Tag Archives: BEST PICTURE
Our Oscar wonk Marshall Flores made an exhaustive chart detailing Best Picture winners from the beginning. It’s rare to have only 3 Oscars with a Best Picture win — recent winners include Crash (Picture, Screenplay, Editing) and Rocky. Before that, The Godfather, Midnight Cowboy and Casablanca were also 3 Oscar winners. One thing to note – the preferential...
As the last remaining Oscar voters finish up their voting today and by 5pm the deadline will pass. It will be interesting to see whether the Academy’s votes reflect what we would have otherwise known from the nominations thus far or whether they will be vastly different from the general picture we’re getting from the consensus votes. Right now, I feel like...
282 films. Dig deep in the haystack to find every film that met eligibility rules to qualify for this year’s Best Picture Oscar. Interesting to scan through the vast range of titles. The exceptional gems virtually jump out to catch our eye while the less fortunate barely register. We’ve already seen several high-profile Top Ten lists published. Today we’re...
Tom O’Neil over at Gold Derby has compiled a list of screeners that have been going out to Academy members. Getting them there early is essential for films that don’t have purty young girls naked in them or big stars or rave reviews. He’ll be keeping track along the way. [GD] At Vulture, Kyle Buchanan is doing Oscar Futures, tracking the ups and downs...
I thought I would use Metacritic to look at the past ten years of Best Picture winners. I use Metacritic because they are easier to pin down in terms of having fewer critics and (for the most) seasoned, experienced writers. There are a couple of their chosen critics I would swap out for other better critics out there – like Glenn Kenny should absolutely be on Metacritc...
