Category: 96th Oscars
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Calendar Preview: January
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. JANUARY Festivals Thursday, Jan. 18 – Sundance Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Wednesday, Jan. 24 – Rotterdam Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Thursday,…
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17th Women Journalists Nominations
While it’s not surprising that some of the year’s strongest female-led films (Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Past Lives, Poor Things), there were a few female-anemic ones celebrated too (Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, The Holdovers). Nominations Tallies (9) Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon (8) Oppenheimer, Past Lives, The…
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6th Greater WNY Critics Nominations
It says something when a group that’s been around for six years is only now coming onto our radars. Not that their selections are unique enough to enable them to stand out. Nominations Tallies (9) Oppenheimer (7) Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Poor Things (6) Barbie, The Holdovers, May December (3) All of…
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27th Toronto Critics Awards
Toronto’s critics spread the love with Best Picture winner The Zone of Interest tying Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon for most awards. Award Tallies (2) Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Zone of Interest (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, Anatomy of a Fall, BlackBerry, Fallen Leaves, The Holdovers, Robot Dreams, Rye Lane,…
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28th San Diego Critics Nominations & Awards
It started out with Barbenheimer and then became Barbenmargaret? Barbie and Oppenheimer understandably dominated the nominations, but Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. came out on top with the Best Picture win, a surprising development. It and Barbie tied for most awards. Awards Tallies (5) Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Barbie (3)…
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8th Seattle Critics Nominations (Part 1)
The rest of the nominations will come later. The Nominations Best Picture American Fiction Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon May December Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse The Zone of Interest Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Dreamin’ Wild Even Hell Has Its Heroes Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Richland…
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17th Houston Critics Nominations (Part 1)
These aren’t going to be of much importance outside of Texas and the nominated filmmakers. The Nominations Texas Independent Film Award Bolivar Breaking the Code Chocolate Lizards I’ll Be There A Town Called Victoria Houston Film Critics Society Data First Awards: 2007 (15)
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13th Nevada Critics Awards
Nevada’s critics have gone with Oppenheimer for Best Film and for most overall awards with everything else receiving a single prize each. Award Tallies (5) Oppenheimer (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, Barbie, The Creator, The Holdovers, Maestro, May December, Poor Things, Robot Dreams The Awards Best Film Oppenheimer Best Animated Movie Robot Dreams Best Director…
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5th Society of Composers & Lyricists Nominations
This is my first year covering this guild of composers and while some of their selections are unique, many of them are confirming trends we’ve already seen. Nominations Tallies (2) American Symphony, Barbie (1) After Death, American Fiction, The Boy and the Heron, Carmen, Commitment to Life, Ferrari, Flamin’ Hot, Home Is a Hotel, The…
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27th Florida Critics Awards
Two unusual results with The Boy and the Heron taking the top spot with Todd Haynes’ victory the other. Award Tallies (3) The Boy and the Heron (2) Killers of the Flower Moon, May December, Past Lives (1) Anatomy of a Fall, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Asteroid City, Godzilla Minus One, John…
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7th Online Female Critics Awards
A pretty even distribution of awards with Barbie leading by one over Best Picture winner Past Lives. Award Tallies (4) Barbie (3) The Holdovers, Oppenheimer, Past Lives (2) May December, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (1) American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, John Wick: Chapter 4, Killers of the Flower Moon, Still: A Michael J. Fox…
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20th Women Critics Awards
This group keeps changing its rules, which is fine, but when you ask them a question, you should get a response. Several things didn’t add up with this list, so I asked about them. Radio silence. Their selections are all over the place, so probably not much value to them anyway. They don’t have a…
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96th Oscars Shortlists Unveiled
Below are the shortlists in ten categories. There are few of my predictions not on this list, but it’s good to have something to narrow down from. Will post updated predictions as soon as I’m able. 96TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…
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28th Satellite Awards Nominations
The Satellite Awards are run by the International Press Academy. Unlike the Hollywood Foreign Press who are now semi-independent of the Golden Globes, the Satellites are still acting like the Globes of Old while taking a few cues from them in terms of foreign language nominees. Napoleon and Ferrari had their best showings here in…
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44th London Critics Nominations
London’s critics have a different sensibility than American ones hence All of Us Strangers dominating everything yet coming up short all over the American Precursor slate. Nominations Tallies (9) All of Us Strangers (7) Oppenheimer (6) Poor Things, The Zone of Interest (5) Barbie, Past Lives (4) Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the Flower…
