Here Are The 2024 Nominations of The Greater Western New York Film Critics Assocation!


On the 23rd, the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association announced its nominations for the best of 2024.  The winners will be announced on January 4th!

BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
No Other Land
Nosferatu
A Real Pain

BEST FOREIGN FILM
All We Imagine as Light (India)
Evil Does Not Exist (Japan)
Kneecap (Ireland)
No Other Land (Palestine)
Red Rooms (Canada)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Daughters
No Other Land
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Luca Guadagnino – Challengers
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

LEAD ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight

LEAD ACTRESS
Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

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

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
Joan Chen – Dìdi
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters
Margaret Qualley – The Substance

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes
A Different Man – Aaron Schimberg
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave – Peter Straughan
Hit Man – Richard Linklater & Glen Powell
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Oh, Canada – Paul Schrader
Sing Sing – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar / story by
Kwedar, Bentley, Clarence Maclin & John Whitfield

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Challengers – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

BEST EDITING
The Brutalist – David Jancso
Challengers – Marco Costa
Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker
Nickel Boys – Nicholas Monsour
Saturday Night – Nathan Orloff & Shane Reid

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Conclave – Volker Bertelman
Nosferatu – Robin Carolan
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Yura Borisov – Anora
Lily Collias – Good One
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Mikey Madison – Anora
Izaac Wang – Dìdi

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR
India Donaldson – Good One
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Josh Margolin – Thelma
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Aaron Schimberg – A Different Man

The Online Association Of Female Film Critics Honors Both Anora and The Substance


On December 23rd. the Online Association of Female Film Critics announced their picks for the best of 2024.  And here they are!

BEST FILM
Anora (TIE)
The Brutalist
Conclave
Nickel Boys
The Substance (TIE)

BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

BEST MALE LEAD
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Zendaya – Challengers

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin – Sing Sing
Stanley Tucci – Conclave
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jamie Lee Curtis – The Last Showgirl
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Anora
Challengers
Conclave
The Piano Lesson
Sing Sing

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
A Real Pain
Anora
Challengers
His Three Daughters
The Substance

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave (TIE)
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys (TIE)
Sing Sing
Wicked

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Black Box Diaries
Daughters
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Will & Harper

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
The Wild Robot
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
All We Imagine As Light
Dahomey
Flow
The Girl With the Needle
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

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

BEST EDITING
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Nickel Boys
The Substance

BEST STUNTS
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II
Monkey Man

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Substance
Wicked

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Dune: Part Two
Maria
Nosferatu
Wicked

BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Zoë Kravitz – Blink Twice
Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson
Dev Patel – Monkey Man

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Nykiya Adams – Bird
Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin – Sing Sing
Mikey Madison – Anora
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass

THE ROSIE
The OAFFC’s signature award celebrates the film that “best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema.”
All We Imagine As Light
His Three Daughters
The Last Showgirl
Nightbitch
The Substance

The Substance Wins In Seattle


The Seattle Film Critics Society has announced its picks for the best of 2024!

BEST PICTURE
Anora – Sean Baker
The Beast – Bertrand Bonello
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
Challengers – Luca Guadagnino
Conclave – Edward Berger
Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – George Miller
I Saw the TV Glow – Jane Schoenbrun
Sing Sing – Greg Kwedar
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Bertrand Bonello – The Beast
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

LEAD ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight
George MacKay – The Beast

LEAD ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Léa Seydoux – The Beast

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Josh O’Connor – Challengers
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Chen – Dìdi (弟弟)
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

ENSEMBLE
Anora – Sean Baker
Conclave – Nina Gold and Martin Ware
Dune: Part Two – Dixie Chassay and Francine Maisler
His Three Daughters – Nicole Arbusto
Sing Sing – Greg Kwedar

PACIFIC NORTHWEST FILM
All We Carry – Cady Voge
Fish War – Jeff Ostenson, Charles Atkinson, and Skylar Wagner
Gasoline Rainbow – Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
Rainier: A Beer Odyssey – Isaac Olsen
Strange Darling – J.T. Mollner

INTERNATIONAL FILM
The Beast – Bertrand Bonello
Evil Does Not Exist – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Flow – Gints Zilbalodis
Red Rooms – Pascal Plante
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof

DOCUMENTARY FILM
Dahomey – Mati Diop
No Other Land – Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui
Will & Harper – Josh Greenbaum

ANIMATED FILM
Flow – Gints Zilbalodis
Inside Out 2 – Kelsey Mann
Transformers One – Josh Cooley
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park
The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Simon Duggan
Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

EDITING
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó
Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman and Margaret Sixel
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, and Valentin Feron

SCREENPLAY
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
Conclave – Peter Straughan
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist – Judy Becker (Production Design)
Conclave – Suzie Davies (Production Design) | Cynthia Sleiter (Set Decoration)
Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette (Production Design) | Shane Vieau (Set Decoration)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Colin Gibson (Production Design) | Katie Sharrock (Set Decoration)
Wicked – Nathan Crowley (Production Design) | Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)

COSTUME DESIGN
Conclave – Lisy Christl
Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
Wicked – Paul Tazewell

ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
Evil Does Not Exist – Eiko Ishibashi
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY
Dune: Part Two – Lee Morrison (Stunt Coordinator) | Roger Yuan (Fight Choreographer)
The Fall Guy – Chris O’Hara and Keir Beck (Stunt Coordinator) | Jonathan Eusebio (Fight Choreographer)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Tim Wong (Stunt Coordinator) | Richard Norton (Fight Choreographer)
Monkey Man – Udeh Nans (Stunt Coordinator) | Brahim Achabbakhe (Fight Choreographer)
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Kenji Tanigaki (Stunt Coordinator)

VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, and Rhys Salcombe
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Andrew Jackson and Dan Bethell
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Erik Winquist and Sean Noel Walker
The Substance – Bryan Jones and Guillaume Le Gouez
Wicked – Anthony Smith, Jonathan Fawkner, Pablo Helman, and Robert Weaver

YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Katherine Mallen Kupferer – Ghostlight
Izaac Wang – Dìdi (弟弟)
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
Count Orlok – Nosferatu (as portrayed by Bill Skarsgård)
Dementus – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (as portrayed by Chris Hemsworth)
Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen – Dune: Part Two (as portrayed by Austin Butler)
Longlegs – Longlegs (as portrayed by Nicolas Cage)
Macrinus – Gladiator II (as portrayed by Denzel Washington)

The New York Film Critics Online Honor The Substance


The New York Film Critics Online have announced their picks for the best of 2024!

PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
September 5
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance

ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – A Different Man

ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Nicole Kidman – Babygirl
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yuriy Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Carol Kane – Between the Temples
Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

ENSEMBLE CAST
Anora
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Sing Sing
Wicked

USE OF MUSIC
The Brutalist
Challengers
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Wicked

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu

DEBUT DIRECTOR
Annie Baker – Janet Planet
Mike Cheslik – Hundreds of Beavers
India Donaldson – Good One
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Josh Margolin – Thelma

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
Lily Collias – Good One
Mark Eydelshteyn – Anora
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Mikey Madison – Anora
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding

ANIMATION
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
All We Imagine as Light
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

DOCUMENTARY
Black Box Diaries
Dahomey
Daughters
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Here Are The 2024 Satellite Nominations


Yesterday, the nominations for the 28th Annual Satellite Awards were announced.

The Satellites began as an off-shoot of the Golden Globes and they’ve never really escaped the shadow of the Globes (and the Globes themselves have never really escaped the shadow of the Oscars.)  That said, the Sattelites are usually interesting, if just because they usually have a few nominees that haven’t previously been considered to be contenders.  That’s certainly the case this year, with nominations for Cabrini, The Order, and LaRoy, Texas.

The winners will be announced on January 26th.

Motion Picture, Drama
Cabrini – Angel Studios
Conclave – Focus Features
Dune: Part Two – Warner Bros.
Nickel Boys – Amazon MGM Studios
Sing Sing – A24
The Brutalist – A24
The Order – Vertical Entertainment
Young Woman and the Sea – Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Anora – Neon
A Real Pain – Searchlight Pictures
Ghostlight – IFC Films
Hit Man – Netflix
LaRoy, Texas – Brainstorm Media
The Substance – MUBI
Thelma – Magnolia Pictures
Wicked – Universal Pictures

Motion Picture, International
I’m Still Here – Brazil
Queens – Swizerland / Peru
The Girl with the Needle – Denmark
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig – Germany
The Wait – Spain
Waves – Czech Republic

Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Flow – Janus Films
Inside Out 2 – Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Memoir of a Snail – IFC Films
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom – Fathom Events
The Wild Robot – Universal Pictures/Dreamworks Animation
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Netflix

Motion Picture, Documentary
Dahomey – MUBI
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes – HBO Documentary Films
I Am: Celine Dion – Amazon MGM Studios
No Other Land – Self Distributed
Porcelain War – Picturehouse
Sugarcane – National Geographic Documentary Films
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Fathom Events
The Bloody Hundredth – Apple TV+

Director
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Edward Berger – Conclave
Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Sean Baker – Anora

Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
Nicole Kidman – Babygirl
Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun
Tilda Swinton – The Room Next Door

Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Daniel Craig – Queer
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Actress in Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Demi Moore – The Substance
June Squibb – Thelma
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora
Winona Ryder – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Actor in Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Glen Powell – Hit Man
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
John Magaro – LaRoy, Texas
Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight
Michael Keaton – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Ryan Gosling – The Fall Guy

Actress in a Supporting Role
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Pérez

Actor in a Supporting Role
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Yura Borisov – Anora

Screenplay, Original
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
Mike Leigh – Hard Truths
Mohammad Rasoulof – The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
Sean Baker – Anora

Screenplay, Adapted
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield (based on “The Sing Sing Follies” by John H. Richardson and “Breakin’ the Mummy’s Code” by Brent Buell) – Sing Sing
Jacques Audiard (based on “Listen” by Boris Razon) – Emilia Pérez
Pedro Almodóvar (written by), Sigrid Nunez (novel “What Are You Going Through”) – The Room Next Door
Peter Straughan (screenplay by), Robert Harris (book) – Conclave
RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes (based on “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead) – Nickel Boys
Vuk Draskovic, Miroslav Lekic (written by), Vuk Draskovic (novel) – Russian Consul

Cinematography
Edward Lachman – Maria
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys
John Mathieson – Gladiator II
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist

Costume Design
Janty Yates – Gladiator II
Jacqueline Durran – Blitz
Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria
Paul Tazewell – Wicked

Film Editing
Dávid Jancsó – The Brutalist
Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
Juliette Welfling – Emilia Pérez
Nick Emerson – Conclave
Sam Restivo, Claire Simpson – Gladiator II
Sean Baker – Anora

Production Design
Arthur Max (Production Designer), Jille Azis and Elli Griff (Set Decorators) – Gladiator II
Craig Lathrop (Production Designer), Beatrice Brentnerova (Set Decorator) – Nosferatu
Judy Becker (Production Designer), Patricia Cuccia and Mercédesz Nagyváradi (Set Decorators) – The Brutalist
Nathan Crowley (Production Designer), Lee Sandales (Set Decorator) – Wicked
Patrice Vermette (Production Designer), Shane Vieau (Set Decorator) – Dune: Part Two
Suzie Davies (Production Designer), Cynthia Sleiter (Set Decorator) – Conclave

Original Score
Alberto Iglesias – The Room Next Door
Clément Ducol, Camille – Emilia Pérez
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave

Original Song
“El Mal” by Clement Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
“The Journey” by Diane Warren – The Six Triple Eight
“Kiss the Sky” by Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack & Ali Tamposi – The Wild Robot
“Mi Camino” by Clement Ducol and Camille – Emilia Pérez
“Never Too Late” by Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Elton John: Never Too Late
“Winter Coat” by Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen, and Taura Stinson – Blitz

Sound (Editing and Mixing)
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Gladiator II
Twisters
Wicked

Visual Effects
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
Mufasa: The Lion King
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Wicked

Ensemble Motion Picture
Nosferatu – Focus Features

Anora Wins in San Francisco


Yesterday, the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle announced their picks for best of 2024!

Best Film
Anora
The Brutalist
Hard Truths
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing

Best Director
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet
Hard Truths – Mike Leigh
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

Best Actress
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

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

Best Supporting Actress
Joan Chen – Dìdi (弟弟)
Carol Kane – Between the Temples
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Pérez

Best Supporting Actor
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

Best International Feature Film
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary Feature
Daughters
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Best Animated Feature
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir Of A Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Original Screenplay
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Hard Truths – Mike Leigh
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat

Best Adapted Screenplay
Conclave – Peter Straughan
Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts
Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes
Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield

Best Cinematography
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

Best Editing
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó
Challengers – Marco Costa
Conclave – Nick Emerson
September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich

Best Original Score
The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

Best Production Design
The Brutalist – Judy Becker
Conclave – Suzie Davies, Roberta Federico
Dune: Part Two – Zsuzsanna Sipos, Shane Vieau, Patrice Vermette
Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop
Wicked – Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales

Special Citation for Independent Cinema
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Femme
Rumours
The Secret Art of Taking Flight

Dune Part II Wins in St. Louis


Yesterday, the St. Louis Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2024!  It was another victory for Dune Part II!

BEST FILM
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
September 5
Sing Sing
Wicked

BEST DIRECTOR
Edward Berger – “Conclave
Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist”
Mohammad Rasoulof – “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys”
Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two

BEST ACTRESS
Pamela Anderson – “The Last Showgirl”
Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – “Hard Truths”
Mikey Madison – “Anora”
Demi Moore – “The Substance”
Saoirse Ronan – “The Outrun”

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist”
Timothee Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – “Queer”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave
Hugh Grant – “Heretic”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown
Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson”
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – “Nickel Boys”
Ariana Grande – “Wicked
Zoe Saldana – “Emilia Perez”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
Clarence Maclin “Sing Sing
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist”
Stanley Tucci – “Conclave
Denzel Washington – “Gladiator II”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Wicked

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
Hard Truths
A Real Pain
Saturday Night
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Maria
Nosferatu
Nickel Boy

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dune: Part Two
Hundreds of Beavers
Maria
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST EDITING
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Saturday Night
September 5

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
The Wild Robot

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Nosferatu

BEST SOUNDTRACK
A Complete Unknown

Deadpool & Wolverine
I Saw the TV Glow
Maria
Wicked

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Maya Hawke – “Inside Out 2”
Lupita Nyong’o – “The Wild Robot”
Pedro Pascal – “The Wild Robot”
Amy Poehler – “Inside Out 2”
Sarah Snook – “Memoir of a Snail”

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

BEST ENSEMBLE

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

BEST HORROR FILM
Heretic
I Saw the TV Glow
Late Night with the Devil
Longlegs
Nosferatu
The Substance

BEST STUNTS
Deadpool & Wolverine
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II
Monkey Man

BEST COMEDY FILM
Deadpool & Wolverine
The Fall Guy
Hundreds of Beavers
A Real Pain
Saturday Night

BEST ACTION FILM
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Monkey Man

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Daughters
Music by John Williams
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
All We Imagine As Light
Dahomey
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Emilia Perez
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM
Annie Baker – “Janet Planet”
Anna Kendrick – “Woman of the Hour”
Josh Margolin – “Thelma”
Dev Patel – “Monkey Man”
RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys”
Malcolm Washington – “The Piano Lesson”

BEST SCENE
Civil War – “What kind of an American are you?”
Dune: Part Two – Riding the Sandworm
The Substance – New Year’s Eve performance
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – War Rig battle
His Three Daughters – Dad’s Chair

Here Are The 2024 Critics Choice Award Nominations


I have one last awards season precursor to share with everyone and then we’ll be up to date!

Earlier this week, the Critics Choice Nominations were announced.  The Critics Choice is kind of a low-rent version of the Golden Globes.  They’ll be handing out their awards on January 12th.  Here are their nominees:

BEST PICTURE
A Complete Unknown
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

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

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Izaac Wang – Didi
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Anora
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sean Baker – Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum & Alex David – September 5
Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox – Wicked
Greg Kwedar & Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
Peter Straughan – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Alice Brooks – Wicked
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Judy Becker & Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist
Nathan Crowley & Lee Sandales – Wicked
Suzie Davies – Conclave
Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
Arthur Max, Jille Azis & Elli Griff – Gladiator II
Patrice Vermette & Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two

BEST EDITING
Sean Baker – Anora
Marco Costa – Challengers
Nick Emerson – Conclave
David Jancso – The Brutalist
Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Lisy Christl – Conclave
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria
Paul Tazewell – Wicked
Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
Janty Yates & Dave Crossman – Gladiator II

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener & Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two
Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth & Laura Blount – Wicked
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton & David White – Nosferatu
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman & Aaron Saucier – A Different Man

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny & Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould & David Shirk – Wicked
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe & Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft & Peter Stubbs – Better Man
Visual Effects Team – The Substance
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story & Rodney Burke – Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir Of A Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

BEST COMEDY
A Real Pain
Deadpool & Wolverine
Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
Kneecap
I’m Still Here
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

BEST SONG
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl – Miley Cyrus
“Compress / Repress” – Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón & Camille
“Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Maren Morris
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez

BEST SCORE
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two

Here Are The 2024 Nominations of the American Cinema Editors!


Earlier this week, the American Cinema Editors announced their nominations for the best edited films of 2024!  This is an important precursor because many ACE members are also members of the Academy.

The winners will be revealed on January 18th.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical)
Civil War – Jake Roberts, ACE
Conclave – Nick Emerson
Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker, ACE
Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman & Margaret Sixel, ACE

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical)
Anora – Sean Baker
Challengers – Marco Costa
A Real Pain – Robert Nassau
The Substance – Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet & Valentin Féron
Wicked – Myron Kerstein, ACE

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Flow – Gints Zilbalodis
Inside Out 2 – Maurissa Horwitz
Moana 2 – Jeremy Milton, ACE & Michael Louis Hill
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Dan Hembery
The Wild Robot – Mary Blee

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Beatles ’64 – Mariah Rehmet, ACE
Jim Henson: Idea Man – Sierra Neal & Paul Crowder, ACE
Her Name was Moviola – Howard Berry
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Otto Burnham
Will & Harper – Monique Zavistovski, ACE

The Brutalist Takes Down The Competition In Chicago!


On December 12th, the Chicago Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2024!

BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
The Substance

BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw the TV Glow

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Léa Seydoux – The Beast

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Adam Pearson – A Different Man

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora by Sean Baker
The Brutalist by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
Challengers by Justin Kurtizkes
A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance by Coralie Fargeat

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Beast by Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, & Benjamin Charbit
Conclave by Peter Straughan
Nickel Boys by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Nosferatu by Robert Eggers
Sing Sing by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dahomey
Daughters
No Other Land
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Evil Does Not Exist
Red Rooms
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Challengers – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan
Maria – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
Wicked – Paul Tazewell

BEST EDITING
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó
Challengers – Marco Costa
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman & Margaret Sixel
Nickel Boys – Nicolas Monsour

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer
Nosferatu – Robin Carolan
Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Hundreds of Beavers
The Substance
Wicked

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Mike Cheslik – Hundreds of Beavers
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light
Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Lily Collias – Good One
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Brigette Lundy-Paine – I Saw the TV Glow
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Adam Pearson – A Different Man