Category: 93rd Oscars (2020)

The surprising exclusion of Promising Young Woman comes as inferior movies Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Mank make the list instead. The Awards Best American Films Da 5 Bloods Judas and the Black Messiah Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mank Minari Nomadland One Night in Miami Soul Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7…

A group that goes back and forth between having nominations and not, the North Texas Critics Association, a smaller subset of Texas critics outside of the more familiar Houston and Dallas critics groups, have chosen Nomadland as their top nominee, but gave strong counts to Minari (which they incorrectly attributed to Korea when it’s a…

New Mexico critics seem to like Mank the best while spreading the love around everywhere including to Best Picture runner-up Minari.Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Kirby, and Daniel Kaluuya are among the seldomly-selected on this list, though many are as have been chosen elsewhere. Awards Tallies (3) Mank (2) Minari, Nomadland The Awards

The big winners here were Ma Rainey and

Houston didn’t announce nominations this year, going straight to the awards, giving Nomadland their top prize. The final award, for Best Texas Independent Film, will be announced on Jan. 31, 2021. Awards Tallies (3) Nomadland (2) One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman, Soul, Tenet The Awards

With Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods taking the most nominations, it was clear that the OFCS was making a statement about this year in movies. That Spike Lee was the only male director nominated suggests a groundswell of support for films made by women and the diversity of all of the nominations was very impressive.…

Although it wasn’t the most nominated with this group, Nomadland was the most honored with top nominees Promising Young Woman and Mank receiving two and one awards each. Awards Tallies (4) Nomadland (2) The Invisible Man, Promising Young Woman, Soul, Tenet The Awards

Philadelphia’s film critics have to be the farthest outside the mainstream with their selections this year. While I applaud their approach to diversity, it’s hard to fathom how Ma Rainey’s Bottom could win the Best Picture award when even the other stage-to-screen adaptation, One Night in Miami, is significantly better. Awards Tallies (2) Da 5…

The first thing to remember about the London Critics is that they have separate awards for British & Irish actors and productions. This inevitably sways the tallies towards those kinds of films. The second is that their eligibility period is slightly wider, as any film that releases in the UK prior to the end of…

San Diego spread the love around this year, giving five films double wins, but it’s Carey Mulligan and Promising Young Woman that ultimately came out on top. Awards Tallies (2) The Forty-Year-Old Version, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal The Awards

Other than Nomadland in Best Feature, Riz Ahmed in Best Actor, and Time in Best Documentary (tied with A Thousand Cuts), none of these choices are really following any common path. This might be the farthest outside of the norm they’ve ever been. The Awards Best Feature Nomadland Best Actor Riz Ahmed – Sound of…

Three films dominated the nominations from the St. Louis film critics. Nomadland, which has been a clear dominator this year comes in below two other films that have gotten differing amounts of praise. Mank has been virtually ignored this precursor season while Promising Young Woman is getting a modest amount of support. Nominations Tallies (8)…

Nothing much to see here. Some odd choices, but otherwise what you would expect. Awards Tallies (3) Palm Springs, Soul (2) Birds of Prey, Da 5 Bloods, The Invisible Man The Awards

Nomadland has swept the incredibly small and cliquish National Society of Film Critics. Several films got love, but Promising Young Woman, among others, was completely left out even in the screenplay category. With so few members, I would expect a fairly narrow set of films and they have certainly delivered that. Award Tallies (4) Nomadland…

For the first time in a very long while, individual critics groups are starting to show a bit of inventiveness in their selections. Perhaps inventiveness isn’t the right word as most of what’s here has been mentioned elsewhere, but certain films seem to be doing better with some groups more than others. For instance, Sound…