Category: 2024 Precursors
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24th American Film Institute Top Ten
Every title on this list got good news. While the AFI list doesn’t always match up exactly at the Oscars, this seems like a list that could lead to that result. This is bad news for Gladiator II, Juror #2, September 5, and We Live in Time, the only American titles that had any hope…
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8th Hollywood Creative Alliance Nominations
These were announced at the end of November and Thanksgiving kept me from reporting on them. With all the others announcing this week, it was time to get these put in place, not that they matter much. This organization has been facing controversy after controversy that makes what the Globes went through look like a…
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37th European Film Awards – Creative Awards
Here are the winners of the creative arts awards from the European Film Awards. Award Tallies (2) The Girl with the Needle, The Substance (1) The Devil’s Bath, Emilia Pérez, Souleymane’s Story, When the Light Breaks The Awards Best Original Score The Girl with the Needle Best Editing Emilia Pérez Best Cinematography The Substance Best…
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40th Spirit Award Nominations
Another bad showing for The Brutalist but also for September 5, which had been building buzz throughout the fall and now seems to be getting stumped even on friendly ground. Also not helpful to Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Nominations Tallies (5) Anora, I Saw the TV Glow (4) Dìdi (3) The Apprentice, Janet Planet, Sing Sing (2)…
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96th National Board of Review Awards
A surprising film for Best Picture. It won’t make Wicked a winner but it will put it into the Best Picture race. Interesting how The Brutalist didn’t make the cut but Juror #2 did. The NBR has a thing for Clint Eastwood, so that’s no surprise. Kieran Culkin is so far the only duplicate acting…
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90th New York Critics Awards
New York’s Film Critics have an uneven record with Oscar. Many of their selections get nominations but few of them actually win. This is good news for The Brutalist, Nickel Boys, Hard Truths, and A Real Pain. Carol Kane seems like the kind of NYFCC pick that goes nowhere but stranger things have happened for…
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34th Gotham Awards
Either they bypassed Anora because it had become too mainstream or it’s not as strong a contender as we thought it might be. Awards Tallies (2) Nickel Boys, Sing Sing (1) All We Can Imagine as Light, A Different Man, His Three Daughters, No Other Land, wThe People’s Joker The Awards Best Feature A Different…
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15th Hollywood Music in Media Awards
The two biggest contenders for Best Original Score at the Oscars are the top winners here with Emilia Pérez topping the list with The Wild Robot in second. Awards Tallies (3) Emilia Pérez (2) The Wild Robot (1) Dune: Part Two, Elton John: Never Too Late, The Goat Life, The Last Showgirl, Nosferatu, Piece by…
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9th Critics Choice Doc Awards
It’s been clear for a bit now that Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story is going to do quite well this awards season. The love the Critics Choice documentary committee has for the film is certain. It’s also the kind of documentary that the Academy has ignored even for a nomination in the past, so we’ll…
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67th Grammy Awards Nominations
The Grammy nominations are out and despite recent years having more current competitors on the list, this year saw a lot of 2023 features nominated. “Love Will Survive” seems to be a big contender in Song, while Challengers is unlikely to compete but might now that Dune: Part Two has been ruled ineligible by the…
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15th Hollywood Music in Media Nominations
Not a terribly great precursor for the Oscars but some of their selections will put things in our head about potential and clearly Emilia Pérez has the most potential, especially in the Original Song category. Nominations Tallies (5) Emilia Pérez (3) Blitz (2) African Giants, Better Man, Challengers, A Complete Unknown, Elton John: Never Too…
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9th Seattle Critics Nominations (PNW Filmmaking)
These were announced 11/1 with the rest being announced in December. The Nominations Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking All We Carry Fish War Gasoline Rainbow Rainier: A Beer Odyssey Strange Darling Seattle Film Critics Society Data First (Reboot) Awards: 2016 (9)
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37th European Film Awards Nominations
With a new rule this year that the documentary and animated feature nominees are also Best Picture nominees, that slate is rather lengthy. It also means that there are a lot more 2-nomination films than typically. Good news for a few major Oscar contenders, Emilia Pérez, The Room Next Door, Ralph Fiennes, and Daniel Craig.…
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34th Gotham Awards Nominations
The latest awards have been announced and their way of nominating is a bit bizarre. People who vote in the acting categories don’t vote in picture and vice versa. Thus the absence of The Brutalist or The Piano Lesson in Best Picture is no indication that the films in Best Picture are thought to be…
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9th Critics Choice Doc Nominations
The first precursors of the year are often the least impactful. The Critics Choice Association generally picks the most popular documentaries, which is not how the Academy typically operates. That said, it’s a good hint at what could be players at the Oscars. Below are the nominations. Winners will be announced on November 10, 2024.…
