Anora Wins In North Texas

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The North Texas Film Critics Association has announced its picks for the best of 2024!

BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Sing Sing

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Daniel Craig – Queer

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl
Anya Taylor-Joy – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Yura Borisov – Anora

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Pérez
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist

BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig (Germany) (TIE)
Flow (Latvia) (TIE)
Kneecap (Ireland)
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
All We Imagine As Light (an international co-production involving companies from France, India, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Italy)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Sugarcane
Will & Harper
Daughters
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Wild Robot
Memoir Of A Snail
Inside Out 2
Flow
Transformers One

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
John Mathieson – Gladiator II
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys

BEST NEWCOMER
Marissa Bode – Wicked
Ethan Herisse – Nickel Boys
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge

BEST SCREENPLAY
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain

GARY MURRAY AWARD (Best Ensemble)
Conclave
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked
Dune: Part Two

Here Are The 2024 Nominations of the North Texas Film Critics Association

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Lisa Marie Bowman

On December 23rd, the North Texas Film Critics Association announced their nominations for the best of 2024! The winners will be announced on December 30th.

BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Sing Sing

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Daniel Craig – Queer

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl
Anya Taylor-Joy – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Yura Borisov – Anora

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Pérez
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist

BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig (Germany)
Flow (Latvia)
Kneecap (Ireland)
I’m Still Here (Brazil)
All We Imagine As Light (an international co-production involving companies from France, India, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Italy)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Sugarcane
Will & Harper
Daughters
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Wild Robot
Memoir Of A Snail
Inside Out 2
Flow
Transformers One

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
John Mathieson – Gladiator II
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys

BEST NEWCOMER
Marissa Bode – Wicked
Ethan Herisse – Nickel Boys
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Aaron Pierre – Rebel Ridge

BEST SCREENPLAY
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain

GARY MURRAY AWARD (Best Ensemble)
Conclave
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked
Dune: Part Two

Oppenheimer Wins In North Texas!

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The North Texas Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2023 and it was a good day for Oppenheimer! The winners are listed, in bold, below!

BEST PICTURE
American Fiction
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla
Emma Stone – Poor Things

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Glenn Howerton – Blackberry
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
America Ferrera – Barbie
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

BEST DIRECTOR
Emerald Fennell – Saltburn
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy of a Fall
Godland
Perfect Days
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
A Disturbance in the Force
Judy Blume Forever
Little Richard: I Am Everything
The Mission
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Wish

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Yeoman – Asteroid City
Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon
Dariusz Wolski – Napoleon
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Robbie Ryan – Poor Things
Linus Sandgren – Saltburn

BEST NEWCOMER
Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid/The Color Purple
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Charles Melton – May December
Allison Oliver – Saltburn
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

BEST SCREENPLAY
Alex Convery – Air
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Celine Song – Past Lives

GARY MURRAY AWARD (BEST ENSEMBLE)
Air
Asteroid City
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Oppenheimer
Saltburn

Here Are The 2023 Nominations of the North Texas Film Critics Association!

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Here are the 2023 nominations of the North Texas Film Critics Association! This group, of which I’m still not a member, will be announcing their winners on December 14th.

BEST PICTURE
American Fiction
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla
Emma Stone – Poor Things

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Glenn Howerton – Blackberry
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
America Ferrera – Barbie
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

BEST DIRECTOR
Emerald Fennell – Saltburn
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy of a Fall
Godland
Perfect Days
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
A Disturbance in the Force
Judy Blume Forever
Little Richard: I Am Everything
The Mission
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Wish

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Yeoman – Asteroid City
Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon
Dariusz Wolski – Napoleon
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Robbie Ryan – Poor Things
Linus Sandgren – Saltburn

BEST SCREENPLAY
Alex Convery – Air
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Celine Song – Past Lives

GARY MURRAY AWARD (BEST ENSEMBLE)
Air
Asteroid City
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Oppenheimer
Saltburn

The North Texas Film Critics Association Honors Everything!

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

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 2022 Nominations of the North Texas Film Critics Association!

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The North Texas Film Critics Association have announced their nominees for the best of 2022 and they are, I believe, one of the first of the critic groups to give The Menu some love.

Here are the nominees:

Best Picture
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
The Menu
She Said
The Whale

Best Director
Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ralph Fiennes – The Menu
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Jeremy Pope- The Inspection

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Tár
Olivia Colman – Empire of Light
Viola Davis – The Woman King
Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actress
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Carey Mulligan – She Said

Best Animated Film
The Bad Guys
Luck
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Turning Red

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

Best Foreign Language Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Close
Holy Spider
RRR

Best Cinematographer
Roger Deakins – Empire of Light
Larkin Seiple – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Janusz Kaminski – The Fabelmans
Jarin Blaschke – The Northman
Claudio Miranda- Top Gun: Maverick

Best Newcomer
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Thuso Mbedu – The Woman King
Jenna Ortega – X
Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy

Gary Murray Award (Best Ensemble)
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Menu

The North Texas Film Critics Crown The Green Knight

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The North Texas Film Critics have announced their picks for the best of 2021! All hail The Green Knight!

Best Picture
Dune
The Green Knight
Spencer
West Side Story

Best Director
Joel Coen, The Tragedy of Macbeth
David Lowery, The Green Knight
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Denis Villenueve, Dune

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Dev Patel, The Green Knight
Joaquin Phoenix, C’mon C’mon
Will Smith, King Richard

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Noomi Rapace, Lamb
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

Best Supporting Actor
Barry Keoghan, The Green Knight
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch

Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Rita Moreno, West Side Story
Tilda Swinton, The French Dispatch

Best Animated Film
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Documentary
Summer of Soul
Val
The Velvet Underground

Best Foreign Language Film
A Hero
Lamb
Titane

Best Cinematographer
Greig Fraser, Dune
Janusz Kamiński, West Side Story
Claire Mathon, Spencer

Best Newcomer
Jude Hill, Belfast
Emilia Jones, CODA
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

Gary Murray Award (Best Ensemble)
Don’t Look Up
The French Dispatc

Here are The 2021 Nominations of the North Texas Film Critics Association!

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The North Texas Film Critics Association (still waiting for my invitation, people!) have announced their nominations for the best of 2021! They showed some love to The Green Knight, directed by North Texas’s own David Lowery. Interestingly enough, they showed far less love to The Power of the Dog.

Here are the nominations!

Best Picture
Dune
The Green Knight
Spencer
West Side Story

Best Director
Joel Coen, The Tragedy of Macbeth
David Lowery, The Green Knight
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Denis Villenueve, Dune

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Dev Patel, The Green Knight
Joaquin Phoenix, C’mon C’mon
Will Smith, King Richard

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Noomi Rapace, Lamb
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

Best Supporting Actor
Barry Keoghan, The Green Knight
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch

Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Rita Moreno, West Side Story
Tilda Swinton, The French Dispatch

Best Animated Film
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Documentary
Summer of Soul
Val
The Velvet Underground

Best Foreign Language Film
A Hero
Lamb
Titane

Best Cinematographer
Greig Fraser, Dune
Janusz Kamiński, West Side Story
Claire Mathon, Spencer

Best Newcomer
Jude Hill, Belfast
Emilia Jones, CODA
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

Gary Murray Award (Best Ensemble)
Don’t Look Up
The French Dispatch
Mass

The North Texas Film Critics Association Honor Nomadland!

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Lisa Marie Bowman

While the National Board of Review was announcing that they had selected Da 5 Bloods as the best film of 2020, the North Texas Film Critics Association was busy honoring Nomandland instead.

Here are the winners from North Texas:

(Winners are in bold)

BEST PICTURE
Nomadland
Mank
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Promising Young Woman

BEST ACTOR
Steven Yeun – Minari
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST ACTRESS
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

BEST DIRECTOR
Isaac Chung – Minari
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
JK Simmons – Palm Springs

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Film
Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tenet
Joshua James Richard – Nomadland
Eric Messerschmidt – Mank

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Life Ahead
Minari
The Mole Agent

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Time
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Over the Moon

BEST NEWCOMER
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Film
Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Linda May – Nomadland

GARY MURRAY AWARD (Best Ensemble)
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Da 5 Bloods
The Glorias

Here Are The Nominations of the North Texas Film Critics Association

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The North Texas Film Critics Association announced their nominations for the best of 2020 yesterday.

Their nominations have some interesting quirks. Even though they mostly nominated the usual suspects, they did also find time to nominate J.K. Simmons for Palm Springs. They also showed Mank a bit more love than it’s been getting from the other critics groups. North Texas is a far more weed-friendly than a lot of people realize and these nominations have a nice, mellow, let’s do whatever we want vibe to them.

The winners will be announced on November 26th!

BEST PICTURE
Nomadland
Mank
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Promising Young Woman

BEST ACTOR
Steven Yeun – Minari
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

BEST ACTRESS
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
JK Simmons – Palm Springs

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Film
Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tenet
Joshua James Richards – Nomadland
Erik Messerschmidt – Mank

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Life Ahead (Italy)
Minari (Korea)
The Mole Agent (Chile)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Time
All In: The Fight for Democracy
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Over the Moon

BEST NEWCOMER
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Film
Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Linda May – Nomadland

GARY MURRAY AWARD (Best Ensemble)
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Da 5 Bloods
The Glorias