Thursday, January 5, 2023

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards

BEST FILM OF THE YEAR
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. The Fabelmans
3. Top Gun: Maverick
4. TÁR
5. Glass Onion
6. Babylon
7. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
8. Pearl
9. The Banshees of Inisherin
10. RRR

BEST DIRECTOR
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
            Runner-up: Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Aftersun
            Runner-up: Emily The Criminal

BEST ACTOR
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
            Runner-up: Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
            Runner-up: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once
            Runner-up: Hong Chau – The Whale

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
            Runner-up: Paul Dano – The Fabelmans

BEST 2022 BODY OF WORK
Colin Farrell – After Yang, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, Thirteen Lives
            Runner-up: Paul Dano – The Batman, The Fabelmans

BEST ENSEMBLE
Glass Onion
            Runner-up: Babylon

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Everything Everywhere All At Once
            Runner-up: TÁR

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Glass Onion
            Runner-up: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
            Runner-up: Marcel The Shell with Shoes On

BEST DOCUMENTARY
All The Beauty and The Bloodshed
            Runner-up: Fire of Love

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Decision to Leave
            Runner-up: RRR

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Top Gun: Maverick
Runner-up: Babylon

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Babylon
            Runner-up: The Batman

MOST DISAPPOINTING FILM
Don’t Worry Darling
            Runner-up: Babylon

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

San Diego Film Critics Society Award Nominations

Best Picture
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
ELVIS
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
THE FABELMANS
TÁR

Best Director
Edward Berger, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Todd Field, TÁR
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Steven Spielberg, THE FABELMANS

Best Actor
Austin Butler, ELVIS
Colin Farrell, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Ralph Fiennes, THE MENU
Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE
Gabriel LaBelle, THE FABELMANS

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, TAR
Danielle Deadwyler, TILL
Regina Hall, HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
Michelle Williams, THE FABELMANS
Michelle Yeoh, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Brian Tyree Henry, CAUSEWAY
Barry Keoghan, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Mark Rylance, BONES AND ALL

Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Jamie Lee Curtis, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Nina Hoss, TÁR
Stephanie Hsu, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Lashana Lynch, THE WOMAN KING

Best Comedic Performance
Nicolas Cage, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT
Daniel Craig, GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Brian Tyree Henry, BULLET TRAIN
Brad Pitt, BULLET TRAIN
Daniel Radcliffe, WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY

Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 16)
Jalyn Hall, TILL
Madeleine McGraw, THE BLACK PHONE
Banks Repeta, ARMAGEDDON TIME
Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, AFTER YANG
Jaylin Webb, ARMAGEDDON TIME

Best Original Screenplay
Keith Beauchamp, Chinonye Chukwu, Michael Reilly, TILL
Todd Field, TÁR
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Seth Reiss, Will Tracy, THE MENU

Best Adapted Screenplay
Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale, Gris Grimly, Matthew Robbins, GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Samuel D. Hunter, THE WHALE
David Kajganich, BONES AND ALL
Sarah Polley, Miriam Toes, WOMEN TALKING

Best Documentary
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
FIRE OF LOVE
GOOD NIGHT OPPY
NAVALNY
WILDCAT

Best Animated Film
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH
TURNING RED
WENDELL & WILD

Best Foreign Language Film
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
CLOSE
DECISION TO LEAVE
HAPPENING
RRR

Best Editing
David Brenner, James Cameron, John Refoua, Stephen E. Rivkin, Ian Silverstein, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn, THE FABELMANS
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa, ELVIS
Paul Rogers, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Cinematography
Russell Carpenter, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Ben Davis, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Janus Kaminski, THE FABELMANS
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, THIRTEEN LIVES
Linus Sandgren, BABYLON

Best Production Design
Katie Byron, DON’T WORRY DARLING
Rick Carter, THE FABELMANS
Rick Heinrichs, GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Jason Kisvarday, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Florencia Martin, BABYLON

Best Visual Effects
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Best Costume Design
Jenny Beavan, MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
Ruth E. Carter, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Catherine Martin, Rachelle Mejia, ELVIS
Marci Rodgers, TILL
Mary Zophres, BABYLON

Best Sound Design
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
BULLET TRAIN
ELVIS
TÁR
TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Best Use of Music
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
ELVIS
THE FABELMANS
TÁR
WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY

Breakthrough Artist
Jessie Buckley, WOMEN TALKING
Austin Butler, ELVIS
Danielle Deadwyler, TILL
Anna Diop, NANNY
Taylor Russell, BONES AND ALL

Best Ensemble
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
THE MENU
WOMEN TALKING

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

North Carolina Film Critics Association Award Winners

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Fire of Love

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
RRR

BEST DIRECTOR
Daniels (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST ACTOR
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)

BEST ACTRESS
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA
Jenny Slate (Marcel the Shell With Shoes On)

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)er

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Sarah Polley (Women Talking)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte van Hoytema (Nope)

BEST EDITING
Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ruth Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP
Shane Thomas, Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Louise Coulston (Elvis)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jason Kisvarday and Kelsi Ephraim (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST SCORE
Michael Giacchino (The Batman)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Naatu Naatu” (RRR)

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Johnnie Burn and Jose Antonio Garcia (Nope)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (Avatar: The Way of Water)

BEST STUNT COORDINATION
Nick Powell (RRR)

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Austin Butler (Elvis)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: COMPOSER
John Williams

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD
Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway, Bullet Train, Atlanta) 

Austin Film Critics Association Award Nominations

Best Director
Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Daniels), Everything Everywhere All at Once
Todd Field, Tár
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
S.S. Rajamouli, RRR

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Mia Goth, Pearl
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor
Austin Butler, Elvis
Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun

Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Mark Rylance, Bones and All
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janelle Monae, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Keke Palmer, Nope

Best Ensemble
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Daniels), Everything Everywhere All at Once
Todd Fields, Tár
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jordan Peele, Nope
Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, The Fabelmans

Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews, Women Talking
Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
David Kajganich, Bones and All
Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale
Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Cinematography
Russell Carpenter, Avatar: The Way of Water
Hoyte van Hotema, Nope
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Linus Sandgren, Babylon
Larkin Seiple, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Editing
Bob Ducsay, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick
A. Sreekar Prasad, RRR
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Monika Willi, Tár

Best Original Score
Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Son Lux, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
Michael Giacchino, The Batman
M.M. Keeravani, RRR

Best International Film
Close
Decision to Leave
EO
Holy Spider
RRR

Best Documentary
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Descendant
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream

Best Animated Film
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Mad God
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Turning Red

Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance
Stephen Lang, Avatar: The Way of Water
Ewan McGregor, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Zoe Saldana, Avatar: The Way of Water
Jenny Slate, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Sigourney Weaver, Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Stunt Coordinator
Timothy Neulich, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Kevin LaRosa Jr. and Casey O’Neill, Top Gun: Maverick
Nick Powell, RRR
Daniel Hernandez, The Woman King
C.C. Smiff & Jón Viðar Arnþórsson, The Northman

Best First Film
Aftersun, Charlotte Wells
Emily the Criminal, John Patton Ford
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Dean Fleischer Camp
Turning Red, Domee Shi
Watcher, Chloe Okuno

The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award
Austin Butler, Elvis
Frankie Corio, Aftersun
Amber Midthunder, Prey
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jenna Ortega, The Fallout, Scream, X, Studio 666

Best Austin Film 2022
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
Descendant
Shouting Down Midnight
There There

DiscussingFilm Critics Awards Winners

BEST PICTURE
Everything Everywhere All At Once
            Runner Up - Aftersun

BEST DIRECTOR
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
            Runner Up - Park Chan-wook, Decision To Leave

BEST ACTOR
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
            Runner Up - Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Paul Mescal, Aftersun

BEST ACTRESS
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
            Runner Up - Cate Blanchett, TÁR 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
            Runner Up -  Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
            Runner Up - Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

BEST ENSEMBLE
Women Talking
            Runner Up - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Decision to Leave
            Runner Up - RRR

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 
            Runner Up - Sarah Polley & Miriam Toews, Women Talking

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin 
            Runner Up - Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 
            Runner Up - Marcel The Shell with Shoes On 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Fire of Love
            Runner Up -  All The Beauty and the Bloodshed

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte van Hoytema, Nope
            Runner Up - Ji-yong Kim, Decision to Leave

BEST FILM EDITING
Everything Everywhere All at Once 
            Runner Up - Decision to Leave

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 
            Runner Up - Babylon 

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
The Batman
            Runner Up - Elvis

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Babylon 
            Runner Up - Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST SOUND
Nope
            Runner Up - Top Gun: Maverick

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way of the Water 
            Runner Up - Everything Everywhere All at Once 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
             Runner Up - Babylon

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Naatu Naatu”, RRR 
            Runner Up - “Vegas”, Elvis

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Aftersun
            Runner Up - Turning Red

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once 
            Runner Up - Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans

BEST HORROR FILM
Nope
            Runner Up - Bones and All

Music City Film Critics Association Award Nominations

Best Picture 
Aftersun 
Babylon  
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once 
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 
Nope
RRR
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin 
The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Director
Damien Chazelle - Babylon
Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin
S. S. Rajamouli - RRR
Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans
The Daniels - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Todd Field - Tár

Best Actor
Austin Butler - Elvis
Brendan Fraser - The Whale
Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
Diego Calva - Babylon
Paul Mescal – Aftersun

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett - Tár 
Margot Robbie - Babylon 
Mia Goth - Pearl
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Viola Davis - The Woman King

Best Supporting Actor
Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin 
Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin 
Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Paul Dano - The Fabelmans

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau - The Whale
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once 
Janelle Monáe - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Young Actor
Banks Repeta - Armageddon Time
Gabriel LaBelle - The Fabelmans
Gregory Mann - Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Jalyn Hall - Till
Mason Thames - The Black Phone

Best Young Actress
Anna Cobb - We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Bella Ramsey - Catherine Called Birdy
Frankie Corio - Aftersun
Julia Butters - The Fabelmans
Sadie Sink - The Whale

Best Acting Ensemble
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once 
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 
The Fabelmans
Women Talking

Best Music Film
Elvis
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Moonage Daydream 
Tár

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild

Best Documentary
All that Breathes
All the Beauty and Bloodshed 
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy 
Moonage Daydream

Best International Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths 
Decision to Leave
EO 
RRR

Best Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once 
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin 
The Fabelmans
Women Talking

Best Original Song
“Ciao Papa” - Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Hold My Hand” - Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up” - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Naatu Naatu” - RRR
“New Body Rhumba” - White Noise

Best Score
Babylon
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 
The Batman
The Fabelmans 
Women Talking

Best Sound
Avatar: The Way of Water 
Babylon
Elvis 
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front 
Avatar: The Way of Water 
Babylon
Nope
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design 
Avatar: The Way of Water 
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once 
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio 
The Northman

Best Editing 
Aftersun 
Babylon 
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once 
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Comedy Film
Confess, Fletch
Everything Everywhere All at Once 
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Horror Film
Barbarian 
Nope 
Pearl 
Smile
X

Best Action Film
Avatar: The Way of Water 
Everything Everywhere All at Once 
RRR
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Stunt Work
Avatar: The Way of Water 
Everything Everywhere All at Once 
RRR
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick

The Jim Ridley Award
Elvis
Moonage Daydream 
Still Working 9 to 5
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Nicole Kidman - The Northman

Monday, January 2, 2023

The Oscar Narrative: Pre-Guild Nomination Predictions - Best Supporting Actor

Pre-Guild Nominations
Paul Dano "The Fabelmans"
Brendan Gleeson "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Judd Hirsch "The Fabelmans"
Barry Keoghan "The Banshees of Inisherin" 
Ke Huy Quan "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Other Contenders - Brian Tyree Henry "Causeway", Ben Whishaw "Women Talking", Brad Pitt "Babylon", Tom Hanks "Elvis", Eddie Redmayne "The Good Nurse", Woody Harrelson "Triangle of Sadness", Seth Rogen "The Fabelmans"

Commentary - Can two guys from two movies get nominated? Probably not, but right now, this race really feels in flux. I know that Brendan Gleeson and Ke Huy Quan are leading the race, but the other three slots are up in the air. Barry Keoghan is racking up a lot of awards and feels like he is getting to the point of being solid. I'm not sure which of The Fabelmans guys will get in, so I put in both, but I am not sold on either. Brian Tyree Henry is on the rise, but his film overall is not doing well outside of his performance. Woody Harrelson and Seth Ogen are possibilities. Ben Whishaw was so high on the list, but so far has missed a lot. SAG and BAFTA though could bring him back. Finally, I think that this open race leaves the potential for Oscar winning favorites like Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hanks, and even more likely, Brad Pitt, to return based on name recognition alone. 

13th Annual Awards Psychic Award Nominations

Best Picture – Drama
Aftersun
All Quiet on the Western Front
Armageddon Time
Close
Causeway
Decision to Leave
Elvis
EO
The Fabelmans
The Inspection
Living
Return to Seoul
Saint Omer 
She Said
TAR
Till
The Whale 
Women Talking

Best Picture – Comedy/Musical
7 Days
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Bros
Fire Island
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul
Hocus Pocus 2
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
On the Count of Three
Triangle of Sadness
White Noise 

Best Picture – Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Action/Horror
After Yang
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Bones and All
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Men
The Menu
Nope
The Northman
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick
The Woman King

Best Picture – Animated
Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood
The Bad Guys
The Bob’s Burgers Movie
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio 
Inu-Oh
Lightyear
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
My Father’s Dragon 
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Strange World
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild

Best Picture – Documentary
Aftershock
All that Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
The Automat
Bad Axe
Descendant
Fire of Love
Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down
Good Night Oppy
The Janes
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Riotsville, U.S.A.
Sidney
Sr.

Best Director
Charlotte Wells “Aftersun”
Laura Poitras “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
James Cameron “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Damien Chazelle “Babylon”
Martin McDonagh “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Ryan Coogler “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Chan-wook Park “Decision to Leave”
Jerzy Skolimowski “EO”
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Steven Spielberg “The Fabelmans”
Rian Johnson “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Guillermo Del Toro “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Jordan Peele “Nope”
S.S. Rajamouli “RRR”
Davy Chou “Return to Seoul”
Alice Diop “Saint Omer”
Todd Field “TAR”
Joseph Kosinski “Top Gun: Maverick”
Ruben Ostlund “Triangle of Sadness”
Gina Prince-Blythewood “The Woman King”
Sarah Polley “Women Talking”

Best Actor – Drama
Austin Butler “Elvis”
Timothee Chalamet “Bones and All”
Tom Cruise “Top Gun: Maverick”
Eden Dambrine “Close”
Colin Farrell “After Yang”
Brendan Fraser “The Whale”
Park Hae-il “Decision to Leave”
Caleb Landry Jones “Nitram”
Felix Kammerer “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Song Kang-ho “Broker”
Gabriel LaBelle “The Fabelmans”
Paul Mescal “Aftersun”
Bill Nighy “Living”
Jeremy Pope “The Inspection”

Best Actress – Drama
Cate Blanchett “TAR”
Jessica Chastain “The Good Nurse”
Olivia Colman “Empire of Light”
Frankie Corio “Aftersun”
Viola Davis “The Woman King”
Danielle Deadwyler “Till”
Park Ji-Min “Return to Seoul”
Zoe Kazan “She Said”
Jennifer Lawrence “Causeway”
Rooney Mara “Women Talking”
Taylor Russell “Bones and All”
Tang Wei “Decision to Leave”
Michelle Williams “The Fabelmans”
Letitia Wright “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

Best Actor – Comedy/Musical
Christopher Abbott “On the Count of Three”
Joel Kim Booster “Fire Island”
Sterling K. Brown “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul”
Diego Calva “Babylon”
Jerrod Carmichael “On the Count of Three”
Daniel Craig “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Harris Dickinson “Triangle of Sadness”
Adam Driver “White Noise”
Billy Eichner “Bros”
Colin Farrell “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Nicholas Hoult “The Menu”
Daniel Kaluuya “Nope”
Luke Macfarlane “Bros”
Karan Soni “7 Days”

Best Actress – Comedy/Musical
Sandra Bullock “The Lost City”
Charbli Dean “Triangle of Sadness”
Regina Hall “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.”
Lesley Manville “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”
Bette Midler “Hocus Pocus 2”
Kathy Najimy “Hocus Pocus 2”
Keke Palmer “Nope”
Sarah Jessica Parker “Hocus Pocus 2”
Margot Robbie “Babylon”
Anya Taylor-Joy “The Menu”
Emma Thompson “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”
Geraldine Viswanathan “7 Days”
Michelle Yeoh “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano “The Fabelmans”
Brendan Gleeson “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Woody Harrelson “Triangle of Sadness”
Tenoch Huerta “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Barry Keoghan “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Brian Tyree Henry “Causeway”
Judd Hirsch “The Fabelmans”
Ke Huy Quan “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Pedro Pascal “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”
Brad Pitt “Babylon”
Eddie Redmayne “The Good Nurse”
Seth Rogen “The Fabelmans”
Mark Rylance “Bones and All”
Jeremy Strong “Armageddon Time”
Ben Whishaw “Women Talking”

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Jessie Buckley “Women Talking”
Hong Chau “The Whale”
Kerry Condon “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Jamie Lee Curtis “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Dolly De Leon "Triangle of Sadness"
Claire Foy “Women Talking”
Nina Hoss “TAR”
Kate Hudson "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"
Stephanie Hsu “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Lashana Lynch “The Woman King”
Thuso Mbedu “The Woman King”
Noemie Merlant “TAR”
Janelle Monae “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Carey Mulligan “She Said”
Gabrielle Union “The Inspection”

Best Ensemble
Armageddon Time
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Bros
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Menu
Nope
Saint Omer
She Said
TAR
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
The Woman King
Women Talking

Best Voiceover/Motion Capture Performance
Antonio Banderas “Puss in Boots: The Last Witch”
Angela Bassett “Wendell & Wild”
H. Jon Benjamin “The Bob’s Burgers Movie”
Rosalie Cheng “Turning Red”
Chris Evans “Lightyear”
Jared Harris “The Sea Beast”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste “The Sea Beast”
Gregory Mann “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Gaten Matarazzo “My Father’s Dragon”
Ewan McGregor “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Keegan Michael-Key “Wendell & Wild”
Dan Mintz “The Bob’s Burger Movie”
Eugene Mirman “The Bob’s Burger Movie”
Sandra Oh “Turning Red”
Jordan Peele “Wendell & Wild”
Zoe Saldana “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Kristen Schaal “The Bob’s Burger Movies”
Jenny Slate “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”
Christoph Waltz “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Kogonada “After Yang”
Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Jim Dauterive, Loren Bouchard, Nora Smith “The Bob’s Burgers Movie”
David Kajganich “Bones and All”
Rian Johnson “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins, Gris Grimly, Patrick Hale “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Dean Fleischer-Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Nick Paley “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”
Kazuo Ishiguro “Living”
Rebecca Lenkiewicz “She Said”
Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, Peter Craig, Justin Marks “Top Gun: Maverick”
Samuel D. Hunter “The Whale”
Noah Baumbach “White Noise”
Sarah Polley “Women Talking”

Best Original Screenplay
Charlotte Wells “Aftersun”
Martin McDonagh “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Billy Eichner and Nicholas Stoller “Bros”
Park Chan-wook and Seo-kyeong Jeong “Decision to Leave”
Ewa Piaskowska and Jerzy Skolimowski “EO”
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner “The Fabelmans”
Joel Kim Booster “Fire Island” 
Seth Reiss and Will Tracy “The Menu”
Jordan Peele “Nope”
Davy Chou “Return to Seoul”
Amrita David, Alice Diop, Zoé Galeron, Marie N'Diaye “Saint Omer”
Todd Field “TAR”
Ruben Ostland “Triangle of Sadness”
Domee Shi, Julia Cho, and Sarah Streicher “Turning Red”
Samuel D. Hunter “The Whale”
Dana Stevens and Maria Bello “The Woman King”

Best Cinematography
James Friend “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Russell Carpenter “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Linus Sandgren “Babylon”
Ben Davis “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Darius Khondji “Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths)”
Autumn Durald Arkapaw “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Greig Fraser “The Batman”
Mandy Walker “Elvis”
Roger Deakins “Empire of Light”
Michal Dymek “EO”
Larkin Seiple “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Janusz Kaminski “The Fabelmans”
Hoyte van Hoytema “Nope”
Jarin Blaschke “The Northman”
K. K. Senthil Kumar “RRR”
Florian Hoffmeister “TAR”
Claudio Miranda “Top Gun: Maverick”
Polly Morgan “The Woman King”
Luc Montpellier “Women Talking”

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Everything Everywhere All at Once 
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Nope
The Northman
RRR
Thor: Love and Thunder
Top Gun: Maverick

Worst Film of the Year
Amsterdam
The 355
365 Days: This Day
After Ever Happy
Blacklight
Blonde
The Bubble
Firestarter
Morbius
The Next 365 Days
Paradise City
Sharp Stick
Spiderhead

Columbus Film Critics Association Award Nominations

Best Film
Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
The Menu
Nope
Tár
Women Talking

Best Director
Todd Field, Tár
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

Best Lead Performance
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Olivia Colman, Empire of Light
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ralph Fiennes, The Menu
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Mia Goth, Pearl
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Margot Robbie, Babylon
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Performance
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Paul Dano, The Fabelmans
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion
Keke Palmer, Nope
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Ensemble
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion
Women Talking

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
Hong Chau, The Menu and The Whale
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Halloween Ends
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, and Thirteen Lives
Mia Goth, Pearl and X
Tilda Swinton, The Eternal Daughter, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, and Three Thousand Years
of Longing
Anya Taylor-Joy, Amsterdam, The Menu, and The Northman

Breakthrough Film Artist
Austin Butler, Elvis – (for acting)
Hong Chau, The Menu and The Whale – (for acting)
Zach Cregger, Barbarian – (for directing, screenwriting, and acting)
Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans – (for acting)
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun – (for directing and screenwriting)

Best Cinematography
Russell Carpenter, Avatar: The Way of Water
Ben Davis, The Banshees of Inisherin
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Linus Sandgren, Babylon
Hoyte Van Hoytema, Nope

Best Film Editing
Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn, The Fabelmans
Bob Ducsay, Glass Onion
Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick
A. Sreekar Prasad, RRR
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Adapted Screenplay
Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Dean Fleischer-Camp, Jenny Slate, and Nick Paley, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale
Rian Johnson, Glass Onion
Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She Said
Sarah Polley, Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay
Todd Field, Tár
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jordan Peele, Nope
Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, The Menu
Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, The Fabelmans

Best Score
Michael Abels, Nope
Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Bones and All
John Williams, The Fabelmans

Best Documentary
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Sr.

Best Foreign Language Film
All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues)
Decision to Leave (Heojil kyolshim)
RRR
Saint Omer

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Mad God
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion
The Menu
Triangle of Sadness
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Overlooked Film
After Yang
Confess, Fletch
God’s Country
Men
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Sunday, January 1, 2023

The Oscar Narrative: Pre-Guild Nomination Predictions - Best Supporting Actress

Pre-Guild Nomination Predictions
Angela Bassett "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
Jessie Buckley "Women Talking"
Kerry Condon "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Jamie Lee Curtis "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Stephanie Hsu "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Other Contenders - Carey Mulligan "She Said", Dolly De Leon "Triangle of Sadness", Claire Foy "Women Talking", Janelle Monae "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery", Nina Hoss "TAR", Gabrielle Union "The Inspection", Keke Palmer "Nope", Hong Chau "The Whale", Olivia DeJonge "Elvis", Thuso Mbedu "The Woman King", Kate Hudson "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery", Jean Smart "Babylon"

Commentary - A tough race that will hopefully start to shape up over the next couple of weeks with BAFTA longlists and SAG Nods. If anyone can become the first Marvel acting nomination it is the great Angela Bassett. She has done surprisingly well with the critical groups, and she is a legend. She as the story, the campaign, and the support. Let's hope it works. Kerry Condon has emerged as a real contender for The Banshees of Inisherin. She is a real contender, who feels like the eventual BAFTA winner. Women Talking is struggling so far, but Jessie Buckley, who is fresh off of her first nomination, is still strong amongst the amazing cast. Finally, I put both EEAAO actresses in. I feel like Stephanise Hsu is the best performance, and I feel like Jamie Lee Curtis is the best story, campaign, and career. Why not reward both? I hope Academy voters do. But this race is far from over. Dolly De Leon's Globe nod, if followed by SAG, should not be ignored. Carey Mulligan has stayed strong, despite She Said being less of a contender than thought, Claire Foy could join Buckley, and there is a lot of love for Janelle Monae and Nina Hoss. Gabrielle Union has her first potential Oscar role, and has a Indie Spirit nod under her belt, for The Inspection. Keke Palmer has gotten a nice boost from the critics, as has Hong Chau. Jean Smart is a legend, Kate Hudson and Thuso Mbedu are scene stealers, and Olivia DeJonge could ride the Elvis wave.