Category: 2024 Precursors
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23rd Visual Effects Society Nominations
Nothing too unusual about these other than that they disagreed fairly well from BAFTA’s nominees. All of the Oscar shortlisters got at least one nomination. If we went solely off the titles that got the most nominations, Dune: Part Two, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Better Man, and Mufasa: The Lion King would…
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39th Society of Cinematographers Nominations
Making room for 7 nominees should have helped films like Nickel Boys earn a nomination but it was shut out and left with a measly Spotlight Award nomination. It was one of the most vital and important cinematographic achievements this year and was ignored in favor of films like A Complete Unknown and Conclave. And…
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36th Producers Guild Nominations
While September 5 got excellent news, Nickel Boys and Sing Sing really needed a boost from this organization. A Real Pain is also a bit of a surprise but the rest seem like expected choices. It’s important to note that these are ten very white-friendly films with Emilia Pérez and Wicked having anything in the…
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77th Writers Guild Nominations
Notorious for their exclusions, it’s always interesting to see what is not nominated because it wasn’t eligible and what was not nominated because no one liked it. First, let’s get the ineligible titles out of the way: The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Hard Truths, Sing Sing, The Substance, The Wild Robot, September 5, A Different…
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65th British Academy Nominations
Conclave, Emilia Pérez, and The Brutalist performed well, as did Anora but two tech heavyweights, Dune: Part Two and Wicked, were left out of the to spot in favor of the late-surging A Complete Unknown. British picture Kneecap also performed well. Some major snubs include Nickel Boys almost everywhere (not surprising considering the dearth of…
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9th Hawaii Critics Awards
Hawaii changed course from their offbeat nominations by going for all the expected winners. Awards Tallies (4) The Brutalist (3) Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu, The Substance, Wicked (2) The Fire Inside, A Real Pain (1) A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Deadpool & Wolverine, The Fall Guy, Hit Man, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Madame Web,…
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18th Houston Critics Awards
Houston spread the love fairly wide with plenty of films earning awards. Awards Tallies (3) Anora (2) The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Wild Robot (1) Challengers, Dune: Part Two, The Fall Guy, A Real Pain, Runaway Radio, Will & Harper The Awards Best Picture Anora Best Animated Film The Wild Robot Best Director Brady…
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22nd Iowa Critics Awards
Iowa’s critics are back in the mainstream. Award Tallies (3) Anora (2) The Wild Robot (1) The Brutalist, Conclave, A Real Pain, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Wicked The Awards Best Film Anora Best Animated Movie The Wild Robot Best Director Sean Baker – Anora Best Actor Adrien Brody – The Brutalist Best Actress…
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58th Kansas City Critics Awards
KC film critics didn’t just pick The Substance as the best of the year, they heaped most of their awards on the film with a smattering of other films taking one apiece. Award Tallies (6) The Substance (1) Anora, The Brutalist, Challengers, Conclave, The Fall Guy, Flow, I Saw the TV Glow, Late Night with…
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58th Kansas City Critics Nominations
Kansas City’s critics had a lot of ties in the nominations but primarily went for two films with several others doing well with 5 or fewer nominations. Nominations Tallies (8) Dune: Part Two (7) The Substance (5) Anora, Wicked (4) Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing (3) Civil War, I Saw the TV Glow,…
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18th Women Journalists Awards
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists have surprisingly not released their shame awards this year and I kind of miss it. The selections are fairly predictable though the Brutalist selection is a bit confusing consider what they had to recognize outside of that. Awards Tallies (4) The Substance (3) Conclave (2) All We Imagine as…
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24th AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations
The AARP voters are surprisingly astute this year with few head-scratchers. Gladiator II is the biggest headscratcher. Though, Jude Law, Ridley Scott, Pedro Almodóvar, and Connie Nielsen are all pretty loco too. Nominations Tallies (6) Conclave (5) A Complete Unknown (4) Gladiator II (3) The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez, September 5, Sing Sing (2) Dìdi, Here,…
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29th Art Directors Guild Nominations
Due to the fires in southern California, several groups have postponed their nominations announcements. The Art Directors Guild wasn’t one of them. There’s a great deal of overlap between this group and the Set Decorators Society of America, suggesting almost everything here is a contender. Films that failed to show up at either include Blitz…
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77th Directors Guild Nominations
Today’s other major guild announcement is good news for some, bad news for others. Coralie Fargeat, Denis Villeneuve, and Jon M. Chu all desperately needed a citation here to stay in contention for the Oscars. The all-male list might spur the Academy to replace someone (probably Mangold) with Fargeat. Chu had always seemed like an…
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31st Screen Actors Guild Nominations
There was no live announcement this year because of the California wildfires but the nominations have been announced and are below. The five Best Cast nominees have likely secured Best Picture berths as all five have been in the conversation for nominations. The admiration of Wicked, with nominations in all but one category (but including…
