Category: Precursors

Of the top four most honored films were directed, three were directed by women. It’s no surprise that the film dominating precursors, Nomadland, would win big here. It’s good to see some love for Promising Young Woman, though. Awards Tallies (6) Nomadland (2) One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman, Soul The Awards

For the Women Film Journalists to nominate a strong slate of women is no surprise. For them to have a high chance of mirroring Oscar nominations is representative of a sea change in how cinema sees women as a creative force. Nominations Tallies (9) Nomadland (8) One Night in Miami (7) Promising Young Woman (6)…

If you couldn’t see the near-sweep for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, then you weren’t paying attention. The film was beloved by this group, which gave the film a significant number of nominations and then they turned around and followed through. Not that it means much as they are most definitely the outlier. Awards Tallies (7)…

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 traction to Da 5 Bloods and Minari, North Carolina’s film critics have helped deliver some variety to the awards season, even if only a touch of it. Nominations Tallies (7) Da 5 Bloods (6) Nomadland (5) Mank, Minari (4) Promising Young Woman (3) I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Tenet, The…

I’m not sure how much trust you can put in a group that makes Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey a 4th place finisher (in a tie with Nomadland and Da 5 Bloods) in the nominations count, but you have to respect their gumption. It’s a solid list hitting on many of the current contenders and…

Looking more like followers than leaders, the noticeable absence of Promising Young Woman seems strange, especially with some of the titles they chose to include instead. Awards Tallies (4) Nomadland (2) Da 5 Bloods The Awards

Nomadland emerged the big winner for this year’s Chicago Film Critics Awards, taking a supreme 5 awards with nearest competitor Never Rarely Sometimes Always only claiming 2. Award Tallies (5) Nomadland (2) Never Rarely Sometimes Always The Awards

Following in the footsteps of New York with a little Los Angeles thrown in, Florida Film Critics have chosen First Cow as best film, but selected Small Axe: Lovers Rock for runner-up in a couple of categories. Beyond that, things seem to be following a rather predictable path so far this year. Awards Tallies (2)…

There’s going to be some major discussions this year about Small Axe, a production that is being submitted to the Emmys by Netflix, but which this group chose to recognize with two awards. It’s a strange decision to make, though it’s nice to see Carey Mulligan get her first award of the year. Awards Tallies…

Boston’s online film critics really responded to Nomadland, which may be turning into the critical darling of the year. Awards Tallies (5) Nomadland The Awards

Promising Young Woman comes out strong for the first time while First Cow and Nomadland continue to perform well. Da 5 Bloods gets some love and the TV/film dichotomy gets another shot in the arm with several nominations for Lovers Rock. Nominations Tallies (7) Nomadland (6) Da 5 Bloods, First Cow, I’m Thinking of Ending…

The New York Film Critics Circle went all out to change the narrative, with the exception of keeping the boat moored at the Chloe Zhao directorial slot. Everything else was largely new with Da 5 Bloods and Never Rarely Sometimes Always the only films to earn multiple citations. Award Tallies (2) Da 5 Bloods, Never…

Florida seems to like a lot of movies, giving The Trial of the Chicago 7 its best showing so far this year and criminally underrating Promising Young Woman. Nominations Tallies (6) Minari, Nomadland (5) First Cow, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (4) The Father, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (3) Mank, Promising Young Woman, Shirley,…

This large list of nominations is not like what many others put together, thus it’s difficult to draw many conclusions, though they really loved three films, giving them double-digit citations. Nominations Tallies (11) I’m Thinking of Ending Things (10) Minari, One Night in Miami (7) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Promising Young Woman, Soul (6) First…