Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 9th Denver Film Critics Awards (2017)
In their 9th year, the Denver film critics have decided to spread out their selections, giving no film more than two awards. Lady Bird picked up another Best Picture citation while several other individuals and films picked up additional awards to add to their hauls. Award Tallies (2) Coco, Get Out, Lady Bird The Awards…
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Precursor: 16th Visual Effects Society Nominations (2017)
The Visual Effects Society has announced their nominees in numerous categories for the best visual effects of the year. While seeing what has the most nominations (War for the Planet of the Apes and Blade Runner 2049 tied with seven each) can be instructive, only two categories have any carry over to the Academy Awards,…
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Precursor: 31st USC Scripter Nominations (2017)
In a three-way tie, the USC Scripter finalists have been announced. Recognizing the original author and the screenerwriter who adapted it, the USC Libraries annually honoring the Best Adapted Screenplay of the year. The Scripter award this year has cited two comic book adaptations as well as a handful of other Oscar contenders. Noteworthy exclusions…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 8
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). There was a lot of activity this week, mostly from the guilds, which puts a lot into perspective.…
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Precursor: 7th Georgia Critics Awards (2017)
After Lady Bird got skunked by the Broadcast Film Critics, they rebounded with several awards from the Georgia critics. None of these winners stand out as being anything unusual, though. Award Tallies (4) Lady Bird (3) Get Out (2) Coco, Dunkirk The Awards
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Precursor: 23rd Broadcast Critics Awards (2017)
Spreading out their prizes over numerous films, The Shape of Water barely topped the list of most honored of the year with its Best Picture win. Otherwise, other than the supporting categories, these were the winners that have come across most of the year. What’s noteworthy is that Get Out may have been hobbled in…
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Precursor: 70th Directors Guild Nominations (2017)
The day many of us feared has come and the fear seems to have been unfounded (largely). Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele earned nominations for Best Director after the Golden Globes and BAFTA both shut them out in their citations. There had been some concern that the DGA would continue its all-white, all-male tradition, but…
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Precursor: 18th Vancouver Critics – Canadian Awards (2017)
This has no impact on Oscar, but is one of the Vancouver’s awards, they just wait to announce the winners at their annual awards event. The British Columbian film Never Steady, Never Still was the big winner, winning four prizes, including the one for Best British Columbian film, which might have been a bit of…
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Precursor: 21st Toronto Critics – Canadian Film (2017)
This has no impact on Oscar, but is one of the Toronto’s awards, they just wait to announce the winner until their annual awards gala. The Awards Best Canadian Film Werewolf Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (21)
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Precursor: 70th Directors Guild Doc Nominations (2017)
One of the things to consider here is that these directors may be from television or film, so programs like The Vietnam War and Wormwood aren’t Oscar eligible. The other three are all on the Academy’s 15-film shortlist. That bodes well for their Oscar chances, though members of the DGA aren’t likely to have much…
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Precursor: 20th Costume Designers Guild Nominations (2017)
The Costume Designers Guild, although breaking their awards into three categories, are still an accurate Oscar precursor. They have more chances to get it right, but they are also able to put forth a list of contenders that none may have considered or, in this case, all may have considered. Films that I thought might…
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Precursor: 25th Cinema Audio Society Nominations (2017)
The Cinema Audio Society, one of the strongest precursors for the Sound Mixing award at the Oscars, has announced their nominees for this year. Of note here is Wonder Woman making the list and Blade Runner 2049 not. The Greatest Showman was a bit injured by this exclusion, but Baby Driver was certainly helped. The…
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Precursor: 32nd Cinematographers Guild Nominations (2017)
Announcing a day earlier than they said they would, the American Society of Cinematographers have made their choices known. The big news here is that Three Billboards, which just this morning was nominated at BAFTA in the same category, is left off the list. The other big news is that Rachel Morrison might now be…
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Precursor: 59th British Academy Nominations (2017)
There’s a lot to unpack with these nominations. First, it should be noted, that BAFTA never nominates more than five films for Best Picture. They are one of the few groups who have resisted that urge, thus the five nominated here are also strong contenders for Best Picture at the Oscar along with others that…
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Precursor: 7th Georgia Critics Nominations (2017)
The technical marvel The Shape of Water tied for most nominations with the decidedly non-technical marvel Lady Bird. Several other films earned large numbers of nominations. There aren’t a lot of selections here that are out of the ordinary, though the love for A Ghost Story and Best Director nomination for Edgar Wright are certainly…
