Category: Academy Awards

I’m not sure that Anna Karenina will make it through, but the other four films seem very likely bets for nominations. The Nominations Best Cinematography Anna Karenina Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall American Society of Cinematographers Data Year Founded: 1919 First Awards: 1986 (27)

The BAFTA nominations are out one day ahead of the Oscar nominations with some surprises. The awards will be handed out two weeks ahead of Oscar. The surprises include the failure of directors Tom Hooper and (!) Steven Spielberg from Best Director, Ben Affleck as Best Actor, Denzel Washington and John Hawkes NOT in Best…

It doesn’t impact the Oscar race, but the Toronto Film Critics Association selected Sarah Polley’s documentary as its choice for Best Canadian Film. Polley is one of those filmmakers you love to see working, but whom seldom get the attention they deserve. The Award Best Canadian Film Stories We Tell Toronto Film Critics Association Data…

So much for all those pundits who said Les Misérables wasn’t going to do well with the directorial effort of Tom Hooper being criticized. Nabbing a critical precursor nomination, Hooper is joined by first-timer Ben Affleck and three other previous winners: Kathryn Bigelow, Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg. Notably missing is Paul Thomas Anderson, a…

The Sound Mixing nominations, a precursor to the Academy’s own category, have revealed that two action/adventure films, one costume drama, one musical and a war-zone film have received nominations for Best Sound Mixing. For the first time, they group has separated out Animated Films, giving them their own category. Nothing terribly surprising here, though the…

Zero Dark Thirty barely edged out two other films for most honored at this year’s Vancouver awards taking Best Picture, Director, Actress and Screenplay as its four. Tied for second place, The Master won all three acting awards it’s been picking up separately all season, and Rebelle was the most recognized film in the Canadian-only…

Peter Jackson’s four Middle Earth film was granted seven nominations, including a double nomination for animated character. The VES awards are often a strong harbinger for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, so looking closely at the nominees, we see the chief competition is between The Hobbit and second-most nominated films The Avengers and…

The Online Film Critics Society continues a recent trend in honoring Argo as Best Picture of the year. A film which many thought would lose steam in the face of strong competition from Lincoln, The Master and Zero Dark Thirty has quietly amassed a sizable trove of awards this season. All of the winners here…