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The Music City Film Critics Association Honors Everything!

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The Nashville-based Music City Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2022!  You can check out the nominations by clicking here and you can see the winners below!

Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Director
The Daniels – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor
Brendan Fraser – The Whale

Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Young Actor
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans

Best Young Actress
Frankie Corio – Aftersun

Best Acting Ensemble 
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Music Film
Elvis

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Documentary
Good Night Oppy

Best International Film
RRR

Best Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR

Best Score
Babylon

Best Sound
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Cinematography
Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Editing
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Comedy Film
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Horror Film
Nope

Best Action Film
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Stunt Work
Top Gun: Maverick

The Jim Ridley Award
Nicole Kidman – The Northman

Banshees Wins in San Francisco!

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The San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle announced their picks for the best of 2022 today!  You can check out the nominees by clicking here and you can see the winners below!

Best Picture
“The Banshees of Inisherin”

Honorable Mention: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Director
Todd Field, “TÁR”

Best Original Screenplay
Todd Field, “TÁR”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”

Best Actor
Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, “TÁR”

Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Supporting Actress (TIE)
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Best Animated Feature
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

Best International Feature Film
“Decision to Leave”

Best Documentary Feature
“All That Breathes”

Best Cinematography
Florian Hoffmeister, “TÁR”

Best Production Design
Jason Isvarday (production designer), Kelsi Ephraim (set decorator), “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Film Editing
Paul Rogers, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Original Score
Hildur Guðnadóttir, “Women Talking”

Special Citation for Independent Cinema
“Emergency”

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the Seattle Film Critics Society

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The winners will be announced on January 17th!

Best Picture
Aftersun (A24)
The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight)
Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+)
Decision to Leave (MUBI)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24)
The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Nope (Universal Pictures)
TÁR (Focus Features)
Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)

Best Director
Todd Field – TÁR
Joseph Kosinski – Top Gun: Maverick
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler – Elvis
Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Paul Mescal – Aftersun

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Mia Goth – Pearl
Margot Robbie – Babylon
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Keke Palmer – Nope

Best Ensemble Cast
The Banshees of Inisherin – Louise Kiely, casting director
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Sarah Halley Finn, casting director
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Bret Howe, Mary Vernieu, casting directors
Top Gun: Maverick – Denise Chamian, casting director
Women Talking – John Buchan, Jason Knight, casting directors

Best Action Choreography
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Northman
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson
TÁR – Todd Field

Best Animated Feature
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, directors
Mad God – Phil Tippett, director
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On – Dean Fleischer-Camp, director
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford, director; Januel Mercado, co-director
Turning Red – Domee Shi, director

Best Documentary Feature
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, director
Fire of Love – Sara Dosa, director
Good Night Oppy – Ryan White, directors
Navalny – Daniel Roher, director
Sweetheart Deal – Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller, directors

Best Film Not in the English Language
All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger, director
Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook, director
EO – Jerzy Skolimowski, director
RRR – S.S. Rajamouli, director
Saint Omer – Alice Diop, director

Best Cinematography
Avatar: The Way of Water – Russell Carpenter
Decision to Leave – Kim Ji-yong
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Larkin Seiple
Nope – Hoyte van Hoytema
Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda

Best Costume Design
Babylon – Mary Zophres
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth Carter
Elvis – Catherine Martin
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Shirley Kurata
The Northman – Linda Muir

Best Film Editing
Aftersun – Blair McClendon
Decision to Leave – Kim Sang-beom
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers
TÁR – Monika Willi
Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton

Best Original Score
Babylon – Justin Hurwitz
The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell
The Batman – Michael Giacchino
The Fabelmans – John Williams
Nope – Michael Abels

Best Production Design
Babylon – Florencia Martin (Production Design); Anthony Carlino (Set Decoration)
Elvis – Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy (Production Design); Bev Dunn (Set Decoration)
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Jason Kisvarday (Production Design); Kelsi Ephraim (Set Decoration)
The Northman – Craig Lathrop (Production Design); Niamh Coulter (Set Decoration)
White Noise – Jess Gonchor (Production Design); Claire Kaufman (Set Decoration)

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer, Jeff Desom
Nope – Guillaume Rocheron, Jeremy Robert, Sreejith Venugopalan, Scott R. Fisher
RRR – Srinivas Mohan, Pete Draper, Daniel French
Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson

Best Youth Performance (18 years of age or younger upon start of filming)
Vanessa Burghardt – Cha Cha Real Smooth
Anna Cobb – We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Eden Dambrine – Close
Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time

Villain of the Year
Jean Jacket – Nope
Jobu Tupaki – Everything Everywhere All At Once – portrayed by Stephanie Hsu
Lydia Tár – TÁR – portrayed by Cate Blanchett
Pearl – X/Pearl, portrayed by Mia Goth
The Riddler/Edward Nashton – The Batman – portrayed by Paul Dano

2022 Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking
All Sorts, J. Rick Castañeda
Kimi, Steven Soderbergh
Know Your Place, Zia Mohajerjasbi
Sam Now, Reed Harkness
Sweetheart Deal, Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the American Society of Cinematographers

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The American Society of Cinematographers announced their nominees for the best of 2022 today.  Because this a guild award (as opposed to an awards from regional critics group), the list below is probably a pretty good guide to which films are actually in the Oscar conversation right now.

Here are the nominees.  The winners will be announced on March 5th.

Feature
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC for “Empire of Light” (Searchlight Pictures)
Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS for “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC for “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Netflix)
Claudio Miranda, ASC for “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS for “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)

Spotlight
Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, DFF for “War Sailor” (DCM Film)
Kate McCullough, ISC for “The Quiet Girl” (Super)
Andrew Wheeler for “God’s Country” (IFC Films)

Documentary
Ben Bernhard and Riju Das for “All That Breathes” (HBO/HBO Max)
Adam Bricker for “Chef’s Table: Pizza” – “Franco Pepe” (Netflix)
Wolfgang Held, ASC for “This Stolen Country of Mine”

Motion Picture, Limited Series, or Pilot Made for Television
Todd Banhazl, ASC for “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” – “The Swan” (HBO/HBO Max)
Jeremy Benning, CSC for “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities” – “The Outside” (Netflix)
Anastas Michos, ASC, GSC for “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities” – “The Autopsy” (Netflix)
C. Kim Miles, ASC, CSC, MySC for “Lost Ollie” – “Bali Hai” (Netflix)
Sean Porter for “The Old Man” – “I” (FX)

Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Non-Commercial
John Conroy, ASC, ISC for “Westworld” – “Années Folles” (HBO/HBO MAX)
Catherine Goldschmidt for “House of the Dragon” – “The Lord of the Tides” (HBO/HBO MAX)
Alejandro Martinez for “House of the Dragon” – “The Green Council” (HBO/HBO MAX)
M. David Mullen, ASC for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” – “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?” (Prime Video)
Alex Nepomniaschy, ASC for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”– “Everything is Bellmore” (Prime Video)
Nikolaus Summerer for “1899” – “The Calling” (Netflix)

Episode of a One-Hour Television Series – Commercial
Marshall Adams, ASC for “Better Call Saul” – “Saul Gone” (AMC)
Jesse M. Feldman for “Interview With the Vampire” – “Is My Very Nature That of the Devil” (AMC)
Christian “Tico” Herrera, CCR for “Snowfall” – “Departures” (FX)
Jules O’Loughlin, ASC, ACS for “The Old Man” – “IV” (FX)
Jaime Reynoso, AMC for Snowpiercer – “Bound by One Track” (TNT)

Episode of a Half-Hour Television Series
Adam Bricker for “Hacks” – “The Click” (HBO/HBO MAX)
Carl Herse for “Barry” – “Starting Now” (HB0/HBO MAX)
Stephen Murphy BSC, ISC for “Atlanta” – “New Jazz” (FX)
Ula Pontikos, BSC for “Russian Doll” – “Matryoshka” (Netflix)
Christian Sprenger, ASC for “Atlanta” – “Andrew Wyeth. Alfred’s World.” (FX)

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the Denver Film Critics Society!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Awards season continued today, with the Denver Film Critics Society announcing their nominees for the best of 2022!  The winners will be announced on January 16th.

​Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Banshees of Inisherin
Women Talking
TAR
RRR

Best Director
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”
James Cameron, “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun”

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

Best Actor
Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”
Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Austin Butler, “Elvis”
Ralph Fiennes, “The Menu”
Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”

Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Hong Chau, “The Whale”
Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Ben Whishaw, “Women Talking”
Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”
Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Best Sci-Fi/Horror
Nope
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Menu
Pearl
Barbarian

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

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

Best Visual FX
Avatar: The Way of Water
Top Gun: Maverick
RRR
Nope
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Original Screenplay
Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Todd Field, “TAR”
Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun”
Seth Reiss, Will Tracy, “The Menu”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”
Rian Johnson, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Rebecca Lenkewicz, “She Said”
David Kajganich “Bones and All”
Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

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

Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu,” “RRR”
“Hold My Hand,” “Top Gun: Maverick”
“Lift Me Up,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Ciao Papa,” “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“This Is a Life,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Score
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
The Fabelmans
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Foreign Language Film
RRR
All Quiet on the Western Front
EO
Close
Decision to Leave

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the Chicago Indie Critics!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The official Chicago critics already had their say.  Now, it’s tim for the Chicago Indie Critics to announce their nominees for the best of 2022!  Winners will be announced on January 23rd!

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM (budgets under $25 million)
AFTERSUN – Producers: Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, and Mark Ceryak
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Martin McDonagh
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Producers: Jonathan Wang, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, and Mike Larocca
WOMEN TALKING – Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Frances McDormand
X – Producers: Jacob Jaffke, Ti West, Kevin Turen, and Harrison Kreiss

BEST STUDIO FILM (budgets over $25 million)
THE FABELMANS – Producers: Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, and Tony Kushner
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – Producers: Ram Bergman and Rian Johnson
RRR – Producers: D.V.V. Danayya
TÁR – Producers: Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan, and Scott Lambert
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, and David Ellison

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
BROKER – Producer: Eugene Lee
CLOSE – Producers: Michiel Dhont and Dirk Impens
DECISION TO LEAVE – Producers: Jisun Back, Park Chan-wook, KO Dae-sok
OFFICIAL COMPETITION – Producers: Jaume Roures
RRR – Producer: D.V.V. Danayya

BEST DOCUMENTARY
ALL THE BEAUTY AND BLOODSHED – Producers: Laura Poitras, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, Clare Carter, and John Lyons
FIRE OF LOVE – Producers: Shane Boris, Sara Dosa, and Ina Fichman
GOOD NIGHT OPPY – Producers: Brandon Carroll, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Matthew Goldberg, Jessica Hargrave, Stephen Neely, and Ryan White
THE JANES – Producers: Daniel Arcana, Michael Kimbro, Jessica Levin, and Emma Pildes
NAVALNY – Producers: Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris

BEST ANIMATED FILM
APOLLO 10½: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD – Producers: Richard Linklater, Mike Blizzard, Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting, Bruno Felix
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Producers: Guillermo del Toro, Lisa Henson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley, and Corey Campodonico
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON – Producers: Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey, Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, and Terry Leonard
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH – Producers: Mark Swift
TURNING RED – Producers: Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky – THE WHALE
Park Chan-wook – DECISION TO LEAVE
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Sarah Polley – WOMEN TALKING
Steven Spielberg – THE FABELMANS

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Martin McDonagh
DECISION TO LEAVE – Park Chan-wook and Chung Seo-kyung
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
THE FABELMANS – Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner
TÁR – Todd Field

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
AFTER YANG – Kogonada
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – Rian Johnson
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Patrick McHale and Guillermo del Toro
THE WHALE – Samuel D. Hunter
WOMEN TALKING – Sarah Polley

BEST ACTOR
Austin Butler – ELVIS
Colin Farrell – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Brendan Fraser – THE WHALE
Jonathan Majors – DEVOTION
Jeremy Pope – THE INSPECTION

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
Ana de Armas – BLONDE
Danielle Deadwyler – TILL
Mia Goth – PEARL
Michelle Yeoh – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano – THE FABELMANS
Brendan Gleeson – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Brad Pitt – BABYLON
Ke Huy Quan – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Ben Whishaw – WOMEN TALKING

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett – BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Hong Chau – THE WHALE
Kerry Condon – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Stephanie Hsu – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Janelle Monáe – GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Casting director: Sarah Halley Finn
THE FABELMANS – Casting director: Cindy Tolan
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – Casting directors: Brett Howe and Mary Vernieu
THE WOMAN KING – Casting director: Aisha Coley
WOMEN TALKING – Casting directors: Jason Buchan and Jason Knight

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Russell Carpenter
DECISION TO LEAVE – Kim Ji-yong
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Larkin Seiple
RRR – KK Senthil Kumar
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Claudio Miranda

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, and Vanessa Cole
THE BATMAN – James Chinlund and Lee Sandales
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Hannah Beachler and Lisa Sessions Morgan
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Jason Kisvarday and Kelsi Ephraim
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – Rick Heinrichs and Elli Griff

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Ruth Carter
ELVIS – Catherine Martin
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Shirley Kurata
THE NORTHMAN – Linda Muir
THE WOMAN KING – Gersha Phillips

BEST MAKEUP
THE BATMAN – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine
ELVIS – Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, Aldo Signoretti
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Michelle Chung and Anissa Salazar
X – Sarah Rubano
THE WHALE – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley

BEST EDITING
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, and James Cameron
BABYLON – Tom Cross
DECISION TO LEAVE – Kim Sang-beom
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Paul Rodger
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Eddie Hamilton

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
BABYLON – Justin Hurwitz
THE BATMAN – Michael Giacchino
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Ludwig Göransson
THE FABELMANS – John Williams
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Alexandre Desplat

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Ciao Papa” – GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Music by Alexandre Desplat and lyrics by Roeban Katz and Guillermo del Toro
“Hold My Hand” – TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Written and produced by Lady Gaga & Bloodpop
“Lift Me Up” – BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Music and lyrics by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR – Music by M.M. Keeravaani and lyrics by Chandrabose
“New Body Rhumba” – WHITE NOISE – Written by James Murphy, Pat Mahoney, and Nancy Whang

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett
THE BATMAN – Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer, and Jeff Desom
RRR – V Srinivas Mohan
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Ryan Tudhope, Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, and Bryan Litson

BEST STUNTS
THE BATMAN – Robert Alonzo, Jacob Dewitt, Steve Griffin, and Samuel Le
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Timothy Eulich
RRR – Nick Powell
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Casey O’Neill
THE WOMAN KING – Daniel Hernandez

BREAKOUT ARTIST
Austin Butler
Frankie Corio
Danielle Deadwyler
Mia Goth
Stephanie Hsu

SIGHT UNSEEN PERFORMANCE
David Bradley – GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Rosalie Chiang – TURNING RED
Ewan McGregor – GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Isabella Rossalini – MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
Jenny Slate – MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON

IMPACT AWARD
Given to a person whose work has had a positive impact on the Chicagoland film community
Rebecca Fons (The Gene Siskel Film Center)
Morgan Harris (Acacia Consulting Group)
Chris Johnson (Classic Cinemas)
The late Sergio Mims (film critic)
The staff and management of the Music Box Theatre

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the Portland Critics Association

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This morning, The Portland Critics Association announced their nominations for the best of 2022.  The winners will be announced on January 16th.  Here are the nominees:

Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Director
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water
S.S. Rajamouli, RRR
Todd Field, Tár

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Adam Driver, White Noise
Austin Butler, Elvis
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Hae-il, Decision to Leave
Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Margot Robbie, Babylon
Mia Goth, Pearl
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time
Brad Pitt, Babylon
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Paul Dano, The Fabelmans
Rory Kinnear, Men

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Hong Chau, The Whale
Keke Palmer, Nope
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Ensemble Cast
Amsterdam
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion
Jackass Forever
The Menu

Best Animated Feature
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Mad God
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

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

Best Film Not in the English Language
Athena
Decision to Leave
EO
Happening
RRR

Best Comedy Feature
Bros
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jackass Forever
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Triangle of Sadness
White Noise

Best Horror Feature
Barbarian
Bones and All
Men
Pearl
X

Best Science Fiction Feature
After Yang
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Prey

Best Screenplay
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jeong Seo-kyeong and Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Rian Johnson, Glass Onion
Todd Field, Tár

Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Greig Fraser, The Batman
Hoyte van Hoytema, Nope
Kim Ji-yong, Decision to Leave
Linus Sandgren, Babylon
Russell Carpenter, Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
M.M. Keeravaani, RRR
Michael Giacchino, The Batman

Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin, Elvis
Mary Zophres, Babylon
Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion

Best Sound Design
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick

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

O Canada! Aftersun win in Toronto!

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Love you, Canada!

The Toronto Film Critics Association has named their picks for the best of 2023!

And here they are:

Best Film
Winner: ​AFTERSUN

Best Director
Winner: ​Charlotte Wells – AFTERSUN

Best Screenplay
Winner: ​THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Best Actress
Winner: ​Cate Blanchett in TÁR

Best Actor
Winner: ​Paul Mescal in AFTERSUN

Best First Feature
Winner: ​AFTERSUN

Best Documentary
Winner: ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: ​SAINT OMER

Best Animated Feature
Winner: TURNING RED

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Keke Palmer in NOPE

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Ke Huy Quan in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Everything Wins In Florida

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Yesterday, the Critics Association of Central Florida announced their picks for the best of 2023!

And here they are!

Best Picture
Winner: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-up: Top Gun: Maverick

Best Director
Winner: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-up: Steven Speilberg – The Fabelmans

Best Actor
Winner: Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Runner-up: Austin Butler – Elvis

Best Actress
Winner: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett – TÀR

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-up: Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Angle Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Runner-up: Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Cast
Winner: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Screenplay
Winner: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-up: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best International Film
Winner: RRR
Runner-up: Decision To Leave

Best Documentary
Winner: All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Runner-up: Good Night Oppy

Best Animated Film
Winner: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Runner-up: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

Best Cinematography
Winner: Top Gun: Maverick
Runner-up: Avatar: The Way Of Water

Special Honor – Golden Paw For Best Animal Performance Winner
The Horses of Nope / The Donkeys of EO (TIE)

Best Production Design
Winner: Babylon
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Makeup And Hairstyling
Winner: The Whale
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Costume Design
Winner: Elvis
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Special Honor – Best First Feature
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

Best Visual Effects
Winner: Avatar: The Way Of Water
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Stunt Coordiantion
Winner: Top Gun: Maverick
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Special Honor – Best Choreography
RRR

Best Score
Winner: The Batman
Runner-up: Babylon

Best Original Song
Winner: “Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick
Runner-up: “Naatu Naatu”- RRR

Best Central Florida Film
Winner: Calendar Girls

Best Achievement in Diversity
Winner: Nope

Here Are the 2022 Nominations of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle!

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The winners will be announced on January 8th …. which is tomorrow!  So, the suspense won’t last that long.

Here are the nominees:

Best Picture
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“TÁR”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“The Fabelmans”
“Women Talking”

Best Director
Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun”
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”
Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”
Todd Field, “TÁR”

Best Original Screenplay
Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun”
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Todd Field, “TÁR”
Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Kazuo Ishiguro, “Living”
Rebecca Lenkiewicz, “She Said”
Rian Johnson, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Samuel D. Hunter, “The Whale”
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”

Best Actor
Austin Butler, “Elvis”
Bill Nighy, “Living”
Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”
Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”

Best Actress
Aubrey Plaza, “Emily the Criminal”
Cate Blanchett, “TÁR”
Danielle Deadwyler, “Till”
Emma Thompson, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”
Mia Goth, “Pearl”
Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Supporting Actor
Anthony Hopkins, “Armageddon Time”
Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Ben Whishaw, “Women Talking”
Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Tom Hanks, “Elvis”

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Claire Foy, “Women Talking”
Dolly De Leon, “Triangle of Sadness”
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Nina Hoss, “TÁR”

Best Animated Feature
“Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood”
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
“Turning Red”

Best International Feature Film
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Argentina, 1985”
“Close”
“Decision to Leave”
“EO”

Best Documentary Feature
“All That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Bad Axe”
“Fire of Love”
“Good Night Oppy”
“Navalny”

Best Cinematography
Ben Davis, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Claudio Miranda, “Top Gun: Maverick”
Florian Hoffmeister, “TÁR”
Janusz Kaminski, “The Fabelmans”
Kim Ji-yong, “Decision to Leave”
Linus Sandgren, “Babylon”

Best Production Design
Florencia Martin (production designer), Anthony Carlino (set decorator), “Babylon”
Hannah Beachler (production designer), Lisa K. Sessions (set decorator), “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Jason Isvarday (production designer), Kelsi Ephraim (set decorator), “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Mark Tildesley (production designer), Michael Standish (set decorator), “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Rick Heinrichs (production designer), Elli Griff (set decorator), “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”

Best Film Editing
Blair McClendon, “Aftersun”
Eddie Hamilton, “Top Gun: Maverick”
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Monika Willi, “TÁR”
Paul Rogers, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Tom Cross, “Babylon”

Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Carter Burwell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Hildur Guðnadóttir, “Women Talking”
John Williams, “The Fabelmans”
Justin Hurwitz, “Babylon”

Special Citation for Independent Cinema
“Emergency”
“Servants”
“Topside”