Category: Academy Awards

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…

Leave it to the already diverting Columbus critics to honor Promising Young Woman with its top award, recognizing the film’s greatness. Too bad they will likely be the only ones. Everything else was a fairly predictable slate of selections. Awards Tallies (3) Nomadland, Promising Young Woman (2) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Minari, Sound of Metal…

Is Minari picking up steam going into the Oscars? It’s not certain, but its late swing through the precursors is certainly giving the film hope. Award Tallies (3) Nomadland, Soul (2) Mank, Minari, Sound of Metal The Awards