All Of A Sudden, I've Become Lila Cherry

The thrill of seeing the LA Times puzzle in print was inexplicably deflated when I saw Lila Cherry's name credited to the puzzle instead of my own. Check your local papers and see if the puzzle is credited to Lila Cherry but the first across clue is "Conde Nast women's magazine". That is indeed my puzzle.

Puzzle's Theme

Obviously, the theme of the puzzle has panned out to be great film directors who never were awarded an Oscar, in spite of tons of nominations and critically acclaimed work. The theme came to light the morning after the Oscars, when I watched in relative horror as Martin Scorsese failed to stride to the podium for on his fifth nomination.

I did some poking around the Oscar annals and came up with a hefty list of other directors who were in the same boat as Scorsese - and the two who best worked in the context of the crossword were Stanley Kubrick (who should have at least gotten a nomination for "Full Metal Jacket" and whose other nominated films included "Dr. Strangelove", "2001" and "Barry Lyndon"), and Alfred Hitchcock (whose 1960 nomination was for a little film called "Psycho", one of the most terrifying cinema experiences ever).

Two weeks from today we have the USA Today puzzle, and post game discussion to follow.