Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 20th Florida Critics Nominations (2016)
The Florida Film Critics Circle has announced their nominations for the best of 2015. Apart from the unusual selections (like The Lobster and Sausage Party), most of what’s here is par for this year’s Oscar course. Nominations Tallies (10) Moonlight (8) La La Land (7) Manchester by the Sea (5) Arrival (4) 20th Century Women,…
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Precursor: 37th London Critics Nominations (2016)
There are two things you need to know about the London Film Critics Circle and their nominations. The first is that they have separate categories for British and Irish actors and directors. The Nominations Tallies below list only the non-British/Irish category numbers (the totals, including British/Irish citations are included in parentheses). The other thing is…
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Precursor: 10th Detroit Critics Nominations & Awards (2016)
Detroit Film Critics announced nominees and winners, but their website doesn’t reference when they were announced posted, so I have no official dates. As to the nominees and winners, the top nominees were not the big winners from this group, though many of the selections are familiar to those who follow these awards. Emma Stone…
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Precursor: 8th Indiana Critics Awards (2016)
The Indiana Film Journalists have selected Moonlight as the best film of the year. Most of their selections match up with other groups, with the exception of Rebecca Hall getting some love for her performance in Christine. Award Tallies (3) Moonlight (2) Manchester by the Sea The Awards
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Precursor: 6th Nevada Critics Awards (2016)
The Nevada Film Critics cannot be accused of following the well-trodden path. With a few exceptions, nearly every winner here is either a first-time winner this season or has been infrequently cited. It makes for an interesting list, even if it isn’t terribly instructive. Award Tallies (4) Hell or High Water (2) 20th Century Women,…
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Precursor: 11th St. Louis Critics Awards (2016)
The Saint Louis Film Critics announced their winners on the 18th, but did not post them on their website that day. Here are the belated winners of their awards, without any major surprises. Awards Tallies (6) La La Land (2) Elle The Awards
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Precursor: 17th Vancouver Critics Awards (2016)
Their nominations leader was also their victory leader. Manchester by the Sea handily won Best Picture along with four other awards. Vancouver didn’t bestow more than one award on any other film. These were announced on the 19th. Awards Tallies (5) Manchester by the Sea The Awards
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Precursor: 16th Phoenix Critics Awards (2016)
The Phoenix Film critic showered a lot of awards on La La Land, which won 7, including a first prize to star Emma Stone, once thought to be the lock for the Oscar win. Hacksaw Ridge and Hell or High Water also did quite well. Award Tallies (7) La La Land (3) Hell or High…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 4
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). There aren’t many critics groups left and then we’ll be in the heart of the guild precursor season.…
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Precursor: 50th Kansas City Critics Awards (2016)
It appears that KC chose not to nominate in other categories. However, here are their totally mainstream selections. Awards Tallies (3) Manchester by the Sea (2) Arrival, Hell or High Water, Moonlight The Awards Best Picture Manchester by the Sea Best Animated Feature Zootopia Best Director Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Best Actor…
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Precursor: 17th Vancouver Critics Nominations (2016)
Breaking their nominations up into general film categories and Canadian film categories, the Vancouver Film Critics yesterday announced their nomination for 2016. The big nominees among Canadian films are Hello Destroyer, Werewolf, and Window Horses, which were their three nominees for Best Canadian film. Similarly, their biggest nominees for the general film awards were their…
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Precursor: 29th Chicago Critics Awards (2016)
As expected, Chicago Film Critics voted and their nominations leader won: Moonlight still went home with fewer awards than Manchester by the Sea, which claimed four prizes to Moonlight and The Handmaiden‘s three each. None of these selections are particularly surprising. Awards Tallies (4) Manchester by the Sea (3) The Handmaiden, Moonlight (2) La La…
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Precursor: 50th Kansas City Critics Nominations (2016)
In years’ past, KC has nominated a full slate of categories, but this year, they’ve only announced their Best Picture slate and have said winners in all categories will be revealed on December 18. We’ll find out then if there other nominees. As to this list, the two non-competitive titles on the list are The…
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Precursor: 23rd Screen Actors Guild Nominations (2016)
The nominations for this year’s Screen Actors Guild awards have been announced. Three are some interesting choices, but a lot of only-in-SAG’s world choices. Best Actor. Viggo Mortensen has been doing incredibly well all season long. Perhaps he’s a stronger candidate than we all thought. Notable omissions: Michael Keaton for The Founder (not likely screened…
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Precursor: 16th Phoenix Critics Nominations (2016)
Once one of the most accurate film critics groups, the Phoenix critics have given La La Land 13 nominations. Moonlight came in second with nine followed by Hacksaw Ridge and Manchester by the Sea (their capitalization below, not mine) with eight each. Apart from the love for Florence Foster Jenkins and A Monster Calls, which…
