Category: 2023 Precursors

There are four films that seem to be dominating this season and all are in the most-nominated bracket from 11 to 9 nominations here. Nothing surprising other than the group’s inability to limit itself to 5 or 10 nominees in every category. Nominations Tallies (11) Killers of the Flower Moon (10) Oppenheimer, Poor Things (9)…

Women Journalists have spread their awards out with a surprise win for The Zone of Interest as Best Picture. Award Tallies (4) Killers of the Flower Moon (3) American Fiction, Barbie (2) Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest (1) American Symphony, Book Club: The Next Chapter, The Exorcist: Believer, The Holdovers, Mafia Mamma,…

Let’s start with an interesting note about category placement. Unlike the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild, the Costume Designers Guild don’t allow for cross-pollination, which explains why Barbie got put into Fantasy rather than contemporary even though the film is in a contemporary setting. Now to the nitty-gritty. Looking over the films that we…

North Carolina’s critics were big on Oppenheimer and Barbie in the nominations and that’s where most of the awards went with Oppenheimer securing the lion’s share. Awards Tallies (10) Oppenheimer (5) Barbie (2) The Holdovers, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (1) Anatomy of a Fall, The Color Purple, Godzilla Minus One, John Wick: Chapter 4, Killers…

Oklahoma’s critics went for Killers of the Flower Moon, an uncommon position this year. It may have had something to do with the subject matter? Award Tallies (5) Killers of the Flower Moon (3) The Holdovers (2) Barbie, The Zone of Interest (1) American Symphony, Anatomy of a Fall, Fancy Dance, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives,…

Florida’s critics were head-over-heels for Oppenheimer. Award Tallies (10) Oppenheimer (3) Barbie (2) Poor Things (1) Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Bottoms, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Holdovers, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Past Lives, Path of the Panther, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,…

Once again, this group confounds us with nominating Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in both the period/character categories and the contemporary categories. Clearly they like the movie. Strangely, that film didn’t make the shortlist with the Academy, so you can discard its chances. Of the ten films that did, only four of them show…

Their announcement of winners video was really neat for the first category, but then they used the same music and design for every single category after that, which made for a tedious, repetitive watch. Thankfully, they only had seven categories, so it at least it was mercifully quick. The selections were spread out except for…

While it’s not surprising that some of the year’s strongest female-led films (Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Past Lives, Poor Things), there were a few female-anemic ones celebrated too (Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, The Holdovers). Nominations Tallies (9) Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon (8) Oppenheimer, Past Lives, The…

It says something when a group that’s been around for six years is only now coming onto our radars. Not that their selections are unique enough to enable them to stand out. Nominations Tallies (9) Oppenheimer (7) Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Poor Things (6) Barbie, The Holdovers, May December (3) All of…