Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the North Carolina Film Critics Association!


Here are the 2022 nominations from The North Carolina Film Critics Assocation!

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Nope
RRR
Tár
The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Navalny

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
The Bad Guys
Turning Red

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All Quiet on the Western Front
Close
EO
RRR
Decision to Leave

BEST DIRECTOR
Daniels (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Todd Field (Tár)
Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
Jordan Peele (Nope)
S.S. Rajamouli (RRR)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Russell Carpenter (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Larkin Seiple (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Hoyte van Hoytema (Nope)
Claudio Miranda (Top Gun: Maverick)
Linus Sandgren (Babylon)

BEST ACTOR
Austin Butler (Elvis)
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Daniel Kaluuya (Nope)
Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Paul Dano (The Fabelmans)
Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett (Tár)
Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
Mia Goth (Pearl)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Viola Davis (The Woman King)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Janelle Monáe (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
Jessie Buckley (Women Talking)
Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA
Ewan McGregor (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)
Jenny Slate (Marcel the Shell With Shoes On)
Rosalie Chiang (Turning Red)
Sandra Oh (Turning Red)
Sam Rockwell (The Bad Guys)

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Woman King
Women Talking

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Jordan Peele (Nope)
Todd Field (Tár)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner (The Fabelmans)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Sarah Polley (Women Talking)
Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie (Top Gun: Maverick)
Rian Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
David Kajganich (Bones and All)
Edward Berger, Ian Stokell & Lesley Patterson (All Quiet on the Western Front)

BEST EDITING
Tom Cross (Babylon)
Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa (Elvis)
Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Monika Willi (Tár)
Eddie Hamilton (Top Gun: Maverick)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Guillaume Rocheron, Jeremy Robert, Sreejith Venugopalan, and Scott R. Fisher (Nope)
Ryan Tudhope, Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, and Bryan Litson (Top Gun: Maverick)
Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer, and Jeff Desom (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy (The Batman)

BEST STUNT COORDINATION
Timothy Eulich (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Nick Powell (RRR)
Robert Alonzo (The Batman)
Danny Hernandez (The Woman King)
Casey O’Neill (Top Gun: Maverick)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ruth Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Catherine Martin (Elvis)
Shirley Kurata (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Gersha Phillips (The Woman King)
Mary Zophres (Babylon)

BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP
Heba Thorisdottir and Jaime Leigh McIntosh (Babylon)
Camille Friend and Joel Harlow (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Shane Thomas, Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Louise Coulston (Elvis)
Anissa E. Salazar and Michelle Chung (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir (The Batman)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, and Vanessa Cole (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (Babylon)
Jason Kisvarday and Kelsi Ephraim (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Rick Heinrichs and Elli Griff (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
James Chinlund and Lee Sandales (The Batman)

BEST SCORE
Justin Hurwitz (Babylon)
Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Michael Giacchino (The Batman)
M. M. Keeravani (RRR)
John Williams (The Fabelmans)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Naatu Naatu” (RRR)
“Hold My Hand” (Top Gun: Maverick)
“new body rhumba” (White Noise)
“This is a Life” (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
“Nothing is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” (Avatar: The Way of Water)

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Michael Hedges, and Julian Howarth (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Brent Kiser, Andrew Twite, Stephen Nelson, Alexandra Fehrman, and Ian Chase (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Johnnie Burn and Jose Antonio Garcia (Nope)
Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson (The Batman)
Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor (Top Gun: Maverick)

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Domee Shi (Turning Red)
John Patton Ford (Emily the Criminal)
Parker Finn (Smile)
Zach Cregger (Barbarian)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Amber Midthunder (Prey)
Austin Butler (Elvis)
Frankie Corio (Aftersun)
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Gabriel LaBelle (The Fabelmans)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: COMPOSER
Carter Burwell
Danny Elfman
Ennio Morricone
Hans Zimmer
John Williams

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD
Aldis Hodge (Black Adam, City on a Hill) – Born at Camp Lejune in Jacksonville, North Carolina
Earl Owensby – Owner of Earl Owensby Studios in Shelby, North Carolina
Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway, Bullet Train, Atlanta) – From Fayetteville, North Carolina
Jonathan Majors (Devotion) – Studied at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Evan Rachel Wood (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Phoenix Rising) – Born in Raleigh, North Carolina

The winners will be announced on January 3rd!

Here Are The 2022 Society of Composers and Lyricists Nominations


The winners will be announced on February 15th so you’ve got a lot of time to listen to the nominees!

OUTSTANDING SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT – GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
CARTER BURWELL – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
MICHAEL ABELS – NOPE
MICHAEL GIACCHINO – THE BATMAN
JOHN POWELL – DON’T WORRY DARLING

OUTSTANDING SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM
LEO BIRENBERG, ZACH ROBINSON – WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY
SHARON FARBER – BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
RYAN LOTT – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
ROB SIMONSEN – THE WHALE
MARK SMYTHE – THE REEF: STALKED

OUTSTANDING SONG FOR A MUSICAL/COMEDY
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, ROEBAN KATZ, GUILLERMO DEL TORO – “CIAO PAPA” FROM GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
KHIYON HURSEY, SUKARI JONES, BENJ PASEK, JUSTIN PAUL, MARK SONNENBLICK – “GOOD AFTERNOON” FROM SPIRITED
DANNY ELFMAN – “LIGHT THE MATCH” FROM CENTRAL PARK
BILLY EICHNER, MARC SHAIMAN – “LOVE IS NOT LOVE” FROM BROS
WEIRD AL YANKOVIC - “NOW YOU KNOW” FROM WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY

OUTSTANDING SONG FOR A DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY
DIANE WARREN – “APPLAUSE” FROM TELL IT LIKE A WOMAN
TAYLOR SWIFT – “CAROLINA” FROM WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
LADY GAGA, BLOODPOP – “HOLD MY HAND” FROM TOP GUN: MAVERICK
TEMS, RIHANNA, LUDWIG GÖRANSSON, RYAN COOGLER – “LIFT ME UP” FROM BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS – “(YOU MADE IT FEEL LIKE) HOME” FROM BONES AND ALL

OUTSTANDING SCORE FOR TELEVISION
NICHOLAS BRITELL – ANDOR
SIDDHARTHA KHOSLA – ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
BEAR MCCREARY – THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER
THEODORE SHAPIRO – SEVERANCE
CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER – THE WHITE LOTUS

OUTSTANDING SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA
NAINITA DESAI – IMMORTALITY
STEPHANIE ECONOMOU – ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA: DAWN OF RAGNARÖK
BEAR MCCREARY – GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK
WINIFRED PHILLIPS – JURASSIC WORLD PRIMAL OPS
CHRISTOPHER WILIIS – CAT BURGLAR

DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT
DARA TAYLOR – THE INVITATION
ANNA DRUBICH – BARBARIAN
DEANDRE JAMES ALLEN-TOOLE – GOD’S COUNTRY
ESIN AYDINGOZ – SIMCHAS AND SORROWS
NAMI MELUMAD – STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS

The North Texas Film Critics Association Honors Everything!


 

The North Texas Film Critics Association have announced their picks for the best of 2022!  You can see the nominees by clicking here and you can check out the winners below!

Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Director
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – 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
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Animated Film
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Best Documentary
Good Night Oppy

Best Foreign Language Film
RRR

Best Cinematographer
Claudio Miranda- Top Gun: Maverick

Best Newcomer
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans

Gary Murray Award (Best Ensemble)
The Menu

 

Here Are The Oscar Shortlists


Here are the Oscar “shortlists.”  These are the semi-finalists, from which the final five nominees will be selected at the end of January.  For the record, the Oscar Kitties think that short lists are lame.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Bad Axe
Children of the Mist
Descendant
Fire of Love
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
Hidden Letters
A House Made of Splinters
The Janes
Last Flight Home
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Retrograde
The Territory

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton
Anastasia
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison
As Far as They Can Run
The Elephant Whisperers
The Flagmakers
Happiness Is £4 Million
Haulout
Holding Moses
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Nuisance Bear
Shut Up and Paint
Stranger at the Gate
38 at the Garden

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Argentina, Argentina, 1985
Austria, Corsage
Belgium, Close
Cambodia, Return to Seoul
Denmark, Holy Spider
France, Saint Omer
Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front
India, Last Film Show
Ireland, The Quiet Girl
Mexico, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Morocco, The Blue Caftan
Pakistan, Joyland
Poland, EO
South Korea, Decision to Leave
Sweden, Cairo Conspiracy

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

All Quiet on the Western Front
Amsterdam
Babylon
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Blonde
Crimes of the Future
Elvis
Emancipation
The Whale

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Devotion
Don’t Worry Darling
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Nope
She Said
The Woman King
Women Talking

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

“Time” from Amsterdam
“Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” from Avatar: The Way of Water
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“This Is A Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once
“Ciao Papa” from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Til You’re Home” from A Man Called Otto
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR
“My Mind & Me” from Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
“Good Afternoon” from Spirited
“Applause” from Tell It like a Woman
“Stand Up” from Till
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
“Dust & Ash” from The Voice of Dust and Ash
“Carolina” from Where the Crawdads Sing
“New Body Rhumba” from White Noise

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Black Slide
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Debutante
The Flying Sailor
The Garbage Man
Ice Merchants
It’s Nice in Here
More than I Want to Remember
My Year of Dicks
New Moon
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Passenger
Save Ralph
Sierra
Steakhouse

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
Fifteen films will advance in the Live Action Short Film category for the 95th Academy Awards.  Two hundred films qualified in the category.  Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation, Directors, Producers and Writers Branches vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

All in Favor
Almost Home
An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
The Lone Wolf
Nakam
Night Ride
Plastic Killer
The Red Suitcase
The Right Words
Sideral
The Treatment
Tula
Warsha

SOUND

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Moonage Daydream
Top Gun: Maverick

VISUAL EFFECTS

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Jurassic World Dominion
Nope
Thirteen Lives
Top Gun: Maverick

The Nevada Film Critics Society Honors She Said


The Nevada Film Critics Society have announced their picks for the best of 2022!

And here they are:

Best Film: She Said
Best Director: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Sheinert, 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: Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Original Screenplay: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Sheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Adapted Screenplay: Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She Said
Best Documentary: Good Night Oppy
Best Animated Movie: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best Production Design: Rick Carter, The Fabelmans
Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

The Online Association of Female Film Critics Honors Everything


Here are the 2022 winners from the Online Association of Female Film Critics!

BEST PICTURE
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Nope
The Woman King
Women Talking

BEST DIRECTOR
Park Chan-wook – Decision To Leave
Daniel Dwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Emma Thompson – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST MALE LEAD
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Park Hae-il – Decision To Leave
Paul Mescal – Aftersun

BEST BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Elegance Bratton – The Inspection
Mimi Cave – Fresh
Alice Diop – Saint Omer
Nikyatu Jusu – Nanny
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Austin Butler – Elvis
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Mia Goth – Pearl
Thuso Mbedu – The Woman King
Daryl McCormack – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Grieg Fraser – The Batman
Kim Ji-yong – Decision To Leave
Roger Deakins – Empire Of Light
Hoyte van Hoytema – Nope
Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees Of Inisherin (WINNER TIE)
Cooper Raif – Cha Cha Real Smooth
Daniel Dwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER TIE)
Jordan Peele – Nope
Todd Field – TÁR

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
David Kajgnich – Bones And All
Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Samuel D. Hunter – The Whale
Sarah Polley – Women Talking

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jessie Buckley – Women Talking
Hong Chau – The Whale
Dolly de Leon – Triangle Of Sadness
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Keke Palmer – Nope

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Mark Rylance – Bones And All
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Menu
Women Talking

BEST EDITING
Decision To Leave
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick

BEST STUNTS
Everything Everywhere All At Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick
The Batman
The Woman King

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER TIE)
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris (WINNER TIE)
The Woman King

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way Of Water
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Corsage
Decision To Leave
EO
Holy Spider
RRR

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Bad Guys
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

BEST DOCUMENTARY
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
All That Breathes
Fire Of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream

The OAFFC’s signature award, The Rosie (named for the iconic Rosie the Riveter), celebrates the film that best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema. We are pleased to announce that “Women Talking” has taken this year’s honor.

The Women Film Critics Circle Honors She Said


Here are the 2022 winners from the Women’s Film Critics Circle!

BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
She Said (WINNER)
The Woman King
Till
Women Talking (RUNNER UP)

BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
Don’t Worry Darling – Olivia Wilde
Till – Chinonye Chukwu (RUNNER UP)
The Woman King – Gina Prince-Bythewood (RUNNER UP)
Women Talking – Sarah Polley (WINNER)

BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER (Screenwriting Award)
Rebecca Lenkiewicz – She Said (RUNNER UP)
Emma Donoghue  – The Wonder
Dana Stevens (and Maria Bello, story) – The Woman King
Sarah Polley – Women Talking (WINNER)

BEST ACTRESS
Vicky Krieps – Corsage
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Danielle Deadwyler – Till (RUNNER UP)
Cate Blanchett – TAR

BEST ACTOR
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin (RUNNER UP)
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Bill Nighy – Living
Brendan Fraser – The Whale (WINNER)

BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Corsage (RUNNER UP)
Girl
Happening (WINNER)
Murina
Rickshaw

BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Aftershock
Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down
The Janes (WINNER)
Lucy and Desi (RUNNER UP)

BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (RUNNER UP)
Fire of Love
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (WINNER)
The Woman King

BEST ANIMATED FEMALE
Izzy Hawthorne – Lightyear (RUNNER UP)
Belle Bottom – Minions: The Rise of Gru
Meilin – Turning Red (WINNER)

BEST SCREEN COUPLE
Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward – Empire of Light
Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Kevin Kline & Sigourney Weaver – The Good House (RUNNER UP)
Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

BEST TV SERIES
Dead to Me (RUNNER UP TIE)
The Handmaid’s Tale (WINNER TIE)
Julia (RUNNER UP TIE)
Yellowjackets (WINNER TIE)

ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD – For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women

ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: Adrienne Shelly was a promising actress and filmmaker who was brutally strangled in her apartment in 2006 at the age of forty by a construction worker in the building, after she complained about noise. Her killer tried to cover up his crime by hanging her from a shower rack in her bathroom, to make it look like suicide. He later confessed that he was having a “bad day.” Shelly, who left behind a baby daughter, had just completed her film Waitress, which she also starred in, and which was honored at Sundance after her death.

Don’t Worry Darling
Holy Spider
She Said (RUNNER UP)
Women Talking (WINNER)

JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD – For best expressing the woman of colour experience in America

JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD: The daughter of a laundress and a musician, Baker overcame being born black, female and poor, and marriage at age fifteen, to become an internationally acclaimed legendary performer, starring in the films Princess Tam Tam, Moulin Rouge and Zou Zou. She also survived the race riots in East St. Louis, Illinois as a child, and later expatriated to France to escape US racism. After participating heroically in the underground French Resistance during WWII, Baker returned to the US where she was a crusader for racial equality. Her activism led to attacks against her by reporter Walter Winchell who denounced her as a communist, leading her to wage a battle against him. Baker was instrumental in ending segregation in many theaters and clubs, where she refused to perform unless integration was implemented.

Alice
Master
Nanny (RUNNER UP)
Till (WINNER)

KAREN MORLEY AWARD – For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity

KAREN MORLEY AWARD: Karen Morley was a promising Hollywood star in the 1930s, in such films as Mata Hari and Our Daily Bread. She was driven out of Hollywood for her leftist political convictions by the Blacklist and for refusing to testify against other actors, while Robert Taylor and Sterling Hayden were informants against her. And also for daring to have a child and become a mother, unacceptable for female stars in those days. Morley maintained her militant political activism for the rest of her life, running for Lieutenant Governor on the American Labor Party ticket in 1954. She passed away in 2003, unrepentant to the end, at the age of 93.

Alice
The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
The Woman King (RUNNER UP)
Women Talking (WINNER)

ACTING AND ACTIVISM AWARD
Geena Davis (WINNER)
Frances McDormand
Nichelle Nichols

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Angela Lansbury
Rita Moreno (WINNER)

THE WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE PAULINE KAEL JURY AWARDS 2022

BEST FEMALE ACTION HERO
Keke Palmer, Alice

BEST DIRECTRESS: COURAGE IN FILMMAKING
Olivia Wilde, Don’t Worry Darling

COURAGE IN ACTING
[Taking on unconventional roles that radically redefine the images of women on screen]
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Anamaria Vartolomei, Happening

WOMEN’S WORK – BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
The Woman King

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN AWARD
[Supporting performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on the film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored]
Charmaine Bingwa, Emancipation

BEST KEPT SECRET
 – Overlooked Challenging Film Gems
Amitabh Reza Chowdhury, Rickshaw Girl
Nana Mensah, Queen Of Glory

WOMEN SAVING THEMSELVES AWARD
The Janes

MOMMIE DEAREST WORST SCREEN MOM OF THE YEAR
Blonde, Julianne Nicholson as Gladys

HALL OF SHAME
‘Unique, provocative and stylishly opinionated’…Fasten your seat belts!
[Individual WFCC Member Picks]

*The Gotham Awards. For removing the category Best Actress, in the further erasing of women.

*Anatomy Citation. “It doesn’t matter how much I do, I’m still not going to get paid as much as that guy, because of my vagina.” – Jennifer Lawrence speaks out against the continuing literal shortchanging of actresses – regarding Lawrence paid five million dollars less than Leonardo DiCaprio for “Don’t Look Up,” and less than the male cast Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale and Jeremy Renner for “American Hustle.”

*Cringe Citation. Harvey Weinstein’s shameful audiotape recordings. And being reminded of them/him in “She Said.”

*Too Much Information Citation: Emma Thompson, for “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.”

*Blonde. For depicting only the worst fantasies about Marilyn Monroe, and none of her beauty, grace and intelligence.

*More Blonde. A film that re-exploited Marilyn Monroe and made me feel bad for her. She never had a chance in a man’s world, and this film exploited her again through the unnecessary explicit scenes.

*And More Blonde. An overrated actress romping through the film exposing herself. And why the constant showing of embryos, is it to champion pro-lifers.

*Even More Blonde. Completely inaccurate. The portrayal of the actress is shallow and cliched, and the part of the speaking embryo comes across as a disquieting anti-abortionist statement.”

*She Said. A drama about the NY Times investigation into the sex charges against Harvey Weinstein, “She Said” comes off more as a self-congratulatory promo for the NY Times, than emphasis on its victims and intimating a kind of damage control there for its own numerous scandals – the weapons of mass destruction hoax, and most recently calling for the release of Julian Assange –  without an apology for the paper’s media participation in orchestrating his incarceration.

*The Cannes Film Festival. For disrespecting credentialed Deadline critic and distinguished WFCC member Valerie Complex, treating her with racist implications as an intruder there.

*Shame On DOC NYC. For announcing then scrubbing the name off their public list, secretly inviting as guest of honor a cinematographer from the Ukraine Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, Dmytro Kozatsky, who sports Nazi tattoos, and is fond of creating photographs of swastika carved pizzas, while dragging out from the premises a young woman protesting the event.

The Phoenix Film Critics Society Honors Everything


The Phoenix Film Critics Society has announced their picks for the best of 2022!

And here they are, rising from the ashes:

PFCS 2022 TOP TEN (in alphabetical order)
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
The Whale
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

BEST PICTURE
Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST DIRECTOR
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Brendan Fraser – The Whale

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST SCREENPLAY ADAPTED FROM OTHER MATERIAL
The Whale

THE OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All Quiet on the Western Front

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Good Night Oppy

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Lift Me Up – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Babylon

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Top Gun: Maverick

BEST FILM EDITING
Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Babylon

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way of Water

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Austin Butler – Elvis

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH
Frankie Corio – Aftersun

DFW Honors Everything


Reunion Tower (picture by Erin Nicole)

The Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2022 and here they are!

BEST PICTURE
Winner: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Runners-up: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (2); THE FABELMANS (3); TAR (4); TOP GUN: MAVERICK (5); WOMEN TALKING (6); THE WHALE (7); GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO (8); BABYLON (9); THE WOMAN KING (10)

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Colin Farrell, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Runners-up: Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE (2); Austin Butler, ELVIS (3); Bill Nighy, LIVING (4); Tom Cruise, TOP GUN: MAVERICK (5)

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Cate Blanchett, TAR
Runners-up: Michelle Yeoh, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2); Michelle Williams, THE FABELMANS (3); Danielle Deadwyler, TILL (4); Viola Davis, THE WOMAN KING (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Runners-up: Brendan Gleeson, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (2); Paul Dano, THE FABELMANS (3); Brian Tyree Henry, CAUSEWAY (4); Ben Whishaw, WOMEN TALKING (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Kerry Condon, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Runners-up: Hong Chau, THE WHALE (2); Angela Bassett, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (3); Jessie Buckley, WOMEN TALKING (4); Janelle Monae, GLASS ONION (5)

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Runners-up: Steven Spielberg, THE FABELMANS (2); Todd Field, TAR (3); Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (4); Sarah Polley, WOMEN TALKING (5)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: DECISION TO LEAVE
Runners-up: CLOSE (2); ARGENTINA 1985 (3); ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (4); EO (5)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: GOOD NIGHT OPPY
Runners-up: ALL THAT BREATHES (2); FIRE OF LOVE (3); MOONAGE DAYDREAM (4); BAD AXE (5)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Runner-up: MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON

BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Runner-up: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Russell Carpenter, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Runner-up: Greig Fraser, THE BATMAN (tie); Claudio Miranda, TOP GUN: MAVERICK (tie)

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Alexandre Desplat, GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Runner-up: John Williams, THE FABELMANS

RUSSELL SMITH AWARD (best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)
Winner: EO

Indiana Honors Everything In 2022


The Indiana Film Journalists Association have announced their picks for the best of 2022!  And here they are:

BEST FILM
After Yang (FINALIST)
Aftersun
All Quiet on the Western Front
Ambulance
The Banshees of Inisherin (FINALIST)
The Batman
Decision to Leave (FINALIST)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (FINALIST)
Halloween Ends
Happening
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (FINALIST)
The Northman
RRR (RUNNER UP)
TÁR (FINALIST)
Till
Top Gun: Maverick (FINALIST)
The Whale
Women Talking (FINALIST)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All Quiet on the Western Front
Broker
Decision to Leave (RUNNER UP)
EO
Happening
Hit the Road
RRR (WINNER)
You Won’t Be Alone

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood
The Bad Guys
The House
Mad God
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (WINNER)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (RUNNER UP)
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Aftershock
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Bad Axe (RUNNER UP)
Chop & Steele
Fire of Love
I Didn’t See You There (WINNER)
Navalny

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Alex Garland – Men
Todd Field – TÁR (WINNER)
John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal
Jeong Seo-kyong and Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
Ari Katcher and Ryan Welch – On the Count of Three
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin (RUNNER UP)
Cooper Raiff – Cha Cha Real Smooth
Seth Reiss (screenplay) and Will Tracy (screenplay / story) – The Menu
Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
Ti West – X

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Noah Baumbach – White Noise
Dean Fleischer Camp (screenplay / story), Jenny Slate (screenplay / story), Nick Paley (screenplay / story), and Elisabeth Holm (story) – Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Samuel D. Hunter – The Whale
Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
David Kajganich – Bones and All
Kogonada – After Yang (RUNNER UP)
Sarah Polley – Women Talking (WINNER)
Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp and Chinonye Chukwu – Till
Marcia Romano and Audrey Diwan – Happening
Sjón and Robert Eggers – The Northman

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky – The Whale
Michael Bay – Ambulance
Dean Fleischer Camp – Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Audrey Diwan – Happening
Robert Eggers – The Northman
Todd Field – TÁR (WINNER)
Alex Garland – Men
Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kogonada – After Yang
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once (RUNNER UP)
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
Jordan Peele – Nope
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
S.S. Rajamouli – RRR
Matt Reeves – The Batman
Steven Soderbergh – KIMI
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Ti West – X

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Cate Blanchett – TÁR (WINNER)
John Boyega – Breaking
Jessie Buckley – Men
Austin Butler – Elvis
Daniel Craig – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Colin Farrell – After Yang
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Mia Goth – Pearl
Mia Goth – X
Jake Gyllenhaal – Ambulance
Rebecca Hall – Resurrection
Caleb Landry Jones – Nitram
Rory Kinnear – Men
Zoë Kravitz – KIMI
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Aubrey Plaza – Emily the Criminal
Florence Pugh – The Wonder
N.T. Rama Rao, Jr. – RRR
Adam Sandler – Hustle
Alexander Skarsgård – The Northman
Ram Charan Teja – RRR
Anamaria Vartolomei – Happening
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once (RUNNER UP)

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Christopher Abbott – On the Count of Three
Jessie Buckley – Women Talking
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Essie Davis – Nitram
Judy Davis – Nitram
Colin Farrell – The Batman
Ralph Fiennes – The Menu
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin (RUNNER UP)
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Dakota Johnson – Cha Cha Real Smooth
Nicole Kidman – The Northman
Lashana Lynch – The Woman King
Thuso Mbedu – The Woman King
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Justin H. Min – After Yang
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
Tim Roth – Resurrection
Sadie Sink – The Whale
David Howard Thornton – Terrifier 2
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans

BEST VOCAL / MOTION-CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Richard Ayoade – The Bad Guys
David Bradley – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Rosalie Chiang – Turning Red
James Hong – Wendell & Wild
Marc Maron – The Bad Guys
Isabella Rossellini – Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (RUNNER UP)
J.K. Simmons – Glorious
Jenny Slate – Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (WINNER)
Christoph Waltz – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
After Yang
Broker
The Duke
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Flux Gourmet
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (RUNNER UP)
Hit the Road
The Northman
Soft & Quiet
What We Do Next
The Woman King
Women Talking (WINNER)

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Michael Abels – Nope
Lorne Balfe – Ambulance
Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury – Men
Volker Bertelmann – All Quiet on the Western Front
Terence Blanchard – The Woman King
Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough – The Northman
Dan Deacon – Hustle
Disasterpeace – Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Danny Elfman – White Noise
Michael Giacchino – The Batman (WINNER)
Ludwig Göransson – Turning Red
Hildur Guðnadóttir – Women Talking
Jo Yeong-wook – Decision to Leave
Nathan Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
M.M. Keeravani – RRR (RUNNER UP)
Cliff Martinez – KIMI
Aska Matsumiya and Ryuichi Sakamoto – After Yang
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Bones and All
Rob Simonsen – The Whale
Son Lux – Everything Everywhere All At Once
John Williams – The Fabelmans

BEST EDITING
Doug Brandt, Pietro Scalia and Calvin Wimmer – Ambulance
Tom Costain, Brian Robinson and Keiko Deguchi – Hustle
Louise Ford – The Northman
Eddie Hamilton – Top Gun: Maverick
Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar – The Fabelmans
Kim Sang-bum – Decision to Leave (RUNNER UP)
Kogonada – After Yang
Blair McClendon – Aftersun
Joe Murphy – Barbarian
Akkineni Sreekar Prasad – RRR
Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
Steven Soderbergh – KIMI
Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond – Elvis
Monika Willi – TÁR

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jarin Blaschke – The Northman
Matias Boucard – Athena
Russell Carpenter – Avatar: The Way of Water
Roberto De Angelis – Ambulance
Michal Dymek – EO
Greig Fraser – The Batman
James Friend – All Quiet on the Western Front
Rob Hardy – Men
Florian Hoffmeister – TÁR
Janusz Kaminski – The Fabelmans
Arseni Khatchaturan – Bones and All
Kim Ji-yong – Decision to Leave
KK Senthil Kumar – RRR
Matthew Libatique – Don’t Worry Darling
Benjamin Loeb – After Yang
Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick (RUNNER UP)
Larkin Seiple – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Laurent Tangy – Happening
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Nope (WINNER)
Mandy Walker – Elvis

BEST STUNT / MOVEMENT CHOREOGRAPHY
Robert Alonzo (supervising stunt coordinator) and Daniel Arrias (fight co-coordinator / trainer) – The Batman
Jón Viðar Arnþórsson (stunt coordinator) and C.C. Smiff (stunt coordinator) – The Northman
Vicky Arora (action design and weapons trainer / stunt coordinator) and Raicho Vasilev (fight choreographer / stunt coordinator), and Prem Rakshith (dance choreographer) – RRR (WINNER)
Timothy Eulich (stunt coordinator), Andy Le (fight choreographer) and Brian Le (fight choreographer) – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Mike Gunther (stunt coordinator) – Ambulance
Daniel Hernandez (stunt coordinator / fight coordinator), Grant Powell (stunt coordinator), and Jénel Stevens (fight choreographer) – The Woman King (RUNNER UP)
Kevin LaRosa, Jr. (aerial coordinator) and Casey O’Neill (stunt coordinator) – Top Gun: Maverick
Steven McMichael (stunt coordinator) – Prey
David Neumann (movement / dance choreographer) – White Noise
Celia Rowlson-Hall (dance choreographer) – After Yang

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR
Hanna Bergholm (director) – Hatching
Jerrod Carmichael (director / performer) – On the Count of Three
Frankie Corio (performer) – Aftersun
Beth de Araújo (writer-director) – Soft & Quiet
Mariama Diallo (writer-director) – Master
Audrey Diwan (director / co-writer) – Happening
John Patton Ford (writer-director) – Emily the Criminal
Amber Midthunder (performer) – Prey
Nick Richey (writer-director) – 1-800-HOT-NITE
Jane Schoenbrun (writer-director) – We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (RUNNER UP)
Domee Shi (director / co-writer) – Turning Red
Charlotte Wells (writer-director) – Aftersun (WINNER)
Dallas Dupree Young (performer) – 1-800-HOT-NITE

ORIGINAL VISION
Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
Flux Gourmet
Glorious
The House
Mad God
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (RUNNER UP)
The Northman
Strawberry Mansion
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair