Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 20th Columbus Critics Nominations (2021)
The Power of the Dog dominated like no other film with double-digit nominations. Licorice, Belfast, and Dune were the next most prolific. Not much to see here. Nominations Tallies (12) The Power of the Dog (8) Licorice Pizza (7) Belfast, Dune (5) West Side Story (4) CODA, The French Dispatch, The Tragedy of Macbeth (3)…
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94th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – January
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…
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94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 4
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). If last week seemed, this week may well seem glacial. The Christmas and New Year’s weeks are the…
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Precursor: 11th Black Critics Awards (2021)
Will Smith was crowned Best Actor for Best Picture winner King Richard at the Black Film Critics Circle awards. The film took two other awards while Dune, The Harder They Fall, and The Power of the Dog got two each. Most interesting to note is that on their list of the ten best films of…
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Precursor: 13th North Texas Critics Awards (2021)
A strange bunch of selections. Some match other orgs’ selections, some are fresh, but ultimately not worth much with so many titles missing from their initial nominations. Award Tallies (2) Dune, The French Dispatch The Awards Best Picture The Green Knight Best Animated Film Raya and the Last Dragon Best Director Denis Villeneuve – Dune…
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Precursor: 25th Florida Critics Awards (2021)
The Power of the Dog topped their list overall, but a small group like this shouldn’t announce runners-up. Far too many ties on hand. Nominations Tallies (5) The Power of the Dog (3) Dune The Awards
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Precursor: 5th Online Female Critics Awards (2021)
Jane Campion’s feminist deconstruction of cowboy mythology struck a chord with the online female film critics who selected the film for Best Picture and three other awards with everything else getting split evenly among other titles. Awards Tallies (4) The Power of the Dog The Awards Best Picture The Power of the Dog (Runners-Up: Belfast,…
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Precursor: 11th Nevada Critics Awards (2021)
The vagueries of tiny critics groups become apparent when films that no one else sees as major contenders get the most attention. Award Tallies (4) Nightmare Alley (2) CODA, The Power of the Dog The Awards
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Precursor: 30th Annie Awards Nominations (2021)
With ASIFA Hollywood, you can often tell the dominant feature by how many nominations they receive. That puts three three Disney & Pixar efforts ahead of everyone else with The Mitchells vs. the Machines performing worse than expected and Flee doing better. Could this foreshadow the documentary Flee making the final Oscar list? It’s entirely…
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Precursor: 29th Dallas Area Critics Awards (2021)
Another win for The Power of the Dog and lots of familiar victors otherwise. Award Tallies (5) The Power of the Dog (2) Dune The Awards Top Ten Films The Power of the Dog Belfast King Richard West Side Story Licorice Pizza Dune Nightmare Alley The French Dispatch The Lost Daughter CODA Best Animated Film…
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Precursor: 8th Phoenix Critics Circle Awards (2021)
Phoenix is picking mostly the same selections as others, though this is a rare get for The Tragedy of Macbeth picking up the Cinematography prize and for Mike Feist as Best Supporting Actor. Awards Tallies (5) The Power of the Dog (2) Licorice Pizza The Awards
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94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 3
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). There are only two general lulls in precursor season and they happen the next two weeks. While there…
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Precursor: 13th Indiana Critics Awards (2021)
Is Mass picking up steam? It’s entirely possible. The film started out pretty slowly, but has been accumulating more and more awards and nominations as the season goes along rather than less. That said, this group’s selections are mostly split between out-there selections and ones others have been making as well. So, there isn’t a…
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Precursor: 16th St. Louis Critics Awards (2021)
St. Louis critics are following along with their bigger city compatriots in most ways with Ann Dowd and Mass doing far better here than they’ve down elsewhere. Awards Tallies (4) The Power of the Dog (3) Licorice Pizza, Mass (2) Cruella, Dune The Awards Best Film Licorice Pizza Best Animated Film The Mitchells vs. the…
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Precursor: 20th Utah Critics Awards (2021)
There’s not a lot to say about these awards except that they were mostly like other groups with some very bizarre selections (such as The Mitchells vs. the Machines for Best Original Screenplay). Either they didn’t get to see all of the film or personal predilections got in the way of films like Licorice Pizza,…
