Category: 96th Oscars

  • 10th Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations & Awards

    10th Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations & Awards

    Phoenix critics seemed to prefer Poor Things slightly more than Barbenheimer, though Oppenheimer came out on top with the most awards yet still lost the top race to a film with far fewer nominations, Past Lives. Nominations Tallies (8) Poor Things (7) Oppenheimer (6) Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon (5) The Zone…

  • 29th Critics Choice Nominations

    29th Critics Choice Nominations

    While it’s tempting to call these the Barbenheimer awards, It’s really the Barbie-plus awards. Barbie dominated with 18 nominations, though Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and Killers of the Flower Moon did quite well too. The Critics Choice tended to ignore foreign language films with Past Lives and Anatomy of a Fall the most recognized with only…

  • The Contenders: November Retrospective/January Forecast

    The Contenders: November Retrospective/January Forecast

    We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of November and see what films faltered. Then we’ll look forward to December and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts November Retrospective It’s difficult to discuss…

  • 36th Chicago Critics Awards

    36th Chicago Critics Awards

    Chicago spread the love around, but gave its most significant prize to Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. Award Tallies (3) Killers of the Flower Moon, May December, Oppenheimer (2) The Holdovers, Poor Things (1) Barbie, The Boy and the Heron, Godzilla, Minus One, Kokomo City, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest The Awards…

  • 27th Las Vegas Critics Nominations

    27th Las Vegas Critics Nominations

    Las Vegas’ critics aren’t very good at getting the word out (or updating their website). Here are the nominees for the Las Vegas critics’ awards, presumably announced on the 8th based on the sole article I found covering it. These are directly from the list on IMDb and there’s absolutely nothing shocking in them. Nominations…

  • 35th Producers Guild Documentary Nominations

    35th Producers Guild Documentary Nominations

    The Producers Guild of America has announced the seven films that will compete for their award for Best Documentary. The list has a few notable omissions, the leading of which are Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie and Menus-Plaisirs- Les Troisgros, but also glaringly absent are The Eternal Memory and Kokomo City among several other…

  • 22nd DC Critics Awards

    22nd DC Critics Awards

    Although it won significantly more honors than American Fiction, Oppenheimer lost out on the top award, something that the film may need to get used to as the season progresses. Award Tallies (6) Oppenheimer (2) American Fiction, The Holdovers, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (1) American Symphony, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Killers of the Flower…

  • 81st Golden Globe Nominations

    81st Golden Globe Nominations

    Now that the Golden Globes is no longer run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, they can now attempt to be as populist as possible. They’ve expanded all categories to six and have a far higher recognition rate for non-American features. That said, A lot of their selections are already Oscar contenders and with now…

  • 44th Boston Critics Awards

    44th Boston Critics Awards

    While Los Angeles used to honor films that were set in their city, Boston can also do that with a small, significant section of The Holdovers taking place in Boston. That could explain its strength and overall victory. Award Tallies (4) The Holdovers (3) Killers of the Flower Moon, The Zone of Interest (1) Barbie,…

  • 49th Los Angeles Critics Awards

    49th Los Angeles Critics Awards

    Non-English language films performed quite well in Los Angeles, winning more than English-language efforts, with four of the top eight categories. The Zone of Interest picked up some momentum as did Rachel McAdams who seems to be coming in as a dark-horse contender this year. Award Tallies (3) Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of…