Category: Precursors

  • 17th Houston Critics Awards

    17th Houston Critics Awards

    Houston’s critics went in slightly different directions than their peers while staying within the status quo. Award Tallies (3) Poor Things (2) Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer (1) American Fiction, Chocolate Lizards, John Wick: Chapter 4, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, The Zone of Interest The…

  • 24th Vancouver Critics Nominations

    24th Vancouver Critics Nominations

    Vancouver is always an oddball group and they haven’t disappointed. Not that that’s a bad thing. At least it’s different. Award Tallies (6) Oppenheimer (4) Anatomy of a Fall (3) The Zone of Interest (2) The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Nyad, Poor Things (1) American Symphony, Barbie, Maestro, Society of the Snow, Still:…

  • 7th Chicago Indie Critics Awards

    7th Chicago Indie Critics Awards

    Chicago’s indie critics didn’t seem very independent with selections that mirror almost every group out there. Award Tallies (7) Oppenheimer (3) Poor Things, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2) Barbie, The Holdovers, Past Lives (1) Godzilla Minus One, John Wick: Chapter 4, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, The Zone of Interest The Awards Best Studio…

  • Predictions: 96th Oscars

    Predictions: 96th Oscars

    Now that we’ve had time to review the nominations and get a reading on the landscape, here are our first winner predictions of the 96th Oscars. INTRODUCTIONS Wesley Lovell: I’ve put together my first predictions and first thoughts on the race and while some of these races may well be over, there are a few…

  • 27th Online Critics Awards

    27th Online Critics Awards

    The OFCS loved Oppenheimer. Not much more to say. Award Tallies (8) Oppenheimer (4) Barbie (3) The Holdovers (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, John Wick: Chapter 4, Killers of the Flower Moon, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Past Lives, Spider-Man: Across the Universe, The Taste of Things The Awards Best Picture Oppenheimer Killers…

  • 8th New Mexico Critics Awards

    8th New Mexico Critics Awards

    I have no idea when these were announced. Their website and X-Twitter account have been silent for a very long time. These were found on IMDb. Award Tallies (4) Killers of the Flower Moon (3) Past Lives (2) Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie (1) The Boy and the Heron, A Haunting in Venice, The Holdovers,…

  • 64th British Academy Nominations

    64th British Academy Nominations

    Oppenheimer and Poor Things had very good days. As did The Zone of Interest. Barbie and Past Lives had poor showings. Is this a peculiarity of the British nomination process? Possibly. It’s hard to know for sure. All of Us Strangers had a mix of results. Two or three positive citations with a couple of…

  • 37th USC Scripter Nominations

    37th USC Scripter Nominations

    The only major precursor outside of BAFTA left for Adapted Screenplay is the USC Scripter, which typically awards the screenwriter and the source material. This is great news for Origin, which seems to have been forgotten by most groups this year. The others were largely expected. What missed out? All of Strangers and Are You…

  • 27th Online Critics Nominations

    27th Online Critics Nominations

    The OFCS seemed to like just about everything everyone else had, though there are quite a few notably exceptions. Maestro was completely shut out while American Fiction didn’t get a Best Picture citation. Nominations Tallies (12) Oppenheimer (11) Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things (9) Barbie (5) Anatomy of a Fall, Past Lives (4)…

  • Contenders: Pre-Nominations Update

    Contenders: Pre-Nominations Update

    Since the Academy Award nominations are coming next week, we’ve moved all of our films to Stage 6, which is the precursors stage. Of the precursors we’re tracking, only six of them have yet to announce. Two of those are guilds (American Cinema Editors and Writers Guild of America) and four of them are other…