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Banshees Rises From The Ashes in Phoenix

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Yesterday, the Phoenix Critics Circle announced their picks for the best of 2022!  You can see the winners below and the nominees by clicking here!

BEST PICTURE
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

BEST COMEDY FILM
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST HORROR FILM
BARBARIAN

BEST ANIMATED FILM
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
RRR

BEST DOCUMENTARY
FIRE OF LOVE

BEST ACTOR
BRENDAN FRASER, THE WHALE

BEST ACTRESS
CATE BLANCHETT, TAR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
KE HUY QUAN, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
KEKE PALMER, NOPE

BEST DIRECTOR
DANIEL KWAN AND DANIEL SCHEINERT, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST SCREENPLAY
MARTIN MCDONAGH, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
CLAUDIO MIRANDA, TOP GUN: MAVERICK

BEST SCORE
JUSTIN HURWITZ, BABYLON

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of The Online Association of Female Film Critics!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yesterday, the Online Association Of Female Film Critics announced their nominations for the best of 2022!

The winners will be announced on the 20th.  Here are the nominees!

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 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 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 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 ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Cooper Raif – Cha Cha Real Smooth
Daniel Dwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
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 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 STUNTS
Everything Everywhere All At Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick
The Batman
The Woman King

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

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
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 Boston Online Film Critics Honor Banshees!

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Earlier today the Boston Online Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2022!

And here they are:

​Top 10 of 2022
1. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
2. EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
3. THE FABELMANS
4. AFTERSUN
5. TÁR
6. TOP GUN: MAVERICK
7. DECISION TO LEAVE
8. NOPE
9. CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
10. GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Best Director
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, TÁR

Best Actor
Colin Farrell, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Best Screenplay
Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

​Best Ensemble
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Best Score
Justin Hurwitz, BABYLON

Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Best Editing
Paul Rogers, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Documentary
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED

Best International Feature
DECISION TO LEAVE

Best Animated Film
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO

Live Tweet Alert: Watch Jack Frost with #ScarySocial

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As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in a few weekly live tweets on twitter.  I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of #MondayActionMovie!  Every week, we get together.  We watch a movie.  We tweet our way through it.

Tonight, for #ScarySocial, ArtAttackNYC will be hosting 1997’s Jack Frost!

If you want to join us on Saturday night, just hop onto twitter, start the film at 9 pm et, and use the #ScarySocial hashtag!  The film is available on Prime.  I’ll be there co-hosting and I imagine some other members of the TSL Crew will be there as well.  It’s a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy.

Film Review: Fang (dir by Richard Burgin)

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Poor Billy.

Billy (Dylan LaRay) lives in Chicago and, at first glance, he’s typical of the many anonymous young men who we see everyday, working in dead-end jobs and just trying to make it day-to-day without having to deal with too much trouble.  Billy works at a meatpacking plant, for a condescending boss who brags about being able to pay his daughter’s Princeton tuition while, at the same time, telling Billy that he needs to work harder sweeping up the place.  “Do you think my daughter got into Princeton by taking sick days?” the boss asks, not seeming to realize that Billy will never be going to Princeton regardless of how many hours he spends pushing his broom around the warehouse.  Indeed, Billy dropped out of school a few years ago.  His mother, Gina (Lynn Lowry of I Drink Your Blood and Crazies fame), is suffering from Parkinson’s-related dementia and Billy is constantly rushing home to check on her.  Billy never knows if he’s going to be embraced or attacked when he steps through his front door.  Billy takes a daily regimen of pills to keep his mind stable.  He obsessively washes and sanitizes his hands.  He needs everything to be in its proper place but he lives in an increasingly chaotic and unpredictable world.

The one thing that Billy has going for him is that he’s an artist.  He’s created an entire fictional world through his drawings, one in which a group of people escape from a dying Earth but then continue to make the exact same mistakes in their new home.  His mother’s maid, Myra (Jess Paul), even suggests that Billy should try to get his work published but Billy is resistant.  His art is his escape and, though it’s never specifically stated, one gets the feeling that it’s an escape that he wants to keep only for himself.  If Billy ever gets out of this world, he’s not planning on taking anyone along with him.

Billy is haunted by the things that he sees as he walks to and from work.  Death, whether represented by a dead rodent under a car or by the run-down neighborhood in which he lives, seems to be all-around.  After a rat invades his room and bites him, Billy is rushed to the hospital and, despite his frantic protests, he’s injected with the rabies vaccine.  (The film’s use of rabies and it’s close-up of a hypodermic needle piercing Billy’s skin will remind some viewers of another Lynn Lowry film, I Drink Your Blood.)  Whenever Billy is alone, he sees a hole growing on his arm, one that is full of coarse hair, almost as if there is something living within Billy’s skin.  Fang mixes Cronenbergian body horror with visions of Romero-style urban decline.  Billy’s Chicago is almost as run-down and bleak as Romero’s Philadelphia was in Martin.  The stark imagery leaves little doubt that Billy, at the young age of 23, has basically advanced as far as he’s going to advance in the world.  He’s hit a dead end and Billy’s sudden visions of open wounds, vacuous comedians, and rats would seem to suggest that, if there is another world out there, it’s not much of an improvement on the one in which Billy is leaving.  Much like the characters in his artwork, Billy is trapped in a never-ending cycle of mistakes and decay.  

Fang is a well-directed, well-acted, and well-visualized portrayal of life on the fringes of society, one that captures both the timeless theme of loneliness and the uniquely paranoid atmosphere of today.  Though the COVID fears of the past two years are never explicitly mentioned, it’s hard not to think of them as Billy obsessively washes and sanitizes his hands and as he panics over getting the rabies shot.  Billy, like so many people today, feels lost and powerless and even his fantasy of escape is tempered by the knowledge that a fantasy can still go wrong.  Dylan LaRay does a good job of capturing Billy’s fear and his anger and Jess Paul is sympathetic as one of the few people to actually cares about what Billy and his mother are going through.  Lynn Lowry steals the film, playing Billy’s mother as someone who is both frightening and heart-breakingly sad.  Much like Billy, she’s no longer is control of her fears and her actions.  Fang is a film that captures the horrors of everyday life.

 

Live Tweet Alert: Join #FridayNightFlix for Escape From L.A.!

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As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in a few weekly live tweets on twitter.  I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of #MondayActionMovie!  Every week, we get together.  We watch a movie.  We tweet our way through it.

Tonight, at 10 pm et, I will be hosting #FridayNightFlix!  The movie? 1996’s Escape From L.A.!

Director John Carpenter reunites with Kurt Russell and Peter Fonda, Steve Buscemi, Bruce Campbell, and Cliff Robertson are along for the ride!

If you want to join us this Friday, just hop onto twitter, start the movie at 10 pm et, and use the #FridayNightFlix hashtag!  I’ll be there tweeting and I imagine some other members of the TSL Crew will be there as well.  It’s a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy.

Escape From L.A. is available on Prime and Paramount!  See you there!

Chicago Honors The Banshees

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On Wednesday, the Chicago Film Critics Association announced this picks for the best of 2022!  You can see the nominees here and the winners below:

BEST PICTURE
The Banshees Of Inisherin

BEST DIRECTOR
Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, TÁR

BEST ACTOR
Colin Farrell, The Banshees Of Inisherin

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kerry Condon, The Banshees Of Inisherin

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Fire of Love

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Decision to Leave

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Women Talking by Sarah Polley

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Banshees Of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Decision to Leave, Kim Ji-Yong

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Babylon, Justin Hurwitz

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Shirley Kurata

BEST EDITING
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Paul Rogers

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Everything Everywhere All At Once

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Austin Butler, Elvis

The AARP Nominates Elvis and Adam Sandler

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Yesterday, the old people got their say when the AARP announces their nominees for the Best Movies For Grown-ups of 2022!  The nominees are below.  The winners will be announced on January 28th, 2023.  The ceremony will air on PBS so make sure grandma stays awake to watch it.

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
The Woman King
Women Talking

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Tár)
Viola Davis (The Woman King)
Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris)
Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Actor
Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick)
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Tom Hanks (A Man Called Otto)
Bill Nighy (Living)
Adam Sandler (Hustle)

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Patricia Clarkson (She Said)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Judith Ivey (Women Talking)
Gabrielle Union (The Inspection)

Best Supporting Actor
Andre Braugher (She Said)
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Woody Harrelson (Triangle of Sadness)
Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Director
James Cameron (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Todd Field (Tár)
Baz Luhrmann (Elvis)
Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King)
Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)

Best Screenwriter
Todd Field (Tár)
Kazuo Ishiguro (Living)
Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
Rebecca Lenkiewicz (She Said)
Dana Stevens (The Woman King)

Best Actress (TV)
Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
Toni Collette (The Staircase)
Laura Linney (Ozark)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)
Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)

Best Actor (TV)
Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)
Steve Carell (The Patient)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
Wes Studi (Reservation Dogs)

Best TV Series
Abbott Elementary
The Old Man
Only Murders in the Building
The White Lotus
Yellowstone

Best TV Movie/Limited Series
Black Bird
The Dropout
Inventing Anna
The Staircase
The Watcher

Best Ensemble
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Nope
She Said
The Woman King
Women Talking

Best Intergenerational Movie
Armageddon Time
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
A Man Called Otto
Till

Best Time Capsule
Armageddon Time
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Till

Best Grownup Love Story
Empire of Light
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
A Love Song
Ticket to Paradise

Best Documentary
Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down
Lucy and Desi
The Pez Outlaw
Sidney
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

Best Foreign Film
Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Mexico)
Broker (South Korea)
One Fine Morning (France)
The Quiet Girl (Ireland)

Here Are the 2022 Nominations of Hollywood Critics Association!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yesterday, the 2022 nominations of the Hollywood Critics Association were announced!

And here they are:

Best Picture
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
RRR
TÁR
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
The Woman King
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

Best Director
Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
S.S. Rajamouli – RRR
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Todd Field – TÁR

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

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

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau – The Whale
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Keke Palmer – Nope
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actor
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ben Whishaw – Women Talking
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Adapted Screenplay
Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Rebecca Lenkiewicz – She Said
Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Samuel D. Hunter – The Whale
Sarah Polley – Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Seth Reiss & Will Tracy – The Menu
Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
Todd Field – TÁR

Best Voice or Motion-Capture Performance
Antonio Banderas in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Ewan McGregor in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Jenny Slate in Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red
Zoe Saldaña in Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Cast Ensemble
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Woman King
Women Talking

Best First Feature
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Lila Neugebauer – Causeway
John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal
Elegance Bratton – The Inspection
Domee Shi – Turning Red

Best Action Film
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
RRR
The Batman
The Woman King
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Comedy
Bros
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Menu
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Triangle of Sadness

Best Horror Film
Barbarian
Bones and All
Nope
The Black Phone
X

Best Indie Film
Aftersun
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
TÁR

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

Best Documentary Film
All the Beauty and The Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

Best International Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Close
Decision to Leave
RRR

Best Short Film
All Too Well: The Short Film
Moshari
North Star
Regret to Inform You
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The winners will be announced on February 24th so you’ve got a lot of time to consider these!

Here Are The 2022 Nominees of the Black Reel Awards!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yesterday, the Black Reel Awards announced their nominees for the best of 2022!  

And here they are:

OUTSTANDING FILM
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Kevin Feige & Nate Moore, producers
DEVOTION – Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill & Trent Luckinbill, producers
NOPE – Jordan Peele & Ian Cooper, producers
TILL – Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Reilly & Thomas Levine, producers
THE WOMAN KING – Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Cathy Schulman & Julius Tennon, producers

OUTSTANDING ACTOR
JOHN BOYEGA – BREAKING
STERLING K. BROWN – HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
DANIEL KALUUYA – NOPE
JONATHAN MAJORS – DEVOTION
JEREMY POPE – THE INSPECTION

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS
VIOLA DAVIS – THE WOMAN KING
DANIELLE DEADWYLER – TILL
ANNA DIOP – NANNY
REGINA HALL – HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
LETITIA WRIGHT – BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
ELEGANCE BRATTON – THE INSPECTION
GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD – THE WOMAN KING
CHINONYE CHUKWU – TILL
RYAN COOGLER – BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
JORDAN PEELE – NOPE

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
BRIAN TYREE HENRY – CAUSEWAY
MICHEAL WARD – EMPIRE OF LIGHT
MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS – BREAKING
BOKEEM WOODBINE – THE INSPECTION
JEFFREY WRIGHT – THE BATMAN

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ANGELA BASSETT – BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
THUSO MBEDU – THE WOMAN KING
JANELLE MONAE – GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
KEKE PALMER – NOPE
GABRIELLE UNION – THE INSPECTION

OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – RYAN COOGLER & JOE ROBERT COLE, WRITERS
THE INSPECTION – ELEGANCE BRATTON, WRITER
NANNY – NIKYATU JUSU, WRITER
NOPE– JORDAN PEELE
TILL – KEITH BEAUCHAMP, MICHAEL REILLY & CHINONYE CHUKWU, WRITERS

OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL FILM
NEPTUNE FROST (RWANDA) – SAUL WILLIAMS & ANISIA UZEYMAN, DIRECTORS
OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL (FRANCE) – ELLIE FOUMBI, DIRECTOR
SAINT OMER (FRANCE) – ALICE DIOP, DIRECTOR

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
AFTERSHOCK – PAULA EISLET & TONYA LEWIS LEE, DIRECTORS
DESCENDANT – MARGARET BROWN, DIRECTOR
IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU? – ELVIS MITCHELL, DIRECTOR
LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK & BLUES – SACHA JENKINS, DIRECTOR
SIDNEY – REGINALD HUDLIN, DIRECTOR

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – SARAH FINN, CASTING DIRECTOR
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL. – SHANNON REIS, CASTING DIRECTOR
THE INSPECTION – KIM COLEMAN, CASTING DIRECTOR
TILL – KIM COLEMAN, CASTING DIRECTOR
THE WOMAN KING – AISHA COLEY, CASTING DIRECTOR

OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE
ZAZIE BEETZ – THE BAD GUYS
IDRIS ELBA – SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2
KEKE PALMER – LIGHTYEAR
ZOE SALDANA – AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
GABRIELLE UNION – STRANGE WORLD

OUTSTANDING SCORE
ALICE – COMMON, COMPOSER
END OF THE ROAD – CRAIG DELEON, COMPOSER
NANNY – TANERÉLLE & BARTEK GLINIAK, composers
NOPE – MICHAEL ABELS, COMPOSER
THE WOMAN KING – TERENCE BLANCHARD, COMPOSER

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG
“BORN AGAIN” – BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
“KEEP RISING” – THE WOMAN KING
“LIFT ME UP” – BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
“PAPER AIRPLANES” – A JAZZMAN’S BLUES
“STAND UP” – TILL

OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
A JAZZMAN’S BLUES
REMEMBER ME: THE MAHALIA JACKSON STORY
TILL
THE WOMAN KING

OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT FILM
EMERGENCY – CAREY WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL. – ADAMMA EBO, DIRECTOR
THE INSPECTION – ELEGANCE BRATTON, DIRECTOR
MASTER – MARIAMA DIALLO, DIRECTOR
NANNY – NIKYATU JUSU, DIRECTOR

OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM
ANGOLA DO YOU HEAR US? VOICES FROM A PLANTATION PRISON – CINQUE NORTHERN, DIRECTOR
ELEGY: MY TWO MONTHS IN HARLEM – ANDRE LAMBERTSON, DIRECTOR
FANNIE – CHRISTINE SWANSON, DIRECTOR
NEW MOON – JEREMIE BALAIS, RAUL DOMINGO & JEFFIG LE BARS, DIRECTORS
NORTH STAR – P.J. PALMER, DIRECTOR

OUTSTANDING EMERGING DIRECTOR
ELEGANCE BRATTON – THE INSPECTION
ADAMMA EBO – HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
NIKYATU JUSU – NANNY
ELVIS MITCHELL – IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?
CAREY WILLIAMS – EMERGENCY

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
JALYN HALL – TILL
DARYL MCCORMACK – GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
JEREMY POPE – THE INSPECTION
QUINTESSA SWINDELL – BLACK ADAM
MICHEAL WARD – EMPIRE OF LIGHT

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS
SHEILA ATIM – THE WOMAN KING
CHARMAINE BINGWA – EMANCIPATION
ANNA DIOP – NANNY
THUSO MBEDU – THE WOMAN KING
DOMINIQUE THORNE – BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

OUTSTANDING FIRST SCREENPLAY
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL. – ADAMMA EBO, WRITER
THE INSPECTION – ELEGANCE BRATTON, WRITER
MASTER – MARIAMA DIALLO, WRITER
NANNY – NIKYATU JUSU, WRITER
ON THE COME UP – KAY OYEGUN, WRITER

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – AUTMUN DURALD ARKAPWA, CINEMATOGRAPHER
EMANCIPATION – ROBERT RICHARDSON, CINEMATOGRAPHER
NOPE – HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA, CINEMATOGRAPHER
TILL – BOBBY BUKOWSKI, CINEMATOGRAPHER
THE WOMAN KING – POLLY MORGAN, CINMETOGRAPHER

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – RUTH E. CARTER, COSTUME DESIGNER
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL. – LORRAINE COPPIN, COSTUME DESIGNER
NANNY – CHARLESE ANTOINETTE JONES, COSTUME DESIGNER
TILL – MARCI RODGERS, COSTUME DESIGNER
THE WOMAN KING – GERSHA PHILLIPS, COSTUME DESIGNER

OUTSTANDING EDITING
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – MICHAEL P. SHAWVER, KELLEY DIXON & JENNIFER LAME, EDITORS
I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY – DAYSHA BROADWAY, EDITOR
LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK & BLUES – JASON POLLARD & ALMA HERRERA-PAZMINO, EDITORS
THIRTEEN LIVES – JAMES D. WILCOX, EDITOR
THE WOMAN KING – TERILYN A. SHROPSHIRE, EDITOR

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – HANNAH BEACHLER, PRODUCTION DESIGNER
DEVOTION – WYNN THOMAS, PRODUCTION DESIGNER
NOPE – RUTH DE JONG, PRODUCTION DESIGNER
TILL – CURTIS BEECH, PRODUCTION DESIGNER
THE WOMAN KING – AKIN MCKENZIE, PRODUCTION DESIGNER

The winners will be announced on February 6th, 2023, hopefully via a press release that was written with the caps lock turned off.