Cinema Sight and Awards Landscape are, for lack of a better word, reuniting. Although both sites will have their own URLs and, eventually, their own landing pages, all posts from both sites will be visible from both sites. We put a lot of effort into ensuring both sides are regularly updated, we want everyone to
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1912: Carlo Ponti (94 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Foreign Film Oscar Win: Foreign Film 1923: Betsy Blair (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1931: Rita Moreno (93) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win:
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Atlanta’s critics go gaga for Anora and The Brutalist, though it’s more consistent performances for Nickel Boys and a surprise Supporting Actress win for Ariana Grande-Butera. Awards Tallies (4) Anora (2) The Brutalist, Nickel Boys, The Wild Robot (1) Challengers, Deadpool & Wolverine, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Kneecap, A Real Pain, Sing Sing, Sugarcane,
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St. Louis’ film crtics seemed to have a similar idea to Las Vegas in terms of what is going to do well with the Academy. What’s striking is that this is the best September 5 has performed so far this season, which is surprising considering the buzz that surrounded its initial release. Nominations Tallies (12)
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Spreading the love widely, DC’s critics didn’t seem to focus on one particular film over another, though it’s interesting to see The Brutalist winning a single award for directing although none of the individual parts were recognized. Award Tallies (2) Anora, A Real Pain, Conclave, The Wild Robot, Wicked (1) Blitz, The Brutalist, Challengers, Civil
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The Las Vegas critics have put together a list that looks almost passable as being the Academy’s. Anora didn’t do well here despite doing well with other groups. Is that as sign they didn’t like it or a preface to some Oscar snubs? Nominations Tallies (12) Dune: Part Two (9) Conclave, Wicked (8) The Brutalist
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With a list that looks more high brown than they are used to putting out, The Brutalist was easily the top nominee though The Substance, Anora, Nickel Boys, and Wicked did well nominations-wise. The love for Furiosa ist stronger than expected, especially with its Best Picture nomination and I Saw the TV Glow seems to
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CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Between the Temples was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Acting Contender Factor: 59. out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Victor McLaglen (72 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1893: Lew Brown (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1903: Una Merkel (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1906:
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Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look
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The Globes seem to be going the same direction as the other two televised awards shows by going for 6 nominees in each category. The Globes already had too many bites at the Oscar-prognosticating apple and now they want more. The only major surprise so far was Payal Kapadia making it into the Best Director
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Oliver Emert (72 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1905: Dalton Trumbo (70 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay, Motion Picture Story Oscar Wins: Motion Picture Story 1911: Broderick Crawford (74
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This makes two of the old guard critics groups to go for Anora on the same day. This is the kind of result we would normally expect from critics groups but it’s also not a new trend being set. We’ll just have to see how some of the others (National Society of Film Critics and
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Boston is the first group to go for Anora in a big way, giving it three prizes. A Complete Unknown also gets a bit of a boost. Award Tallies (4) Anora (2) A Complete Unknown (1) The Brutalist, Challengers, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, Flow, Janet Planet Nickel Boys,
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