Happy December! I've been busy celebrating Thanksgiving and mentally preparing myself for the upcoming final exams, just as things are really starting to heat up.
- Tuesday December 3rd marks precursor season; the NYFCC (New York Film Critics Circle) will announce their winners. They are the first to do so, followed by the National Board of Review, and then by the LAFCA (Los Angeles Film Critics Association), followed by what seems like a million more critics organizations. Awards Daily's Sasha Stone gives insight and makes her predictions and analyzes both the NYFCC and National Board of Review awards (read here).
- During the onslaught of seemingly endless critics awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) will announce their nominees on December 11th, and the next day the Golden Globes will announce their choice. The SAG nominees usually reflect more of what the impending Oscar nominations will look like considering the voting body is made up of actors (the largest voting body in the Academy coincidentally), so they're usually a key factor in deciding upon Oscar predictions. Take a look at this year's contenders (and the pretenders) for the Best Ensemble award here).
- There really isn't too much time before the pool of contenders starts slimming down and the real nominees start to build upon their respective momentum. The last real surprise of the season seems to be Martin Scorsese's Wolf of Wall Street, which hasn't been officially screened yet, but did play for a small group of guild members over the weekend, to very positive reactions, particularly in the case of Jonah Hill who seems to be a spoiler for the Best Supporting Actor race (you can read a full write up from incontention's Kris Tapley here).
- It has also been announced that David O'Russell's starry American Hustle is officially being campaigned as a "Comedy" for the Golden Globes.
- And finally, Sight and Sound get the "End of the year list" rolling by announcing their winners of the Best Films of 2013 poll
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