Category: Precursors

Before Vancouver announces their international selections, they’ve given us their best Canadian opinions on films made and released in Canada. Surprisingly, Chained picks up the most nominations while failing to earn a Best Canadian Film nomination. Second-place Possessor does, however, which might suggest that the film is setting itself up to rack up several wins,…

In spite of a year where Black protagonists were few and far between, the NAACP Image Awards put together a modestly impressive list of nominations. While films like Bad Boys for Life, Antebellum and The Banker weren’t terribly well received, films like Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, One Night in Miami, and Soul…

Taraji P. Henson & Sarah Jessica Parker announced the nominees this morning in two batches. The first batch, carried live on national television, covered all of the lead acting category along with Best Director and Best Motion Picture Drama. The rest were announced several minutes later, all streamed. Promising Young Woman did tremendously well with…

The big surprise here is that Promising Young Woman came out on top of the nominations count. The film hasn’t been picking up nearly as many nominations elsewhere, which might be a good sign for the film. One Night in Miami and Birds of Prey also do surprisingly well with this group. Nominations Tallies (9)…

Surprisingly little attention was paid the the Producers Guild of America’s documentary nominations. Of course, they were supposed to be announced today, but were revealed yesterday. While awards leader Dick Johnson Is Dead made the list, as did popular winner Time, both All In: The Fight for Democracy and John Lewis: Good Trouble, thought to…

Atlanta went for Nomadland and Promising Young Woman in a big way, giving them six of their fifteen awards. Awards Tallies (3) Nomadland, Promising Young Woman (2) Soul, Sound of Metal The Awards

After a year filled with heavily-praised films directed by women, the Satellite Awards have managed to scrape together a list of four white male directors, one woman director, and one Korean-American director. No Black men or women. For a year that should have delivered a more diverse slate, this is a rather antiquated one. This…

Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

While Nomadland took the top prize and two other awards, Minari also did well taking two acting awards and the foreign language film prize, still incorrectly listed as being from Korea. It’s in Korean, but was produced in the U.S. Awards Tallies (3) Minari, Nomadland The Awards

The first caveat of Spirit Award Nominations is that the nominations aren’t picked by the organization on the whole, but by a committee. Thus there are often strange inclusions/omissions offered up every year. For instance, Ma Rainey’s in Best Feature and Promising Young Woman in director. This in spite of Carey Mulligan and the film…

With a handful of winners that haven’t been commonplace so far this year, several of their selections are following the trends being set by earlier-arriving awards. Award Tallies (3) Minari, Promising Young Woman (2) Nomadland, One Night in Miami The Awards

The second oldest film awards body in the United States is a bad barometer of Oscar contention. Typically announcing their list before most other precursors are announced, the NBR is going much later this season. Yet, that extra time hasn’t done much to improve their selections. While the Clint Eastwood/Warner Bros. bias appears to be…

There are a handful of titles that have been earning the lion’s share of attention this year in terms of their screenplay. The USC Scripter nominations list four of those titles with frequently cited I’m Thinking of Ending Things failing to make the cut over Emmy nominee Bad Education, which will not be eligible for…

The film that’s been dominating awards season tied for Best Picture with another film that’s been a fixture in many places this year. There are a few trendlines starting to develop and Best Director, the acting, and screenwriting winners here are are among the most frequently cited so far. Award Tallies (3) Nomadland, Promising Young…

Nomadland was a huge hit with the Online critics, sweeping the awards with wins in every category in which it was nominated. There isn’t much else to say about this list. Award Tallies (6) Nomadland (2) Promising Young Woman, Soul The Awards