Category: Precursors

San Diego spread the love around this year, giving five films double wins, but it’s Carey Mulligan and Promising Young Woman that ultimately came out on top. Awards Tallies (2) The Forty-Year-Old Version, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal The Awards

Other than Nomadland in Best Feature, Riz Ahmed in Best Actor, and Time in Best Documentary (tied with A Thousand Cuts), none of these choices are really following any common path. This might be the farthest outside of the norm they’ve ever been. The Awards Best Feature Nomadland Best Actor Riz Ahmed – Sound of…

Three films dominated the nominations from the St. Louis film critics. Nomadland, which has been a clear dominator this year comes in below two other films that have gotten differing amounts of praise. Mank has been virtually ignored this precursor season while Promising Young Woman is getting a modest amount of support. Nominations Tallies (8)…

Nothing much to see here. Some odd choices, but otherwise what you would expect. Awards Tallies (3) Palm Springs, Soul (2) Birds of Prey, Da 5 Bloods, The Invisible Man The Awards

Nomadland has swept the incredibly small and cliquish National Society of Film Critics. Several films got love, but Promising Young Woman, among others, was completely left out even in the screenplay category. With so few members, I would expect a fairly narrow set of films and they have certainly delivered that. Award Tallies (4) Nomadland…

For the first time in a very long while, individual critics groups are starting to show a bit of inventiveness in their selections. Perhaps inventiveness isn’t the right word as most of what’s here has been mentioned elsewhere, but certain films seem to be doing better with some groups more than others. For instance, Sound…

Leave it to the already diverting Columbus critics to honor Promising Young Woman with its top award, recognizing the film’s greatness. Too bad they will likely be the only ones. Everything else was a fairly predictable slate of selections. Awards Tallies (3) Nomadland, Promising Young Woman (2) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Minari, Sound of Metal…

Is Minari picking up steam going into the Oscars? It’s not certain, but its late swing through the precursors is certainly giving the film hope. Award Tallies (3) Nomadland, Soul (2) Mank, Minari, Sound of Metal The Awards

A respectable haul for Minari and Nomadland with Minari picking up an award that gives it a minor boost towards the Oscars. Awards Tallies (4) Minari, Nomadland (2) Soul The Awards

Minari did incredibly well with the Columbus critics (formerly Central Ohio Film Critics), with a number of other consistently-appearing films in their ranks. Nothing particularly electrifying here. Nominations Tallies (10) Minari (8) Sound of Metal (7) Mank, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (6) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman (4) Da 5…

Of the top four most honored films were directed, three were directed by women. It’s no surprise that the film dominating precursors, Nomadland, would win big here. It’s good to see some love for Promising Young Woman, though. Awards Tallies (6) Nomadland (2) One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman, Soul The Awards

For the Women Film Journalists to nominate a strong slate of women is no surprise. For them to have a high chance of mirroring Oscar nominations is representative of a sea change in how cinema sees women as a creative force. Nominations Tallies (9) Nomadland (8) One Night in Miami (7) Promising Young Woman (6)…

If you couldn’t see the near-sweep for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, then you weren’t paying attention. The film was beloved by this group, which gave the film a significant number of nominations and then they turned around and followed through. Not that it means much as they are most definitely the outlier. Awards Tallies (7)…

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…

Giving traction to Da 5 Bloods and Minari, North Carolina’s film critics have helped deliver some variety to the awards season, even if only a touch of it. Nominations Tallies (7) Da 5 Bloods (6) Nomadland (5) Mank, Minari (4) Promising Young Woman (3) I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Tenet, The…