Category: 91st Oscars (2018)

An interesting mix of traditional and unusual choices dominate the Chicago Critics awards with Roma performing well, but awards to Ethan Hawke and Toni Collette give them boosts going into the Oscar race. Otherwise, the selections are pretty standard. Award Tallies (5) Roma (2) The Favourite, Hereditary, If Beale Street Could Talk The Awards

Philadelphia has chimed in and given their top prize to Roma, but a few atypical choices exist in their roster including Barry Jenkins for Best Director, Viola Davis for Best Actress, and The Hate U Give for Best Script. Award Tallies (3) If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma The Awards

The first of surprisingly many prizes for The Hate U Give, though few of those were Best Picture wins, the rest of the list seems a bit familiar, though the distinction between male and female directors is an interesting one. Award Tallies (4) The Hate U Give (3) Eighth Grade (2) Avengers: Infinity War, Hereditary,…

The Women Film Critics Circle have selected a boatload of films that aren’t getting much attention elsewhere this precursor season, with only The Favourite, Roma, and Can You Ever Forgive Me? common sights this year. Award Tallies (8) Widows (4) The Favourite, 55 Steps, The Hate U Give, The Kindergarten Teacher, Leave No Trace, Roma…

As the precursor season continues, nominations lists tend to look more uniform. The same names and titles keep showing up and this group is no different. While the configurations aren’t identical, the end results are similar enough to feel rote. If Beale Street Could Talk has its best showing to date with Roma and The…

The first organization to put Olivia Colman in support, where some think she belongs, is also the first not to nominate Emma Stone as well. I guess there’s only room in the category for two actresses from The Favourite. Roma‘s leading 9 nominations is the top story in these nominations because it’s the best the…

If it weren’t for their heavy support of Green Book, it would almost look like San Diego’s film critics were trying to avoid titles that have been commonplace throughout awards season so far. Few mentions of Roma and A Star Is Born and none for BlacKkKlansman or If Beale Street Could Talk. These nominations are…

What’s most striking about this list of nominees is that A Star Is Born didn’t pick up a compilation soundtrack nomination when it clearly seemed a strong contender. Apart from that, there’s not a lot you can say about these. The year-straddling deadlines mean that 2017 releases compete with 2018 releases. As an example, in…

Vice was today’s big winner taking three acting nominations and bringing in six total. The Favourite, Green Book, and A Star Is Born proved that they are still major players while BlacKkKlansman and Black Panther scored well enough to be considered major threats, as did If Beale Street Could Talk and Roma. Injured enormously here…

The big question with AFI is how they determine what’s an American film. After all, one wouldn’t expect The Favourite on this list. That said, other than Eighth Grade and First Reformed, this list looks an awful lot like what we might have expected months ago with two major exceptions. First Man should have been…

The first really strong showing for Eighth Grade outside of the Spirit Awards with the film taking Best Picture honors from Detroit. It was the most nominated (thanks to the Breakthrough category) and now it’s the most honored (also thanks to the Breakthrough category). Vice is performing better here than it has elsewhere so far…

Not a lot of unexpected choices from Atlanta, with several prominent contenders making showings. What’s interesting is that Favourite won Picture, but Roma won Director. This seems to be a trend of recent years not too dissimilar from the Academy where Picture and Director split, something almost unthinkable through the 1980s and 1990s and even…

While some of the top nominees this year come as no surprise right now (The Favourite and A Star Is Born for example), the critics can still surprise. Tying The Favourite for most nominations, with ten each, is Black Panther. The film wasn’t expected to perform this well during precursor season, so this could very…