Category: Precursors

The Boston online film critics group selected their winners for 2019 and announced very early with a press release this morning. At the top of the list was Parasite, securing Best Picture, Director, and Foreign Language Film awards. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood was not to be outdone with three as well giving prizes…

This is a newer film critic organization, so I don’t know how they typically make selections, but this year’s batch of nominees looks quite a bit like most of the other nomination slates so far with the exception of a more fond appreciation of Honey Boy. Nominations Tallies (7) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood…

Vancouver film critics have a small slate of awards that recognize the best films of the year released in Canada while featuring a larger batch of nominations for Canadian-only films. With the smaller number of Canadian contenders, the top nominees are largely canadian films with The Twentieth Century topping all others with seven. Two more…

With only two films taking more than one award and one of them far outpacing the others, the Las Vegas film critics have chosen a slate of winners that looks very familiar. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood was the dominant film, collecting six awards while Dolemite Is My Name was the only other multi-winner…

The Chicago Film Critics Association have announced their nominees for this year and a lot of the same contenders have shown up here further cementing them all as contenders, even if some will ultimately not make it to the Oscars. Award Tallies (9) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (8) The Irishman, Little Women (7)…

Spreading the love around, the Phoenix Film Critics Circle, one of two groups in the Phoenix area, stuck with a lot of the same titles in its selections for its nominations this year. Nothing particularly surprising, though Parasite doing as well as a major Hollywood production is a good sign for the little South Korean…

Showing us the films that are going to be Best Picture players, the American Cinema Editors have selected most of the safe and expected choices. There are no shocking omissions here that I can think of, though The Farewell didn’t seem like the kind of film that would make this list, but that does give…

You can always expect the Screen Actors Guild is going to shake up the conversation and this year is proof. Marriage Story missed out on an ensemble, but received three acting nominations. Meanwhile, Parasite got no individual nominations, but was included for the ensemble award. There weren’t a ton of surprises here with Parasite being…

The biggest surprise omission here is Little Women, while something as generally tradition as The Irishman was ignored as was 1917. That said, this list doesn’t carry any real surprises as many of the top contenders are here and Disney has once again dominated with all five slots in the Fantasy category. The Awards

The biggest news here is the absence of 1917. War films are often thought to be major players with this group. That said, some other noteworthy snubs include everything Disney in the main category (no new Star Wars, no Avengers: Endgame, no live-action remakes) and Ad Astra. Surprisingly, four of my five current predictions are…

The African American Film Critics Associaiton has announced its winners for 2019 and while they may predominantly select black winners, their awards don’t look terribly different from the mainstream, suggesting that diversity is finally spreading. No major surprises here, though this does pretty much tell us that Waves will not be manifesting as a dark…

The appreciation for Harriet was much stronger than expected from this group, both in terms of nominations and award selections. Beyond that, it’s a rather traditional list for this gorup. Award Tallies (6) Harriet (3) Marriage Story, Portrait of a Lady on Fire (1) Little Women, Vita & Virginia Nominations Tallies (9) Harriet (7) Official…

Another group with selections all over the place as Irishman takes Best Picture and a few other regulars win awards. Award Tallies (2) Dolemite Is My Name, The Irishman, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood The Awards

Although the bulk of the awards went to Marriage Story, Parasite was selected as the Best Picture of the year. Marriage Story took three of the four acting prizes. Nominations Tallies (4) Marriage Story (2) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood The Nominations