Category: Precursors

The most honored film wasn’t even Best Film-nominated and the two nominations leaders came up light on wins with The Trial of the Chicago 7 topping them all for the top award. Awards Tallies (4) Tenet (3) Mank, Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2) Da 5 Bloods, Nomadland, One Night in…

What’s most surprising is that Sound of Metal managed to tie Mank for most nominations while season leader Nomadland ended up with a scant 3. Beyond that, this group has matured a bit since it began, but the dearth of members doesn’t make them terribly representative. Nominations Tallies (9) Mank, Sound of Metal (8) News…

Four films topped this year’s nominations with all of their top selections, except one, coming form underrepresented minority directors. Not a bad list. Nominations Tallies (6) Minari, Nomadland, One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman (4) First Cow (3) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Never Rarely Sometimes Always The Nominations

The Art Directors Guild has a large advantage in predicting the Oscar race. With twenty nominees (the five in animated really don’t have a chance), they have a pretty sterling track record. You usually have to take at least 3 of the period nominees and add in one or two of either the fantasy or…

Vancouver liked Mank best, but all of its Best Picture nominees did well in the nominations. Nominations Tallies (5) Mank (3) Nomadland, Promising Young Woman The Nominations

A heavily pro-Nomadland list. Not much else to see here. Awards Tallies (4) Nomadland The Awards

Nevada definitely loved Promising Young Woman, which seems to be a rarer and rarer opinion so far this season. Award Tallies (4) Promising Young Woman (2) The Father, Tenet The Awards

A generally interesting list of nominees with Palm Springs and Mank notably absent. The Nominations

If you’re looking for accurate predictors of the Oscars, look elsewhere. The Film Music Critics, which used to announce after the Oscars, are now announcing in the midst of the lead-up to them. That said, the selections here were far outside the norms we’ve been seeing. They even chose Wolfwalkers over Soul if that tells…

The strange case of Bill & Ted Face the Music is rather puzzling. How can it compete in both Period and Contemporary categories. This sounds like an issue with eligibility. Either way, it doesn’t matter as the film was not shortlisted by the Academy. Of the films that were, Emma., The Glorias, The Little Things,…

The Writers Guild of America is the only guild that refuses to nominate any film that doesn’t work under a WGA contract. As such, animated films, certain independents, many foreign language films, and all Quentin Tarantino films are ineligible for consideration. That said, their choices are pretty solid precursors for Oscar consideration. The most surprising…

At this point, it would be shocking if Nomadland didn’t win all the remaining critics awards. This list doesn’t look too different from others with Kaluuya starting to gain traction with those groups who aren’t sticking to a 2020-only limitation. Awards Tallies (5) Nomadland (3) Minari (2) Tenet The Awards

The Satellites go in common directions, not really striking out on its own in terms of winners. Awards Tallies (3) Mank, Nomadland (2) Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7 The Awards

Utah spread the wealth around with three films picking up two awards each while Best Picture winner Minari wins no other award. Award Tallies (2) Nomadland, One Night in Miami, The Trial of the Chicago 7 The Awards

Of the seven films with 3 or more nominations, only one of them is directed by a straight white man. Apart from that, there’s not much original here, though the Candice Bergen nomination is a little left-field. Award Tallies (6) Minari (5) Nomadland (4) Promising Young Woman (3) First Cow, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Never…