Category: Precursors

Thanks to its annual raft of exclusions (The Favourite and The Death of Stalin were not eligible) due to obscure signatory rules, the Writers Guild of America has still managed to put together a list of the most commonly cited Best Picture contenders out there. The biggest miss here is Paul Schrader’s screenplay for First…

Three films topped this year’s nominations for the Hawaii Film Critics Society, a small four-person group. This generates some rather eclectic selections, though most of the films we’ve been talking about all year are here as well. Award Tallies (9) Black Panther, The Favourite, A Star Is Born (7) First Man Roma (4) BlacKkKlansman, Green…

Although it won Best Picture, If Beale Street Could Talk was the group’s 7th best film of the year. That’s a very strange way to select the best of the year. Most of the selections were the same we’ve seen all year, so there isn’t much to discuss. Award Tallies (5) If Beale Street Could…

The Art Directors Guild have made their nominations for this year and there aren’t a lot of omissions that seem obvious, though Mary Queen of Scots was a notable one. Annihilation, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Can You Ever Forgive Me? were possibilities as well, but got no love. Bohemian Rhapsody is not the…

Looking over this list of nominatinos, it’s easy to see what films are Oscar contenders. Only Deadpool 2 is really out of the run, but the rest certainly are competing. If Beale Street Could Talk is the most injured here. The Nominations Best Drama Editing BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody First Man Roma A Star Is Born…

One of the poorest reviewed films in history to win the Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture Drama, Bohemian Rhapsody follows in a long line of HFPA selections that will not go on to win Best Picture at the Oscars. While there were a few surprises, like just how much they loved Green Book…

While most of the winners and runners-up on this list weren’t particularly surprising, the National Society of Film Critics found a couple of ways to go different directions than almost anyone else and came up with one relatively big surprise. The atypical selections were Steven Yeun in Supporting Actor, The Death of Stalin in Screenplay,…

The Producers Guild of America, who recognizes box office success as much as critical success has selected ten films, five animated features, and seven documentaries to fete this year. Surprising omissions form Best Picture: If Beale Street Could Talk and Can You Ever Forgive Me?. Not-so-surprising omissions: First Reformed and Eighth Grade. Exclusions that make…

The Casting Society of America knows how to spread their awards around, nominating 44 different films for its awards. Of note is that in the animation category, they surprisingly ignored Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and went with only four nominations. How some of the Big Budget films were selected is anyone’s guess, but a few…

The Favourite topped the Iowa Critics list this year with a long list of other choices that are fairly commonplace this year. Award Tallies (2) If Beale Street Could Talk, The Favourite The Awards

The Favourite led the 10th annual Dorian Awards, GALECA, the society of LGTBQ film critics. Can You Ever Forgive Me? was the only other film that was LGBTQ-centric that managed to score more than three nominations. Most of their general selections are comparable to other organizations, though the seldom recognized Michelle Yeoh managed to sneak…

If there were any surprises inbound this awards season, Houston’s film critics didn’t foreshadow any of them. Award Tallies (3) The Favourite, Roma The Awards

With a handful of categories, there are several titles that have earned multiple nominations. No single film has really made an impression here except that All Is True is the kind of movie that this group would recognize that no one else would even know existed. Ben Is Back and Crazy Rich Asians have done…

If you ever see a date listed for the Satellite Awards, ignore it. They tend to do whatever they want, including announcing winners long before schedule (their ceremony is Feb. 22, but they announced these on Jan. 3) and announcing nominations on a whim. It’s a rather unprofessional way to run an organization. Just as…

The British Academy of Film & Television Arts has announced the five individuals they have selected as the year’s Rising Star Award nominees. It’s a rather interesting and diverse list with many potential victors, but I guess that Letitia Wright may have the edge since she was a major part of Black Panther and Avengers:…