Looking at Film from Every Angle

Category: Academy Awards

  • Precursor: 14th Detroit Critics Nominations (2020)

    Detroit’s selections seem a bit out of the mainstream, largely ignoring films like Mank and Promising Young Woman while loving minor contenders like First Cow. Nominations Tallies (6) Minari (5) Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (4) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Nomadland, One Night in Miami (3) Da 5 Bloods, First Cow…

  • Precursor: 73rd Directors Guild Doc Nominations (2020)

    Some of the major Oscar contenders are here while others are not. It’s not very instructive as this is a directing award, not a producing award, but we’ll see. The Nominations Best Documentary Director Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw – The Truffle Hunters Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed – My Octopus Teacher David France – Welcome to…

  • Oscar Preview: Weekend of Feb. 26-28, 2021 & Mar. 5-6, 2021

    Due to an error in processing, this article did not post last Monday as it should have. As such, I’m rolling in that weekend’s releases into this week’s article. We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Father Writer/director Florian Zeller has done tremendously well with his English-language…

  • Precursor: 32nd Producers Guild Nominations (2020)

    With no box office smash to take up the not-gonna-make-it slot with the PGA, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm fills that role, which might suggest it was popular enough. The rest of the films have been regular mentions in this year’s Oscar race. That’s especially true of Bes5t Animated Feature where this is the exact slate I…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 8 (2021)

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

  • Precursor: 26th Critics Choice Awards (2020)

    As always, this year’s winners seem like very likely to carry over to the Oscars, though Maria Bakalova is the least likely to do so. Heck, she’s the only one not assured a nomination. Awards Tallies (4) Nomadland (3) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2) Minari, Promising Young Woman, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (1)…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 7 (2021)

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

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 6 (2021)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2011: Weekend Preview (10)

  • Precursor: 4th Hollywood Critics Awards (2020)

    Promising Young Woman and Birds of Prey did incredibly well showing that the HCA might well be the most feminist organization outside of the actual female-only organizations. Awards Tallies (4) Promising Young Woman (3) Birds of Prey (2) Da 5 Bloods, The Invisible Man, Minari, Nomadland, Sound of Metal The Awards

  • Precursor: 10th Georgia Critics Nominations (2020)

    Georgia’s film critics seem to be like what every other critic group loves, so there isn’t much new here. Nominations Tallies (8) Minari (7) Mank, One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman (6) Sound of Metal (5) Nomadland (4) The Father, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Trial of the Chicago…

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 10, 2021)

    Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…

  • 2020 Precursor Predictions: Critics Choice Awards

    There are reasons this organization has an outsized influence on the Oscars, but those reasons are complex and could easily be considered sniping, so I’ll just leave it at this: The former Broadcast Film Critics Association has a good track record. And as one of only three televised awards shows leading up to the Oscars,…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 5 (2021)

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

  • Precursor: 20th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2020)

    In a strange series of events, not only did the worst reviewed film on the list of best movies win the prize, but no film outside of The Trial of the Chicago 7 took more than one award. A strange series of events, indeed. Awards Tallies (2) The Trial of the Chicago 7 The Awards

  • Precursor: 23rd Costume Designers Guild Nominations (2020)

    The Costume Designers Guild have finally added Sci-Fi to their Fantasy description to better distinguish where certain films should compete. Their contemporary category has picked up a few such films in the past, which makes it difficult to defend. As for what we’ve expected to be in contention this year, the notable omissions include The…

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