Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 26th San Diego Critics Nominations (2021)
Belfast comes out on top in a rarity for the black-and-white drama, the only film to secure double-digit nominations. Nominations Tallies (12) Belfast (9) Dune (8) The Power of the Dog (7) Mass, Nightmare Alley (6) CODA (5) In the Heights (3) Don’t Look Up, Parallel Mothers The Nominations
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Precursor: 11th Georgia Critics Nominations (2021)
The Power of the Dog topped Licorice Pizza and West Side Story with Dune doing surprisingly weakly against them. Nominations Tallies (10) The Power of the Dog (8) Licorice Pizza, West Side Story (6) Dune (5) CODA, The Green Knight (4) Belfast, Flee, Mass, Titane (3) Encanto, The Tragedy of Macbeth The Nominations
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Precursor: 6th Hawaii Critics Nominations (2021)
The three big contenders for top nominations at the Oscars this year came out on top in a tie for Hawaii’s nominations. We’ll see what film comes out on top, but the surprise showing for Last Night in Soho isn’t going to be it. Nominations Tallies (10) Belfast, Dune, The Power of the Dog (9)…
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Precursor: 20th Columbus Critics Awards (2021)
Columbus critics proved that they have the power of love for The Power of the Dog and less so for Licorice Pizza. Nominations Tallies (8) The Power of the Dog (3) Licorice Pizza The Nominations
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Precursor: 16th Oklahoma Critics Awards (2021)
The Power of the Dog is the best in six categories, including Best Director, but not good enough to top Best Picture? Dubious. Award Tallies (6) The Power of the Dog (3) Licorice Pizza The Awards
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Precursor: 10th North Carolina Critics Nominations & Awards (2021)
North Carolina’s film critics released their nominations and winners today without any really huge surprises. The top two nominees came in first and second in the win count, though in reverse order with The Power of the Dog losing out to Dune by three nominations, but then topping it by one win. Nominations Tallies (13)…
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Precursor: 17th Austin Critics Nominations (2021)
It’s rather surprising to see that a technical marvel like Dune could consistently bring in fewer nominations than the more intimate The Power of the Dog, but this is the dynamic we’ve seen play out for most of the year. Not a lot of oddities here with the stronger than normal performance by non-English language…
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94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 5
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). A grand total of two precursors actually announced in the last week, the Columbus critics and the Chicago…
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Precursor: 6th Chicago Independent Critics Nominations (2021)
More love for Spider-Man: Far from Home than we’ve otherwise recently seen, but is that indicative of anything? Who knows for sure at this point. Meanwhile, The Harder They Fall has the best showing so far. Nominations Tallies (9) The Power of the Dog (8) Dune (6) CODA (5) The Harder They Fall, Spider-Man: No…
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Precursor: 20th Columbus Critics Nominations (2021)
The Power of the Dog dominated like no other film with double-digit nominations. Licorice, Belfast, and Dune were the next most prolific. Not much to see here. Nominations Tallies (12) The Power of the Dog (8) Licorice Pizza (7) Belfast, Dune (5) West Side Story (4) CODA, The French Dispatch, The Tragedy of Macbeth (3)…
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94th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – January
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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94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 4
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). If last week seemed, this week may well seem glacial. The Christmas and New Year’s weeks are the…
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Precursor: 11th Black Critics Awards (2021)
Will Smith was crowned Best Actor for Best Picture winner King Richard at the Black Film Critics Circle awards. The film took two other awards while Dune, The Harder They Fall, and The Power of the Dog got two each. Most interesting to note is that on their list of the ten best films of…
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Precursor: 13th North Texas Critics Awards (2021)
A strange bunch of selections. Some match other orgs’ selections, some are fresh, but ultimately not worth much with so many titles missing from their initial nominations. Award Tallies (2) Dune, The French Dispatch The Awards Best Picture The Green Knight Best Animated Film Raya and the Last Dragon Best Director Denis Villeneuve – Dune…
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Precursor: 25th Florida Critics Awards (2021)
The Power of the Dog topped their list overall, but a small group like this shouldn’t announce runners-up. Far too many ties on hand. Nominations Tallies (5) The Power of the Dog (3) Dune The Awards
