Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: January 20
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 32nd London Film Critics Circle Awards (2011)
The French and English made strong showings at the London Critics awards with The Artist and several British stars claiming prizes or even American stars playing British characters. The only real surprises were Sareh Bayat for Best Supporting Actress and the tie between Meryl Streep and Anna Paquin. The rest of the choices fit the…
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Precursor: 14th Costume Designers Guild Nominations (2011)
Leave it to the Costume Designers Guild to throw a wrench in the works. I fully expected most of these nominees, but the exclusion of Anonymous which would usually be catnip for these guys makes no appearance. Meanwhile, most of the major Oscar contenders for Best Picture are here with the exception of Moneyball and…
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Oscar Profile #69: Rachel Roberts
Born September 20, 1927 in Wales, Rachel Roberts had a strict Baptist upbringing against which she rebelled. Following her studies at the University of Wales and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she had a successful career on the London stage and entered films in 1953. Her screen career, however, did not take off until…
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Precursor: 19th Cinema Audio Society Nominations (2011)
One of the moderately accurate precursors picked several films I wouldn’t have expected. I’m glad to see Hanna on this list, but the rest could be nominated or not and I wouldn’t care (I’d prefer no Super 8, but what can you do). I’m surprised not to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo here…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 19
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Academy Narrows Foreign Language Film List to 9
The final shortlist before the Oscar nominations finds nine films in contention for the five slots of the Best Foreign Language Film category. Notable exclusions include Declaration of War, Le Havre and Flowers of War among many others. Here are the final contenders for the nomination: Beverly Hills, CA (January 18, 2012) – Nine films…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 18
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 53rd British Academy Award Nominations (2011)
Leave it to the British Academy to throw a few curve balls into the Oscar proceedings. And by curve balls, I don’t mean Moneyball actor Jonah Hill. After three years of 5-for-5 accuracy with Best Film, the BAFTA group is flirting with a bad year. Apart from Oscar guarantees The Artist, The Descendants and The…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 17
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 7
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. Today, we look back at the results of the New York…
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Precursor: 51st American Cinema Editors Nominations (2011)
The ACE, not known for their Oscar accuracy (even when picking 16 nominees across four categories), have made a few unusual choices (like the very dramatic My Week with Marilyn for Comedy/Musical), but few of the choices are actual surprises. With this nod, The Descendants solidifies its place in the Oscar race as it wasn’t…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 16
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 69th Golden Globe Awards (2011)
The Golden Globes have now been awarded. There are some muddied waters and a lot of spread-the-word mentality. None of the award winners were especially unlikely, nor were any of them likely to give us a hint of who the Oscar winners will be. So much good this year makes for an interesting awards season,…
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Golden Globes Tonight
The Golden Globe awards will be announced tonight. I’ll be live tweeting the event and updating the winners post here on Cinema Sight. Drop by and watch the updates if you can catch them live and feel free to discuss them in the comments section or in the forums. Check out Twitter if you want…
