Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 30th PGA Documentary Nominations (2018)
The Documentary Feature nominations take mild inspiration from the choices of the Producers Guild of America. Their choices for best produced documentary of the year often feature sure Oscar contenders, sure snubs, and titles that were never likely to appear. Which of these will make the cut? RBG, Three Identical Strangers, and Won’t You Be…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
As the precursor awards begin, 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). This week only featured one precursor, but it’s among the first and last awarded. It’s awards are always held the night before…
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Precursor: 34th Spirit Awards Nominations (2018)
You can always see from the nominations what films were eligible and are head-scratchingly omitted. Take for example that BlacKkKlansman was nominated for Best Supporting Male (Adam Driver), but nowhere else. That could spell trouble for Oscar. The same is true of the mediocre support for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, which picked up a…
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91st Oscars: The Precursors Are Coming
Oscar Season is just around the corner (Friday, Nov. 16, 2017 to be specific), with the first nominations of the year. Throughout the next four months, we’ll be posting almost daily updates with precursor winners and nominees from across all organizations, critics groups, and guilds. Below is a calendar of events that should help you…
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Precursor: 28th Gotham Awards Nominations (2018)
With only a handful of categories, the Gotham Awards have been having a small impact on the indie cinema that becomes big contenders in Oscar season. First Reformed topped the list with three nominations while several others placed with two. The Favourite ended up with three citations, though one was a winner-only as best ensemble…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, FINAL
And so we reach the end of the road. The Academy Award were announced Sunday night and things are now in the books. Now we just have to wait for the 91st Academy Awards. Big Winners The Shape of Water may not have won all of the marbles, but it came out on top, following…
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Precursor: 33rd Spirit Awards (2017)
As expected, Get Out continued its roll through Oscar season with two wins from the Spirit Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, awards that Jordan Peele is not expected to win at the Oscars while the one award he has a shot at he lost to co-contender Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird, the Screenplay…
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Precursor: 38th Golden Raspberry Awards (2017)
The annual Golden Raspberry awards, nicknamed the Razzies, are given out by a small group of voters who choose which of Hollywood’s major movies deserve awards for the worst of the year, in a bit of a surprise, The Emoji Movie came out on top with four awards, topping the likes of Fifty Shades Darker…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 14
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). This past week brought only three guild awards, so it’s unlikely that the impact felt here will be…
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Precursor: 9th Make-Up Artists Guild Awards (2017)
Of the three Oscar nominees, Wonder went home empty-handed, Victoria & Abdul wasn’t even nominated, and Darkest Hour claimed two prizes. If Darkest Hour‘s leading status wasn’t certain before, it’s assured now. Award Tallies (2) Darkest Hour The Awards Best Special Make-up Effects Darkest Hour (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas) Best Period and/or Character Make-up Darkest Hour…
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Precursor: 25th Cinema Audio Society Awards (2017)
Finally winning an expected award this season, Dunkirk just confirmed itself as the frontrunner for Best Sound Mixing and may have helped itself to the Best Sound Editing award since they often go together. The Awards Best Sound Mixing – Live Action Dunkirk (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas, RU:Peter) Best Sound Mixing – Animated Coco (Wesley, Peter,…
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Precursor: 20th Costume Designers Guild Awards (2017)
The Costume Designers Guild has upended expectations by selection two of three rather surprising choices. Phantom Thread failed to pick up the expected Period Costume Design award while Beauty and the Beast failed in Fantasy. That two double-whammy against the presumed Oscar frontrunners puts into question their continued success in the race. The only largely…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 13
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). It was a fairly big week for the precursors with the Visual Effects Society (VES), American Society of…
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Precursor: 65th Sound Editors Guild Awards (2017)
In a surprise for this Oscar season, not only did no film win more than one award from the sound editors, but Blade Runner 2049 took the top award for sound effects and foley while non-Oscar nominee War for the Planet of the Apes captured the Dialogue/ADR award. While Oscar voters aren’t always keen on…
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Precursor: 59th British Academy Awards (2017)
The British Academy has selected its winners for this year and a lot of pieces have fallen into place and perhaps not good ones. Three Billboards decimated competition, winning Best Film as well as Best Original Screenplay, the two awards where it had the most competition. It’s victory sets it up as the strongest Best…
