Category: Precursors

The Awards were pretty evenly spread between four films with The Banshees of Inisherin taking the top award, but only two other prizes while Everything and Tár pulling in more awards overall. Awards Tallies (4) Everything Everywhere All at Once, Tár (3) The Banshees of Inisherin (2) Women Talking The Awards

Although they no longer have a corresponding Oscar category, they can give us insight into the thinking of voters in the sound branch. Of special note here is that RRR, which has been getting a lot of attention for its sound design, is absent here, but All Quiet on the Western Front did make it…

Having to be the originals this year, Toronto’s critics ignored many of the frontrunners (except Ke Huy Quan and Cate Blanchett) and gave most of their love to Aftersun. Awards Tallies (4) Aftersun The Awards

Often known for their idiosyncratic choices, the National Society of Film Critics lived up to its reputation giving Tár it’s top award and barely acknowledging Everything Everywhere All at Once. Award Tallies (3) Tár (2) The Banshees of Inisherin, EO The Awards

Maybe it’s a California thing, but with both San Diego and San Francisco favoring The Banshees of Inisherin over Everything Everywhere All at Once, is this a sign of things to come? Nominations Tallies (11) The Banshees of Inisherin (8) Everything Everywhere All at Once (7) Tár (6) Women Talking (5) The Fabelmans (4) Aftersun,…

A massive lead from the smallest film critics group in the nation. That size makes itself obvious in the placement of Babylon so highly. Nominations Tallies (16) Everything Everywhere All at Once (11) Babylon (9) Top Gun: Maverick (8) Avatar: The Way of Water (7) The Banshees of Inisherin, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (6) Elvis,…

Georgia seemed equally impressed with a number of films in spite of Everything Everywhere All at Once leading by one over The Fabelmans, which did better than its done almost all season. Nominations Tallies (9) Everything Everywhere All at Once (8) The Fabelmans (7) The Banshees of Inisherin (6) Nope (5) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,…

Here are some notable misses: No Avatar, She Said, Till, The Woman King, or Women Talking in Best Picture. No Wendell & Wild in Animated Feature. Most of the missing films for Best Film are in the Best Director race, except James Cameron and BAFTA’s least favorite director, Steven Spielberg. Hugh Jackman, Olivia Colman, Paul…

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists liked many films equally, but gave their top award to The Banshees of Inisherin. Award Tallies (4) The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Women Talking (3) The Woman King The Awards

Columbus critics put The Banshees of Inisherin on top, but Everything Everywhere All at Once did pretty well anyway. Award Tallies (4) The Banshees of Inisherin (3) Everything Everywhere All at Once The Awards

Oklahoman critics put their wind behind Everything Everywhere All at Once. Awards Tallies (6) Everything Everywhere All at Once (2) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery The Awards

Everything Everywhere All at Once had a massive lead over second-place The Banshees of Inisherin while RRR did extremely well as well. Nominations Tallies (12) Everything Everywhere All at Once (8) The Banshees of Inisherin (5) RRR (4) Avatar: The Way of Water, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick (3) Aftersun,…

The Banshees of Inisherin, on the strength of its ensemble, impressed the Columbus critics enough to come out on top of their total nominations. Nominations Tallies (12) The Banshees of Inisherin (10) Everything Everywhere All at Once (9) The Fabelmans (7) The Menu (6) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (5) Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio…