Category: 93rd Oscars (2020)
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Oscar Morning: The Article (2020)
FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. It’s always difficult to know precisely how the Academy will handle the announcements. We have the list of categories that will be announced and in which grouping, but we have no idea in what order they will be announced. We know that…
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Precursor: 25th Online Film & Television Nominations (2020)
The OFTA released a set of nominees that looks like a lot of other lists. There are some notable surprises along the way, but mostly features what we’ve come to expect from this group. Award Tallies (13) Promising Young Woman (15 with poster/trailer nominations) (12) Minari (11) Mank (12), One Night in Miami (9) Sound…
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2020 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Final
As is our tradition, May begins our first predictive look at the year’s Oscar hopefuls. A lot of factors will play into how well our guesses hold up. Expect many of them to fall by the wayside as the year progresses and new contenders to rise into their places. The strangest part of this year…
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Precursor: 34th USC Scripter Awards (2020)
Some thought the script for Nomadland would be its weakest element, yet the film continues to steamroll through awards season, including in this category. The Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Nomadland (Peter, Thomas) USC Scripter Data Year Founded: 1988 First Awards: 1987 (34)
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Precursor: 16th Austin Critics Nominations (2020)
Austin’s critics loved Minari a lot, Nomadland and The Invisible Man quite a bit, a handful of others well enough. Nominations Tallies (11) Minari (7) Nomadland (6) The Invisible Man (5) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Promising Young Woman (4) Tenet (3) Da 5 Bloods, The Father, Mank, One Night in Miami, Sound of Metal The…
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Precursor: 21st Vancouver Critics Awards (2020)
More commonplace winners. Awards Tallies (3) Nomadland (2) Minari The Awards
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Precursor: 10th Georgia Critics Awards (2020)
A couple of minor surprises, but nothing out of the ordinary. Awards Tallies (4) Nomadland (3) Promising Young Woman (2) One Night in Miami, Soul, Sound of Metal The Awards
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Precursor: 24th Las Vegas Critics Awards (2020)
Las Vegas enjoyed Nomadland like so many other groups and didn’t go too far out on a limb. Award Tallies (4) Nomadland (3) Judas and the Black Messiah, Soul (2) The Invisible Man, Mank, Sound of Metal The Awards
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Precursor: 7th Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations (2020)
Another group that loved Minari, but Phoenix’s nominations are a bit closer to the mainstream with a few oddball selections thrown in. Nominations Tallies (7) Minari (5) Mank, Nomadland (4) One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman (3) Another Round, Da 5 Bloods, Sound of Metal, Tenet The Nominations
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2020 Precursor Predictions: USC Scripter
The origination of this organization is rather strange in itself. A collegiate group who honor adapted screenplays, both acknowledging the original writer and the screenwriter. It’s a very bizarre kind of thing to generate, but they have sometimes been a fairly accurate barometer of the Oscars. Sometimes, though, they’ve been completely left-field in their approach.…
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Precursor: 41st Golden Raspberry Nominations (2020)
Picking the lowest hanging fruit as usual, there’s nothing particularly compelling about this list. Nominations Tallies (6) 365 Days, Dolittle (5) Fantasy Island (4) Music (3) Hillbilly Elegy, Hubie Halloween, The Wrong Missy The Nominations
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Precursor: 60th American Cinema Editors Nominations (2020)
After directing, acting, and writing, the most important precursor for a Best Picture contender to have is an editing citation and there’s no organization more in tune with that than the American Cinema Editors. Of the major Best Picture Oscar contenders, the most notably absent here are The Father, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, One Night…
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Precursor: 24th Toronto Critics Awards (2020) – Canadian Film
Unless you have a particular interest in Canadian cinema, this winner won’t really seem that important to you. The Awards Best Canadian Film Finalists (To Be Announced: March 9, 2020) Anne at 13,000 ft. Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (24)
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Precursor: 35th Society of Cinematographers Nominations (2020)
The expected inclusion of Mank, News of the World, and Nomadland came with the unexpected inclusion of Cherry and, to a lesser extent, The Trial of the Chicago 7. The Awards Best Cinematography Cherry Mank News of the World Nomadland The Trial of the Chicago 7 Spotlight Award Dear Comrades! Swallow Two of Us Documentary…
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Precursor: 18th African American Critics Awards (2020)
The African American film critics spread their love primarily between late-breaking Judas and the Black Messiah and stage-to-screen adaptation One Night in Miami. Clearly, this group had no problem following the Academy’s eligibility window while their counterparts in the Black Film Critics Circle didn’t. Award Tallies (4) Judas and the Black Messiah (3) One Night…
