Tag: Sentimental Value
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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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Gotham Film Awards 2024 Predictions: Who Will Win and What It Means for the Oscars
As is traditionally the case, the east coast film critics of the United States will be first out of the gate with singling out the year’s best in film. We’ll be watching a New York double-bill on the Oscar circuit as the Gotham Film Awards announce winners on Monday, December 1st and the New York…
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Predicting the 2025 Gotham Film Awards Nominations
As the 2025 Gotham Independent Film Awards nominations are set to be announced, anticipation is high for what many consider the first major awards season precursor of the year. The Gotham Film Awards, presented by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, have long been a reliable early indicator of the industry’s critical favorites — and…
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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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Telluride Film Festival RECAP: Get Ready For HAMNET
The 52nd Telluride Film Festival (which always takes place over Labor Day weekend) wraps up tomorrow, with most of the heavy hitters now unveiled. Among the standouts already seen at Cannes (and by yours truly) were Sentimental Value, The Secret Agent, It Was Just an Accident, The Mastermind, Nouvelle Vague, The History of Sound, and…
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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…
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If The Oscars Were Tomorrow: Actress (Oscars 2025)
The next entry into our “IF THE OSCARS WERE TOMORROW” series takes a look at the Actress category, where there is a surprising lack of competition for the time being. 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…
