Category: Academy Awards History

The first thing to remember about the London Critics is that they have separate awards for British & Irish actors and productions. This inevitably sways the tallies towards those kinds of films. The second is that their eligibility period is slightly wider, as any film that releases in the UK prior to the end of…

San Diego spread the love around this year, giving five films double wins, but it’s Carey Mulligan and Promising Young Woman that ultimately came out on top. Awards Tallies (2) The Forty-Year-Old Version, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal The Awards

Other than Nomadland in Best Feature, Riz Ahmed in Best Actor, and Time in Best Documentary (tied with A Thousand Cuts), none of these choices are really following any common path. This might be the farthest outside of the norm they’ve ever been. The Awards Best Feature Nomadland Best Actor Riz Ahmed – Sound of…

Three films dominated the nominations from the St. Louis film critics. Nomadland, which has been a clear dominator this year comes in below two other films that have gotten differing amounts of praise. Mank has been virtually ignored this precursor season while Promising Young Woman is getting a modest amount of support. Nominations Tallies (8)…

Nothing much to see here. Some odd choices, but otherwise what you would expect. Awards Tallies (3) Palm Springs, Soul (2) Birds of Prey, Da 5 Bloods, The Invisible Man The Awards

Nomadland has swept the incredibly small and cliquish National Society of Film Critics. Several films got love, but Promising Young Woman, among others, was completely left out even in the screenplay category. With so few members, I would expect a fairly narrow set of films and they have certainly delivered that. Award Tallies (4) Nomadland…

For the first time in a very long while, individual critics groups are starting to show a bit of inventiveness in their selections. Perhaps inventiveness isn’t the right word as most of what’s here has been mentioned elsewhere, but certain films seem to be doing better with some groups more than others. For instance, Sound…