Category: Precursors

With many conventional wisdom picks, the Satellite Awards have largely confirmed a lot of what we’ve been discussing as contenders this year. Late release films like West Side Story were clearly not screened for this group, so there’s still room for volatility. The only surprising thing on this list is how well tick, tick…BOOM! performed.…

The Gotham Awards don’t have a lot of influencing power over the Oscars, but their choices can shine a light on the films that are at least under consideration for Oscar nominations. With their wins here, both The Lost Daughter and CODA have strong claims to being competitors. I imagine The Lost Daughter has more…

With the oddly formed eligibility window, the Grammy Awards often have little bearing on Oscar considerations, since they mostly go with prior year winners rather than future contenders. Still, compared to last year’s slate, this year’s is surprisingly heavy with 2021 Oscar-eligible films. There are four of six in the compilation soundtrack category, which has…

Summer of Soul swept its categories, but can it impress Oscar voters? The Academy is a tougher nut to crack for popular documentaries. Awards Tallies (6) Summer of Soul (3) The Rescue (2) Val The Awards

The Gotham Awards announce earlier and earlier every year and for little reason. Sure, they get the drop on other groups, but their selections are often so far out of the mainstream that they don’t generally translate into Oscar nominations or even other precursor consideration. This is also only one of two groups that I’m…

A long list of lots of documentaries. Not everything under the sun was nominated, but most of it was. Some Oscar nominees likely. Some not. We’ll just have to wait and see. Nominations Tallies (6) Ascension, Summer of Soul (5) The Rescue (4) Becoming Cousteau, The Sparks Brothers, Val, The Velvet Underground (3) Attica, The…

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…

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…