Category: Precursors
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Contenders 24: Final Analysis
As I look over the results of the 2024 Contenders series, I’m struck by the sheer breadth of contenders that were offered up throughout the year. It was startling just how many films met the stringent guidelines for inclusion and also how many of them failed to live up to lofty Oscar-caliber aspirations. It’s also…
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64th American Cinema Editors Awards
A Very surprising set of winners, ones that might have thrown us off if they’d happened during Oscar season. However, I suspect that since the original awards were supposed to take place before the collapse of Emilia Pérez, that voting had already been concluded. That could explain why Emilia Pérez won. That said, I can’t…
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Predictions: American Cinema Editors
They had to move their ceremony because of the wildfires but they chose to sit comfortably after the Oscars rather than before so these are mostly moot. AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Drama Editing Civil War PP Conclave…
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34th Razzie Awards
Madame web was this year’s biggest loser but all of these “winners” are essentially losers. Awards Tallies (3) Madame Web (2) Joker: Folie à Deux, Madame Web, Megalopolis, Unfrosted (1) Reagan, Shadow Land, Strangers The Awards Worst Picture Madame Web Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel Joker: Folie à Deux Worst Director Francis Ford Coppola…
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62nd Publicists Guild Film Awards
Nothing surprising here. The Awards Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Motion Picture Wicked Les Mason Award, the highest honor publicists can bestow on one of their own Bill Mona, Disney Press Award Perri Nemiroff, Collider Publicist of the Year Rachael Roth, Unit Publicist Best Unit Still Photography for Motion Pictures Chiabella James International Media Award John…
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28th Film Music Critics Awards
While there are Oscar nominees that won, the frontrunners didn’t, so these aren’t much help. The Awards Score of the Year The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Best Original Score for a Drama Film Here Best Original Score for a Comedy Film Fly Me to the Moon Best Original Score for an…
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28th Toronto Critics Awards – Canadian
No Oscar competition here so not a particularly Oscar-significant selection. The Awards Best Canadian Film Finalists Universal Language Best Canadian Documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (28)
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39th Society of Cinematographers Awards
The last of the guilds to announce is also one of the uneven predictors, so of course we were waiting for their announcement with much anticipation (especially since our commentary on Cinematography is due today). Of course, then they honor people who are legends without any chance of winning an Oscar. As is the selection…
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72nd Sound Editors Guild Awards
In a night of surprises, Saturday Night stops any potential competitors to Dune: Part Two. Meanwhile, Wicked mutes the CAS win of A Complete Unknown. Awards Tallies (1) The Blue Angels, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Music by John Williams, Saturday Night, Wicked, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Sound Editing: Feature Effects / Foley…
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11th Phoenix Critics Circle Awards
Phoenix critics circle pick The Brutalist Awards Tallies (4) The Brutalist (2) Anora, Nosferatu, A Real Pain (1) All We Imagine as Light, Dune: Part Two, The Substance, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Picture The Brutalist Best Animated Film The Wild Robot Best Director Brady Corbet – The Brutalist…