Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 29th USC Scripter Nominations (2015)
Of the six adapted screenplays that have, so far, won accolades for being the best from various precursors, Carol and Anomalisa are the only ones missing from this list. It’s not surprising that Anomalisa is absent, because it’s based on a screenplay, not on a literary piece. The USC Scripters reward the original author of…
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Precursor: 68th Writers Guild Nominations (2015)
Bridge of Spies takes a temporary lead in the guild derbies securing citations from six of six guilds. Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant were never going to be players here because they are light on dialogue, as such they move into second with five-for-six along with The Big Short, Spotlight and Sicario. [NOTE:…
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Precursor: 30th Cinematographers Guild Nominations (2015)
All four of the films that have so far won precursors for their cinematography make an appearance here with Bridge of Spies rounding out the list. After two days of snubs, Carol makes a merited appearance on the list while Roger Deakins and Janusz Kaminski continue their almost-always-nominated trends. Emmanuel Lubeszki seems to be following…
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Precursor: 10th Oklahoma Critics Awards (2015)
We have yet another award for Spotlight, this time from the critics out of Oklahoma. They largely recognized names we’ve been seeing throughout the season, except for one. Michael Keaton had light traction early in precursor season, but then disappeared. Here, he comes roaring back in the most minute way possible, in a tie with…
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Precursor: 5th Georgia Critics Nominations (2015)
An incredibly strong performance by Mad Max: Fury Road among this year’s nominations put it atop the field for most nominations. The Best Picture nominee was also slotted in Best Ensemble, a result that has to be somewhat surprising considering few have discussed the film’s performances in these terms before. Carol‘s Rooney Mara mention comes…
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Precursor: 19th Toronto Critics – Canadian Film (2015)
After announcing their nominations and then their winners, there was one prize left to award and it went as follows. It will have zero impact on the Oscars. The Awards Best Canadian Film The Forbidden Room Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (19)
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Precursor: 27th Producers Guild Nominations (2015)
There’s about to be an explosion on the internet based on three major exclusions from this year’s PGA nominations. This will be led by Star Wars: The Force Awakens fans who will discover that their film is NOT among the PGA Best Picture nominees even though everyone felt fairly certain it would be here. That…
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Precursor: 20th Art Directors Guild Nominations (2015)
What to make of these nominations? The period category has a number of surprises including the omissions of both Carol and Brooklyn. It should come as little surprise that Crimson Peak showed up, but if The Danish Girl, why not those other more quaintly crafted pieces? Another entry not here that should have been considering…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
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). With only the National Society of Film Critics revealing their selections by the time I had to get…
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Precursor: 55th American Cinema Editors Nominations (2015)
The American Cinema Editors have announced their nominees for the best edited films of the year. Once again, small, deliberately paced films are largely forgotten while big action spectacles are given prominent placement. They split out comedy editing because of the different constraints. Maybe it’s time to pull action films out into their own category.…
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Precursor: 50th National Society of Film Critics Awards (2015)
Another award for Spotlight carried without its director, who almost won the balloting, but failed to appear on a majority of ballots. Other than that, this group’s appreciation for Creed is a bit surprising and the closeness of the races is evinced by the fact that only three categories had a hefty number of points…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 5
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). A smattering of stragglers have polished off their choices in the last week, but the critics section of…
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Precursor: 9th Houston Critics Nominations (2015)
I’m not sure when these were announced as the Houston Film Critics website is one of the most poorly controlled sites any critics organization uses. I found these by happenstance while looking at their list on IMDb. As to the nominees themselves, there are few insights here other than the horrid tendency to classify co-lead…
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Precursor: 19th Florida Critics Awards (2015)
Chalk up another win for the post-apocalyptic critics’ fave Mad Max: Fury Road. This list looks an awful lot like a lot of other lists lately, just structured slightly differently. There’s nothing inherently good or bad about that, just more of the same. Award Tallies (4) Mad Max: Fury Road (2) Love & Mercy, Spotlight…
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Precursor: 16th Vancouver Critics Awards (2015)
The Vancouver Critics have named their list of the best films of 2015. They will reveal their awards for the best in Canadian films at their awards in January. The status quo was restored with Spotlight winning Best Picture and Mad Max: Fury Road taking Best Director. The most unusual thing about this list is…
