Here Are The 2022 Nomination of Georgia Film Critics Association!


The winners will be announced on January 13th!

Best Picture
“After Yang”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Decision to Leave”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Fabelmans”
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Nope”
“RRR”
“Tár”
“Top Gun: Maverick”

Best Director
“Decision to Leave” – Park Chan-wook
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” – Daniels (Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert)
“The Fabelmans” – Steven Spielberg
“Nope” – Jordan Peele
“Tár” – Todd Field

Best Actor
Austin Butler (“Elvis”)
Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”)
Park Hae-il (“Decision to Leave”)
Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (“Tár”)
Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”)
Tang Wei (“Decision to Leave”)
Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”)
Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”)
Judd Hirsch (“The Fabelmans”)
Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

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: A Knives Out Mystery”)
Keke Palmer (“Nope”)

Best Original Screenplay
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Martin McDonagh
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” – Daniels (Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert)
“The Fabelmans” – Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner
“Nope” – Jordan Peele
“Tár” – Todd Field

Best Adapted Screenplay
“After Yang” – Kogonada
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” – Rian Johnson
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” – Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins, Gris Grimly, Patrick McHale
“She Said” – Rebecca Lenkiewicz
“Women Talking” – Sarah Polley, Miriam Toews

Best Cinematography
“Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” – Darius Khondji
“The Batman” – Greig Fraser
“The Fabelmans” – Janusz Kaminski
“Nope” – Hoyte Van Hoytema
“Top Gun: Maverick” – Claudio Miranda

Best Production Design
“Avatar: The Way of Water” – Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole
“Babylon” – Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” – Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions
“Elvis” – Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Beverley Dunn
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” – Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim

Best Original Score
“Babylon” – Justin Hurwitz
“The Batman” – Michael Giacchino
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” – Ludwig Göransson
“The Fabelmans” – John Williams
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” – Alexandre Desplat
“Nope” – Michael Abels

Best Original Song
“Carolina” – Taylor Swift (“Where the Crawdads Sing”)
“Ciao Papa” – Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro (“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”)
“Hold My Hand” – Lady Gaga, BloodPop, Benjamin Rice (“Top Gun: Maverick”)
“Lift Me Up” – Tems, Rihanna, Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
“Naatu Naatu” – M.M. Keeravani, Kaala Bhairava, Rahul Sipligunj (“RRR”)

Best Ensemble
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Fabelmans”
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Women Talking”

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

Best Animated Film
“Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood”
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
“Turning Red”

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

Breakthrough Award
Danielle Deadwyler
Stephanie Hsu
Tenoch Huerta
Gabriel Labelle
Amber Midthunder

Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
“Bad Dream” (short; Camilo Diaz Caro, Colby Hollman)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole)
“Devotion” (J.D. Dillard, Jake Crane, Jonathan Stewart)
“Emergency” (Carey Williams, K.D. Dávila)
“Glitter Ain’t Gold” (short; Christian Nolan Jones)
“Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” (Adamma Ebo)
“I Want You Back” (Jason Orley, Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger)
“The Menu” (Mark Mylod, Seth Reiss, Will Tracy)
“Refuge” (Erin Levin Bernhardt, Din Blankenship)
“Till” (Chinonye Chukwu, Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp)

The National Society Of Film Critics Honors TAR!


Here are the winners from one of my favorite groups of critic, the National Society of Film Critics!

Best Picture
Winner: TÁR (61 points)
Runners-up: AFTERSUN (49 points) & NO BEARS (32 points)

Best Director
Winner: Charlotte Wells, AFTERSUN (60 points)
Runners-up: Park Chan-wook, DECISION TO LEAVE (47 points) & Jafar Panahi, NO BEARS (36 points)

Best Actress
Winner: Cate Blanchett, TÁR (59 points)
Runners-up: Michelle Yeoh, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (38 points) Tilda Swinton, THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER, and Michelle Williams, THE FABELMANS (27 points)

Best Actor
Winner: Colin Farrell, AFTER YANG and THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (71 points)
Runners-up: Paul Mescal, AFTERSUN (55 points) & Bill Nighy, LIVING (33 points)

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Kerry Condon, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (57 points)
Runners-up: Nina Hoss, TÁR (43 points) & Dolly de Leon, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (35 points)

Best Supporting Actor
​Winner: Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (45 points)
Runners-up: Brian Tyree Henry, CAUSEWAY (35 points) & Barry Keoghan, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (27 points)

Best Screenplay
Winner: Todd Field, TÁR (61 points)
Runners-up: Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (42 points) & James Gray, ARMAGEDDON TIME (18 points)

Best Cinematography
Winner: Michał Dymek, EO (62 points)
Runners-up: Hoyte van Hoytema, NOPE (37 points) & Kim Ji-yong, DECISION TO LEAVE (34 points)

Best Nonfiction Film
Winner: ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED (46 points)
Runners-up: DESCENDANT (40 points) & ALL THAT BREATHES (27 points)

Best Film Not In The English Language
Winner: EO (43 points)
Runners-up: NO BEARS (37 points) & DECISION TO LEAVE (34 points)

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists Honors Banshees


Here are the 2022 picks for the best (and, in some cases, worst) of 2022 from The Alliance of Women Film Journalists!

Best Film
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
TÁR
The Woman King
Women Talking

Best Director
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun

Best Actor
Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living
Jeremy Pope, The Inspection

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Vicki Krieps, Corsage
Emma Thompson, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor
Brendon Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ben Whishaw, Women Talking

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Jessie Buckley, Women Talking
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin (TIE)
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once (TIE)
Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Original Screenplay
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner, The Fabelmans
Todd Field, TÁR
Dana Stevens & Maria Bello, The Woman King

Best Adapted Screenplay
Edward Berger, Lesley Patterson, & Ian Stokell, All Quiet on the Western Front
Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She Said
Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue, & Sebastian Lelio, The Wonder

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Guiilermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Dean Fleischer-Camp)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado)
The Sea Beast (Chris Williams)
Turning Red (Domee Shi)
Wendell & Wild (Henry Selick)

Best Documentary
All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras)
Descendant (Margaret Brown)
Fire of Love (Sara Dosa)
Good Night Oppy (Ryan White)
The Janes (Tia Lessen and Emma Pildes)

Best Non-English-Language Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo
Decision to Leave (TIE)
Happening
RRR (TIE)
Saint Omer

Best Ensemble Cast (Casting Director)
The Banshees of Inisherin (Louise Kiely)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Sarah Finn)
Triangle of Sadness (Pauline Hansson)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Sarah Finn)
The Woman King (Aisha Coley)
Women Talking (John Buchan & Jason Knight)

Best Cinematography
Ben Davis, The Banshees of Inisherin
Roger Deakins, Empire of Light
Larkin Seiple, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janusz Kamiński, The Fabelmans
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick (TIE)
Polly Morgan, The Woman King (TIE)

Best Editing
Jonathan Redmond & Matt Villa, Elvis
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Monika Willis, TÁR
Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick
Terilyn A. Shropshire, The Woman King
Roslyn Kalloo & Chris Donaldson, Women Talking

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.

Best Woman Director
Chinoye Chukwu, Till
Marie Kreutzer, Corsage
Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Maria Schrader, She Said
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun

Best Woman Screenwriter
Alice Birch, The Wonder & Mothering Sunday
Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She Said
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Domee Shi, Turning Red
Dana Stevens and Maria Bello, The Woman King
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun

Best Animated Female
Connie – Isabella Rossellni (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On)
Izzy – Keke Palmer (Lightyear)
Kat – Lyric Ross (Wendell & Wild)
Kitty Softpaws – Salma Hayek (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish)
Mei – Rosalyn Chiang (Turning Red)
Ming – Sandra Oh (Turning Red)

Best Woman’s Breakthrough Performance
Frankie Corio, Aftersun
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Thuso Mbedu, The Woman King
Amber Midthunder, Prey
Sadie Sink, The Whale

Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry
* Viola Davis for getting “The Woman King” made as her lifetime passion project and creating opportunities for other women creatives.
* Nina Menkes and Maria Giese for making “Brainwashed,” analyzing and illustrating the misogynistic representation of women in Hollywood movies.
* Domee Shi for being the first woman to direct a film for Pixar and for becoming Pixar’s VP of Creative
* Jacqueline Stewart for ongoing advocacy of the underrepresented and becoming president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
* Michelle Yeoh – lifetime achievement award.

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Grand Dame Award for defying ageism.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Viola Davis
Emma Thompson
Michelle Yeoh

Most Egregious Lovers’ Age Difference Award
Confess Fletch – Jon Hamm (born 1971) and Lorenza Izzo (born 1989)
Crimes of the Future – Viggo Mortensen (born 1958) and Lea Sedoux (born 1985)
Deep Water – Ben Affleck (born 1972) and Ana de Armas (born 1988)
Eiffel – Romain Duris (born 1974) and Emma Mackey (born 1996)

She Deserves A New Agent Award
(AWFK note: This is not a put down. On the contrary, it suggests that the actor is better than the role she’s been given.)
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Bryce Dallas Howard, Jurassic World: Dominion
Margot Robbie, Babylon
Rebel Wilson, Senior Year

Most Daring Performance
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

Time Waster Remake or Sequel Award
Firestarter
Halloween Ends
Jurassic World: Dominion
Pinocchio (Disney’s)

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award (Women and men are eligible)
* Alec Baldwin and the crew of “Rust” for continuing to deny responsibility for the on set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The situation is still messy. A wrongful death lawsuit was settled, but the criminal investigation continues. In November, Baldwin sued crew members for giving him the loaded prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. News reports say Baldwin also texted Hutchins’s husband, Matthew, saying that the gun was never meant to be fired at a particular camera angle.
* “Blonde” and Andrew Dominik
* Will Smith for his behavior at the Oscars and in the aftermath.
* Harvey Weinstein for everything and forever.

Here Are the 2022 Nominees Of The Set Decorators Society of America!


With all the attention to the various critics groups that have been announcing their picks for the best of 2022, it really is the Guilds that give us the best indication of what films are truly in the hunt for Oscar glory.  With that in mind, here are the 2022 nominations of the Set Decorators Society of America!  The winners will be announced on February 14th.

Contemporary Film
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Bullet Train
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick

Period Film
Amsterdam
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
White Noise

Fantasy/Science Fiction Film
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Don’t Worry Darling
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Musical/Comedy Film
Bros
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
Spirited
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The Columbus Film Critics Association Name Banshees The Best of 2022!


The Columbus Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2022!

And here they are:

Best Film
1. The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
3. Tár
4. Aftersun
5. Women Talking
6. Glass Onion
7. The Fabelmans
8. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
9. The Menu
10. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Director
Todd Field, Tár (RUNNER UP)
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

Best Lead Performance
Cate Blanchett, Tár (WINNER)
Olivia Colman, Empire of Light
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ralph Fiennes, The Menu
Brendan Fraser, The Whale (RUNNER UP)
Mia Goth, Pearl
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Margot Robbie, Babylon
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Performance
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin (RUNNER UP)
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Paul Dano, The Fabelmans
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin (WINNER)
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion
Keke Palmer, Nope
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Ensemble
The Banshees of Inisherin (WINNER)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion (RUNNER UP)
Women Talking

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
Hong Chau, The Menu and The Whale (RUNNER UP)
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Halloween Ends
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, and Thirteen Lives (WINNER)
Mia Goth, Pearl and X
Tilda Swinton, The Eternal Daughter, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, and Three Thousand Years of Longing
Anya Taylor-Joy, Amsterdam, The Menu, and The Northman

Breakthrough Film Artist
Austin Butler, Elvis – (for acting) (RUNNER UP)
Hong Chau, The Menu and The Whale – (for acting)
Zach Cregger, Barbarian – (for directing, screenwriting, and acting)
Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans – (for acting)
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun – (for directing and screenwriting) (WINNER)

Best Cinematography
Russell Carpenter, Avatar: The Way of Water
Ben Davis, The Banshees of Inisherin
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)
Linus Sandgren, Babylon
Hoyte Van Hoytema, Nope (RUNNER UP)

Best Film Editing
Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn, The Fabelmans
Bob Ducsay, Glass Onion
Eddie Hamilton, Top Gun: Maverick (RUNNER UP)
A. Sreekar Prasad, RRR
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Dean Fleischer-Camp, Jenny Slate, and Nick Paley, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale
Rian Johnson, Glass Onion (RUNNER UP)
Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She Said
Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews, Women Talking (WINNER)

Best Original Screenplay
Todd Field, Tár
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin (RUNNER UP)
Jordan Peele, Nope
Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, The Menu
Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, The Fabelmans

Best Score
Michael Abels, Nope
Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon (RUNNER UP)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Bones and All
John Williams, The Fabelmans

Best Documentary
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (WINNER)
Fire of Love (RUNNER UP)
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Navalny
Sr.

Best Foreign Language Film
All Quiet on the Western Front (RUNNER UP)
Decision to Leave (WINNER)
RRR
Saint Omer

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (RUNNER UP)
Mad God
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (WINNER)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Best Comedy
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once (RUNNER UP)
Glass Onion (WINNER)
The Menu
Triangle of Sadness
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Overlooked Film
After Yang (WINNER)
Confess, Fletch
God’s Country
Men
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (RUNNER UP)

Here Are The 2022 Nominees of the San Diego Film Critics Society


The winners will be announced on January 6th!

Best Picture
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
ELVIS
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
THE FABELMANS
TÁR

Best Director
Edward Berger, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Todd Field, TÁR
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Steven Spielberg, THE FABELMANS

Best Actor
Austin Butler, ELVIS
Colin Farrell, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Ralph Fiennes, THE MENU
Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE
Gabriel LaBelle, THE FABELMANS

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Danielle Deadwyler, TILL
Regina Hall, HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
Michelle Williams, THE FABELMANS
Michelle Yeoh, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Brian Tyree Henry, CAUSEWAY
Barry Keoghan, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Mark Rylance, BONES AND ALL

Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Jamie Lee Curtis, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Nina Hoss, TÁR
Stephanie Hsu, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Lashana Lynch, THE WOMAN KING

Best Comedic Performance
Nicolas Cage, THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT
Daniel Craig, GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Brian Tyree Henry, BULLET TRAIN
Brad Pitt, BULLET TRAIN
Daniel Radcliffe, WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY

Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 16)
Jalyn Hall, TILL
Madeleine McGraw, THE BLACK PHONE
Banks Repeta, ARMAGEDDON TIME
Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, AFTER YANG
Jaylin Webb, ARMAGEDDON TIME

Best Original Screenplay
Keith Beauchamp, Chinonye Chukwu, Michael Reilly, TILL
Todd Field, TÁR
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Seth Reiss, Will Tracy, THE MENU

Best Adapted Screenplay
Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale, Gris Grimly, Matthew Robbins, GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
Samuel D. Hunter, THE WHALE
David Kajganich, BONES AND ALL
Sarah Polley, Miriam Toes, WOMEN TALKING

Best Documentary
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
FIRE OF LOVE
GOOD NIGHT OPPY
NAVALNY
WILDCAT

Best Animated Film
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH
TURNING RED
WENDELL & WILD

Best Foreign Language Film
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
CLOSE
DECISION TO LEAVE
HAPPENING
RRR

Best Editing
David Brenner, James Cameron, John Refoua, Stephen E. Rivkin, Ian Silverstein, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn, THE FABELMANS
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa, ELVIS
Paul Rogers, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Best Cinematography
Russell Carpenter, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
Ben Davis, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Janus Kaminski, THE FABELMANS
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, THIRTEEN LIVES
Linus Sandgren, BABYLON

Best Production Design
Katie Byron, DON’T WORRY DARLING
Rick Carter, THE FABELMANS
Rick Heinrichs, GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Jason Kisvarday, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Florencia Martin, BABYLON

Best Visual Effects
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Best Costume Design
Jenny Beavan, MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
Ruth E. Carter, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Catherine Martin, Rachelle Mejia, ELVIS
Marci Rodgers, TILL
Mary Zophres, BABYLON

Best Sound Design
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
BULLET TRAIN
ELVIS
TÁR
TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Best Use of Music
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
ELVIS
THE FABELMANS
TÁR
WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY

Breakthrough Artist
Jessie Buckley, WOMEN TALKING
Austin Butler, ELVIS
Danielle Deadwyler, TILL
Anna Diop, NANNY
Taylor Russell, BONES AND ALL

Best Ensemble
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
THE MENU
WOMEN TALKING

Here Are The 2022 Winners Of The DiscussingFilm Critic Awards!


Earlier today, the winners of the DiscussingFilm Critic Awards were announced!

And here they are:

BEST PICTURE
Aftersun (RUNNER UP)
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Bones and All
Decision To Leave
Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
The Fabelmans
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
TÁR
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

BEST DIRECTOR
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Park Chan-wook – Decision To Leave (RUNNER UP)
Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
Steven Speilberg – The Fabelmans
Todd Field – TÁR

BEST ACTRESS
Taylor Russell – Bones and All
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
Cate Blanchett – TÁR (RUNNER UP)
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Mia Goth – Pearl

BEST ACTOR
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin (RUNNER UP)
Park Hae il – Decision To Leave
Austin Butler – Elvis
Brendan Fraser – The Whale (WINNER)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin (RUNNER UP)
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
Dolly De Leon – Triangle Of Sadness
Hong Chau – The Whale
Claire Foy – Women Talking

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees Of Inisherin (RUNNER UP)
Mark Rylance – Bones and All
Ben Whishaw – Women Talking

BEST ENSEMBLE
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (RUNNER UP)
Triangle Of Sadness
The Woman King
Women Talking (WINNER)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
David Kajganich – Bones and All
Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Samuel D. Hunter – The Whale
Sarah Polley & Miriam Toews – Women Talking (RUNNER UP)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees Of Inisherin (WINNER)
Park Chan-wook & Jeong Seo-kyeong – Decision To Leave
Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once (RUNNER UP)
Todd Field – TÁR
Ruben Östlund – Triangle Of Sadness

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (RUNNER UP)
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed (RUNNER UP)
Descendant
Fire Of Love (WINNER)
Moonage Daydream
Navalny

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
All Quiet On The Western Front
Bardo
Broker
Close
Corsage
Decision To Leave (WINNER)
EO
Holy Spider
RRR (RUNNER UP)
Saint Omer

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Linus Sandgren – Babylon
Greig Fraser – The Batman
Ji-yong Kim – Decision To Leave (RUNNER UP)
Hoyte van Hoytema – Nope (WINNER)
Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick

BEST FILM EDITING
Babylon
Decision To Leave (RUNNER UP)
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
Top Gun: Maverick

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Babylon (RUNNER UP)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (WINNER)
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Woman King

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
The Batman (WINNER)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis (RUNNER UP)
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Whale

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Babylon (WINNER)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once (RUNNER UP)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST SOUND
The Batman
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Nope (WINNER)
Top Gun: Maverick (RUNNER UP)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way Of The Water (WINNER)
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All At Once (RUNNER UP)
Top Gun: Maverick

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Babylon (RUNNER UP)
The Batman
Bones and All
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Women Talking

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Lift Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Vegas” – Elvis (RUNNER UP)
“Ciao Papa” – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR (WINNER)
“Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Aftersun (WINNER)
Fresh
The Inspection
Nanny
Turning Red (RUNNER UP)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Diego Calva – Babylon
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once (WINNER)
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans (RUNNER UP)
Dolly de Leon – Triangle Of Sadness

BEST HORROR FILM
Barbarian
Bones and All (RUNNER UP)
Nope (WINNER)
Pearl
X

Everything Wins In Oklahoma


The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle has announced its picks for the best of 2022!

And here they are:

Best Picture
“Everything Everywhere All At Once“

Best Director
Winner: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All At Once“
Runner-Up: Steven Spielberg – “The Fabelmans“

Best Actress
Winner: Cate Blanchett – TÁR
​Runner-Up: Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All At Once“

Best Actor
Winner: Brendan Fraser – “The Whale“
​Runner-Up: Colin Farrell – “The Banshees Of Inisherin“

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All At Once“
​Runner-Up: Hong Chau – “The Whale“

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Runner-Up:Paul Dano – “The Fabelmans“

Best Documentary
Winner: “All The Beauty And The Bloodshed“
​Runner-Up: “Fire Of Love”

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: “Decision To Leave“
​Runner-Up: “RRR“

Best Animated Film
Winner: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio“
​Runner-Up: “Marcel The Shell With Shoes On”

Best Score
Winner: “Babylon” – Justin Hurwitz
​Runner-Up: “The Batman” – Michael Giacchino

Best Cinematography
Winner: “Top Gun: Maverick” – Claudio Miranda
​Runner-Up: “Babylon” – Linus Sandgren

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” – Rian Johnson
​Runner-Up: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” – Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: “Everything Everywhere All At Once” – Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
​Runner-Up: “TÁR” – Todd Field

Best Ensemble
Winner: “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery“
​Runners-Up: “Babylon“

Best Body of Work
Winner: Colin Farrell (“After Yang,” “The Banshees Of Inisherin,” “The Batman” & “Thirteen Lives“)
​Runner-Up: Paul Dano (“The Fabelmans” & “The Batman“)

Best First Feature
Winner: “Aftersun” – Charlotte Wells
​Runner-Up: “Emily The Criminal” – John Patron Ford

Most Disappointing Film
Winner: “Don’t Worry Darling”
​Runner-Up: “Babylon”

Everything Everywhere Wins In North Carolina


The North Carolina Film Critics Associaiton has announced their picks for the best of 2022!  You can see the nominees by clicking here and the winners below!

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Fire of Love

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
RRR

BEST DIRECTOR
Daniels (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte van Hoytema (Nope)

BEST ACTOR
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST ACTRESS
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA
Jenny Slate (Marcel the Shell With Shoes On)

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Sarah Polley (Women Talking)

BEST EDITING
Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (Avatar: The Way of Water)

BEST STUNT COORDINATION
Nick Powell (RRR)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ruth Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP
Shane Thomas, Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Louise Coulston (Elvis)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jason Kisvarday and Kelsi Ephraim (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

BEST SCORE
Michael Giacchino (The Batman)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Naatu Naatu” (RRR)

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Johnnie Burn and Jose Antonio Garcia (Nope)

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Austin Butler (Elvis)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: COMPOSER
John Williams

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD
Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway, Bullet Train, Atlanta) – From Fayetteville, North Carolina

Here Are The 2022 Music City Film Critics Association Nominations!


The winners will be announced on January 9th and, considering that this is a Nashville-based group, I will be massively disappointed if every award doesn’t go to Elvis.

Best Picture
Aftersun
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Nope
RRR
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Director
Damien Chazelle – Babylon
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
S. S. Rajamouli – RRR
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
The Daniels – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Todd Field – Tár

Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Diego Calva – Babylon
Paul Mescal – Aftersun

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Tár
Margot Robbie – Babylon
Mia Goth – Pearl
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Viola Davis – The Woman King

Best Supporting Actor
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau – The Whale
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Young Actor
Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Gregory Mann – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Jalyn Hall – Till
Mason Thames – The Black Phone

Best Young Actress
Anna Cobb – We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Julia Butters – The Fabelmans
Sadie Sink – The Whale

Best Acting Ensemble
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Fabelmans
Women Talking

Best Music Film
Elvis
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
Moonage Daydream
Tár

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild

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

Best International Film
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Decision to Leave
EO
RRR

Best Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Women Talking

Best Original Song
“Ciao Papa” – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR
“New Body Rhumba” – White Noise

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

Best Sound
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Cinematography
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Nope
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
The Northman

Best Editing
Aftersun
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Comedy Film
Confess, Fletch
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Horror Film
Barbarian
Nope
Pearl
Smile
X

Best Action Film
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Stunt Work
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick

The Jim Ridley Award
Elvis
Moonage Daydream
Still Working 9 to 5
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile
Nicole Kidman – The Northman