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Category: Academy Awards

  • Precursor: 27th Art Directors Guild Nominations (2022)

    This is a solid list of selections and almost everything we expected to be major Oscar contenders are here, though The Woman King and The Northman are hurt most by this and RRR is once again the foreign film that the guilds don’t seem to be warming up to. Instead it’s All Quiet on the…

  • 95th Oscars Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6

    As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). With so many critics groups to give out awards, they all seem to blur together and little about…

  • Precursor: 37th Society of Cinematographers Nominations (2022)

    Although they seldom match exactly, the ASC does a pretty good job of highlighting Oscar contenders. There are several big name exclusions here including Avatar: The Way of Water, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Nope, Tár, and Babylon. The Nominations Best Cinematography The Batman Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Elvis…

  • Precursor: 21st San Francisco Critics Awards (2022)

    The Awards were pretty evenly spread between four films with The Banshees of Inisherin taking the top award, but only two other prizes while Everything and Tár pulling in more awards overall. Awards Tallies (4) Everything Everywhere All at Once, Tár (3) The Banshees of Inisherin (2) Women Talking The Awards

  • Precursor: 70th Sound Editors Guild Nominations (2022)

    Although they no longer have a corresponding Oscar category, they can give us insight into the thinking of voters in the sound branch. Of special note here is that RRR, which has been getting a lot of attention for its sound design, is absent here, but All Quiet on the Western Front did make it…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 9 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Precursor: 26th Toronto Critics Awards (2022)

    Having to be the originals this year, Toronto’s critics ignored many of the frontrunners (except Ke Huy Quan and Cate Blanchett) and gave most of their love to Aftersun. Awards Tallies (4) Aftersun The Awards

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 8 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Precursor: 57th National Society of Film Critics Awards (2022)

    Often known for their idiosyncratic choices, the National Society of Film Critics lived up to its reputation giving Tár it’s top award and barely acknowledging Everything Everywhere All at Once. Award Tallies (3) Tár (2) The Banshees of Inisherin, EO The Awards

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 7 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Precursor: 21st San Francisco Critics Nominations (2022)

    Maybe it’s a California thing, but with both San Diego and San Francisco favoring The Banshees of Inisherin over Everything Everywhere All at Once, is this a sign of things to come? Nominations Tallies (11) The Banshees of Inisherin (8) Everything Everywhere All at Once (7) Tár (6) Women Talking (5) The Fabelmans (4) Aftersun,…

  • Precursor: 7th Hawaii Critics Nominations (2022)

    A massive lead from the smallest film critics group in the nation. That size makes itself obvious in the placement of Babylon so highly. Nominations Tallies (16) Everything Everywhere All at Once (11) Babylon (9) Top Gun: Maverick (8) Avatar: The Way of Water (7) The Banshees of Inisherin, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (6) Elvis,…

  • Precursor: 12th Georgia Critics Nominations (2022)

    Georgia seemed equally impressed with a number of films in spite of Everything Everywhere All at Once leading by one over The Fabelmans, which did better than its done almost all season. Nominations Tallies (9) Everything Everywhere All at Once (8) The Fabelmans (7) The Banshees of Inisherin (6) Nope (5) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,…

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 2023)

    Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…

  • Precursor: 64th British Academy Longlists (2022)

    Here are some notable misses: No Avatar, She Said, Till, The Woman King, or Women Talking in Best Picture. No Wendell & Wild in Animated Feature. Most of the missing films for Best Film are in the Best Director race, except James Cameron and BAFTA’s least favorite director, Steven Spielberg. Hugh Jackman, Olivia Colman, Paul…

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