Category: Precursors

The awards went almost exactly as predicted, give or take. The Awards

Going differently than expected, the American Cinema Editors also announced early. While Promising Young Woman has been having poor luck lately, My Octopus Teacher is moving against tradition to storm the awards season. The Awards

Apart from a handful of unexpected wins by Wolfwalkers, which won the directing award and some other craft awards, Soul was the biggest winner of the night taking the top award of the night alongside the independent winner Wolfwalkers. Awards Tallies (7) Soul (5) Wolfwalkers (1) The Mandalorian, The Snail and the Whale, Souvenir Souvenir…

An expected list of winners. The Nominations

It looks like the steamroll of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom to the Oscars continues through the guild awards. The Awards Best Period Costume Design Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Costume Design Mulan (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas) Best Contemporary Costume Design Promising Young Woman (Peter, Tripp, Thomas, RU:Wesley) Costume Designers Guild Data…

Expectations were both met and subverted this year with Anthony Hopkins showing what the home field advantage looks like and Frances McDormand bringing the total of televised awards to Best Actress nominees to 4 of 5. Poor Vanessa Kirby. Other than that, the British effect may have pulled The Father over the finish line in…

Chloé Zhao now becomes in the insurmountable leader for the Oscar. The Awards Best Director Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best First Feature Darius Marder – Sound of Metal (Wesley, Peter, RU:Tripp, RU:Thomas) Best Documentary Director Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw – The Truffle Hunters Directors Guild of America Data Year Founded: 1936…

Mank continues as the frontrunner with also-nominated Tenet sneaking in a win that likely won’t repeat at the Oscars. The Awards Best Period Art Direction Mank (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Fantasy Art Direction Tenet (Thomas, RU:Peter, RU:Tripp) Best Contemporary Art Direction Da 5 Bloods (Thomas, RU:Tripp) Best Animation Art Direction Soul (Wesley, Peter, Tripp,…

And just like that the Oscar race for Best Visual Effects gets upturned. Whether Tenet can now win the Oscar is questionable. We shall see. It almost seems like this season has been about snubbing Christopher Nolan because he refused to let his film stream alongside its theatrical run. Who knows for sure, though. Awards…

The slow-building popularity gave Minari a boost in the Best Picture race. Other selections were pretty well expected. Award Tallies (7) Promising Young Woman (9 with poster/trailer nominations) (4) Minari (3) Nomadland, One Night in Miami, Soul, Sound of Metal (2) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom The Awards

Two frontrunners retained their leads, one category may have been clarified, and another was muddied. SAG/AFTRA has a larger number of television actors in their membership, which might explain Viola Davis’ unexpected victory in a category that has had too many ups-and-downs this season. Awards Tallies (2) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (1) Judas and the…

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Birds of Prey were the big winners at this year’s Make-Up Artists Guild Awards, but Pinocchio took the prize that could translate into an Oscar win. Awards Tallies (2) Birds of Prey, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom The Awards

Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

Giving Bad Boys for Life a single award, the NAACP Image Awards selected a sometimes odd, often predictable set of selections. Some Oscar contenders were given awards while others were ignored. Not sure it helps much with Oscar predictions, but it’s interesting nonetheless. Awards Tallies (3) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Soul (2) Jingle Jangle: A…

The last big hurdle for both Nomadland and My Octopus Teacher was the Producers Guild of America. If they love the films, then the Academy generally will as well. It’s more important for an indie film to win at PGA than it is a broad-release one, so Nomadland likely has this thing all sewn up…