Category: 2023 Precursors

Toronto’s critics spread the love with Best Picture winner The Zone of Interest tying Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon for most awards. Award Tallies (2) Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Zone of Interest (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, Anatomy of a Fall, BlackBerry, Fallen Leaves, The Holdovers, Robot Dreams, Rye Lane,…

It started out with Barbenheimer and then became Barbenmargaret? Barbie and Oppenheimer understandably dominated the nominations, but Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. came out on top with the Best Picture win, a surprising development. It and Barbie tied for most awards. Awards Tallies (5) Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Barbie (3)…

The rest of the nominations will come later. The Nominations Best Picture American Fiction Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon May December Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse The Zone of Interest Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Dreamin’ Wild Even Hell Has Its Heroes Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Richland…

These aren’t going to be of much importance outside of Texas and the nominated filmmakers. The Nominations Texas Independent Film Award Bolivar Breaking the Code Chocolate Lizards I’ll Be There A Town Called Victoria Houston Film Critics Society Data First Awards: 2007 (15)

Nevada’s critics have gone with Oppenheimer for Best Film and for most overall awards with everything else receiving a single prize each. Award Tallies (5) Oppenheimer (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, Barbie, The Creator, The Holdovers, Maestro, May December, Poor Things, Robot Dreams The Awards Best Film Oppenheimer Best Animated Movie Robot Dreams Best Director…

This is my first year covering this guild of composers and while some of their selections are unique, many of them are confirming trends we’ve already seen. Nominations Tallies (2) American Symphony, Barbie (1) After Death, American Fiction, The Boy and the Heron, Carmen, Commitment to Life, Ferrari, Flamin’ Hot, Home Is a Hotel, The…

Two unusual results with The Boy and the Heron taking the top spot with Todd Haynes’ victory the other. Award Tallies (3) The Boy and the Heron (2) Killers of the Flower Moon, May December, Past Lives (1) Anatomy of a Fall, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Asteroid City, Godzilla Minus One, John…

A pretty even distribution of awards with Barbie leading by one over Best Picture winner Past Lives. Award Tallies (4) Barbie (3) The Holdovers, Oppenheimer, Past Lives (2) May December, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (1) American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, John Wick: Chapter 4, Killers of the Flower Moon, Still: A Michael J. Fox…

This group keeps changing its rules, which is fine, but when you ask them a question, you should get a response. Several things didn’t add up with this list, so I asked about them. Radio silence. Their selections are all over the place, so probably not much value to them anyway. They don’t have a…

The Satellite Awards are run by the International Press Academy. Unlike the Hollywood Foreign Press who are now semi-independent of the Golden Globes, the Satellites are still acting like the Globes of Old while taking a few cues from them in terms of foreign language nominees. Napoleon and Ferrari had their best showings here in…