Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 17th Las Vegas Film Critics (2013)
12 Years a Slave picks up yet another prize, but a few more unusual picks thread through the Las Vegas critics group choices including rarely seen Emma Thompson and the lightly rewarded Matthew McConaughey. The rest are pretty standard selections. Award Tallies (5) 12 Years a Slave (3) Gravity (2) Dallas Buyers Club The Awards…
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Precursor: 9th Austin Film Critics (2013)
This precursor season, if it isn’t 12 Years a Slave, it’s Her, which appears to be the year’s true critic’s darling, taking an impressive four prizes (including an honorary award). Whether the film can openly appeal to the more mainstream-minded Academy remains to be seen. THe rest of the winners here are largely familiar with…
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Precursor: 17th Florida Film Critics (2013)
Another big set of wins for Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave. The Florida Critics’ raft of nominees adheres to current wisdom in several races. Nothing new or out of the ordinary. Award Tallies (6) 12 Years a Slave The Awards Best Picture 12 Years a Slave (Runner-Up: American Hustle)
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Precursor: 34th London Film Critics Nominations (2013)
The London Film Critics Circle have long had an eclectic appreciation for film and with their varied release schedule, some U.S. releases don’t appear at all, while others do. Even though The Wolf of Wall Street will not appear in U.K. theaters until 2014, they have qualified it this year. They also seem to like…
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Precursor: 12th San Francisco Film Critics (2013)
The San Francisco Film Critics can often be one of the best predictors of the younger film critics groups and they’ve given their top award to 12 Years a Slave, but gave the most prizes to Gravity. Their nominations tell the story of a group who got more access to The Wolf of Wall Street…
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Precursor: 17th Toronto Film Critics Association (2013)
Another announcement this morning, Toronto went on a completely different path than most precursors, giving first-time prizes to a number a couple of entities, including Inside Llewyn Davis as both Best Picture and Best Actor for Oscar Isaac. Nothing else is particularly out-of-expectations here. Award Tallies (2) Inside Llewyn Davis The Awards Best Picture Inside…
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Precursor: 5th Indiana Film Journalists (2013)
Another recent awards announcement came from the Indiana Film Journalists who chose 12 Years a Slave as Best Picture of the year, along with three other awards. Barkhad Abdi picks up his first prize for Best Supporting Actor while the rest of the slate is made up of previous winners. Award Tallies (4) 12 Years…
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Precursor: 26th Chicago Film Critics Awards (2013)
Last night, the Chicago Film Critics Association selected their awards for the best of the year. 12 Years a Slave picks up a major endorsement from one of the oldest critics organizations out there. The rest of the list is a who’s who of current competitors, with only the Act of Killing win in Best…
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Precursor: 8th St. Louis Film Critics Awards (2013)
Steve McQueen is having a good day today with two Best Picture prizes (Online Film Critics Society and St. Louis Critics) and the most standard nominations from the Broadcast Critics. The narrative was drawn early, which may account for the “granddaddy” critic groups all trying to go different directions, but 12 Years a Slave is…
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Precursor: 17th Online Film Critics Awards (2013)
The OFCS reached out of the box for its nominations, though it stuck close to the current narrative surrounding the Oscars. Michael Fassbender is their only relatively new selection as he’s only shown up in one other place so far. Award Tallies (5) 12 Years a Slave (2) Gravity The Awards Best Picture 12 Years…
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Precursor: 19th Broadcast Film Critics Nominations (2013)
The Broadcast Film Critics Association has announced their 19th Annual Oscar Predictions…I mean Critics’ Choice Awards nominations. Apart from people like Brie Larson, the top categories are packed with Oscar contenders, worthy of consideration or not. Several films (American Hustle, Gravity, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Hobbit, and others) had their nominations tallies bolstered…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 3
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. Today, we look back at the results of the New York…
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Precursor: 47th Kansas City Film Critics Awards (2013)
Chalk up another win for Steve McQueen’s slave drama, which carried off a slew of awards from an organization that I didn’t realize was this old. Sandra Bullock picks up an unexpected award. Award Tallies (6) 12 Years a Slave (2) Gravity The Awards Best Picture 12 Years a Slave
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Precursor: 7th Detroit Film Critics Society (2013)
Although this won’t translate into an Oscar nomination, Brie Larson picks up a deserved prize for Best Actress for Short Term 12, which apart from Best Picture winner Her, was the only film to take more than one award. This also marks a victory for Matthew McConaughey who hasn’t done very well this Oscar season…
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Precursor: 26th Chicago Film Critics Nominations (2013)
Another good report for 12 Years a Slave, which picked up a slew of nominations, four more than its nearest competitors. Most of these nominations reflect what we’ve been hearing for the last few weeks, so there’s nothing particularly shocking about these. Nominations Tallies (11) 12 Years a Slave (7) Gravity, Her (6) Inside Llewyn…
