Category: Precursors

Another prize for Parasite and more love for Little Women. These awards have a couple of surprises, but nothing completely out of left field. Award Tallies (2) Little Women, Parasite The Awards

Apart from the unusual love for Knives Out, most of these awards went to either expected choices or existing frontrunners. Award Tallies (4) Knives Out, Parasite (3) Little Women, 1917 (2) Us The Awards

It’s a strange coincidence that the top three nominees of the year all start with the letter “P” and all three are foreign language films. Little Women and Marriage Story are the only English-language films in the top 6 films with The Farewell rounding out the list of films scoring three or more nominations. Award…

Quentin Tarantino’s film is cleaning up with nominations this year thanks to its dominance of the tech categories, but Little Women and Parasite are doing well as well. Award Tallies (9) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (8) Little Women, Parasite (6) 1917, The Farewell, The Irishman (5) Marriage Story, Uncut Gems (3) Joker, Knives…

Another prize for Parasite and several other frequently-awarded individuals. Award Tallies (4) Parasite (2) Little Women, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood The Awards

The American Society of Cinematographers love Roger Deakins and Robert Richardson, who both pick up nominations here. The surprises are that Joker and Ford v Ferarri were thought better than The Lighthouse, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and Parasite all of which could take their spots at the Oscars. The Awards Best Cinematography 1917…

Houston critics don’t have a problem with any of their winners as most of them are major contenders for Oscar nominations. Their only selection that might struggle is Zhao Shuzhen for The Farewell. As Hong Chau can attest, critical acclaim isn’t enough to get you to the Oscars. Though, as Zhao can attest, her film…

Columbus film critics have weighed in the best of the year and like so many other groups, they have selected Parasite as the best film of the year. Parasite is the only film to earn double-digit awards for Best Picture this year. Award Tallies (4) Parasite (3) Little Women (2) Knives Out, Us The Awards

The Casting Society of America have announced their nominees for the best-cast films of the year. These awards are given to the casting director of a film, so there’s no direct Oscar correlation. That said, the list can often help us see what films are being seriously considered. The Nominations

If there’s a story here, it’s that the Austin film critics haven’t made any terribly original selections. Award Tallies (9) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (8) Parasite (7) The Irishman (6) Little Women, Marriage Story (4) Uncut Gems (3) 1917, Avengers: Endgame, The Farewell, Us The Awards

Formerly known as the Central Ohio film critics, the Columbus film critics have made a very long list of their favorite films and it looks like a lot of other recent lists. Award Tallies (9) Little Women, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (8) Marriage Story (7) The Irishman, Parasite (5) The Farewell, Jojo Rabbit,…

Little Women gets the best result its gotten in some time with these nominations, a list that includes eight nominations overall with none in acting outside of Florence Pugh. Everything else looks much the same. Award Tallies (8) Little Women (7) The Irishman, Marriage Story, 1917, Parasite (6) Knives Out (5) The Farewell, Once Upon…

Even with 6 nominations, Marriage Story couldn’t pick up a Best Director citation. However, the big story is that Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood dominated all comers with 8 nominations, a film that seems to be performing well above expectations. Award Tallies (8) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (6) Marriage Story (5) The…