Tag: Nominations

  • Satellite Award and DiscussingFilm Nominations Reaction

    We had two big nomination announcements, leading to a whole bunch of points: the DiscussingFilm Critics Nominations and the International Press Academy Satellite Awards Nominations, the latter earning two points for each of its nominees. We saw a lot of draft picks earn their first points of the season at least one of these, including…

  • Gotham Awards Reaction

    The first major precursor awards were announced on November 28, 2022, the Gotham Awards. Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner of the evening, so let’s take a dive into the winners. Everything Everywhere All at Once wins Best Feature A24’s highest grossing movie now has a Best Feature win under its belt,…

  • Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Reaction

    Film Independent’s Independent Spirit Awards nominations were released this morning, and I feel like I’m both surprised and not surprised all at the same time every year when they come out. Nonetheless, let’s get to the major storylines from a fantasy perspective. Where’s The Whale and Till? The Whale and Till were completely shut out…

  • The State of the Documentary Race

    The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced their nominations on November 11th and the Critics Choice Association announced their winners for the Documentary Awards (CCDA) on November 13th. We’re now up to four major nomination announcements for documentaries: Critics Choice (which announced winners yesterday), Gotham, Cinema Eye, and International Doc Association. Not one documentary had their…

  • European Film Awards (EFA) Nominations Reaction

    The European Film Awards (EFA) nominations were announced earlier today, and I have some housekeeping items because of it. We learned that the technical category winners will be announced November 23 ahead of the awards gala on December 10. This means the technical categories will count in Matchup #1. They do not nominate these, so…

  • Hollywood Music in Media (HMMA) and British Independent Film (BIFA) Nominations Reaction

    We had two very different nominations announcements in as many days recently, so let’s try to discern if there is any insight to be gained from these announcements. Although these two voting bodies couldn’t be more different, the commonality is they award more points to players on the waiver wire than on actual teams. This…

  • Gotham Awards Reaction

    The Gotham Awards are unpredictable and quirky, which is exactly why it’s a perfect way to kickoff the regular season at Red Carpet Rosters. Although, it was expected that films like Tár and Everything Everywhere All at Once would be well represented, other films like Aftersun and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair pulled…