Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar History: January 20 (2025)
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:…
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8th Chicago Indie Critics Awards
Chicago’s indie critics are in love with The Substance, giving the film most of its awards. Awards Tallies (7) The Substance (3) The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, Sing Sing, The Wild Robot (2) Challengers (1) Flow, Monkey Man, Nickel Boys, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story The Awards Best Studio Film (over $20M) Dune: Part…
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15th Denver Film Critics Nominations
Denver’s film critics are late to the party but they aren’t late to the standard issue nominees. Nominations Tallies (10) Dune: Part Two (9) The Substance (7) Anora (6) The Brutalist, Conclave, Sing Sing, Wicked (5) The Wild Robot (4) Challengers, Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu (3) Furiosa: Inside Out 2, A Mad Max Saga, Nickel Boys…
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21st Women Critics Nominations & Awards
The Women Film Critics Circle are hard to track down as their website isn’t updated but these are their nominees, winners, and runners-up. Not surprisingly, The Substance, Emilia Pérez, and All We Imagine as Light were the big nominees, though All We Imagine didn’t win anything. Nominations Tallies (4) All We Imagine as Light, Emilia…
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Oscar History: January 19 (2025)
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…
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16th GALECA Nominations
For an organization that prides itself on uniqueness, these are shockingly unoriginal. The lack of love for Wicked, especially in the Visually Striking category is telling Nominations Tallies (9) I Saw the TV Glow (8) The Substance (6) Challengers, Emilia Pérez (5) The Brutalist (4) Anora, Nickel Boys, Wicked (3) Problemista, Queer (2) Dune: Part…
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28th Online Critics Nominations
If you’ve seen a list of nominees this year, it probably looked something like this with I Saw the TV Glow doing a bit better than it will probably do with the Academy. Nominations Tallies (9) Dune: Part Two (8) The Brutalist (7) Conclave, The Substance (6) Anora, Nickel Boys, Wicked (5) Nosferatu (4) Challengers…
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Oscar History: January 18 (2025)
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.…
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Oscar History: January 17 (2025)
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…
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23rd Visual Effects Society Nominations
Nothing too unusual about these other than that they disagreed fairly well from BAFTA’s nominees. All of the Oscar shortlisters got at least one nomination. If we went solely off the titles that got the most nominations, Dune: Part Two, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Better Man, and Mufasa: The Lion King would…
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39th Society of Cinematographers Nominations
Making room for 7 nominees should have helped films like Nickel Boys earn a nomination but it was shut out and left with a measly Spotlight Award nomination. It was one of the most vital and important cinematographic achievements this year and was ignored in favor of films like A Complete Unknown and Conclave. And…
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36th Producers Guild Nominations
While September 5 got excellent news, Nickel Boys and Sing Sing really needed a boost from this organization. A Real Pain is also a bit of a surprise but the rest seem like expected choices. It’s important to note that these are ten very white-friendly films with Emilia Pérez and Wicked having anything in the…
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Oscar Profile: Sam Wood Revisited
Born Born July 10, 1883 in Philadelphia, PA, Samuel Grosvenor Wood married Clara Louise Rousch in 1908. He began his Hollywood career as an actor and assistant to Cecil B. DeMille in 1915, becoming a full-time director in 1917. He would eventually direct 82 films between 1920 and his death in 1949. Wood’s silent films…
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Oscar History: January 16 (2025)
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: Karl Freund (79 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White),…
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77th Writers Guild Nominations
Notorious for their exclusions, it’s always interesting to see what is not nominated because it wasn’t eligible and what was not nominated because no one liked it. First, let’s get the ineligible titles out of the way: The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Hard Truths, Sing Sing, The Substance, The Wild Robot, September 5, A Different…
