Tag: It Was Just An Accident
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The Critics Choice Awards and Their Complicated Role as an Oscar Precursor vs. Prognosticator
The Critics Choice Association will unveil its nominees on Friday, and as always, I find myself approaching the announcement with mixed feelings. For all its visibility, the ceremony has long carried an air of amateurism and a lingering question of who is actually deliberating its awards. Unlike established critical institutions such as the New York…
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New York Film Critics Circle Predictions – A Big Day for “One Battle” or an Upset for “Marty”
The New York Film Critics Circle, or NYFCC for short, kicks off the year-end awards gauntlet each December, and while I’ve long believed their prominence comes largely from being first on the critics-accolade calendar, they remain a group that votes with its own tastes rather than any intention of forecasting the Oscars. Precisely because their…
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TIFF 2025: Who’s The Real Favorite? TIFF’s People’s Choice Award, Its New International Rival, and Our Predictions
The winner of the coveted TIFF People’s Choice Award will be announced tomorrow. I say “coveted” because TIFF and the pundit class like to position the recipients of this prize as a bellwether for Academy Awards success. But how true is that, really? The first People’s Choice Award was handed out in 1978—two years after…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Best Picture (Oscars 2025)
We’ve finally reached the end of our series “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW” and can unveil the films we believe would earn mentions for Best Picture. Ground rules to keep in mind. For the best possible accuracy, we’ll be considering not just every film that’s opened theatrically to date, but also every film SCREENED thus…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Director (Oscars 2025)
We’re winding down our “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW” series, and forecasting who’s in the lead for Director so far this year. Ground rules to keep in mind. For the best possible accuracy, we’ll be considering not just every film that’s opened theatrically to date, but also every film SCREENED thus far that has both…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Original Screenplay (Oscars 2025)
Next on our “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW” series, we’re forecasting which Original Screenplays are in line for a nomination and which may have to fight to keep from fading away. Ground rules to keep in mind. For the best possible accuracy, we’ll be considering not just every film that’s opened theatrically to date, but…
