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

Everything Wins In St. Louis


 

On the 18th, the St. Louis Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2022!  You can see the winners below!

BEST FILM
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
She Said
Women Talking (RUNNER UP)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Banshees Of Inisherin (WINNER TIE)
Decision To Leave
Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER TIE)
The Fabelmans
The Menu (RUNNER UP)
TÁR

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Banshees Of Inisherin (WINNER)
The Batman (RUNNER UP)
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

BEST EDITING
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Elvis (RUNNER UP)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
Top Gun: Maverick
TÁR

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Babylon
The Banshees Of Inisherin (RUNNER UP TIE)
The Batman (RUNNER UP TIE)
The Fabelmans (RUNNER UP TIE)
Women Talking (WINNER)

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis (WINNER)
Moonage Daydream (RUNNER UP)
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 (WINNER)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (RUNNER UP)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (RUNNER UP)
Elvis (WINNER)
The Fabelmans
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
The Woman King

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way Of The Water (WINNER)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (RUNNER UP)
Nope
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

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

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

BEST HORROR FILM
Men
Nope (WINNER)
Pearl
Scream
X (RUNNER UP)

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

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
All Quiet On The Western Front
Close
Decision To Leave (WINNER)
Happening
RRR (RUNNER UP)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed (WINNER)
Fire Of Love
Good Night Oppy (RUNNER UP TIE)
Moonage Daydream (RUNNER UP TIE)
Sr.

​BEST SCENE
Sam meets his idol – The Fabelmans (WINNER)
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 (RUNNER UP)

Top Gun: Maverick Wins Best Cinematography In Utah!!!!


Yesterday, the Utah Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2022!

And here they are:

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

Best Director
Winner: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner Up: SS Rajamouli – RRR

Best Actor
Winner: Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Runner Up: Austin Butler – Elvis

Best Actress
Winner: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner Up: Danielle Deadwyler – Till

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner Up: Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin

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

Best Ensemble
Winner: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runners Up: The Banshees Of Inisherin, Glass Onion & Women Talking (TIE)

Best Original Screenplay
Winners: The Banshees Of Inisherin & Everything Everywhere All At Once (TIE)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winners: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On & Women Talking (TIE)

Best Cinematography
Winner: Top Gun: Maverick
Runner Up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Film Editing
Winner: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runners Up: Top Gun: Maverick

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

Best Original Score
Winner: The Banshees Of Inisherin
Runner Up: The Batman

Best Documentary Feature
Winner: Wildcat
Runner Up: Good Night Oppy

Best Animated Feature
Winner: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Runner Up: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Non-English Language Feature
Winner: RRR
Runner Up: Bardo & Close

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Fantasy, Horror or Science-Fiction Film
Winner: Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner Up: Mia Goth – Pearl

Philadelphia Loves Everything Everywhere All At Once!


Yesterday, the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle announced their picks for the best of 2022 and they really loved Everything Everywhere All At Once!

Check out the winners:

Best Film
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-Up: TAR

Best Director
Daniel Kahn & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-Up: Todd Field – TAR

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – TAR
Runner-Up: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

​Best Actor
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Runner-Up: Bill Nighy – Living

Best Supporting Actress
Janelle Monae – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
​Runner-Up: Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once

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

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Runner-Up: Turning Red

​Best Foreign Film
RRR
Runner-Up: Holy Spider

Best Documentary
Good Night Oppy
Runner-Up: Fire Of Love

Best Cinematography
RRR
Runner-Up: Top Gun: Maverick

Best Breakthrough Performance
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-Up: Austin Butler – Elvis

Best Directorial Debut
John Patton Ford – Emily The Criminal
Runner-Up: Goran Stolevski – You Won’t Be Alone

Best Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runners-Up: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Score/Soundtrack
RRR
Runner-Up: TAR

Best Ensemble
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Runner-Up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Cheesesteak Award – for a film meant to recognize a blockbuster that’s hard to ignore
Top Gun: Maverick
Runner-Up: RRR

Elaine May Award – for a deserving person or film that brings awareness to a story from womens’ perspective
Women Talking

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


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

 

Banshees Rises From The Ashes in Phoenix


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!


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!


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

Chicago Honors The Banshees


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


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)