Category: Academy Awards History
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22nd DC Critics Awards
Although it won significantly more honors than American Fiction, Oppenheimer lost out on the top award, something that the film may need to get used to as the season progresses. Award Tallies (6) Oppenheimer (2) American Fiction, The Holdovers, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (1) American Symphony, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Killers of the Flower…
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81st Golden Globe Nominations
Now that the Golden Globes is no longer run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, they can now attempt to be as populist as possible. They’ve expanded all categories to six and have a far higher recognition rate for non-American features. That said, A lot of their selections are already Oscar contenders and with now…
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Box Office History (Week 49, 2023)
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: December 11 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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44th Boston Critics Awards
While Los Angeles used to honor films that were set in their city, Boston can also do that with a small, significant section of The Holdovers taking place in Boston. That could explain its strength and overall victory. Award Tallies (4) The Holdovers (3) Killers of the Flower Moon, The Zone of Interest (1) Barbie,…
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49th Los Angeles Critics Awards
Non-English language films performed quite well in Los Angeles, winning more than English-language efforts, with four of the top eight categories. The Zone of Interest picked up some momentum as did Rachel McAdams who seems to be coming in as a dark-horse contender this year. Award Tallies (3) Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of…
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22nd DC Critics Nominations
Another big set of nominations for Barbenheimer with strong showings by Killers of the Flower Moon and The Holdovers. Nominations Tallies (11) Oppenheimer (10) Barbie (8) Killers of the Flower Moon (7) The Holdovers (6) Poor Things (5) American Fiction (4) Past Lives, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (3) Anatomy of a Fall, Maestro (2) Air,…
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36th European Film Awards Updated
Anatomy of a Fall was the big winner at the European Film Awards, taking home 5 awards, including 4 of the top tier ones. The Promised Land also did well. Award Tallies (5) Anatomy of a Fall (3) The Promised Land (2) Society of the Snow (1) La Chimera, Club Zero, How to Have Sex,…
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Oscar History: December 10 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar History: December 9 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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36th Chicago Critics Nominations (2023)
A fairly traditional group gives a fairly traditional list. There are a few unexpected names on this list, but nothing outside the realm of possibility. Nominations Tallies (10) Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, Poor Things (9) Barbie (7) May December (5) The Zone of Interest (4) Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Past Lives…
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96th Oscars Eligibility Lists
The Academy has announced the films eligible in the Animated Feature, Documentary Feature, and International Feature categories. Below is their press release. ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY AND INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR 96TH OSCARS® ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated…
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Oscar History: December 8 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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1st Michigan Critics Guild Awards (2023)
Another example of a small group result, there are two ties on the list. Most of the choices seem conventional with Anatomy of a Fall‘s screenplay win the only surprising result. Awards Tallies (3) Barbie (1) American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, John Wick: Chapter 4, Migration, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part…
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23rd American Film Institute Top Ten (2023)
The most interesting thing to say about this list is that it feels a bit vanilla. Sure, these are all largely acclaimed films, but other than Spider-Man, there are no shocking inclusions. Some of the major Oscar players that aren’t listed are Air and The Color Purple. The former really needed this posting to remain…
