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Category: Academy Awards

  • Precursor: 47th National Society of Film Critics (2012)

    Michael Haneke’s Amour got its biggest take yet, nabbing the Best Picture, Director and Actress prize from the NSFC. None of the selections below were particularly original, but it was clear that a handful of films were very well liked this year. Award Tallies (3) Amour (2) The Master The Awards Best Picture

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 5 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 2013)

    Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…

  • Precursor: 65th Writers Guild Nominations (2012)

    The Writers Guild of America, one of the toughest groups to earn nominations with, has announced its nominees for the best of 2012. The reason it’s so tough to get in is that if your film wasn’t made under a WGA contract or under the contract provided by a sister organization from another country, you’re…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 4 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • Oscar Profile #118: Hattie McDaniel

    Born June 10, 1892 in Wichita, Kansas to former slaves, Hattie McDaniel was the youngest of thirteen children. In 1900 the family moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, then to Denver. After graduating Denver East High School, Hattie joined brother Otis’ minstrel show, which folded shortly after his death in 1916. Beginning in 1920 she sang…

  • Oscar and the Box Office

    There has always been a slight correlation between Oscar’s Best Picture category and the box office, usually in that it boosts Best Picture winners beyond $100 million. But what about blockbusters heading TO the Oscars? The term blockbuster had been used before in other media, but it wasn’t until the massive success of Jaws in…

  • Precursor: 17th Art Directors Guild Nominations (2012)

    The Art Directors Guild has announced its traditional fifteen-film slate from which it’s likely all five Oscar-nominated films come. Argo seems like the odd-man out of the Period films, a film that in recent years might have even been nominated for Contemporary. The rest of the Period list seem like good bets with one film…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 3 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • Precursor: 24th Producers Guild Nominations (2012)

    The Producers Guild of America announced their nominations a day earlier than scheduled giving us the general consensus list of films in competition for Best Picture. Other than Skyfall, which will very likely follow the Star Trek/Harry Potter path to the Oscars, the others seem like solid bets for nabbing slots. There isn’t one of…

  • Oscar Predictions: Jan. 2013 (Post-Critics)

    Now that the vast majority of critics groups have announced their nominees and before all but the Screen Actors Guild announce theirs, we thought it would be a good time to update our Oscar Predictions. The nominations for the Academy Awards will be announced next Thursday, so we’ll post our final predictions in ALL categories…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 2 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Polls: Most Anticipated (1)

  • Precursor: 13th Vancouver Film Critics Nominations (2012)

    The Canadian film critics of the Vancouver-based organization held American historical drama Lincoln as the most-nominated film of the year in standard categories. On the Canadian-only category front, David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis was the most nominated with five. Most of the selections here are largely seen as the top contenders for nominations, so I wouldn’t be…

  • Precursor: 21st Southeastern Film Critics Association (2012)

    Another prize to Ben Affleck’s Argo. As the minor groups are giving out their awards, it seems clear that Zero Dark Thirty wasn’t actively screened in these lesser known areas. Either that or the film’s performance outside of the big metropolis areas is more poorly constituted. It will be interesting to see how these late-breaking…

  • Precursor: 20th Dallas-Fort Worth Area Film Critics (2012)

    Another group hands its top prize to Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. And another group seems to set its sights mostly on those films that are primary Oscar contenders. Award Tallies (4) Lincoln (3) Zero Dark Thirty The Awards

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