Category: 96th Oscars (2023)
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29th Critics Choice Nominations
While it’s tempting to call these the Barbenheimer awards, It’s really the Barbie-plus awards. Barbie dominated with 18 nominations, though Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and Killers of the Flower Moon did quite well too. The Critics Choice tended to ignore foreign language films with Past Lives and Anatomy of a Fall the most recognized with only…
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The Contenders: November Retrospective/January 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 November and see what films faltered. Then we’ll look forward to December and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts November Retrospective It’s difficult to discuss…
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36th Chicago Critics Awards
Chicago spread the love around, but gave its most significant prize to Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. Award Tallies (3) Killers of the Flower Moon, May December, Oppenheimer (2) The Holdovers, Poor Things (1) Barbie, The Boy and the Heron, Godzilla, Minus One, Kokomo City, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest The Awards…
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27th Las Vegas Critics Nominations
Las Vegas’ critics aren’t very good at getting the word out (or updating their website). Here are the nominees for the Las Vegas critics’ awards, presumably announced on the 8th based on the sole article I found covering it. These are directly from the list on IMDb and there’s absolutely nothing shocking in them. Nominations…
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35th Producers Guild Documentary Nominations
The Producers Guild of America has announced the seven films that will compete for their award for Best Documentary. The list has a few notable omissions, the leading of which are Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie and Menus-Plaisirs- Les Troisgros, but also glaringly absent are The Eternal Memory and Kokomo City among several other…
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22nd DC Critics Awards
Although it won significantly more honors than American Fiction, Oppenheimer lost out on the top award, something that the film may need to get used to as the season progresses. Award Tallies (6) Oppenheimer (2) American Fiction, The Holdovers, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (1) American Symphony, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Killers of the Flower…
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81st Golden Globe Nominations
Now that the Golden Globes is no longer run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, they can now attempt to be as populist as possible. They’ve expanded all categories to six and have a far higher recognition rate for non-American features. That said, A lot of their selections are already Oscar contenders and with now…
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44th Boston Critics Awards
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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49th Los Angeles Critics Awards
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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22nd DC Critics Nominations
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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36th European Film Awards Updated
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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36th Chicago Critics Nominations (2023)
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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96th Oscars Eligibility Lists
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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1st Michigan Critics Guild Awards (2023)
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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23rd American Film Institute Top Ten (2023)
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…
