Oscar History: October 23 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Eligible Film List for 98th Oscars
All of the primary contenders for Best Picture show up on the 201-film eligibility list, so no surprises. 317 FEATURE FILMS IN CONTENTION FOR 98TH ACADEMY AWARDS® 201 FEATURE FILMS IN CONTENTION FOR BEST PICTURE CATEGORY LOS ANGELES, CA – Three hundred seventeen feature films are eligible for the 98th Academy Awards®, the Academy of…
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40th Society of Cinematographers Nominations
This list is almost exactly like we’ve been predicting with F1, Hamnet, and Wicked: For Good the most harmed by their omissions. The Nominations Best Cinematography Frankenstein Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sinners Train Dreams Documentary Cinematography 2000 Meters from Andriivka Come See Me in the Good Light Folktales Spotlight Award Amrum Orphan The…
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78th Directors Guild Nominations
Joachim Trier, Jafar Panahi, Park Chan-wook, and Clint Bentley can’t be pleased with their omissions. Otherwise, the list looks like much of what we’ve been predicting so far. The Nominations Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Ryan Coogler – Sinners Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Chloé…
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42nd Casting Society Awards
For some reason, my comments were not retained on this one. All I could really say was that One Battle After Another was not nominated and that’s a shock. Also note that the below has been revised. Somehow the prior source of this information had last year’s short film nominations listed. This has been updated…
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Review: Pillion (2025)
Pillion Rating Director Harry Lighton Screenplay Harry Lighton Length 1h 47m Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Henry Melling, Lesley Sharp, Douglas Hodge, Anthony Welsh, Jake Shears MPAA Rating Unrated Review Cinema history has not always been friendly to alternative lifestyles. However, with recent successes in theaters for films looking into the depths of dominance and submission, a…
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Oscar Profile: David Lynch Revisited
Born January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana, David Lynch’s father was a research scientist for the Department of Agriculture and his mother an English language tutor. Because of his father’s job, the family moved around a lot, the future writer-director having spent most of his formative years in Virginia. After attending the School of the…
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Original Screenplay, 1997
Return Links Polls Re-Awarding Best Original Screenplay, 1997 Now that we’ve finished rebuilding the nomination slate between 1997 and 2016 (we’ll do subsequent years after this series has completed), we will take those rebuilt slates and pick a new winner from among the nominees. In our eleventh pass, we take a look at the new…
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Oscar History: January 8 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Gordon Hollingshead (60 at death) {23 Noms, 7 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Assistant Directing, Documentary Short, One-Reel Short Film, Two-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Assistant Directing, Documentary Short, One-Reel Short Film, Two-Reel Short Film 1903: Robert Webb (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant…
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Film Preview: H Is for Hawk (2026)
Page Revisions: (January 4, 2026) Original (January 18, 2026) New Poster (#2) Release Date: January 23, 2026 Synopsis: From IMDb: “After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel.” Poster Rating: C / C+ SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1, C) You get your titular…
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Film Preview: Apex (2026)
Page Revisions: (January 4, 2026) Original (March 29, 2026) New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#1-#4) Release Date: April 24, 2026 Synopsis: From IMDb: “When an adrenaline junkie sets out to conquer a menacing river, she discovers that nature isn’t the only thing out for blood.” Poster Rating: C / C+ / C (2) SEE…
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Film Preview: Last Stop: Rocafort St. (2025)
Page Revisions: (January 4, 2026) Original Release Date: October 24, 2025 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A mystery that has shaken the Rocafort Metro station in Barcelona for years enters fully into Laura’s life when she starts working at this old, quiet stop and discovers that many people have died there under strange circumstances.” Poster Rating: –…
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78th Directors Guild Doc Nominations
A couple of non-Oscar contenders on the list and those are the only surprises. The Nominations Best Documentary Director Mstyslav Chernov – 2000 Meters to Andriivka Geet Gandbhir – The Perfect Neighbor Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni – Cutting Through Rocks Elizabeth Lo – Mistress Dispeller Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus – Cover-Up Directors Guild of America…
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30th Art Directors Guild Nominations
The only real surprise is that inclusion of The SpongeBob Movie. Other than that, this is what we largely expected. The Nominations Best Animation Art Direction The Bad Guys 2 Elio KPop Demon Hunters The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants Zootopia 2 Best Period Art Direction Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme The Phoenician Scheme Sinners Best…
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32nd Screen Actors Guild Nominations
One Battle After Another, as expected, dominated the nominations while Sinners and Marty Supreme did surprisingly well. The potential of nominations for Chase Infiniti, Miles Caton, Wunmi Mosaku, and Odessa A’Zion became more likely. Meanwhile, Joel Edgerton, Wagner Moura, Dwayne Johnson, Cynthia Erivo, Jennifer Lawrence, Amanda Seyfried, Delroy Lindo, Adam Sandler, Gwyneth Paltrow, and the…
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Looking at the Weekend: Jan. 9-11, 2026
Greenland 2: Migration might have been thought to be the week’s top contender for box office champ but Primate taps into a market that hasn’t seen a lot of action in recent weeks so it could be a surprise topper. OTHER RELEASES We are only looking at films that have had trailers released on Rotten…
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