Category: Academy Awards History

The first caveat of Spirit Award Nominations is that the nominations aren’t picked by the organization on the whole, but by a committee. Thus there are often strange inclusions/omissions offered up every year. For instance, Ma Rainey’s in Best Feature and Promising Young Woman in director. This in spite of Carey Mulligan and the film…

With a handful of winners that haven’t been commonplace so far this year, several of their selections are following the trends being set by earlier-arriving awards. Award Tallies (3) Minari, Promising Young Woman (2) Nomadland, One Night in Miami The Awards

The second oldest film awards body in the United States is a bad barometer of Oscar contention. Typically announcing their list before most other precursors are announced, the NBR is going much later this season. Yet, that extra time hasn’t done much to improve their selections. While the Clint Eastwood/Warner Bros. bias appears to be…

There are a handful of titles that have been earning the lion’s share of attention this year in terms of their screenplay. The USC Scripter nominations list four of those titles with frequently cited I’m Thinking of Ending Things failing to make the cut over Emmy nominee Bad Education, which will not be eligible for…

The film that’s been dominating awards season tied for Best Picture with another film that’s been a fixture in many places this year. There are a few trendlines starting to develop and Best Director, the acting, and screenwriting winners here are are among the most frequently cited so far. Award Tallies (3) Nomadland, Promising Young…

Nomadland was a huge hit with the Online critics, sweeping the awards with wins in every category in which it was nominated. There isn’t much else to say about this list. Award Tallies (6) Nomadland (2) Promising Young Woman, Soul The Awards

The surprising exclusion of Promising Young Woman comes as inferior movies Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Mank make the list instead. The Awards Best American Films Da 5 Bloods Judas and the Black Messiah Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mank Minari Nomadland One Night in Miami Soul Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7…

A group that goes back and forth between having nominations and not, the North Texas Critics Association, a smaller subset of Texas critics outside of the more familiar Houston and Dallas critics groups, have chosen Nomadland as their top nominee, but gave strong counts to Minari (which they incorrectly attributed to Korea when it’s a…

New Mexico critics seem to like Mank the best while spreading the love around everywhere including to Best Picture runner-up Minari.Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Kirby, and Daniel Kaluuya are among the seldomly-selected on this list, though many are as have been chosen elsewhere. Awards Tallies (3) Mank (2) Minari, Nomadland The Awards