Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 60th British Academy Nominations (2018)
It’s not surprising that British productions have an advantage here. Of the six films nominated in Best British Film, three of them did far better here than either any other film or than expected. The Favourite was the nominations leader, even without the British Film citation. It made it into every conceivable category. Bohemian Rhapsody…
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Precursor: 22nd Toronto Critics – Canadian Film (2018)
There’s not much to say here as neither the nominees nor the winner are important to the Oscar race itself. The Awards Best Canadian Film ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (22)
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Precursor: 19th Vancouver Critics – Canadian Film Awards (2018)
Another list of winners that won’t have a huge impact on the Oscars, Edge of the Knife wins the Vancouver Critics prize while Toronto winner ANTHROPOCENE takes the documentary prize here. Award Tallies (4) Edge of the Knife (2) Roads in February, When the Storm Fades The Awards
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Precursor: 10th GALECA Awards (2018)
When even the LGBTQ film critics can take a path not unlike every other group, you know things have settled into a pattern. Award Tallies (3) The Favourite (2) Can You Ever Forgive Me? The Awards
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Precursor: 26th Cinema Audio Society Nominations (2018)
There weren’t a lot of surprises from the Cinema Audio Society with its selections mirroring a lot of conventional wisdom. The lone exception to that is the massive production of Mary Poppins Returns, which I had thought was a shoe-in here. Instead, the late-breaking support for Bohemian Rhapsody appears to have pushed it ahead of…
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Precursor: 71st Directors Guild Nominations (2018)
While it’s great to see Spike Lee nominated, the exclusion of the likes of Barry Jenkins and Yorgos Lanthimos is everely disappointing. Also disappointing is that Ari Aster wasn’t nominated for Best First Feature. The Nominations Best Director BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee Green Book – Peter Farrelly Roma – Alfonso Cuaron A Star Is Born…
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Precursor: 8th Georgia Critics Nominations (2018)
The Georgia film critics announced their nominations and apart from a lack of love for Vice, they have mainly stuck with the current wisdom on the awards race. The Won’t You Be My Neighbor? citation in Best Picture is a first. If Beale Street Could Talk continues to do better with critics than with the…
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Precursor: 10th Denver Film Critics Nominations (2018)
For a film that’s not nominated for their Best Film award, the Denver film critics sure loved Black Panther, giving it a nomination-topping 7 citations, including Best Director. Just below that is The Favourite, which did land a Best Film nomination. These selections are a smattering of expected and not-quite-expected, but not unexpected choices. Nominations…
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Precursor: 33rd Society of Cinematographers Nominations (2018)
Once again If Beale Street Could Talk is proving to be anathema to the guilds with its failure to place in the cinematography category over the less well received lensings of First Man, The Favourite, and A Star Is Born. A disappointing development. The Nominations Best Cinematography Cold War The Favourite First Man Roma A…
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Precursor: 71st Directors Guild Doc Nominations (2018)
As a prelude to their bigger announcement of Best Feature and First Feature categories, they have announced their choices for best directed documentaries. These five titles have gotten consistent recognition, so there are no real surprises. The Nominations Best Documentary Director Free Solo Hale County This Morning, This Evening RBG Three Identical Strangers Won’t You…
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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). And it’s now time for all of the precursor awards from critics to slowly fade and the guilds…
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Precursor: 71st Writers Guild Nominations (2018)
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…
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Precursor: 3rd Hawaii Critics Nominations (2018)
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…
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Precursor: 14th Austin Critics Awards (2018)
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…
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Precursor: 23rd Art Directors Guild Nominations (2018)
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…
