Category: Precursors
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6th Critics Choice Super Awards
Nothing dominated the awards and nothing was unexpected. A pretty predictable lot. Nominations Tallies (2) Deadpool & Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Sinners (1) Companion, Heretic, The Substance, Thelma, Thunderbolts* The Nominations Best Villain Hugh Grant – Heretic Best Action Movie Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Best Actor in…
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6th Critics Choice Super Awards Nominations
They clearly don’t have a set calendar for eligibility. You have Civil War from April 12 2024 through Bring Her Back on May 30, 2025. Their press release didn’t bother to explain, so we’re left to wonder. But that’s the most interesting thing about this slate. Strong critical reception (I Saw the TV Glow) didn’t…
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78th Cannes Film Festival
And our third and most recent festival, Cannes. The Festival Palme d’Or It Was Just an Accident Grand Prix Sentinmental Value Prix du Jury Sirât Sound of Falling Best Director Kleber Mendonça Filho – The Secret Agent Camera d’Or (Best First Film) The President’s Cake Best Actor Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent Best Actress…
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75th Berlin Film Festival
Covering the other early-year festival entry, here are the results from the Berlin Film Festival, also referred to as Berlinale The Festival Golden Bear Dreams (Sex Love) Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (2nd Place) The Blue Trail Silver Bear Jury Prize (3rd Place) The Message Silver Bear for Best Director Huo Meng – Living the…
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48th Sundance Film Festival
In the first of our festival postings for the new year, here’s what happened at the Sundance Film Festival this year. The Festival Grand Jury Prize U.S. Dramatic Atropia Audience Award U.S. Dramatic Twinless Directing Award U.S. Dramatic Rashad Frett – Ricky Screenwriting Sorry, Baby Editing André Is an Idiot Grand Jury World Cinema Dramatic…
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Contenders 24: Final Analysis
As I look over the results of the 2024 Contenders series, I’m struck by the sheer breadth of contenders that were offered up throughout the year. It was startling just how many films met the stringent guidelines for inclusion and also how many of them failed to live up to lofty Oscar-caliber aspirations. It’s also…
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64th American Cinema Editors Awards
A Very surprising set of winners, ones that might have thrown us off if they’d happened during Oscar season. However, I suspect that since the original awards were supposed to take place before the collapse of Emilia Pérez, that voting had already been concluded. That could explain why Emilia Pérez won. That said, I can’t…
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Predictions: American Cinema Editors
They had to move their ceremony because of the wildfires but they chose to sit comfortably after the Oscars rather than before so these are mostly moot. AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Drama Editing Civil War PP Conclave…
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34th Razzie Awards
Madame web was this year’s biggest loser but all of these “winners” are essentially losers. Awards Tallies (3) Madame Web (2) Joker: Folie à Deux, Madame Web, Megalopolis, Unfrosted (1) Reagan, Shadow Land, Strangers The Awards Worst Picture Madame Web Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel Joker: Folie à Deux Worst Director Francis Ford Coppola…
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62nd Publicists Guild Film Awards
Nothing surprising here. The Awards Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Motion Picture Wicked Les Mason Award, the highest honor publicists can bestow on one of their own Bill Mona, Disney Press Award Perri Nemiroff, Collider Publicist of the Year Rachael Roth, Unit Publicist Best Unit Still Photography for Motion Pictures Chiabella James International Media Award John…
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28th Film Music Critics Awards
While there are Oscar nominees that won, the frontrunners didn’t, so these aren’t much help. The Awards Score of the Year The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Best Original Score for a Drama Film Here Best Original Score for a Comedy Film Fly Me to the Moon Best Original Score for an…
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28th Toronto Critics Awards – Canadian
No Oscar competition here so not a particularly Oscar-significant selection. The Awards Best Canadian Film Finalists Universal Language Best Canadian Documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (28)
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39th Society of Cinematographers Awards
The last of the guilds to announce is also one of the uneven predictors, so of course we were waiting for their announcement with much anticipation (especially since our commentary on Cinematography is due today). Of course, then they honor people who are legends without any chance of winning an Oscar. As is the selection…
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72nd Sound Editors Guild Awards
In a night of surprises, Saturday Night stops any potential competitors to Dune: Part Two. Meanwhile, Wicked mutes the CAS win of A Complete Unknown. Awards Tallies (1) The Blue Angels, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Music by John Williams, Saturday Night, Wicked, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Sound Editing: Feature Effects / Foley…
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11th Phoenix Critics Circle Awards
Phoenix critics circle pick The Brutalist Awards Tallies (4) The Brutalist (2) Anora, Nosferatu, A Real Pain (1) All We Imagine as Light, Dune: Part Two, The Substance, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Picture The Brutalist Best Animated Film The Wild Robot Best Director Brady Corbet – The Brutalist…
