Category: Precursors

With a single nomination separating them, The Irishman and Parasite, both competing to be the most awarded Best Picture winner this year, came out on top of this list, which seems to reflect a lot of what we’ve seen so far. Nominations Tallies (10) The Irishman (9) Parasite (8) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood…

Going for left field, Philadelphia’s film critics gave their prize for Best Picture to Knives Out whiel divvying up most of their awards between Irishman, Little Women, Once Upon a Time and others. Award Tallies (2) The Irishman, Knives Out, Little Women, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood The Awards

Another strong outing for Parasite, which is emerging as the most prominent film in the Best Picture race according to critics while Irishman and Marriage Story remain strong. Award Tallies (3) Parasite (2) The Irishman, Marriage Story The Awards

Disney dominates the Fantasy Art Direction category with a single film, Ad Astra, not produced by the Mouse House. They show up with three titles in the animation category as well, but nowhere else. A lot of the expected competitors are here with Ford v Ferrari and Joker a bit surprising and the absence of…

With the Golden Globe nominations this morning, some campaigns received a shot in the arm while others took a dive. Marriage Story surprisingly topped the nominations with key entries in nearly every category except Best Director, which isn’t the best sign. Irishman and Once Upon a Time also did well with Two Popes and Parasite…

Apparently, the folks voting in St. Louis aren’t fans of Joker, a film that’s been earning Best Picture citations alongside myriad other nominations and awards is nominated here as Worst Film and it will probably be the only group to feel that way. A lot of the regulars are here as well with Long Day’s…

Parasite needed the critics to fall in line for it to enter the Oscar race and that appears to be happening with several selections this week alone. A few other races seem to be taking shape as well. Award Tallies (3) Parasite (2) Marriage Story The Awards

The name of the game with the Washington DC Area film critics is a spread-the-wealth mentality where few films were dominant, but love was spread fairly evenly with four films earning two awards apiece. Award Tallies (2) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Parasite, Toy Story 4, Us The Awards

If you want to know what’s in play, look at the Broadcast Film Critics Association nominations. They hedge their bets with more than 5 nominees in almost every category so they can hopefully catch on-the-bubble contenders. There’s nothing exceptionally exciting or unexpected here. Nominations Tallies (14) The Irishman (12) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood…

Announcing their awards for 2019, the New York Film Critics Online has selected Parasite the best of the year along with a lot of other more mainstream selections. Award Tallies (3) Parasite The Awards

With the most eclectic batch of winners we are likely to see all season, the New Mexico film critics have gone with a couple of mainstream choices (Irishman and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood) and several more strange selections (And Then We Danced, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and Weathering with You). Award…

Breaking the Irishman streak, Los Angeles Film Critics chose Parasite as Best Picture along with two other awards. The Irishman came in runner-up to all three of the Parasite victories. Parasite could have won four, but like other groups I’ve seen, they gave Parasite the top prize so they could give Foreign Language Film to…

Quentin Tarantino’s exploration of Hollywood at the time of the Charles Manson slayings proved quite popular with the Washington D.C. area critics. The Irishman, Little WOmen, and Parasite also did well. We’re already starting to see a number of individuals and films making recurrent appearances in the precursors, which makes the Oscar race a touch…

Winner of numerous awards in the U.S. in 2018, The Favourite proved even more popular overseas taking four prizes from the European Film Awards, including both Best European Film and Best European Comedy. There isn’t much to say about these except that in all the categories not won by The Favourite, someone won that has…

There are three films that seem to be dominating precursor season, directed by Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and Noah Baumbach. It’s the little differences here that set things apart with films like Dolemite Is My Name doing better than usual and Little Women picking up more expected nominations. Nominations Tallies (10) The Irishman, Once Upon…