Looking at Film from Every Angle

Category: Academy Awards History

  • The Rundown 2019: Sound Awards

    For our twelfth Rundown article, we look at two of the primary aural categories. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover long-form animation

  • 92nd Oscars: The Polls – Best Film Editing

    For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2019 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 30 (2020)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Precursor: 18th Visual Effects Society Awards (2019)

    Disney beat itself at the Visual Effects Society awards with Avengers: Endgame in likely its last genuine attempt to win the Visual Effects Oscar lost to the photoreal The Lion King this could give that film the Jungle Book boost that puts it over the top with the Academy. Award Tallies (3) The Lion King…

  • Precursor: 45th Cesar Awards Nominations (2019)

    Roman Polanski’s latest film, An Officer and a Spy (J’Accuse in France) pulled in the most nominations with the other Best Film nominees scoring loads of nominations. Matter of fact, unless you got a Best Film nomination, your film didn’t garner more than 3 nominations. Several well received films that competed for the Oscars (Les…

  • The Rundown 2019: Film Editing & Cinematography

    For our eleventh Rundown article, we look at the awards the govern the look and pace of a film. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover the sound of cinema.

  • 92nd Oscars: The Polls – Best Makeup & Hairstyling

    For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2019 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 29 (2020)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Precursor: 22nd Costume Designers Guild Awards (2019)

    Once again, a guild has given its award to films that are not the frontrunner at the Oscars because the Oscar frontrunner wasn’t nominated. In this case, it’s Little Women, which has a better chance at winning than does Jojo Rabbit, the only one of these three winners also nominated at the Oscars. It might…

  • 92nd Oscars: Presenters, Group 2

    Four Oscar nominees out of eleven individuals. Chalamet, Miranda, Ruffalo, and Wiig are the four. STARS TAKE THE STAGE TO PRESENT AT THE 92ND OSCARS® ZAZIE BEETZ, TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET, WILL FERRELL, GAL GADOT, MINDY KALING, JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, ANTHONY RAMOS, MARK RUFFALO, KELLY MARIE TRAN AND KRISTEN WIIG LOS ANGELES, CA – Show producers…

  • 2019 Precursor Predictions: Visual Effects Society

    Aligning with the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, the appropriately named Visual Effects Society will hand out several prizes with only the top two having much impact on this year’s Oscar race.

  • The Rundown 2019: Short Films

    For our tenth Rundown article, we examine the fiction short films. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Short Film & Best Live Action Short Film as well as general commentary about the race. Wednesday, we’ll cover the look and the pace of the Oscars.

  • 92nd Oscars: The Polls – Best Cinematography

    For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2019 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 28 (2020)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died

  • Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10

    As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). While there weren’t many groups to announce this last week, they were some big ones with the Directors…

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