Category: Academy Awards History

A very strong showing for The Power of the Dog. Only J.K. Simmons of these selections stands out against other awards. Awards Tallies (5) The Power of the Dog (2) Dune The Awards

One of the most accurate precursors, the USC Scripter award for Best Adapted Screenplay. It will be interesting to see which way the wind ultimately blows with this one. The Nominations Best Adapted Screenplay Dune The Lost Daughter Passing The Power of the Dog The Tragedy of Macbeth USC Scripter Data Year Founded: 1988 First…

Belfast has to feel good about this result, but it’s always interesting when the best directed film isn’t the best film of the year, because that doesn’t make a lot of sense in general. Awards Tallies (3) The Power of the Dog (2) Belfast The Awards

One of the few groups that didn’t forget that Judas and the Black Messiah was a 2021 release, the NAACP went for it in a decently big way, but they were really bowled over by The Harder They Fall, which captured a massive number of nominations. Respect and Oscar contender King Richard did comparatively less…

KC gave one award to every film besides its Best Picture winner, The Power of the Dog. Not much needs to be said about this list other than in several places, they went against the prevailing wisdom. Awards Tallies (3) The Power of the Dog The Awards

The OFCS list looks like a lot of other lists this year with an overindulgence of foreign features, both English-language and not. There aren’t too many surprises here. Nominations Tallies (9) Dune, The Power of the Dog (8) West Side Story (5) Drive My Car, Licorice Pizza (4) The French Dispatch, The Green Knight, Pig…

The latest guild to announce nominations certified that Dune is, far and away, this year’s frontrunner for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars. With 6 nominations to Shang-Chi‘s 4, it’s clear they are head-over-heels for the film by comparison. Nominations Tallies (6) Dune, Encanto (5) Raya and the Last Dragon (4) Luca, Shang-Chi and the…

It’s rather sad when the niche film groups are doing more to deviate from the narrative than any other group. They stick with a couple common choices (Will Smith & Aunjanue Ellis), but for the most part, they’ve gone out on the limb in a number of spots. Awards Tallies (3) The Harder They Fall,…

It seems like critics are jumping all over themselves to look alike this year. There’s nothing hip about choosing the foreign language film and Seattle just seems to be following the leaders rather than blazing new ground. Awards Tallies (4) Drive My Car (3) Dune, The Green Knight (2) The Power of the Dog The…