Category: Academy Awards

The Broadcast Film Critics Association, who call themselves the “Critics’ Choice” despite only representing a fraction of working critics, have announced their annual Oscar predictions…I mean award nominations. As expected, The Artist, Hugo and The Help were among the most nominated with Drive doing much better than I would have expected from this group. Each…

Although the San Diego critics have been giving out awards for sixteen years now, their first nomination set was revealed only in 2010, which means we have no way of knowing their impact. The Artist continues its dominance and Drive is showing surprising resilience. In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year,…

Not much can be said about this group whose two prior years have barely given us enough information to know much of anything except that their director and foreign film choices in the past haven’t been Oscar nominees. They are at least going to break their dismal record in Best Director this year, though Paul…

The Tree of Life was the big winner with the San Francisco critics and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy managed to enter the game as did Vanessa Redgrave for Coriolanus. In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards…

Another big group going for The Artist which picked up seven nominations, two more than its nearest competitor. This is also the first sighting of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which could be a fluke or the start of a trend (after all, it was screened late for critics). In addition to the nominees and/or…

Taking more than just a place to hole up against the weather, Take Shelter takes a surprising lead in the Detroit critics nominations. The Artist and The Help had strong tallies as well while The Descendants is proving to be the best film of the year whose director isn’t thought of as such. In addition…

The New York Online Film Critics have also embraced The Artist this year and gave it three prizes while Bridesmaids picks up two by itself and Take Shelter and The Tree of Life both earn two, but one they each earned for supporting actress Jessica Chastain, who appeared in both films, picking up the breakthrough…

The American Film Institute has chosen its annual list of the ten best American films of the year. In years past, they have had varying success at getting Oscar nominations with a record 9 of 10 last year, but considering how many prominent foreign films are in competition this year, that number is sure to…

Spreading their awards ultra thin, The Tree of Life, which came in second to The Descendants for Best Picture, earned a total of three awards. Every other film earned only a single mention each. Director, Actor and Screenplay may be locked in for Oscar nominations according to LAFCA history with Actor being a surprisingly strong…

The Boston Society of Film Critics divvied up their awards fairly evenly with no film earning more than three prizes and splitting Best Picture (The Artist) and Best Director (Martin Scorsese). Melissa McCarthy gets a decent boost with this prize as does Michelle Williams. Albert Brooks may be one of the few winners this season…