The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Goes For Everything and Elvis!


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

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Votes For Everything Everywhere All At Once!


The Washington D.C. Area 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 Film
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Director
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

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
Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Best Acting Ensemble
Glass Onion

Best Youth Performance
Gabriel LaBelle (The Fabelmans)

Best Voice Performance
Jenny Slate (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On)

Best Motion Capture Performance
Zoe Saldaña (Avatar: The Way of Water)

Best Original Screenplay
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Rian Johnson (Glass Onion)

Best Animated Feature
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Documentary
Good Night Oppy

Best International/Foreign Language Film
Decision to Leave

Best Production Design
Hannah Beachler, Production Designer; Lisa Sessions Morgan, Set Decorator (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, ASC (Top Gun: Maverick)

Best Editing
Eddie Hamilton, ACE (Top Gun: Maverick)

Best Original Score
Michael Giacchino (The Batman)

 

Las Vegas Honors Everything Everywhere All At Once


The Las Vegas Film Critics Society has announced their picks for the best of 2022!  The winners are below and you can see all the nominees by clicking here!

Best Picture
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 Director
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Original Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Adapted Screenplay
Bones and All

Best Cinematography
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Film Editing
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Score
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Original Song
“Vegas” – Elvis

Best Documentary
Bad Axe

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Foreign Language Film
All Quiet On The Western Front

Best Costume Design
Elvis

Best Art Direction
Babylon

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way Of The Water

Best Action Film
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Comedy Film
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Family Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Ensemble
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Breakout Filmmaker
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best Male Youth Performance (Under 21)
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans

Best Female Youth Performance (Under 21)
Frankie Corio – Aftersun

The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Jamie Lee Curtis

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the St. Louis Film Critics Association


The winners will be announced on December 18th!

BEST FILM
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
She Said
Women Talking

BEST DIRECTOR
The Daniels (Kwan, Scheinert) – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Mia Goth – Pearl
Emma Thompson – Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST ACTOR
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Daniel Craig – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Paul Mescal – Aftersun

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Claire Foy – Women Talking
Janelle Monae – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Carey Mulligan – She Said

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Andre Braugher – She Said
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Ben Whishaw – Women Talking

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

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
She Said
White Noise
Women Talking

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Decision To Leave
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
The Menu
TÁR

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Banshees Of Inisherin
The Batman
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

BEST EDITING
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
TÁR

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Babylon
The Banshees Of Inisherin
The Batman
The Fabelmans
Women Talking

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Moonage Daydream
Top Gun: Maverick
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar: The Way Of Water
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
The Woman King

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Nope
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
All Quiet On The Western Front
Close
Decision To Leave
Happening
RRR

BEST HORROR FILM
Men
Nope
Pearl
Scream
X

BESY COMEDY FILM
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glass Onion
Jackass Forever
The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

BEST ACTION FILM
Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
RRR
The Woman King

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Turning Red
Wendell And Wild

BEST DOCUMENTARY
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Fire Of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Sr.


​BEST SCENE
Sam meets his idol – The Fabelmans
Lydia bullying Juilliard student – TÁR
Marcel/60 Minutes – Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Gordy’s Home – Nope
Piggyback prison escape – RRR
Ice Man/Maverick visit – Top Gun: Maverick

Here Are The 80th Annual Golden Globe Nominations


After being ignored and untelevised last year, the Golden Globes are returning to NBC this year.  Whether or not they’ll be returning to their former, somewhat bizarre prominence is an open question.  Their nominations were announced earlier today and there really weren’t any huge surprises.  The Globes are either playing it safe for their first year back or no one offered them enough money to nominate another film like The Tourist or Music.

Here are the nominees:

Best Motion Picture Drama
Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Elvis
The Fabelmans
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Motion Picture, Comedy
Babylon
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Triangle Of Sadness

Best Director — Motion Picture
James Cameron, Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Baz Luhrmann, Elvis
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Olivia Colman, Empire Of Light
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Austin Butler, Elvis
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Hugh Jackman, The Son
Bill Nighy, Living
Jeremy Pope, The Inspection

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Lesley Manville, Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
Margot Robbie, Babylon
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Menu
Emma Thompson, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Diego Calva, Babylon
Daniel Craig, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Adam Driver, White Noise
Colin Farrell, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Ralph Fiennes, The Menu

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kerry Condon, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Dolly De Leon, Triangle Of Sadness
Carey Mulligan, She Said

Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brad Pitt, Babylon
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Inu-Oh
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
All Quiet On The Western Front (Germany)
Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
Close (Belgium)
Decision To Leave (South Korea)
RRR (India)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Todd Field, TÁR
Tony Kushner & Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Sarah Polley, Women Talking

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Hildur Guðnadóttir, Women Talking
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
John Williams, The Fabelmans
Carter Burwell, The Banshees Of Inisherin

Best Original Song, Motion Picture
“Carolina,” Taylor Swift (Where The Crawdads Sing)
“Ciao Papa,” Guillermo del Toro & Roeban Katz (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)
“Hold My Hand,” Lady Gaga and Bloodpop (Top Gun: Maverick)
“Lift Me Up,” Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
“Naatu Naatu,” Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj (RRR)

Best Television Series – Drama
Better Call Saul
House of the Dragon
The Crown
Ozark
Severance

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Wednesday

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Black Bird
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Pam And Tommy
The Dropout
The White Lotus: Sicily

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series Drama
Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon
Laura Linney, Ozark
Imelda Staunton, The Crown
Hilary Swank, Alaska Daily
Zendaya, Euphoria

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Jeff Bridges, The Old Man
Kevin Costner, Yellowstone
Diego Luna, Andor
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Adam Scott, Severance

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Jean Smart, Hacks
Selena Gomez, Only Murders In The Building
Jenna Ortega, Wednesday

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Chastain, George and Tammy
Julia Garner, Inventing Anna
Lily James, Pam And Tommy
Julia Roberts, Gaslit
Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical-Comedy or Drama Television Series
Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Julia Garner, Ozark
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical-Comedy or Drama Television Series
John Lithgow, The Old Man
Jonathan Pryce, The Crown
John Turturro, Severance
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
Henry Winkler, Barry

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Claire Danes, Fleishman Is in Trouble
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Under The Banner Of Heaven
Niecy Nash-Betts, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Aubrey Plaza, The White Lotus

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Taron Egerton, Black Bird
Colin Firth, The Staircase
Andrew Garfield, Under The Banner Of Heaven
Evan Peters, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Sebastian Stan, Pam And Tommy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
F. Murray Abraham, The White Lotus
Domhnall Gleeson, The Patient
Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird
Richard Jenkins, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Seth Rogen, Pam And Tommy

 

The New York Film Critics Online Honor Banshees!


The New York Film Critics Online have announced their picks for the best of 2022!  For best picture, they picked The Banshees of Inisherin, 

Here all the winners from the NYFCO:

Best Picture: “The Banshees Of Inisherin“
Best Director: The Daniels – “Everything Everywhere All At Once” & Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees Of Inisherin” (TIE)
Best Actor: Colin Farrell – “The Banshees Of Inisherin“
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All At Once“
Best Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees Of Inisherin“
Best Supporting Actress: Hong Chau – “The Whale“
Best Screenplay: Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees Of Inisherin“
Best Animated Feature: “Marcel The Shell With Shoes On“
Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema – “Nope“
Best Use of Music: “Elvis“
Best Documentary Feature: “All The Beauty And The Bloodshed“
Best Foreign Language: “EO“
Best Debut Director: Charlotte Wells – “Aftersun”
Breakthrough Performer: Austin Butler – “Elvis“
Best Ensemble Cast: “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery“

Return to Seoul Wins In Boston


Last year, the Boston Society of Film Critics named Drive My Car the best film of 2021.

This year, they honored another international film by giving the award to Return to Seoul, a French-German-Belgian coproduction.  The film is also known as All The People I’ll Never Be and is being distributed in the U.S. by Sony Pictures Classic.  

Here are all the winners from Boston:

Best Picture
Return To Seoul

Best Engligh-Language Film
The Banshees Of Inisherin

Best Director
Todd Field – TÁR

Best Ensemble
Jackass Forever & Women Talking (TIE)

Best Actor
Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin

Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin

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

Best Adapted Screenplay
After Yang

Best Original Screenplay
The Banshees Of Inisherin

Best New Filmmaker
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best Documentary
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed

Best Animated Feature
Turning Red

Best Cinematography
Pearl (With a special mention for X)

Best Editing
Aftersun & Decision To Leave (TIE)

Best Score
RRR

Boston isn’t the most influential of the precursor groups, which is a shame because their awards are always so wonderfully interesting.  Who would have guessed the Jackass crew would figure into the discussion?  In other words …. LOVE YOU, BOSTON!

 

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Name The Best Of 2022 And The Result Is A Tie!


The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2022!  Best Picture ended up being a tie between Everything Everywhere All At Once and TAR.

Here all the winners from L.A.:

Best Film
Winners: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE & TÁR (TIE)

Best Foreign Film
Winner: EO
Runner-Up: SAINT OMER

Best Director
Winner: Todd Field – TÁR
Runner-Up: S.S. Rajamouli – RRR

Best Documentary Film
Winner: ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
Runner-Up: FIRE OF LOVE

Best Leading Performance
Winners: Cate Blanchett – TÁR & Bill Nighy – LIVING
Runners-Up: Danielle Deadwyler – TILL & Michelle Yeoh – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Screenplay
Winner: Todd Field – TÁR
Runner-Up: Martin McDonagh – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Best Animated Film
Winner: GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Runner-Up: MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON

Best Editing
Winner: Blair McClendon – AFTERSUN
Runner-Up: Monika Willi – TÁR

Best Production Design
Winner: Dylan Cole & Ben Procter – AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
​Runner-Up: Jason Kisvarday – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Music/Score
Winner: M.M. Keeravani – RRR
Runner-Up: Paweł Mykietyn – EO

Best Supporting Performer
Winners: Dolly de Leon – TRIANGLE OF SADNESS & Ke Huy Quan – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Runners-Up: Jessie Buckley – WOMEN TALKING & Brian Tyree Henry – CAUSEWAY

Best Cinematography
Winner: Michał Dymek – EO
Runner-Up: Hoyte van Hoytema – NOPE

Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Prize
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Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association!


The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (try to say that ten times fast) have announced their nominees for the best of 2022!  The winners will be announced on the 12th.

For now, here are the nominees!

Best Film
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Director
Todd Field (TÁR)
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Sarah Polley (Women Talking)
Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)

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

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (TÁR)
Viola Davis (The Woman King)
Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano (The Fabelmans)
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Ben Whishaw (Women Talking)

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Janelle Monáe (Glass Onion)

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

Best Youth Performance
Frankie Corio (Aftersun)
Jalyn Hall (Till)
Gabriel LaBelle (The Fabelmans)
Banks Repeta (Armageddon Time)
Sadie Sink (The Whale)

Best Voice Performance
Rosalie Chiang (Turning Red)
Gregory Mann (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)
Ewan McGregor (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)
Sandra Oh (Turning Red)
Jenny Slate (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On)

Best Motion Capture Performance
Sam Worthington (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Sigourney Weaver (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Zoe Saldaña (Avatar: The Way of Water)

Best Original Screenplay
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner (The Fabelmans)
Jordan Peele (Nope)
Todd Field (TÁR)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Rian Johnson (Glass Onion)
Patrick McHale, Guillermo del Toro (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)
Rebecca Lenkiewicz [Based on the New York Times Investigation by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett; and the book “She Said” by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey] (She Said)
Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale)
Sarah Polley [Based upon the book by Miriam Toews] (Women Talking)

Best Animated Feature
Apollo 10½
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild

Best Documentary
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Descendant
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy

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

Best Production Design
Hannah Beachler, Production Designer; Lisa Sessions Morgan, Set Decorator (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Production Designers; Bev Dunn, Set Decorator (Elvis)
Jason Kisvarday, Production Designer; Kelsi Ephraim, Set Decorator (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Rick Carter, Production Designer; Karen O’Hara, Set Decorator (The Fabelmans)
Rick Heinrichs, Production Designer; Elli Griff, Set Decorator (Glass Onion)

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (Empire of Light)
Larkin Seiple (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Janusz Kaminski (The Fabelmans)
Hoyte van Hoytema ASC, FSF, NSC (Nope)
Claudio Miranda, ASC (Top Gun: Maverick)

Best Editing
Matt Villa, ASE ACE; Jonathan Redmond (Elvis)
Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Michael Kahn, ACE; Sarah Broshar (The Fabelmans)
Monika Willi (TÁR)
Eddie Hamilton, ACE (Top Gun: Maverick)

Best Original Score
Michael Giacchino (The Batman)
John Williams (The Fabelmans)
Alexandre Desplat (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)
Hildur Guðnadóttir (TÁR)
Hildur Guðnadóttir (Women Talking)

 

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society!


Here are the 2022 nominees of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society!  The winners will be announced on the 12th.

(Las Vegas not nominating Elvis for Best Picture just feels wrong.)

Best Picture
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Whale

Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Bill Nighy – Living

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
Olivia Coleman – Empire Of Light
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Jennifer Lawrence – Causeway
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Mark Rylance – Bones and All

Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley – Women Talking
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky – The Whale
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best Original Screenplay
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Nope
TÁR

Best Adapted Screenplay
Bones and All
Living
She Said
The Whale
Women Talking

Best Cinematography
All Quiet On The Western Front
Bardo, or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Empire Of Light
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Film Editing
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Top Gun: Maverick

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

Best Original Song
“Life Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Vegas” – Elvis
“Ciao Papa” – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR
“Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick

Best Documentary
Bad Axe
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Navalny

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

Best Foreign Language Film
All Quiet On The Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Decision To Leave
EO
RRR

Best Costume Design
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Northman
The Woman King

Best Art Direction
Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Action Film
Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Northman
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Comedy Film
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Bros
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Triangle Of Sadness
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film
Barbarian
Bones and All
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Nope
Pearl

Best Family Film
The Bad Guys
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild

Best Ensemble
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Women Talking

Breakout Filmmaker
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Mimi Cave – Fresh
John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal
Nikyatu Jusu – Nanny
Domee Shi – Turning Red

Best Male Youth Performance (Under 21)
Jalyn Hall – Till
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Gregory Mann – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Michael Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time
Mason Thames – The Black Phone

Best Female Youth Performance (Under 21)
Vanessa Burghardt – Cha Cha Real Smooth
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Xochitl Gomez – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Jenna Ortega – The Fallout
Sadie Sink – The Whale

The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Angela Bassett
Nicolas Cage
Jamie Lee Curtis
Henry Selick
Bruce Willis