Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 17th American Film Institute (2017)
AFI announces its list of the ten best American-made films each year. Below is the list of those films. The notable omission is Blade Runner 2049, but the rest of these have been cited several times by other groups as among the best of the year with Wonder Woman the lone non-Best Picture candidate of…
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Precursor: 11th Detroit Critics Awards (2017)
Early nominations and early wins usually means the selection of winners that are outside the Oscar conversation. Either these awards will give visibility to these productions in terms of Oscar consideration or they will be ignored as being too far out there. Only Willem Dafoe among these winners seems possible to carry over to the…
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Precursor: 16th DC Critics Nominations (2017)
Tying for first place in the nominations from the Washington DC Area Film Critics are two technical achievements, only one of which managed a Best Film nomination. The Shape of Water, Blade Runner 2049, and Mudbound were among the top seven films nominated, but not cited for Best Film. The rest of the list feels…
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Precursor: 11th Detroit Critics Nominations (2017)
Why a regional group like this would want to get out ahead of the curve is anyone’s guess, especially when their selections aren’t terribly similar to what the Academy picks. They also likely didn’t get to see some of the titles they nominated, at least not enough of them, which might explain why The Post…
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Precursor: 23rd Broadcast Critics Nominations (2017)
The nominees have been announced the big surprise is that The Shape of Water utterly destroyed all comers in terms of nominations with 14. Three films have eight each, the next highest amount. All are nominated for Best Picture. Of all the films nominated for 5 or more awards, only Blade Runner 2049 and I,…
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Precursor: 26th Annie Awards Nominations (2017)
Decimating the competition, Coco should handily win many of its awards. The big surprise here is that The Breadwinner managed to pull off a feat that many indie animated films can’t: double-digit nominations. That could position it as a spoiler in a number of categories and should give it the corresponding Independent Picture race. Nominations…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 2
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). The calm before the storm. While the last couple of weeks have seen a small, but important flurry…
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Precursor: 43rd Los Angeles Critics (2017)
The Los Angeles film critics have selected their winners for this year with two ties. Call Me By Your Name was the big winner, but The Shape of Water also performed well. The list of winners looks familiar with plenty of this year’s contenders within their ranks. Award Tallies (3) Call Me By Your Name,…
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Precursor: 22nd Satellite Awards Nominations (2017)
Once again, the Satellite Awards announce their nominations earlier than they posted on their own website. This kind of disorganization is plainly frustrating. So too is their inability to alphabetize anything. Now to the nominees. Dunkirk dominated with The Shape of Water not far behind. They matched all categories with the exception of which category…
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Precursor: 83rd New York Critics (2017)
The NYFCC winners have been announced and there are some expected selections and some unexpected ones. Willem Dafoe was always a contender, as was Phantom Thread in screenplay, also Coco, Faces Places, Jordan Peel, and BPM. Sean Baker as Best Director was the biggest surprise, though Lady Bird as Best Picture wasn’t expected, nor was…
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Precursor: 89th National Board of Review (2017)
Steven Spielberg’s drama The Post was the big winner from the National Board of Review. The film, which only recently had its embargo dropped, is shaping up to be the prominent political drama of the year and could be the eventual Best Picture winner, though the National Board of Review doesn’t have the best track…
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Precursor: 60th Grammy Awards Nominations (2017)
Although the Grammys are the only awards that are given out to music for movies, they are a wholly un-predictive set of nominations. Every. Year. In Best Music Film, which is would only really tie into the Documentary Feature category at the Oscars, has only one film (Long Strange Trip) that was submitted for Oscar…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
We begin our first weekly recap today. Each week, we’ll look back at all the precursors from Monday through the following Sunday. Will the precursors affect the Oscars? That’s what we’re here to determine. We’ll look at the winners and losers along with what’s coming up from Tuesday through Monday. But, before we get into…
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Precursor: 33rd Spirit Awards Nominations (2017)
As expected, the top nominee for this year’s Spirit Awards was Call Me By Your Name, which picked up six nominations. The most notable misses for the film were Michael Stuhlbarg in Supporting Actor and the screenplay itself. It is still the likely winner, but don’t yet count out second place on the nominations board,…
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Precursor: 29th PGA Documentary Nominations (2017)
The Producers Guild of America has revealed their nominees for Best Documentary. This year, they’ve announced seven nominees, two more than is usual. Whether that’s because past years have seen roughly 2, sometimes 3 of their nominees go on to Oscar nominations, they are hoping to increase their odds. With this list, though, I doubt…
