Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 75th Directors Guild Nominations (2022)
The big news here is that Joseph Kosinski manages to make it in, but his film is the classic popular choice that might not carry over to the Oscars. The rest were expected nominees with Sarah Polley, James Cameron, Park Chan-wook, Baz Luhrmann, S.S. Rajamouli, and Gina Prince-Bythewood taking hits. Could we see an all…
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Precursor: 14th Make-Up Artists Guild Nominations (2022)
The Batman and Elvis were the top nominees, both of which were shortlisted by the Academy. Three shortlisters aren’t nominated here, All Quiet on the Western Front, Crimes of the Future, and Emancipation. Meanwhile, The nominees here that weren’t on the shortlist include double nominees Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Menu and single…
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Precursor: 29th Screen Actors Guild Nominations (2022)
Two powerhouse ensembles dominated the nominations with The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once both claiming five nominations. Banshees is also one of the smallest ensembles ever nominated for that award. Tom Cruise and Hugh Jackman, both popular actors, took huge hits with this announcement as they were both competing for nominations…
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Precursor: 39th Casting Society Nominations (2022)
This group gives awards to so many films, it’s impossible to draw conclusions from their selections. And the films they don’t select for casting nominations still get in under the Zetigeist award. The Nominations
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Precursor: 16th Houston Critics Nominations (2022)
Houston critics seemed to enjoy two films equally with a few others still well loved, but not just as much. Nominations Tallies (9) The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once (7) Women Talking (6) The Fabelmans, Top Gun: Maverick (5) RRR (4) Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Tár (3) Elvis, Till The Nominations
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Precursor: 18th Austin Critics Awards (2022)
To the Austin critics, no film seemed to exist other than Everything Everywhere All at Once. Awards Tallies (9) Everything Everywhere All at Once (2) Marcel the Shell with Shoes On The Awards
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Precursor: 80th Golden Globe Awards (2022)
The winners have been announced. Outside of a surprise showing for The Fabelmans, Angela Bassett, and Argentina, 1985, the awards went about as expected. The Banshees of Inisherin topped Everything Everywhere All at Once, which could be a sign of things to come. Awards Tallies (3) The Banshees of Inisherin (2) Everything Everywhere All at…
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Precursor: 75th Directors Guild Doc Nominations (2022)
There isn’t much to say about these as they all seem to be popular choices. The Nominations Best Documentary Director Sara Dosa – Fire of Love Matthew Heineman – Retrograde Laura Poitras – All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Daniel Roher – Navalny Shaunak Sen – All That Breathes Directors Guild of America Data Year…
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Precursor: 30th Cinema Audio Society Nominations (2022)
This list largely makes sense, though I would have imagined Everything Everywhere All at Once over The Batman. The Nominations Best Sound Mixing – Live Action All Quiet on the Western Front Avatar: The Way of Water The Batman Elvis Top Gun: Maverick Best Sound Mixing – Animated Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Lightyear Minions: The…
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Precursor: 14th Denver Film Critics Nominations (2022)
Denver’s critics were high on Everything Everywhere All at Once. Nominations Tallies (12) Everything Everywhere All at Once (8) The Banshees of Inisherin (4) The Menu, RRR, Women Talking (3) Aftersun, Avatar: The Way of Water, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Tár The Nominations
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Precursor: 7th Seattle Critics Nominations (2022)
Seattle’s critics had nothing but love for Everything, but they did somewhat enjoy a few other films as well. Nominations Tallies (14) Everything Everywhere All at Once (9) The Banshees of Inisherin (8) Top Gun: Maverick (6) Nope, Tár (5) Aftersun, Decision to Leave (4) Babylon, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (3) Avatar: The…
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Precursor: 7th Chicago Independent Critics Nominations (2022)
Chicago’s independent film critics went all-in on Everything, giving it more than double the citations as the next nearest competitor. Meanwhile, The Banshees of Inisherin took a major hit with this group with a scant 5 nominations. Nominations Tallies (14) Everything Everywhere All at Once (6) The Fabelmans, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, RRR, Top Gun:…
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Precursor: 27th Art Directors Guild Nominations (2022)
This is a solid list of selections and almost everything we expected to be major Oscar contenders are here, though The Woman King and The Northman are hurt most by this and RRR is once again the foreign film that the guilds don’t seem to be warming up to. Instead it’s All Quiet on the…
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95th Oscars Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
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). With so many critics groups to give out awards, they all seem to blur together and little about…
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Precursor: 37th Society of Cinematographers Nominations (2022)
Although they seldom match exactly, the ASC does a pretty good job of highlighting Oscar contenders. There are several big name exclusions here including Avatar: The Way of Water, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Nope, Tár, and Babylon. The Nominations Best Cinematography The Batman Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Elvis…
