Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 5th Phoenix Critics Circle Awards (2018)
Another group following prescribed winners, but spreading things a bit more evenly among its awards. Award Tallies (2) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Favourite, Roma, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The Awards
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Precursor: 12th Houston Critics Nominations (2018)
A strong showing for The Favourite thanks to its three acting nominations, but Black Panther and If Beale Street Could Talke also delivered strong numbers. Not a lot of divergence here from what we’ve already seen. Nominations Tallies (7) The Favourite (6) Black Panther, If Beale Street Could Talk (5) A Star is Born, Vice…
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Precursor: 13th St. Louis Critics Awards (2018)
Giving A Star Is Born Best Picture, but no other awards (a runner-up mention in Best Actress was the closest it came), is a rather unusual move considering most critics groups tend to put a lot of awards onto films they award Best Picture (or at least more than one or two). BlacKkKlansman did incredibly…
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Precursor: 52nd Kansas City Critics Awards (2018)
Hedging a few of its bets, Kansas City’s film critics have gone down a familiar path with their selections with Amy Adams being the only slightly atypical choice they’ve made. Award Tallies (3) The Favourite, Roma (2) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Vice The Awards
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Precursor: 39th Boston Critics Awards (2018)
Going a different direction in several categories than a lot of the awards that have been announced so far, Boston has given strong attention to If Beale Street Could Talk, which could certainly use some added attention. Award Tallies (3) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, If Beale Street Could Talk (2) Shoplifters The Awards
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Precursor: 7th Boston Online Critics Awards (2018)
We’ve seen You Were Never Really Here referenced before this precursor season, but never with such forceful adoration. The film performed far better than expected. Looking over the choices of the Boston online critics and you’ll see a more eclectic bunch of winners that aren’t necessarily frontrunners, though some are. Award Tallies (4) You Were…
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Precursor: 19th Vancouver Critics Nominations (2018)
One of the few groups that reward fewer than five nominees in each category, Vancouver’s film critics have picked a ton of major Oscar competitors for recognition, along with a few not-so-contending selections. On the Canadian film side, Roads in February and Edge of the Knife were the dominant films. Nominations Tallies (6) The Favourite,…
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Precursor: 22nd Las Vegas Critics Awards (2018)
Another chapter of the Roma show comes to a close with five awards going to Alfonso Cuaron’s black-and-white feature. A Star Is Born did well as well. Nothing particularly exciting jumps out of this particular list. Award Tallies (5) Roma (4) A Star Is Born (2) A Quiet Place The Awards
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Precursor: 15th Women Critics Awards (2018)
Topping this year’s Women critics awards is The Favourite while Eighth Grade, If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma, and Widows picked up multiple awards. Award Tallies (3) The Favourite (2) Eighth Grade, If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma, Widows The Awards
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Precursor: 5th Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations (2018)
Another good day for the likes of The Favourite, Vice, BlacKkKlansman, First Reformed, and Roma. Not a lot of discrepancy here between what we’ve seen previous. Nominations Tallies (7) The Favourite, Vice (4) BlacKkKlansman, First Reformed, Roma (3) Black Panther, A Star is Born The Nominations
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Precursor: 25th Screen Actors Guild Nominations (2018)
It was a good morning for A Star Is Born and BlacKkKlansman. Apart from that, the nominations are almost as notable for their exclusions than their inclusions. No nominations at all for If Beale Street Could Talk (Regina King or cast), Roma (Yalitza Aparicio cast), First Man (Claire Foy), First Reformed (Ethan Hawke), At Eternity’s…
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Precursor: 16th African American Critics Awards (2018)
The African American Film Critics Association has chosen Black Panther as the Best Film of the year, beating out If Beale Street Could Talk based on their top ten of the year. Most interesting, BlacKkKlansman, which received two awards for writing and lead actor, didn’t make the top ten selections. There isn’t a lot of…
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Precursor: 23rd San Diego Critics Awards (2018)
Going out on a limb, the San Diego critics made some strange and unusual choices. Picking a handful of Oscar contenders, but otherwise going straight for non-competitors, their selections are idiosyncratic, which is interesting, but inconsequential. Award Tallies (3) Leave No Trace (2) The Favourite The Awards
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 4
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). A slew of precursors have been handed out this week and most of the major ones have been…
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Precursor: 3rd Seattle Critics Nominations (2018)
Another decent showing for First Man. Does this mean the film will be performing better at the Oscars? Unlikely as the five nominations the film got were below the line (save Claire Foy). The Favourite did incredibly well, as did Roma, Black Panther, and If Beale Street Could Talk. Mission: Impossible – Fallout even managed…
