Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 27th Cinema Audio Society Nominations (2019)
The biggest news here is the absence of 1917. War films are often thought to be major players with this group. That said, some other noteworthy snubs include everything Disney in the main category (no new Star Wars, no Avengers: Endgame, no live-action remakes) and Ad Astra. Surprisingly, four of my five current predictions are…
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Precursor: 17th African American Critics Awards (2019)
The African American Film Critics Associaiton has announced its winners for 2019 and while they may predominantly select black winners, their awards don’t look terribly different from the mainstream, suggesting that diversity is finally spreading. No major surprises here, though this does pretty much tell us that Waves will not be manifesting as a dark…
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Precursor: 16th Women Critics Awards (2019)
The appreciation for Harriet was much stronger than expected from this group, both in terms of nominations and award selections. Beyond that, it’s a rather traditional list for this gorup. Award Tallies (6) Harriet (3) Marriage Story, Portrait of a Lady on Fire (1) Little Women, Vita & Virginia Nominations Tallies (9) Harriet (7) Official…
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Precursor: 24th San Diego Critics Awards (2019)
Another group with selections all over the place as Irishman takes Best Picture and a few other regulars win awards. Award Tallies (2) Dolemite Is My Name, The Irishman, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood The Awards
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Precursor: 13th Detroit Critics Awards (2019)
Although the bulk of the awards went to Marriage Story, Parasite was selected as the Best Picture of the year. Marriage Story took three of the four acting prizes. Nominations Tallies (4) Marriage Story (2) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood The Nominations
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 3
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). When you have almost two-dozen groups announcing their winners, you know you’re in the full swing of Oscar…
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Precursor: 4th Seattle Critics Nominations (2019)
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…
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Precursor: 3rd Philadelphia Critics Awards (2019)
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
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Precursor: 28th Southeastern Critics Awards (2019)
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
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Precursor: 24th Art Directors Guild Nominations (2019)
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…
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Precursor: 77th Golden Globe Nominations (2019)
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…
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Precursor: 14th St. Louis Critics Nominations (2019)
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…
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Precursor: 23rd Toronto Critics Awards (2019)
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
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Precursor: 18th DC Critics Awards (2019)
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
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Precursor: 25th Broadcast Critics Nominations (2019)
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…
