Winners, Day Three: The 2024 Hollmann Awards

Today is the last day of the 2024 Hollmann Awards. The full list of nominees is here, the first six winners are here, and the last six winners are here. Six more categories we'll discuss today, beginning with:

Winners, Day Two: The 2024 Hollmann Awards

Today is the second of three days' worth of the 2024 Hollmann Awards. The full list of nominees is here, the first six winners are here. Six more categories we'll discuss today, beginning with:

Winners, Day One: The 2024 Hollmann Awards

Today is the first of three days' worth of the 2024 Hollmann Awards; the full list of nominees can be seen here. Six categories we'll discuss today, beginning with:

The 2024 Hollmann Awards - My Nominees Are...

We are a week away from the 97th Academy Awards - but you are only a sentence away from the nominees for the 2024 Hollmann Awards! 70 films seen, a Top Ten named (alphabetically), and now, 29 films in 18 categories - what I think is the best of the year...

2024: The Longlists

The following is a collection of longlists. A companion to my Top Ten, it narrows the field of the remaining 17 categories in the Hollmann Awards to 15 options each:

My Top Ten of 2024

This year, I thought the best way to approach the Top Ten was to consider: which movies so excited and moved me that I wanted to go out and make one of my own? Which movies made me feel that anything was possible? Which movies sparked the same wonder and amazement I first felt as a budding cinephile? Which movies sent me off on such a high that I wanted, at the very least, to rollerskate after?

With that in mind, and with a tip o' the cap to honorable mentions Cabrini, Gladiator II, Hundreds of Beavers, Lisa Frankenstein, Megalopolis, The Substance, Wicked, and The Wild Robot...my Top Ten:

Passion Projects: 2024

I started my Directed By Kevin Costner journey back in October, looking at the films of 1990, the year he made Dances with Wolves and won Best Director for his efforts. Among the competition both at the box office and the Oscars was The Godfather Part III and its director, Francis Ford Coppola. Both men came back in 2024 with passion projects financed either partially or in whole from their own pockets. Both projects were highly anticipated, at least by me. 

The Films of 2024

In 2020, I saw 119 films. In 2021, 120 films; in 2022, 97 films; and in 2023, 115 films.

This year, I saw a grand total of...74 films. 

One of them I have a personal connection to. I highly recommend it. 

Predicting the 97th Academy Awards Nominees

UPDATED 1/23/25 with the actual nominees. I've kept my predicted titles: incorrect guesses are now in red, unpredicted nominees in green. I'll warn you, the only categories I predicted perfectly are Best Director, Best Actress, Best Sound, and the Supporting Acting categories.

The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards are tomorrow, a celebration of the best in 2024 cinema.

'Anora' won the Palme d'Or at Cannes - can it also win Best Picture?

For the first time in a decade, my own tally for 2024 viewings currently sits at 60, but I'm gonna give myself another ten days to catch up. In the meantime, based on nominations given by the various guilds, critics' groups, Golden Globes, and BAFTAs, here's what I think will be nominated tomorrow at 5:30am PST:

Coming Attractions

I asked the People - that is, I did a poll on Instagram stories, Twitter, and Facebook stories - and the People decided. Starting today, the rest of the year is dedicated to looking back at the years Kevin Costner directed a movie. Only one of those films was even nominated for an Oscar but, as longtime readers know, we watch whatever the year gives us - and, after all, the People have spoken.

Schedule is thus:

October

The Films of 1990

featuring Dances with Wolves

November

The Films of 1997

featuring The Postman

December

The Films of 2003

featuring Open Range

January

The Films of 2024

featuring Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter One

Starting October 1st.

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Year-ish Ahead: The 97th Academy Awards

Usually like to do these earlier in the month, but that's not what happened.

Last year, my April predictions for the 96th Academy Awards were my best ever, I'm pretty sure. I mean, golly, not only did I correctly predict many of the nominees, I correctly foresaw Oppenheimer's wins in Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor! I also knew The Holdovers was gonna do well, but - even to the end - I was too optimistic about Paul Giamatti's triumph. But gosh, 4/5 of the Best Actor nominees!

I don't expect to do that well again. But why not try?