Category: 2024 Precursors

  • 29th Satellite Awards Nominations

    29th Satellite Awards Nominations

    If you miss the way the Golden Globes used to fawn over the least worthy options, look no further than the International Foreign Press Academy and their list that includes such headscratchers as Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, The Bloody Hundredth, Cabrini, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom, The Wait, and Young Woman and the…

  • 45th London Critics Nominations

    45th London Critics Nominations

    London’s critics have a different release window to worry about and thus titles like La Chimera show up when they might be eligible for Oscar. That said, this list looks more “high brow” than most other lists, which is par for the course with this group with them ignoring seemingly more “American” efforts like Dune:…

  • 9th Seattle Critics Awards

    9th Seattle Critics Awards

    Seattle loved Anora and, surprisingly, Furiosa, a film that has been forgotten by most other groups and was missing from most expected shortlists. Yet again, The Substance took the top prize but lost the tally race to two other films. Strange. Award Tallies (4) Anora (3) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2) Sing Sing, The…

  • 22nd African American Critics Awards

    22nd African American Critics Awards

    Nickel Boys was a better film but The Piano Lesson was the better film? It’s always strange to see the Best Film winner take home a pittance of awards compared to two other films that didn’t win. Award Tallies (4) The Piano Lesson (3) Sing Sing (2) Nickel Boys, The Wild Robot (1) Dahomey, Daughters,…

  • 28th Las Vegas Critics Awards

    28th Las Vegas Critics Awards

    Las Vegas went a new direction from a lot of groups with their Dune: Part Two love. And it wasn’t even close it seems. Awards Tallies (6) Dune: Part Two (2) The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, My Old Ass, Strange Darling, Wicked (1) Anora, Dìdi, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Gladiator II, Hans Zimmer, Nosferatu,…

  • 32nd Dallas Area Critics Awards

    32nd Dallas Area Critics Awards

    Dallas film critics went with the flow and awarded Anora with its top award along with two other prizes. Nothing particularly new or exciting in this list other than to see how some candidates ranked overall. Award Tallies (3) Anora (2) The Brutalist, The Wild Robot (1) Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, The Seed…

  • 33rd Southeastern Critics Awards

    33rd Southeastern Critics Awards

    Anora came out on top while second-place finisher The Brutalist did equally well. Nothing too revolutionary here. Award Tallies (3) Anora, The Brutalist (2) Conclave (1) Challengers, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Sugarcane, Wicked, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Film Anora The Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part Two Challengers Nickel Boys Sing Sing Wicked The…

  • 18th Houston Critics Nominations (Part 1)

    18th Houston Critics Nominations (Part 1)

    Houston has announced their first set of nominations for 2024 in the Texas Independent Film Award category and you will be forgiven for never having heard of any of these. The Nominations Texas Independent Film Award Deliveries from Eva The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia Lost Soulz Runaway Radio When Houston Had the Blues Houston…

  • 28th Toronto Critics Awards

    28th Toronto Critics Awards

    Nickel Boys has been getting plenty of love this year but winning Best Picture is a major win to notch. Award Tallies (3) Nickel Boys (2) All We Imagine as Light, Anora (1) Dahomey, Flow, Hard Truths, No Other Land, A Real Pain, Sing Sing, Woman of the Hours The Awards Best Picture Nickel Boys…

  • 16th Indiana Critics Awards

    16th Indiana Critics Awards

    Indiana’s critics went for The Substance in a big way, giving it more prizes than most other organizations. Its first big day. Mars Express also gets surprising support when no one else had recognized it as yet. Awards Tallies (5) The Substance (3) The Brutalist (2) Mars Express (1) Daughters, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,…