Category: Precursors

The biggest (and shockingly only) surprise of the night came in Best Actor where Chadwick Boseman, who had been dominating the awards season during the televised awards, lost to Riz Ahmed. Boseman did very little in the indie community while Ahmed more than paid his dues, which might account for his success tonight. Everything else…

GALECA has announced their winners and I can’t say they are terribly exciting or interesting. Everything we’ve seen so far this season has been replicated with nary a variance. Award Tallies (3) Nomadland (2) Disclosure, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Minari, Promising Young Woman, Welcome to Chechnya The Awards

In the first major failure for Nomadland in the cinematography category this year, Mank managed to win out. Of course, Nomadland‘s cinematographer is not a member of the ASC, so there may have been some anti-non-member bias, but we won’t ever know. Of course, ASC does well some years, but utterly fails in others, so…

Also announcing earlier than expected, with a significantly different set of results. Cinema Audio Society went as predicted, this one didn’t. The Awards

The awards went almost exactly as predicted, give or take. The Awards

Going differently than expected, the American Cinema Editors also announced early. While Promising Young Woman has been having poor luck lately, My Octopus Teacher is moving against tradition to storm the awards season. The Awards

Apart from a handful of unexpected wins by Wolfwalkers, which won the directing award and some other craft awards, Soul was the biggest winner of the night taking the top award of the night alongside the independent winner Wolfwalkers. Awards Tallies (7) Soul (5) Wolfwalkers (1) The Mandalorian, The Snail and the Whale, Souvenir Souvenir…

An expected list of winners. The Nominations

It looks like the steamroll of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom to the Oscars continues through the guild awards. The Awards Best Period Costume Design Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Costume Design Mulan (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas) Best Contemporary Costume Design Promising Young Woman (Peter, Tripp, Thomas, RU:Wesley) Costume Designers Guild Data…

Expectations were both met and subverted this year with Anthony Hopkins showing what the home field advantage looks like and Frances McDormand bringing the total of televised awards to Best Actress nominees to 4 of 5. Poor Vanessa Kirby. Other than that, the British effect may have pulled The Father over the finish line in…

Chloé Zhao now becomes in the insurmountable leader for the Oscar. The Awards Best Director Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best First Feature Darius Marder – Sound of Metal (Wesley, Peter, RU:Tripp, RU:Thomas) Best Documentary Director Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw – The Truffle Hunters Directors Guild of America Data Year Founded: 1936…

Mank continues as the frontrunner with also-nominated Tenet sneaking in a win that likely won’t repeat at the Oscars. The Awards Best Period Art Direction Mank (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Fantasy Art Direction Tenet (Thomas, RU:Peter, RU:Tripp) Best Contemporary Art Direction Da 5 Bloods (Thomas, RU:Tripp) Best Animation Art Direction Soul (Wesley, Peter, Tripp,…

And just like that the Oscar race for Best Visual Effects gets upturned. Whether Tenet can now win the Oscar is questionable. We shall see. It almost seems like this season has been about snubbing Christopher Nolan because he refused to let his film stream alongside its theatrical run. Who knows for sure, though. Awards…

The slow-building popularity gave Minari a boost in the Best Picture race. Other selections were pretty well expected. Award Tallies (7) Promising Young Woman (9 with poster/trailer nominations) (4) Minari (3) Nomadland, One Night in Miami, Soul, Sound of Metal (2) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom The Awards

Two frontrunners retained their leads, one category may have been clarified, and another was muddied. SAG/AFTRA has a larger number of television actors in their membership, which might explain Viola Davis’ unexpected victory in a category that has had too many ups-and-downs this season. Awards Tallies (2) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (1) Judas and the…