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Critics Choice Super Awards Hand Out Inaugural Genre Prizes
The inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards announced their winners tonight, awarding what they consider the best in genre film and television from the year 2020. It’s a noble undertaking, aiming to give recognition to the kinds of movies and series that are often overlooked at the major awards shows by awards bodies who have a […] More
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‘Nomadland’ Wins with the National Society of Film Critics
Today saw a close race when handing out awards from the National Society of Film Critics, one of the more prestigious critics groups awards. Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland scored the Best Picture prize, but just behind it was Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow. Never Rarely Sometimes Always, from filmmaker Eliza Hittman, rounded out their Best Picture trio, notably all coming from female directors. Nomadland was […] More
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North Dakota Film Society Awards Led By ‘Mank’
The North Dakota Film Society Awards have announced their nominees for the 2020 awards season, with Mank leading the pack with 8 nominations, including Best Director for David Fincher. Interestingly, the nomination leader was not nominated for Best Picture. That category almost entirely consisted of female directed films, with the nominees being First Cow, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Never […] More
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‘Promising Young Woman’ Takes Top Honors from the Columbus Film Critics Association
Promising Young Woman proved to be the big winner from the Columbus Film Critics Association, scooping up their Best Film prize, along with wins for Best Actress for Carey Mulligan and Best Original Screenplay for Emerald Fennell. Fennell, who also won the Breakthrough Film Artist award for her debut feature, placed second in the Best Director category, coming behind […] More
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Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Give Top Prize to ‘Minari’
Minari, Nomadland, and Sound of Metal are the big winners from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, with the trio each picking up a pair of wins from the group. Minari got the biggest boost with its Best Picture win, coming fresh on the heels of its controversial placement in Foreign Language Film from the Golden Globes. A24’s drama from […] More
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Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Stumps for ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Sound of Metal’
The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association announced their third annual end-of-year Film Awards and, on trend, Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland led the way with six wins, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress. Darius Marder’s debut film, Sound of Metal, earned four wins, two of them honoring the work of actor Paul Raci, who won for […] More
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‘Nomadland’ Strikes Big with Alliance of Women Film Journalists
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists announced their nominees today for their annual EDA Awards. Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland landed the most nominations with nine, followed closely by Regina King’s One Night in Miami… and Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman, with eight each. The Best Director category only featured one man, Aaron Sorkin, who directed The […] More
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The First Annual Awards Radar Awards (Part Three): The Big Finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, the First Annual Awards Radar Awards have come to a close. For part three of this awards series (part one is here and part two is here), we’re handing out our prizes in a multitude of categories. I already revealed my Actor and Actress of year, as well as my Top Ten list. […] More
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The First Annual Awards Radar Awards (Part Two): The Ten Best Films of 2020
There are few things a writer in this industry looks forward to more than doing their year end Top Ten list. Of course, 2020 being the absolute dumpster fire that it is/was, it’s a list that comes with some degree of an asterisk. After all, since very early March, the entirety of my film viewing […] More
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Chicago Indie Critics Nominations Led By ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
The Chicago Indie Critics on Monday announced their nominations for next week’s awards show, with Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom poised to bring home the top prize. Starring Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman, the latest Netflix hit received a total of nine nominations, including Best Director for George C. Wolfe, Best Actor for […] More
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North Carolina Critics Love ‘Da 5 Bloods’
The North Carolina Film Critics Association today announced its nominations for its tenth annual awards and Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods led all films with a total of seven nominations across fourteen categories. Minari and Nomadland followed with six nominations each, and Mank came in with five. The NCFCA also announced a new award this year for Best Restoration, film or home video […] More
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The First Annual Awards Radar Awards (Part One): The Best Performances of 2020
Can you believe the year is over? 2020 was a fuck of a year, no question about it, but to start off this final week before 2021 hits, I’m going to be focusing on the positive. Today, we kick off the First Annual Awards Radar Awards, also known as the Joey Awards (because, when you […] More