Thurs, Feb 23

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) at 12:45 pm

Fri, Feb 24

The Harvey Girls (1946) at 8:00 pm

Sat, Feb 25

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) at 8:30 am

The Maltese Falcon (1941) at 12:30 pm

Sun, Feb 26

*A Star is Born (1954) at 5:00 pm

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) at 9:45 pm

The Graduate (1967) at 2:15 am

L.A. Confidential (1997) at 4:15 am

Mon, Feb 27

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) at 11:30 pm

Good Will Hunting (1997) at 2:00 am

Tues, Feb 28

*The Red Shoes (1948) at 11:00 am (a chapter in Reel Life!)

To Catch a Thief (1955) at 6:00 pm

Wed, Feb 29

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1955) at 10:00 pm

Thurs, March 1

From Here To Eternity (1953) at 10:30 pm

Fri, March 2

The Great Race (1965) at 8:00 am

The Right Stuff (1983) at 8:00 pm