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Category: Precursors

  • Precursor: 65th Grammy Award Nominations (2022)

    The Grammys nominated a surprising number of 2022 entries this year even though they cut off eligibility at the end of September. Still, these results aren’t really going to help in our Oscar predictions. Nominations Tallies (3) Encanto (2) Top Gun: Maverick The Nominations

  • Precursor: 7th Critics Choice Documentary Awards (2022)

    Good Night Oppy nearly swept the Critics Choice Documentary Awards. It puts it in a solid position for at least an Oscar nomination, but guarantees nothing else. Nominations Tallies (5) Good Night Oppy The Nominations

  • 95th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – November

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

  • Precursor: 32nd Gotham Awards Nominations (2022)

    While there are several names here that are Oscar contenders, a lot of them aren’t and that calls into question the purpose of these awards, especially since they only look at indie cinema and they don’t seem to examine late-year releases as often. Nominations Tallies (5) Tár (4) Aftersun (3) Everything Everywhere All at Once,…

  • Precursor: 7th Critics Choice Documentary Nominations (2022)

    The Critics Choice Documentary awards haven’t proven terribly instructive as a precursor, so we cover them as a perfunctory act rather than a necessary one. Nominations Tallies (7) Fire of Love (6) Good Night Oppy (5) Moonage Daydream, Navalny, Three Minutes: A Lengthening (4) The Automat, The Janes (3) The Beatles: Get Back, Cow, Descendant,…

  • 95th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – October

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

  • 95th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – September

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

  • 95th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – August

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

  • 95th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – July

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

  • 95th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – June

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

  • 95th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – May

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

  • Precursor: 64th Grammy Awards (2021)

    And with that, the 94th Oscar season is over. The Grammy Award nominations this year weren’t terribly instructive and the winners are even less so. The Awards Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2020) Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media TIE: The Queen’s Gambit (2020, TV) Soul (2020) Best…

  • Precursor: 26th Satellite Awards (2021)

    If these had come out before the Oscars, we would have found them modestly interesting. However, after, they are just a footnote and also seem rather obvious. AwardsTallies (5) The Power of the Dog (4) Dune (3) tick, tick…BOOM! (2) Belfast, Encanto The Awards

  • 94th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – April

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

  • 94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 17 (FINAL)

    Now that Oscar season has come to an end, let’s look back at the winners and losers of this year’s precursor races. Big Winners

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