The Moonlight Awards: 1945

The Moonlight Awards is back after our 2020-imposed hiatus! And we're resuming with a banner year in movie history - highlighted by a Joan Crawford showstopper, a raw and gritty noir masterpiece, a quintessentially British drama, and a pair of European classics filmed, almost miraculously, amidst the ruins of World War II. But which one film has best stood the test of time? Join Rachel Schaevitz and Aaron Keck (and special guest film scholar Noah Isenberg) as they discuss the year in cinema, stiff upper lips, femmes fatale, film noir, neo-realism, commedia dell'arte, and the perils of making a movie in wartime  - and then we'll look at the numbers (including our expert panel vote) and honor the best picture of 1945. This year's nominees are Brief Encounter, Children of Paradise, Detour, Mildred Pierce, and Rome, Open City. Who wins the Moonlight?