Category: 2024 Precursors
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23rd Utah Critics Nominations
Utah’s critics love The Brutalist as well as Conclave and Dune: Part Two plus Nosferatu and The Substance. Nothing genuinely earthshattering in the tallies, though the presence of Tuesday in the top category plus Best Actress is a bit of a surprise. Nominations Tallies (9) The Brutalist (6) Conclave, Dune: Part Two (5) Nosferatu, The…
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5th Make-Up Artists Guild Nominations
Another early announcer I missed and this one makes an interesting case of what the guild likes that the Academy’s members didn’t. The Apprentice, Dune: Part Two, and Waltzing with Brando didn’t make the cut with the guild while top nominees The Deliverance and The Substance were skunked by the Academy. Nominations Tallies (3) Beetlejuice…
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52nd Annie Awards Nominations
The Annie Award nominations came out earlier this month when I wasn’t paying enough attention. The easy winner is The Wild Robot, though Inside Out 2 and Wallace & Gromit also did well. Not doing as well as it should have were Flow and Memoir of a Snail, which barely earned nominations, though they at…
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27th Costume Designers Guild Nominations
I’m quite surprised so many guilds are announcing so far in advance. I missed three important groups because of this but we’ve got them now, so looking over these, there are some surprises such as no Blitz or The Brutalist, both not benefiting from past pro-WWI history with the guilds. Most of my expected nominees…
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8th Online Female Critics Nominations
The online female film critics have spoken and it’s a surprisingly male-centric set of nominees. Many of the women-oriented films (other than The Substance and Anora) were largely ignored. Most of their selections are familiar, so it largely lacks a clear voice. Nominations Tallies (9) Conclave, The Substance (7) Anora (5) The Brutalist, Dune: Part…
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14th Nevada Critics Awards
Nevada loves The Brutalist but didn’t mind a few other titles. Nothing really earth shattering here. Award Tallies (7) The Brutalist (2) Wicked (1) Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Flow, Sugarcane The Awards Best Film The Brutalist Best Animated Movie Flow Best Director Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Best Actor Adrien Brody – The Brutalist Best Actress…
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28th Florida Critics Nominations & Awards
Florida’s film critics have tried very hard to do some unique things. Their list strikes me as trying too hard. They avoided some baity films but their back-ups were unusual and not in an intriguing way. This is perhaps one of their most alarmingly batty lists. Award Tallies (3) The Beast (2) Dune: Part Two…
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6th Society of Composers & Lyricists Nominations
The Society of Composers & Lyricists is a newer group and their influence on Oscar nominations are difficult to assess. With two TV nominees and one non-shortlisted title among their 12 total song nominations, it’s hard to assess how this might impact the result. Most of the Original Score contenders made it through as well,…
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9th New Mexico Critics Awards
New Mexico’s Critics are one of the hardest groups to find most years. They do very little self-advertising and their website hasn’t been updated since 2018. That they went predominantly for Anora isn’t much of a surprise but they did like Wicked a lot more than other groups, so there is something new to see…
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14th Black Critics Awards
This is a result that seems more in line with what we would expect. Their top award winner also won the most prizes. For the most part, their selections are about as expected. Award Tallies (4) Sing Sing (3) Nickel Boys (1) All We Imagine as Light, The Brutalist, Daughters, Gladiator II, Malcolm Washington, The…
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29th Satellite Awards Nominations
If you miss the way the Golden Globes used to fawn over the least worthy options, look no further than the International Foreign Press Academy and their list that includes such headscratchers as Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, The Bloody Hundredth, Cabrini, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom, The Wait, and Young Woman and the…
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45th London Critics Nominations
London’s critics have a different release window to worry about and thus titles like La Chimera show up when they might be eligible for Oscar. That said, this list looks more “high brow” than most other lists, which is par for the course with this group with them ignoring seemingly more “American” efforts like Dune:…
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9th Seattle Critics Awards
Seattle loved Anora and, surprisingly, Furiosa, a film that has been forgotten by most other groups and was missing from most expected shortlists. Yet again, The Substance took the top prize but lost the tally race to two other films. Strange. Award Tallies (4) Anora (3) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2) Sing Sing, The…
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22nd African American Critics Awards
Nickel Boys was a better film but The Piano Lesson was the better film? It’s always strange to see the Best Film winner take home a pittance of awards compared to two other films that didn’t win. Award Tallies (4) The Piano Lesson (3) Sing Sing (2) Nickel Boys, The Wild Robot (1) Dahomey, Daughters,…
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28th Las Vegas Critics Awards
Las Vegas went a new direction from a lot of groups with their Dune: Part Two love. And it wasn’t even close it seems. Awards Tallies (6) Dune: Part Two (2) The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, My Old Ass, Strange Darling, Wicked (1) Anora, Dìdi, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Gladiator II, Hans Zimmer, Nosferatu,…
