Category: 96th Oscars

  • The Contenders: August Retrospective/October Forecast

    The Contenders: August Retrospective/October Forecast

    We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of August and see what films faltered. Then we’ll look forward to October and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts August Retrospective Before starting in on…

  • Contenders: August Update

    Contenders: August Update

    It’s time to update some already-posted contenders. This month, we’ll look at everything that we’ve posted prior to this week and update everything. Only films that move into a new stage will be updated and will be outlined below. We’ll also share the current leaderboard for each of the current stages just to see what…

  • Calendar Preview: September

    Calendar Preview: September

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. SEPTEMBER Festivals Saturday, Sep. 2 – Telluride Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Thursday, Sep. 7 – Toronto Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Friday, Sep.…

  • 2023 Nominations Predictions: August

    2023 Nominations Predictions: August

    And here we are, the last predictions of the summer and the final set before the trio of fall festivals that will either confirm what we’ve been thinking or redefine everything. Toronto, Venice, and Telluride will tell us a lot and we’ll be back in September with our first predictions post-festival. But for now, have…

  • The Contenders: July Retrospective/September Forecast

    The Contenders: July Retrospective/September Forecast

    We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of July and see what films faltered. Then we’ll look forward to September and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts July Retrospective Let’s start this week…

  • Calendar Preview: August

    Calendar Preview: August

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Here’s what’s coming up this month. AUGUST Festivals Wednesday, Aug. 2 – Locarno Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Wednesday, Aug. 30 – Venice Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Friday,…

  • 2023 Nominations Predictions: July

    2023 Nominations Predictions: July

    Once again, our prognosticators have been hard at work putting together revised lists. There aren’t a lot of changes this month, but enough to create some interesting new match-ups. Further, we’ve added the Animated Feature and Visual Effects categories to expand our lists to ten categories. Next month, we’ll add another two. They will probably…

  • The Contenders: June Retrospective/August Forecast

    The Contenders: June Retrospective/August Forecast

    We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of June and see what films faltered. Then we’ll look forward to August and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts June was a month of successes…

  • The Contenders: May Retrospective/July Forecast

    The Contenders: May Retrospective/July Forecast

    We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of May and see what films pulled ahead and which faltered. Then we’ll look forward to July and see what has some potential. Normally, this will post earlier…

  • Calendar Preview: July

    Calendar Preview: July

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…