Month: January 2025

  • 23rd Utah Critics Awards

    23rd Utah Critics Awards

    An unusual result with The Wild Robot coming out on top. It was also the only film to pick up two awards without starting with the letter “S.” Awards Tallies (2) September 5, Sing Sing, The Substance, The Wild Robot (1) Alien: Romulus, The Brutalist, Challengers, His Three Daughters, Nickel Boys, The Piano Lesson, Red…

  • 58th Kansas City Critics Awards

    58th Kansas City Critics Awards

    KC film critics didn’t just pick The Substance as the best of the year, they heaped most of their awards on the film with a smattering of other films taking one apiece. Award Tallies (6) The Substance (1) Anora, The Brutalist, Challengers, Conclave, The Fall Guy, Flow, I Saw the TV Glow, Late Night with…

  • 58th Kansas City Critics Nominations

    58th Kansas City Critics Nominations

    Kansas City’s critics had a lot of ties in the nominations but primarily went for two films with several others doing well with 5 or fewer nominations. Nominations Tallies (8) Dune: Part Two (7) The Substance (5) Anora, Wicked (4) Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing (3) Civil War, I Saw the TV Glow,…

  • Rating the Nominees, Group 7, #10

    Rating the Nominees, Group 7, #10

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

  • Oscar History: January 12 (2025)

    Oscar History: January 12 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Melchior Lengyel (94 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1893: Edward Selzer (77 at death)   {11 Noms, 5 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short, Animated Short Film      Oscar Wins: Documentary Short, Animated Short Film 1904: Joseph Gershenson (84 at death)   {2 Noms, 0…

  • Rating the Nominees, Group 6, #10

    Rating the Nominees, Group 6, #10

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

  • Oscar History: January 11 (2025)

    Oscar History: January 11 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Charles Previn (85 at death)   {7 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Musical Score      Oscar Win: Scoring 1894: Alexander Hall (74 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Directing 1899: Eva Legallienne (92 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1900: Borden…

  • Rating the Nominees, Group 5, #10

    Rating the Nominees, Group 5, #10

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

  • Oscar History: January 10 (2025)

    Oscar History: January 10 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: Bernard Herzbrun (72 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1898: Arthur Johnston (56 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1899: John Mescall (63 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1917: Jerry Wexler (91…

  • 18th Women Journalists Awards

    18th Women Journalists Awards

    The Alliance of Women Film Journalists have surprisingly not released their shame awards this year and I kind of miss it. The selections are fairly predictable though the Brutalist selection is a bit confusing consider what they had to recognize outside of that. Awards Tallies (4) The Substance (3) Conclave (2) All We Imagine as…