Looking at Film from Every Angle

Category: Academy Awards History

  • Oscar Profile #429: Glenn Close Revisited

    Born March 19, 1947 in Greenwich, Connecticut to Bettine (née Moore) and William Taliaferro Close, a doctor who ran a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as personal physician to the Congo’s president, Glenn Close has long been considered one of our greatest actresses. Her paternal grandfather was first married to cereal heiress Marjorie…

  • 2018 Precursor Predictions: Cinema Editors

    Breaking themselves out into drama and comedy categories, the American Cinema Editors do better at predicting the Oscars because they have two chances, not just one. That said, even if one of these winners doesn’t win the Film Editing award at the Oscars, it could be an indication of which direction voters are looking towards…

  • The Rundown 2018: Foreign Language Film

    For our fourth Rundown article, we look at a category that has had many winners and not a single one of them have been from the United States. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Foreign Language Film as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover the…

  • 91st Oscars: The Polls – Best Sound Mixing

    For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2018 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 31 (2019)

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

  • The Rundown 2018: Original Song

    For our third Rundown article, we look at a category with an uneven history with myriad rule changes that have impacted the quantity of nominees for individual films. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Song as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover a category…

  • 91st Oscars: The Polls – Best Sound Editing

    For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2018 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 (2019)

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

  • The Rundown 2018: Original Score

    For our second Rundown article, we look at a category that has been integral to film since the dawn of sound. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Score as well as general commentary about the race. Wednesday, we’ll cover a musical counterpart.

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 29 (2019)

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

  • Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 11

    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). With so little from the past week to talk about (the Chicago Independent Film Critics nominations and the…

  • The Rundown 2018: Documentary (Feature & Short)

    For our first Rundown article this year, we look at the categories that are based entirely in fact. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we’ll cover a category that can help set the mood,…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 28 (2019)

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

  • Precursor: 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards (2018)

    The Screen Actors Guild awards are happening now. I’ll update as the winners are announced, including the graphic and the tallies. In the interim, our team’s predictions will be included below so you can see what everyone thought might happen tonight. I’ll also consider writing a play-by-play of each winner and what it means to…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 27 (2019)

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

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