Leading the nominations, The Shape of Water once again proved more potent than Dunkirk, which picked up no acting nominations and only one tech citation. However, the most notable thing here is the snub of black directors Dee Rees and Jordan Peele and female helmer Greta Gerwig. While there’s one Spanish director in the Best…

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What’s most interesting here is just how well The Shape of Water did while the other technical marvel of the year, Dunkirk received less than half the nominations. Other hot takes are the absence of Call Me By Your Name, largely ignored, and the year’s other major gay drama BPM (Beats Per Minute missing the…

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A greatest hits list of previous precursor winners here with a strong showing by The Florida Project. Does this mean we now have to take the film serious as a Best Picture contender? Perhaps. Perhaps not. We shall see how it does with the Producers Guild of America. The rest of these choices are also…

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Get Out won big at the inaugural Philadelphia Film Critics Circle awards. Winning four awards, the film outshone all other nominees while Allison Janney picked up a third prize, Woody Harrelson got his first and Sally Hawkins and Daniel Day-Lewis made cases for being certain Oscar nominees. The choices here are a bit different than…

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The first Best Picture tie of the season goes to The Florida Project and Mudbound. Willem Dafoe wins another while Gary Oldman, Margot Robbie, and Allison Janney each picking up their second awards of the season. Dee Rees earns her first award for directing with Hedy Lamarr and In the Fade also making entries into…

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Trending the opposite direction of other guilds, Call Me by Your Name, which doesn’t have a lot of below-the-line contenders, still managed to top the nomination count with eight. The Disaster Artist performed more strongly here than it likely will with the Academy and The Shape of Water also did well. Award Tallies (8) Call…

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San Francisco went an unexpected direction with their 2017 winner for Best Picture. The Florida Project has gained some pretty surprising traction, beating out Call Me by Your Name, which would have been my prediction for this group’s winner. The rest of the winners are largely predictable with the exception of Andy Serkis for Best…

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Boston has gone in fairly hard for Phantom Thread giving it a Best Picture win that no one expected. They also gave most of their other awards to expected contenders. Award Tallies (3) Phantom Thread (2) Get Out, Lady Bird The Awards

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Blowing away all others, The Shape of Water was their most nominated film followed distantly by Call Me by Your Name and Dunkirk. There aren’t any out-of-left-field selections on this list. Award Tallies (9) The Shape of Water (5) Call Me by Your Name, Dunkirk (4) Blade Runner 2049, Get Out, Lady Bird, The Florida…

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