The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association has announced its picks for the best of 2022! While the named Everything Everywhere All At Once as the best film of the year, they also honored Elvis as being the year’s best film about the South.
Here are the winners from SEFCA!
Top 10 Films
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
3. The Fabelmans
4. TÁR
5. Top Gun: Maverick
6. RRR
7. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
8. Women Talking
9. Nope
10. The Batman
Best Actor
Winner: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Runner-Up: Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Best Actress
Winner: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-Up: Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Key Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-Up: Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Runner-Up: Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Ensemble:
Winner: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Runner-Up: Women Talking
Best Director
Winner: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-Up: Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-Up: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Runner-Up: Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Documentary
Winner: Fire of Love
Runner-Up: Good Night Oppy
Best Foreign-Language Film
Winner: RRR
Runner-Up: Decision to Leave
Best Animated Film
Winner: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Runner-Up: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Best Cinematography
Winner: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Runner-Up: Janusz Kaminski, The Fabelmans
Best Score
Winner: Michael Giacchino, The Batman
Runner-Up: John Williams, The Fabelmans
The Gene Wyatt Award (Film That Best Evokes the Spirit of the South)
Winner: Elvis
Runner-Up: Till
I’m pretty appalled by that top ten list, but it seems representative of this year in film. More than half are mediocre at best. Elvis was actually better than six of them, come to think of it, and isn’t even on the list. Crazy
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