While Los Angeles used to honor films that were set in their city, Boston can also do that with a small, significant section of The Holdovers taking place in Boston. That could explain its strength and overall victory. Award Tallies (4) The Holdovers (3) Killers of the Flower Moon, The Zone of Interest (1) Barbie,
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Non-English language films performed quite well in Los Angeles, winning more than English-language efforts, with four of the top eight categories. The Zone of Interest picked up some momentum as did Rachel McAdams who seems to be coming in as a dark-horse contender this year. Award Tallies (3) Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of
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Another big set of nominations for Barbenheimer with strong showings by Killers of the Flower Moon and The Holdovers. Nominations Tallies (11) Oppenheimer (10) Barbie (8) Killers of the Flower Moon (7) The Holdovers (6) Poor Things (5) American Fiction (4) Past Lives, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (3) Anatomy of a Fall, Maestro (2) Air,
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Anatomy of a Fall was the big winner at the European Film Awards, taking home 5 awards, including 4 of the top tier ones. The Promised Land also did well. Award Tallies (5) Anatomy of a Fall (3) The Promised Land (2) Society of the Snow (1) La Chimera, Club Zero, How to Have Sex,
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A fairly traditional group gives a fairly traditional list. There are a few unexpected names on this list, but nothing outside the realm of possibility. Nominations Tallies (10) Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, Poor Things (9) Barbie (7) May December (5) The Zone of Interest (4) Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Past Lives
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The Academy has announced the films eligible in the Animated Feature, Documentary Feature, and International Feature categories. Below is their press release. ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY AND INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR 96TH OSCARS® ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated
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We’re looking back at all of the Oscar winners and selecting what films and performances and comparing them to one another. The most effective way to do that is pit each winner against each other winner. This long-running series will ultimately result in a final ranking of every winner in every category (except the documentary
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Another example of a small group result, there are two ties on the list. Most of the choices seem conventional with Anatomy of a Fall‘s screenplay win the only surprising result. Awards Tallies (3) Barbie (1) American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, John Wick: Chapter 4, Migration, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part
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The most interesting thing to say about this list is that it feels a bit vanilla. Sure, these are all largely acclaimed films, but other than Spider-Man, there are no shocking inclusions. Some of the major Oscar players that aren’t listed are Air and The Color Purple. The former really needed this posting to remain
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Avatar: The Way of Water was dominant, but Barbenheimer also did quite well. Very niche choices here and nothing that will impact the Oscars. Award Tallies (12) Avatar: The Way of Water (11) Oppenheimer (9) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (8) Barbie (7) Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (5) The Menu, Renfield
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While Barbenheimer dominates, several promising performers appear on this list. A lot of names all show up that had been largely written off. They have far too many categories and their sorting on their website is inconsistent (though mostly frustrating). Award Tallies (15) Barbie (14) Oppenheimer (10) Killers of the Flower Moon, Spider-Man: Across the
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Born May 26, 1906 in Mexico City, Mexico, Joseph (Patrick) MacDonald was initially trained as a mining engineer at the University of Southern California. Turning his interest to film work, MacDonald served a lengthy apprenticeship, starting as assistant cameraman at First National in the early 1920s before eventually graduating to first camera operator by the
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