Category: Academy Awards

  • 33rd Cinema Audio Society Nominations

    33rd Cinema Audio Society Nominations

    Interesting is that Avatar: Fire and Ash is not here, though it was on the Oscar shortlist. Mission: Impossible made it through, though, which is also interesting. The Nominations Best Sound Mixing – Live Action F1 Frankenstein Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning One Battle After Another Sinners Best Sound Mixing – Animated The Bad…

  • Oscar History: January 20 (2026)

    Oscar History: January 20 (2026)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Mildred Griffiths (55 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1896: George Burns (100 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor      Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1907: Waldon O. Watson (79 at death)   {6 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations:…

  • 13th North Carolina Critics Nominations

    13th North Carolina Critics Nominations

    Not much in the way of original thinking here. Nominations Tallies (19) Sinners (16) One Battle After Another (11) Marty Supreme (10) Frankenstein (6) KPop Demon Hunters, No Other Choice, Sentimental Value (5) Hamnet, Train Dreams, Weapons (4) Bugonia, F1 (3) It Was Just an Accident, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Wicked:…

  • 9th Chicago Indie Critics Awards

    9th Chicago Indie Critics Awards

    Is Sinners ascendant and One Battle After Another fading? Maybe. Awards Tallies (9) Sinners (3) Frankenstein (2) Avatar: Fire and Ash, One Battle After Another (1) Hamnet, John Candy: I Like Me, KPop Demon Hunters, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Sentimental Value, Train Dreams, Weapons The Awards Best Studio Film (over $20M) Sinners Best…

  • 24th Utah Critics Awards

    24th Utah Critics Awards

    It sure looks like they went out of their way to pick things other than what is leading. Awards Tallies (4) Sinners (3) Sorry, Baby (2) Warfare, Weapons (1) 28 Years Later, The Alabama Solution, Frankenstein, Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,…

  • 38th European Film Awards

    38th European Film Awards

    Sentimental Value was the big winner, carrying all of the top categories while Sirât was a creative powerhouse, winning most of the craft categories. Awards Tallies (6) Sentimental Value (5) Sirât (1) Arco, Bugonia, City of Poets, Fiume o Morte!, On Falling, Siblings, Sound of Falling Best Picture Sentimental Value Best Animated Feature Arco Best…

  • Box Office History (Week 3, 2026)

    Box Office History (Week 3, 2026)

    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…

  • Oscar History: January 19 (2026)

    Oscar History: January 19 (2026)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Elliott Clawson (59 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Writing 1902: Gene Milford (89 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Editing      Oscar Wins: Editing 1906: Millen Brand (74 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1907: Charles Henderson (63 at…

  • 30th OFTA Film Nominations

    30th OFTA Film Nominations

    Most of what you would expect so it’s their non-Oscar categories that have the more interesting selections. Nominations Tallies (23) Sinners (18) One Battle After Another (14) Hamnet (12) Frankenstein, Marty Supreme (9) Sentimental Value, Wicked: For Good (5) F1, Train Dreams (4) Superman, Weapons (3) Bugonia, KPop Demon Hunters, Sorry, Baby, The Secret Agent,…

  • Oscar History: January 18 (2026)

    Oscar History: January 18 (2026)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Anton Grot (90 at death)   {5 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White)      Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate) 1887: Frank Harling (71 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score      Oscar Win: Scoring 1891: M.…

  • Oscar History: January 17 (2026)

    Oscar History: January 17 (2026)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Mack Sennett (80 at death)   {2 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, Novelty Short Film      Oscar Wins: Novelty Short Film, Special/Honorary 1912: Morton Scott (80 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1914: Irving Brecher (94 at death)   {1…

  • Oscar History: January 16 (2026)

    Oscar History: January 16 (2026)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Harry Carey (69 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1884: Hans Kraly (66 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Writing, Original Story      Oscar Win: Writing 1890: Claudine West (53 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Screenplay      Oscar Win:…

  • Oscar Profile: Terence Stamp Revisited

    Oscar Profile: Terence Stamp Revisited

    Born July 22, 1938 in London, England, Terence Stamp was the eldest of five children of Ethel and Thomas Stamp, a tugboat stoker. With his father away for long periods of time with the Merchant Navy, he was raised mostly by his mother, grandmother, and aunts. His family endured heavy bombing during the World War…

  • Oscar History: January 15 (2026)

    Oscar History: January 15 (2026)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Cinema Sight: Polls: Best Of… (13) Born 1890: Irving Ries (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1905: Allie Wrubel (68 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song      Oscar Win: Original Song 1907: Marcello Pagliero (73 at…

  • 17th GALECA Nominations

    17th GALECA Nominations

    The standard categories every group has were filled with standard nominees. Where things began to stand out was in the LGBTQ categories. Nominations Tallies (9) One Battle After Another (8) Sinners (5) Marty Supreme (4) Hamnet, Hedda, Sentimental Value, Sorry, Baby, Twinless (3) Blue Moon, Frankenstein, The Testament of Ann Lee, Weapons (2) Come See…

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