Oscar History: May 14 (2026)
See Awards Season from a New Perspective
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Reunited and It Feels So Good
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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Box Office History (Week 42, 2025)
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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Oscar History: October 20 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Morris Ryskind (89 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay 1896: Joe McDonough (47 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1897: Adolph Deutsch (82 at death) {5 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Musical Score Oscar Wins: Musical Score 1901: Frank
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10th Critics Choice Doc Nominations
Nothing much to see here since we don’t even know what the shortlist documentaries will be but you can usually look at the nominees for Best Documentary and see several of the eventual Oscar nominees. Below are the nominations. Winners will be announced on 11/9/25. Nominations Tallies (7) Orwell: 2+2=5 (6) The Perfect Neighbor (5)
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Oscar History: October 19 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1907: Leopold Atlas (46 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1913: Vasco Pratolini (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1914: Juanita Moore (99 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1928: Zev Braun (90 at death)
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Oscar History: October 18 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Frederick Hollander (79 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1898: Lotte Lenya (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1900: Lamar Trotti (51 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Original
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Oscar History: October 17 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Spring Byington (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1889: Mildred Cram (95 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1893: Richard Connell (56 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Original Story 1900: Jean Arthur
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Oscar Profile: Diane Keaton
Born January 5, 1946 in Los Angeles, California to an amateur photographer mother and a civil engineer and real estate broker father, Diane Hall was the eldest of four children. After graduating from Santa Ana High School in 1963, she attended Santa Ana and Orange Coast colleges studying acting before moving to New York where
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Oscar History: October 16 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: George Barnes (60 at death) {6 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1892: Kenneth Webb (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1892: Leo Forbstein (55 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Scoring
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The Contenders 25: September Retrospective/November Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of XXX and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to XXXX and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts September Retrospective September turned
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Oscar History: October 15 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1874: Douglas Doty (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1879: Jane Darwell (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1895: Alfred Neumann (56 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story
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Oscar History: October 14 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Lillian Gish (99 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1899: A. Arnold Gillespie (78 at death) {12 Noms, 4 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Wins: Special Effects, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1909: Dorothy Kingsley (87 at
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Box Office History (Week 41, 2025)
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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Oscar History: October 13 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1906: Edward Carrere (78 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design 1909: Carlo Bernari (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1915: Cornel Wilde (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0
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Oscar History: October 12 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1944: Alex Funke (81) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Visual Effects Oscar Win: Visual Effects 1949: Richard Price (76) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1957: Debra Chasnoff (60 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature Oscar Win: Documentary Feature 1967:
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Oscar History: October 11 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Everett Douglas (65 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1918: Jerome Robbins (79 at death) {1 Nom, 2 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing Oscar Wins: Directing, Special/Honorary 1941: Charles Shyer (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1962: Joan Cusack
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