Category: Academy Awards

It’s hard to know what films will qualify for the American Institute honor and which won’t. They have a strict U.S. only selection process, which eliminates films like Amour, but the New Zealand-based The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey could be eligible, but was it too foreign for them? The original trilogy was on their list,…

The accolades for Zero Dark Thirty continue to roll in. Anne Hathaway’s awards traction has finally begun, though it may be short-lived if other groups decide it’s not the kind of film for them. ParaNorman picks up another Animated Feature award and Philip Seymour Hoffman nabs his first. Award Tallies (3) Zero Dark Thirty (2)…

It’s strange that after all of this attention on Emmanuelle Riva that her name doesn’t appear on the Best Actress slate. They saw the film or it wouldn’t be in the Foreign Language race, but hers wasn’t included. Was it a decision not to highlight her without being able to recognize her co-star Jean-Louis Trintignant…

Taking a completely different approach than its East Coast counterpart, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association go completely unique directions, giving its top prize to Michael Haneke’s Amour, along with top prizes for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress to The Master. Noteworthy here is that it wasn’t the young star of Beasts…

Nearly matching the awards given out by the New York Film Critics Circle, Boston differs on the big awards to Emmanuelle Riva for Best Actress and Ezra Miller for Best Supporting Actor. Nothing new comes out of these awards. Award Tallies (3) Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty (2) Amour, How to Survive a Plague The Awards…

Another good showing for Zero Dark Thirty, Amour and Lincoln. Anne Hathaway picks up her first award of the season for Les Misérables. Award Tallies (3) Zero Dark Thirty (2) Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lincoln The Awards Best Picture Zero Dark Thirty

Announcing their nominees a day ahead of their awards, D.C. has the quickest turnaround of all of the critics organizations that have nominations. Being so centrally located, it’s probably easier to get everyone to cast votes for the winners, though the internet makes it even more simple (if everyone’s already seen the nominees). With its…

A brand new awards group (I didn’t think there were any more to make) based in Boston, mirroring the online version of the New York critics. A few new entries are included, but this is largely a carbon copy of other groups with some very interesting selections in their top ten list. Award Tallies (4)…