Category: 2024 Precursors
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7th Greater WNY Critics Awards
Going way out on a limb with their love of Challengers, this group avoided most of the other consensus picks by other orgs. Awards Tallies (4) Challengers (3) Sing Sing (2) A Real Pain (1) Hard Truths, His Three Daughters, Nickel Boys, Nosferatu, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Picture Challengers Best Animated Feature The…
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82nd Golden Globe Awards
It was a big day for films from foreign nations. Emilia Pérez, Flow, and I’m Still Here won big prizes while The Brutalist led the English-language fare. There were no huge surprises, though we all thought things might go differently on the comedy side. This definitely indicates a changed Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The influx…
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13th Georgia Critics Nominations
A pretty even spread of nominations with the top 8 vote-getters within 3 nominations of each other. Obviously the technical and period films have an advantage but no one should be ashamed of these results. Nominations Tallies (8) The Brutalist (7) Dune: Part Two (6) Wicked (5) Anora, Conclave, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, The Substance…
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18th Oklahoma Critics Awards
Another group with an appreciation for Conclave. Perhaps this year’s races are more up in the air than we thought. Awards Tallies (5) Conclave (2) Nosferatu, Sugarcane (1) Anora, The Brutalist, Challengers, Deadpool & Wolverine, Emilia Pérez, The Fall Guy, Fancy Dance, The Garfield Movie, Juror #2, The Order, Sing Sing, Wicked, The Wild Robot…
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58th National Society of Film Critics Awards
The last of the grand old critics groups to announce and while their selections are all over the place tally-wise, it’s clear that Nickel Boys has earned the appreciation of critics whereas BAFTA showed great disdain for the film. An interesting dynamic to be sure. Awards Tallies (2) All We Imagine as Light, Hard Truths,…
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3rd UK Critics Awards
Not a 2023 contender in sight, just 2024 films and while some of these choices are original, the rest have been done before. Awards Tallies (2) Dune: Part Two (1) Conclave, Gladiator II, Sing Sing, The Substance The Awards Best Picture Dune: Part Two Best Director Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two Best Actor Colman…
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3rd UK Critics Nominations
UK critics don’t nominate in all the standard categories and they certainly don’t follow American release windows. That’s why you see a few 2023 Oscar contenders on the list (The Zone of Truth, The Iron Claw, and The Holdovers. The rest are 2024 contenders and while they definitely aren’t following the herd, it’s clear they…
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4th Central Florida Critics Awards
Central Florida’s film critics dug Wicked more than most critics groups have so far this season. It couldn’t top Anora for Best Picture but it came close. Awards Tallies (5) Wicked (3) Dune: Part Two, The Wild Robot (2) Anora, Challengers, A Real Pain (1) Dìdi, Emilia Pérez, The Fall Guy, Flow, Monkey Man, The…
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12th North Carolina Critics Awards
North Carolina’s critics have weighed in and gave a rare nod to Conclave as Best Picture but many of the rest of their choices feel old hat. Awards Tallies (3) Challengers, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, The Substance (2) Anora, The Wild Robot (1) All We Imagine as Light, The Brutalist, Furiosa: A Mad Max…
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20th Austin Critics Nominations
Austin’s critics generally loved Dune: Part Two than many other groups but the usual suspects are here. Nominations Tallies (10) The Brutalist (8) Dune: Part Two (7) Anora, The Substance (6) Sing Sing (4) Conclave (3) Love Lies Bleeding, Nickel Boys, Nosferatu, Wicked, The Wild Robot (2) Challengers, Flow, Inside Out 2, Memoir of a…
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22nd San Francisco Critics Awards
The winners seemed certain from the start, though a few of these (Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Joan Chen specifically) are outside the norm, which is nice to see every once in a while. Awards Tallies (4) Anora, The Brutalist (2) Sing Sing (1) Dìdi, Femme, Flow, Hard Truths, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Sugarcane The…
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22nd San Francisco Critics Nominations
Not much new or different here. Much the same types of films being recognized though Hard Truths got more love from this group than it seemed to have from the BAFTA nominations. Nominations Tallies (9) The Brutalist (7) Conclave (6) Anora (4) Emilia Pérez, Hard Truths, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing (3) Dune: Part Two, The…
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22nd Columbus Critics Nominations
The later-announcing groups often feel redundant and much of what’s here certainly feels that way, though it seems Nosferatu is better regarded in Ohio than in most other critic hubs. Nominations Tallies (10) The Brutalist (9) Nosferatu (8) Dune: Part Two (7) Anora, Conclave, The Substance (6) Challengers, Nickel Boys (5) Sing Sing (3) A…
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65th British Academy Longlists
A lot of Oscar’s top contenders are here but several are missing. Nickel Boys and Sing Sing did poorly with BAFTA voters. Overall, here are the surprise omissions and inclusions. Rather than listing them out here, I’ll inset them within the below to make it easier to follow. Certain categories will not have an addendum…
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5th Set Decorators Society Nominations
An interesting batch of nominees with most of the expected Oscar contenders in evidence. This does put a nail in the Blitz and The Piano Lesson coffins. The Nominations Best Period Décor/Design The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Gladiator II Maria Nosferatu Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Décor/Design Alien: Romulus Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Dune: Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max…
