Category: 2024 Precursors

  • 64th American Cinema Editors Awards

    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…

  • 34th Razzie Awards

    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…

  • 62nd Publicists Guild Film Awards

    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…

  • 28th Film Music Critics Awards

    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…

  • 28th Toronto Critics Awards – Canadian

    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)

  • 39th Society of Cinematographers Awards

    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…

  • 72nd Sound Editors Guild Awards

    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…

  • 11th Phoenix Critics Circle Awards

    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…

  • 16th North Texas Critics Awards

    16th North Texas Critics Awards

    North Texas critics felt Anora the best of the year. Awards Tallies (3) Anora (1) A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Flow, Nosferatu, A Real Pain, Saturday Night, Sing Sing, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Picture Anora Best Animated Film The Wild Robot Best Director Denis Villeneuve…

  • 23rd New York Online Critics Awards

    23rd New York Online Critics Awards

    New York’s online film critics loved The Brutalist but not enough to give it its top prize. Awards Tallies (5) The Brutalist (2) The Substance (1) All We Imagine as Light, Anora, Conclave, Flow, Hard Truths, His Three Daughters, Janet Planet, No Other Land The Awards Best Picture The Substance (Runner-Up: The Brutalist) Best Animated…