Belfast and West Side Story lead the Critics Choice Association’s film nominations on 11 apiece, followed by Dune and The Power Of The Dog on 10.
The awards group is making a play to step up this season in light of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) turbulent year and announced its nominees on Monday (December 13) like the HFPA, and has set its 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards on January 9, 2022 – the same day the HFPA will hand out the Golden Globes.
Belfast and West Side Story join CODA, Don’t Look Up, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power Of The Dog and tick, tick…Boom! in the best picture category.
Kenneth Branagh and Steven Spielberg are both in contention for best director alongside Paul Thomas Anderson for Licorice Pizza, Jane Campion for The Power Of The Dog, Guillermo del Toro for Nightmare Alley and Denis Villeneuve for Dune.
The lead acting categories feature expected heavyweights like Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power Of The Dog and Will Smith for King Richard alongside Pig star Nicolas Cage. Licorice Pizza’s Alana Haim makes the cut in best actress with the likes of Kristen Stewart for Spencer, Olivia Colman for The Lost Daughter, and Lady Gaga for House Of Gucci.
The gender-neutral best young actor/actress category shines a light on Jude Hill (Belfast), Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), Emilia Jones (CODA), Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon), Saniyya Sidney (King Richard), and Rachel Zegler (West Side Story).
In the foreign language contest the nominees are Asghar Farhadi’s Iranian drama A Hero, Japanese entry Drive My Car, Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Danish film Flee, Paolo Sorrentino’s The Hand Of God from Italy, and The Worst Person In The World by Norway’s Joachim Trier.
As previously announced, Succession leads the Critics Choice Awards series nominations on eight. Mare Of Easttown and Evil each garnered five nods. The in-person 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards are set to take place at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and will air live on The CW and TBS.
Film Nominations For The 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards
Best picture
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power Of The Dog
tick, tick…Boom!
West Side Story
Best actor
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power Of The Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…Boom!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Best actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga – House Of Gucci
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Nicole Kidman – Being The Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Best suporting actor
Jamie Dornan – Belfast
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jared Leto – House Of Gucci
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog
Best supporting actress
Caitríona Balfe – Belfast
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power Of The Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Rita Moreno – West Side Story
Best young actor/actress
Jude Hill – Belfast
Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard
Rachel Zegler – West Side Story
Best acting ensemble
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
The Harder They Fall
Licorice Pizza
The Power Of The Dog
West Side Story
Best director
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog
Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Best original screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Zach Baylin – King Richard
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Adam McKay, David Sirota – Don’t Look Up
Aaron Sorkin – Being The Ricardos
Best adapted screenplay
Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Siân Heder – CODA
Tony Kushner – West Side Story
Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth – Dune
Best cinematography
Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Greig Fraser – Dune
Janusz Kaminski – West Side Story
Dan Laustsen – Nightmare Alley
Ari Wegner – The Power Of The Dog
Haris Zambarloukos – Belfast
Best production design
Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards – Belfast
Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Nightmare Alley
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – The French Dispatch
Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – West Side Story
Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos – Dune
Best editing
Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn – West Side Story
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast
Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza
Peter Sciberras – The Power Of The Dog
Joe Walker – Dune
Best costume design
Jenny Beavan – Cruella
Luis Sequeira – Nightmare Alley
Paul Tazewell – West Side Story
Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan – Dune
Janty Yates – House Of Gucci
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
House Of Gucci
Nightmare Alley
Best visual effects
Dune
The Matrix Resurrections
Nightmare Alley
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Best comedy
Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar
Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
Best animated feature
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs The Machines
Raya And The Last Dragon
Best foreign language film
A Hero
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand Of God
The Worst Person In The World
Best song
Be Alive – King Richard
Dos Oruguitas – Encanto
Guns Go Bang – The Harder They Fall
Just Look Up – Don’t Look Up
No Time to Die – No Time To Die
Best score
Nicholas Britell – Don’t Look Up
Jonny Greenwood – The Power Of The Dog
Jonny Greenwood – Spencer
Nathan Johnson – Nightmare Alley
Hans Zimmer – Dune.
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