The Critics Choice Awards always fall near the Oscar nominations; this year, they were 12 hours before.
Thus, this starry awards show held inside a chilly hanger at the Santa Monica Airport serves to adds luster to those who move into the final phase of Oscar season.
Academy members start voting January 30, with final ballots due February 4, five days before the earliest-ever Oscar show February 9.Since the Critics Choice Association for film and television is the largest critics’ organization in North America, their awards are a more accurate predictor of Academy Award nominations than other critics’ groups.
Wins often match up, too, except when the CCAs go for ties.
There were several Sunday night including Best Director, shared by Sam Mendes for “1917” and Bong Joon Ho for “Parasite,” which also won Best Foreign Language Film.Last year, the CCAs gave “Roma” the same three wins as the Oscars, plus Best Picture,
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