Category: Precursors

Spreading their awards across the gambit, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo was named best film by the National Board of Review. Scorsese was also chosen as Best Director. The Descendants managed three nominations including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. No one really loses here, but Hugo, Shailene Woodley and Tilda Swinton get strong…

The Grammy Awards mean next to nothing when it comes to Oscar. Their eligibility period includes October, November and December of the prior year (in this case 2010). So, you’ll have year-end releases competing with current-years, which makes them almost impossible to adjudicate. In addition, TV and web series are also eligible, making further confusion.…

The Artist got two doses of good news today with the announcement of the 26th Annual Spirit Award nominations. In addition to winning the Best Picture and Best Director prizes from the New York Film Critics Circle, the film tied Take Shelter for five nominations apiece for this years Spirit Awards, honoring the best work…

The winners have been announced. The Best Animated Film category seems to have been sidelined this year, but otherwise, the results are below. If an award is presented to Best Animated Film, I will update what follows. My thoughts: This is a big win for The Artist, which from all appearances, is one of the…

This week marks the official beginning of Oscar season. Sure the jockeying and campaigning has already begun, but it isn’t until the first precursor awards are handed out by various critics groups that things start rolling. Before I get into the bulk of the article, please note that although my calendar posted two weeks ago…

We are entering precursor season and with the November move of the New York Film Critics Circle, it’s time to start looking ahead to this year’s precursors. To help you follow along, here is the calendar of events for the 2011 awards season. I have confirmed as many dates as I possibly can and have…

The United States has AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences), arguably international body. The United Kingdom has BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts). France has AATC (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma). Now, Australia will have its own awards giving, industry-based organization, AACTA (Australaian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts).…

The Online Film & Television Association has announced its winners for the 15th Annual awards. You can find the post and more information at this link: Online Film & Television Association.

Here are the winners of tonight’s Film Independent Spirit Awards Awards Tallies (4) Black Swan (2) Winter’s Bone Awards Best Feature Black Swan (Wesley) Best Director Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan (Wesley)

And the winners of this year’s worst awards were given as follows. Awards Tallies (5) The Last Airbender (3) Sex and the City 2 (2) Valentine’s Day The Awards Worst Picture The Last Airbender Worst Director M. Night Shyamalan – The Last Airbender

The winners of this year’s Costume Designers Guild (the final guild to announce prior to Oscar Night) have been announced. The results are below: Costume Designers Guild Period Costume Design The King’s Speech (Wesley, Peter) Fantasy Costume Design Alice in Wonderland (Wesley, Peter) Contemporary Costume Design Black Swan (RU:Wesley)

Here are the winners for this year’s Golden Reel Awards Awards Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film The Social Network (Wesley, Peter) Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film Inception (Wesley, Peter) Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Foreign Language Film…

This year’s winner of the Cinema Audio Society award was a surprise to most who look at these kinds of awards. Awards Best Sound Mixing True Grit