Category: 97th Oscars (2024)
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Calendar Preview: April
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. APRIL Awards Thursday, Apr. 4 – Critics Choice – Super (Awards) (Official) Sunday, Apr. 14 – Writers Guild (Awards) (Official) Monday, Apr.…
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Calendar Preview: March
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. MARCH Festivals Friday, Mar. 8 – South by Southwest Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Wednesday, Mar. 13 – Critics Choice – Super…
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Predictions: USC Scripter
With the Writers Guild of America abdicating its position (ceremony after the Oscars) as a precursor (a poor one truth be told), our best precursor for Best Adapted Screenplay is now the USC Scripter prize. USC SCRIPTER AWARDS Best Adapted Screenplay American Fiction (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer (RU:Wesley, RU:Peter, RU:Thomas)…
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Predictions: American Cinema Editors
The Best Film Editing award gets surprisingly little precursor action in spite of it being one of the most important aspects of a film’s success or failure. Thankfully, we have the American Cinema Editors to give us a hand. AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS AWARDS Best Drama Editing Anatomy of a Fall (Peter, RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas) Killers of…
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Predictions: American Society of Cinematographers
When looking at Best Cinematography, this group is one of the best precursors. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS AWARDS Best Cinematography El Conde Maestro Killers of the Flower Moon (RU:Peter, RU:Thomas) Poor Things (RU:Wesley) Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Wesley Lovell: Oppenheimer has been dominating this award all season. I see no reason for it to stop.…
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Predictions: Motion Picture Sound Editors
The other Best Sound feeder is the Motion Picture Sound Editors. After the Sound Editing category was removed, it was rolled into Best Sound and Sound Editors are now nominated alongside Mixers. We still look at their results for clues, especially if they align with the Cinema Audio Society. MOTION PICTURE SOUND EDITORS AWARDS Best…
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Predictions: Cinema Audio Society
When looking at the Best Sound category, the Cinema Audio Society is one of two precursors that might reveal Oscar voters’ thinking. CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY AWARDS Best Sound Mixing – Live Action Barbie Ferrari Killers of the Flower Moon (RU:Peter) Maestro (RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas) Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Wesley Lovell: Oppenheimer should make a clean sweep…
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Predictions: Producers Guild of America
While the Oscar outcome may seem inevitable, a shock victory here could turn the tides. PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS Best Picture American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie (RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas) The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon (RU:Peter) Maestro Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Past Lives Poor Things The Zone of Interest Wesley Lovell: The…
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Predictions: Spirit Awards
With an uncharacteristically Oscar nominee-limited slate makes this particular set of awards even less representative than it typically is. SPIRIT AWARDS Best Feature All of Us Strangers (RU:Peter, RU:Thomas) American Fiction (Wesley) May December Passages Past Lives (Peter, Thomas, RU:Wesley) We Grown Now Wesley Lovell: While it’s not 100% sacrosanct, an Oscar nomination is a…
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Predictions: Screen Actors Guild
Will they affirm the current frontrunners or will they strike out on their own. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS Best Cast American Fiction Barbie (RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas) The Color Purple Killers of the Flower Moon (RU:Peter) Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Wesley Lovell: There are two potential outcomes here. One, Oppenheimer, as the Best Picture frontrunner, runs away…
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Predictions: Costume Designers Guild
What will win at the Costume Designers Guild? We’re pretty certain and, unfortunately, the Oscar race may not be decided with this one. COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS Best Period Costume Design Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Napoleon (RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas) Oppenheimer (Peter) Poor Things (Wesley, Thomas, RU:Peter) Wesley Lovell: Poor Things has the types of…
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Predictions: Visual Effects Society
Their impact on the Oscars is felt in its top categories but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn about the strength of the competitors by the down-ballot selections. VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY AWARDS Best Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature The Creator (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.…
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Predictions: Annie Awards
The Annies have a hit-or-miss record with predicting the Oscars and their top categories can rarely suggest a change in direction but can affirm a frontrunner. ANNIE AWARDS Best Animated Feature The Boy and the Heron (Peter, RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas) Nimona Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Wesley, Thomas, RU:Peter) Suzume Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Wesley…
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Predictions: Make-Up Artists Guild
Only one of these categories really speaks to the Oscar competition but not everyone is represented so we’ll see how accurate they can be if they can even pick one of the Oscar nominees to win. MAKE-UP ARTISTS & HAIR STYLISTS GUILD AWARDS Best Special Make-up Effects Golda (RU:Wesley) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3…
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Predictions: British Academy
The closest thing we have to the makeup of the Academy of itself, the British Academy still has its quirks but campaigns can begin and end with them. BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM & TELEVISION ARTS AWARDS Best Film Anatomy of a Fall (RU:Peter, RU:Thomas) The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon (RU:Wesley) Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter,…
