Category: Precursors

Unlike last year’s embarrassment of having every other winner a tie because there were only 4 members, that issue has been resolved with their expansion to 7 members. That said, they may have done something else to prevent ties because that’s still too few to avoid it. Other than that, this slate looks like it…

There were a lot of omissions and handful of unexpected results. Nine nominees in Best Picture and all but one of them received more than 5 nominations. Joker did exceptionally well, earning nominations in categories that weren’t exactly expected (see Costume Design). It was the top nominated film of the year, just like at BAFTA…

Nothing too surprising here, but it is odd that they didn’t announce the winner of the Best Buddy Picture award. Award Tallies (2) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The Irishman, Marriage Story The Awards

Going in an entirely different direction than most other precursors, the Broadcast Film Critics Association has thrown a few wrenches into the gear works. That said, their Best Picture and Best Production Design selections were the only unexpected choices. Otherwise, they spread the love and no one really knows how this will impact anything. Award…

Bombshell wiped the floor with the competition, winning prizes in every category it was nominated in. Rocketman was surprisingly skipped entirely and Joker, expectedly, and Downton Abbey, interestingly, were the other winners. Award Tallies (3) Bombshell The Awards

With both nominations and awards announced (the nominations may have been on Jan. 10 and the rest later, but I don’t know for sure since there’s not a lot of data out there outside of IMDb. They loved Once Upon a Time… and that’s all you can really say about them. Award Tallies (3) Once…

Georgia film critics went out on no limits and started no trends with their selections here. Award Tallies (4) Parasite (3) 1917 (2) The Irishman, Little Women The Awards

Not all information is available for these awards. These are the pieces of information I’ve been able to collect so far. Award Tallies TBD The Awards Best Danish Film Before the Frost Cutterhead Out of Tune Queen of Hearts Uncle Best Actor Jesper Christensen – For frosten Jacob Lohmann – De frivillige Mohammad Ismail Mohammed…

Parasite must be the film of the year if so many demographic-based critics groups selected it as the year’s top film. Though, there’s nothing really (new) to see here. Award Tallies (4) Little Women, Parasite The Awards

The wheels of fortune are spinning in new directions as the season drags on. First, The Irishman was the clear frontrunner. Then Parasite. Now it’s 1917 and I suspect that might be the final trajectory for this year. That said, when a group picks Olivia Wilde for Best Director over Greta Gerwig, you have to…

The final award of the Toronto Film Critics Association is the Best Canadian Film award, presented at their annual celebration. It matches the winner of the Vancouver Film Critics. The Awards Best Canadian Film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (23)

With the exception of Jennifer Lopez, the NAACP has selected predominantly black artists and films for their annual Image Awards nominations. That’s to be expected since that’s the entire point of the Image Awards and they have largely picked out the most acclaimed films they could. Like the critics, they also didn’t seem to like…

When even the society of LGBTQ film critics goes for a film that doesn’t have a single LGBTQ character in it, you know it has to be popular. Parasite‘s win is a bit surprising. It’s dominance is quite shocking. Some of the winners are unexpected (Antonio Banderas and Song Kang-ho), but most of them are…

The Publicists Guild announced some of their nominations today, probably the bigger of all of their awards. It’s not surprising that these popular films would have been nominated. The Awards