Category: 2024 Precursors

  • 19th St. Louis Critics Nominations

    19th St. Louis Critics Nominations

    St. Louis’ film crtics seemed to have a similar idea to Las Vegas in terms of what is going to do well with the Academy. What’s striking is that this is the best September 5 has performed so far this season, which is surprising considering the buzz that surrounded its initial release. Nominations Tallies (12)…

  • 23rd DC Critics Awards (2024)

    23rd DC Critics Awards (2024)

    Spreading the love widely, DC’s critics didn’t seem to focus on one particular film over another, though it’s interesting to see The Brutalist winning a single award for directing although none of the individual parts were recognized. Award Tallies (2) Anora, A Real Pain, Conclave, The Wild Robot, Wicked (1) Blitz, The Brutalist, Challengers, Civil…

  • 28th Las Vegas Critics Nominations

    28th Las Vegas Critics Nominations

    The Las Vegas critics have put together a list that looks almost passable as being the Academy’s. Anora didn’t do well here despite doing well with other groups. Is that as sign they didn’t like it or a preface to some Oscar snubs? Nominations Tallies (12) Dune: Part Two (9) Conclave, Wicked (8) The Brutalist…

  • 37th Chicago Critics Nominations (2023)

    37th Chicago Critics Nominations (2023)

    With a list that looks more high brown than they are used to putting out, The Brutalist was easily the top nominee though The Substance, Anora, Nickel Boys, and Wicked did well nominations-wise. The love for Furiosa ist stronger than expected, especially with its Best Picture nomination and I Saw the TV Glow seems to…

  • 82nd Golden Globe Nominations

    82nd Golden Globe Nominations

    The Globes seem to be going the same direction as the other two televised awards shows by going for 6 nominees in each category. The Globes already had too many bites at the Oscar-prognosticating apple and now they want more. The only major surprise so far was Payal Kapadia making it into the Best Director…

  • 50th Los Angeles Critics Awards (2024)

    50th Los Angeles Critics Awards (2024)

    This makes two of the old guard critics groups to go for Anora on the same day. This is the kind of result we would normally expect from critics groups but it’s also not a new trend being set. We’ll just have to see how some of the others (National Society of Film Critics and…

  • 45th Boston Critics Awards (2024)

    45th Boston Critics Awards (2024)

    Boston is the first group to go for Anora in a big way, giving it three prizes. A Complete Unknown also gets a bit of a boost. Award Tallies (4) Anora (2) A Complete Unknown (1) The Brutalist, Challengers, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, Flow, Janet Planet Nickel Boys,…

  • 52nd Saturn Award Nominations

    52nd Saturn Award Nominations

    The biggest blockbusters of the year did really well in these nominations. The deadlines were prior to some of the year-end releases, so we won’t know how something like Wicked does until next year. Award Tallies (14) Dune: Part Two (13) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (10) Deadpool & Wolverine (8) Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes…

  • 2nd Michigan Critics Guild Nominations (2024)

    2nd Michigan Critics Guild Nominations (2024)

    Michigan’s movie critics (who may well have taken over after the disappearance of the Detroit Film Critics Society, have picked Anora, The Brutalist, and Wicked in most categories with The Substance also doing surprisingly well. Nominations Tallies (6) Anora, The Brutalist, Wicked (5) The Substance (3) Nosferatu (2) Dune: Part Two, Piece by Piece, Saturday…

  • 37th European Film Awards (2024)

    37th European Film Awards (2024)

    We already saw Emilia Pérez do well in the craft categories and now it’s stomped all comers in most of the major categories. Are the European Film Awards becoming a tryout for Oscar now? We’ll see but trendlines point to yes. Award Tallies (5) Emilia Pérez (2) The Girl with the Needle, Souleyman’s Story, The…