Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 7th Atlanta Critics Awards (2022)
Atlanta spread the love to several films giving Everything Everywhere All at Once its top award. Award Tallies (3) Everything Everywhere All at Once (2) The Banshees of Inisherin, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Top Gun: Maverick The Awards
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95th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). There weren’t many major announcements last week, but two big groups have announced recently. The Spirit Awards revealed…
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Precursor: 27th San Diego Critics Nominations & Awards (2022)
San Diego’s film critics have gone a slightly different direction than the preponderance of other critics groups, giving The Banshees of Inisherin more nominations and awards than Everything Everywhere All at Once. Awards Tallies (6) The Banshees of Inisherin (3) Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once (2) All Quiet on the Western Front, Babylon Nominations…
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Precursor: 88th New York Critics Awards (2022)
A few trends might possibly emerge from this list, but it’s too early to tell. Award Tallies (2) The Banshees of Inisherin, Tár The Awards
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95th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – December
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
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Precursor: 32nd Gotham Awards (2022)
Although it was the most nomintaed, Tár had to settle for a single award for screenplay while Cate Blanchett lost out to Danielle Deadwyler in Till. Everything Everywhere All at Once picks up an early feather whether bellwether or not. Nominations Tallies (2) Everything Everywhere All at Once The Nominations
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94th Oscar Preview: Precursors Coverage Beginning This Week
Precursor season began with the Gotham Awards nominations back at the end of October. They want to be first out of the gate, but are always the lowest in matching capability due to their inability to see the full playing field. That said, their winners will be announced tonight. Since the National Board of Review…
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Precursor: 38th Spirit Award Nominations (2022)
The Spirit Awards are the latest group out of the gate and they have declared Everything Everywhere All at Once the film they most like followed by Todd Field’s Tár. There isn’t much to see here. While some of these are certainly Oscar contenders, a lot of them aren’t. So, drawing any or many conclusions…
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Precursor: 13th Hollywood Music in Media Awards & Nominations (2022)
We haven’t covered this group often, but they announced their nominees and winners earlier this year. Historically, they haven’t been a major bellwether, but they are instructive being one of the few organizations devoted to the recognition of music in movies. Awards Tallies (2) Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Nominations Tallies (3) Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio…
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Precursor: 65th Grammy Award Nominations (2022)
The Grammys nominated a surprising number of 2022 entries this year even though they cut off eligibility at the end of September. Still, these results aren’t really going to help in our Oscar predictions. Nominations Tallies (3) Encanto (2) Top Gun: Maverick The Nominations
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Precursor: 7th Critics Choice Documentary Awards (2022)
Good Night Oppy nearly swept the Critics Choice Documentary Awards. It puts it in a solid position for at least an Oscar nomination, but guarantees nothing else. Nominations Tallies (5) Good Night Oppy The Nominations
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95th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – November
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
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Precursor: 32nd Gotham Awards Nominations (2022)
While there are several names here that are Oscar contenders, a lot of them aren’t and that calls into question the purpose of these awards, especially since they only look at indie cinema and they don’t seem to examine late-year releases as often. Nominations Tallies (5) Tár (4) Aftersun (3) Everything Everywhere All at Once,…
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Precursor: 7th Critics Choice Documentary Nominations (2022)
The Critics Choice Documentary awards haven’t proven terribly instructive as a precursor, so we cover them as a perfunctory act rather than a necessary one. Nominations Tallies (7) Fire of Love (6) Good Night Oppy (5) Moonage Daydream, Navalny, Three Minutes: A Lengthening (4) The Automat, The Janes (3) The Beatles: Get Back, Cow, Descendant,…
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95th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – October
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
