Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 28th Dallas Area Critics Awards (2020)
It’s hard to say much original about any of the precursors coming out now and this group, while doing their awards differently than everyone else, still manages to feel like it’s in line with estimations. Award Tallies (3) Nomadland (2) Mank, Minari, Promising Young Woman The Awards
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Precursor: 20th AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations (2020)
The only movie that surprises me that’s on this list is One Night in Miami. Other than being a period piece, it doesn’t seem to have any focus on older voters, who make up the AARP. I can only assume that films like Promising Young Woman and Sound of Metal didn’t do well because they…
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Precursor: 19th San Francisco Critics Awards (2020)
San Francisco went for Nomadland and First Cow in big ways, giving them the lion’s share of awards while the only major studio release that picked up more than a single win was Soul. Awards Tallies (4) Nomadland (3) First Cow (2) Minari, Soul The Awards
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Precursor: 12th Denver Film Critics Awards (2020)
Denver’s selections are largely in line with other precursors with the exception of their left-field Best Film and Supporting Actor choices. The Ellen Burstyn nod is a good sign for her. Awards Tallies (3) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2) Soul The Awards
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Precursor: 12th Denver Film Critics Nominations (2020)
Minari was the best represented film here, but Nomadland, Soul, and The Trial of the Chicago 7 also did very well. Promising Young Woman and films with black leads did poorly, however. Da 5 Bloods, One Night in Miami, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom are all barely mentioned, which is a bit surprising. Nominations Tallies…
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Precursor: 19th San Francisco Critics Nominations (2020)
A quintuple indie line up marks this set of San Francisco Bay Area critics nominations. Matter of fact, the indies just kind of run roughshod over this year’s awards in general. Nominations Tallies (7) Nomadland (6) Mank, Minari (5) First Cow (4) Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, One Night…
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Precursor: 26th Critics Choice Nominations (2020)
The Critics Choice Association has announced their predictions for this year’s 93rd Oscars. That should say “nominations,” but their penchant for expanding categories to make enough room for all Oscar contenders is suspicious. They aren’t infallible, but they are generally pretty accurate. Of course, getting five out of eight or nine nominations to match is…
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Precursor: 19th DC Critics Awards (2020)
Washington DC made some pretty standard selections, choosing a slate of winners that is almost entirely duplicated in part by other groups. Awards Tallies (5) Nomadland (3) Soul (2) Minari, One Night in Miami The Awards
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Precursor: 5th Seattle Critics Nominations (2020)
Minari does surprisingly well with the Seattle film critics while The Trial of the Chicago 7 and One Nigh in Miami do disappointingly. Ma Rainey’s picked up a few citations, as did Da 5 Bloods, but neither were in Best Picture while Judas and the Black Messiah was. Nominations Tallies (8) Minari (6) First Cow,…
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Precursor: 41st London Critics Awards (2020)
Although the uniquely American feel and setting of Nomadlan doesn’t seem like the kind of thing British critics would go for, it still pulled in three awards, though the loss of Best Director to Steve McQueen for a program that was released on the BBC rather than in theaters, should tell us that they didn’t…
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Precursor: 19th DC Critics Nominations (2020)
DC Critics loved Minari and Nomadland, giving them tons of recognition while almost entirely ignoring this year’s Spike Lee joint. Nominations Tallies (8) Minari (6) Nomadland (5) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank, One Night in Miami (4) News of the World, Promising Young Woman, Soul Sound of Metal, Tenet, The Trial of the Chicago 7…
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Precursor: 24th Toronto Critics Awards (2020)
Toronto loves Nomadland, making it the only film they honored with multiple awards. Other than Daniel Kaluuya, many of their selections have been made elsewhere already. Awards Tallies (3) Nomadland The Awards
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Precursor: 62nd British Academy Longlists (2020)
While it was expected for highly technical films, films with lots of actors, and period films to pull out big numbers, Promising Young Woman stands out with thirteen mentions and only one of those is in Best British Film. That it figures in several categories it was never expected to contend in (Production Design for…
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Precursor: 23rd Film Music Critics Nominations (2020)
The bizarre year that has been 2020 might explain why the film music critics nominations are all over the place in terms of recognition, ignoring some of the year’s best regarded scores like Mank being utterly shut out while Soul gets a single nomination for score of an animated film and The Midnight Sky appears…
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Precursor: 27th Screen Actors Guild Nominations (2020)
With the 27th SAG Awards nominations announced, we can now start to see whatever patterns there might be and see what Oscar might have in store. All of the major Best Picture Oscar contenders appear to be here, including three films with three nominations apiece. Nomadland and Promising Young Woman may have gotten Best Actress…
