Category: Precursors

The Women Film Critics Circle have selected a boatload of films that aren’t getting much attention elsewhere this precursor season, with only The Favourite, Roma, and Can You Ever Forgive Me? common sights this year. Award Tallies (8) Widows (4) The Favourite, 55 Steps, The Hate U Give, The Kindergarten Teacher, Leave No Trace, Roma…

As the precursor season continues, nominations lists tend to look more uniform. The same names and titles keep showing up and this group is no different. While the configurations aren’t identical, the end results are similar enough to feel rote. If Beale Street Could Talk has its best showing to date with Roma and The…

The first organization to put Olivia Colman in support, where some think she belongs, is also the first not to nominate Emma Stone as well. I guess there’s only room in the category for two actresses from The Favourite. Roma‘s leading 9 nominations is the top story in these nominations because it’s the best the…

If it weren’t for their heavy support of Green Book, it would almost look like San Diego’s film critics were trying to avoid titles that have been commonplace throughout awards season so far. Few mentions of Roma and A Star Is Born and none for BlacKkKlansman or If Beale Street Could Talk. These nominations are…

What’s most striking about this list of nominees is that A Star Is Born didn’t pick up a compilation soundtrack nomination when it clearly seemed a strong contender. Apart from that, there’s not a lot you can say about these. The year-straddling deadlines mean that 2017 releases compete with 2018 releases. As an example, in…

Vice was today’s big winner taking three acting nominations and bringing in six total. The Favourite, Green Book, and A Star Is Born proved that they are still major players while BlacKkKlansman and Black Panther scored well enough to be considered major threats, as did If Beale Street Could Talk and Roma. Injured enormously here…

The big question with AFI is how they determine what’s an American film. After all, one wouldn’t expect The Favourite on this list. That said, other than Eighth Grade and First Reformed, this list looks an awful lot like what we might have expected months ago with two major exceptions. First Man should have been…

The first really strong showing for Eighth Grade outside of the Spirit Awards with the film taking Best Picture honors from Detroit. It was the most nominated (thanks to the Breakthrough category) and now it’s the most honored (also thanks to the Breakthrough category). Vice is performing better here than it has elsewhere so far…

Not a lot of unexpected choices from Atlanta, with several prominent contenders making showings. What’s interesting is that Favourite won Picture, but Roma won Director. This seems to be a trend of recent years not too dissimilar from the Academy where Picture and Director split, something almost unthinkable through the 1980s and 1990s and even…

While some of the top nominees this year come as no surprise right now (The Favourite and A Star Is Born for example), the critics can still surprise. Tying The Favourite for most nominations, with ten each, is Black Panther. The film wasn’t expected to perform this well during precursor season, so this could very…

Topping all others, Incredibles 2 picked up 11 nominations. The reason it didn’t tie with second place Ralph Breaks the Internet was a double nomination in Storyboarding. The major players for this year’s Oscar race were all included in Best Animated Feature with Early Man being the most likely to miss the final Oscar slate…

Roma is taking an early lead in the race for Best Picture, with its second award. If Beale Street Could Talk and A Star Is Born also performed well while other films like Green Book didn’t do as hot with a single award. Award Tallies (4) Roma (2) If Beale Street Could Talk, Isle of…

Yorgos Lanthimos’ period comedy is shaping up to be the year’s Favourite film with the mentions here combined with the massive support it has received across the early nominations voting. Everything here is largely following a pattern that is developing, though is taking time to fully materialize, but the same films are racking up a…

By virtue of being one of the early nomination sets out their, the Detroit Critics have made themselves a beacon for others to look to for inspiration, but are their selections that inspirational? Somewhat yes. Somewhat no. Apart from elevating a film like If Beale Street Could Talk, they didn’t give much boost to films…