Well, this was a surprise. Awards season 2022 has properly snuck up on me. I didn't even have a chance to do my usual "For Your Consideration" post. Ah well, no matter. What's important is that we're here.
Over the last two days, we've had three sets of awards nominations. So here we go!
GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS
As longtime readers of the blog will be aware, the HFPA split their awards, giving certain categories for both Drama and Musical or Comedy, rather than just going for the out-and-out drama as most awards tend to do.
Below is a selection of the film nominees:
Best Picture - Drama
Belfast
CODA
Dune
King Richard
The Power Of The Dog
Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
Cyrano
Don't Look Up
Licorice Pizza
tick, tick… Boom!
West Side Story
Best Director
Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
Jane Campion (The Power Of The Dog)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
Denis Villeneuve (Dune)
Best Actor - Drama
Mahershala Ali (Swan Song)
Javier Bardem (Being The Ricardos)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power Of The Dog)
Will Smith (King Richard)
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy Of Macbeth)
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
Leonardo DiCaprio (Don't Look Up)
Peter Dinklage (Cyrano)
Andrew Garfield (tick, tick… Boom!)
Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza)
Anthony Ramos (In The Heights)
Best Actress - Drama
Jessica Chastain (The Eyes Of Tammy Faye)
Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Nicole Kidman (Being The Ricardos)
Lady Gaga (House Of Gucci)
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
Marion Cotillard (Annette)
Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)
Jennifer Lawrence (Don't Look Up)
Emma Stone (Cruella)
Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)
Best Supporting Actor
Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar)
Jamie Dornan (Belfast)
Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Troy Kotsur (CODA)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power Of The Dog)
Best Supporting Actress
Caitriona Balfe (Belfast)
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power Of The Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
Ruth Negga (Passing)
A full list of nominees can be found here.
The Power Of The Dog leads the pack with seven nods, whilst Belfast is one behind on six. King Richard, Don't Look Up, Licorice Pizza, and West Side Story have four apiece.
It has been something of a torrid year for the HFPA, with reports of its lack of membership diversity and issues over transparency (amongst others) leading to various boycotts and NBC announcing they would not broadcast the 2021 Golden Globes. It was telling that many TV stations didn't send a camera crew to the announcement, although it was available to be streamed online (and there's still the matter of COVID to deal with). Nonetheless, the HFPA will still hand the Golden Globes out on Sunday 9th January 2022. But they won't be the only awards body to do so...
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CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS
As if the Golden Globes weren't excitement enough, yesterday also saw the announcement of the movie nominations for the 27th Annual Critics' Choice Awards.
Here are a selection of their nominees:
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 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 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)
Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)
Nicole Kidman (Being The Ricardos)
Lady Gaga (House Of Gucci)
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
Best Supporting 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
Caitriona 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)
A full list of nominees can be found here.
Belfast and West Side Story both have 11 nominations, whilst The Power Of The Dog and Dune have 10 apiece.
On a personal note, I'm over the moon to see Rita Moreno get a nod for her role in the new version of West Side Story (she plays Valentina, the owner of the drugstore that Tony works at). Here's hoping she gets an Oscar nod as well.
The 27th Critics' Choice Awards will be handed out on Sunday 9th January 2022, in a ceremony co-hosted by Taye Diggs (returning to hosting duties for the fourth time) and Nicole Byer. The Critics' Choice Awards will be broadcast on The CW and TBS.
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FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS
If yesterday's double whammy wasn't enough awards news, today (Tuesday 14th December) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards, announced by Beanie Feldstein, Regina Hall, and Naomi Watts. Truly our cup runneth over.
As you're probably aware by now, these awards recognise films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system. The budget for eligible films is $22.5 million (meaning films like The Power Of The Dog, Don't Look Up, tick, tick... Boom!, Belfast, and The Harder They Fall would be ineligible for Independent Spirit consideration).
Below is a selection of nominations:
Best Feature
A Chiara
C'mon C'mon
The Lost Daughter
The Novice
Zola
Best Director
Janicza Bravo (Zola)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
Lauren Hadaway (The Novice)
Mike Mills (C'mon C'mon)
Ninja Thyberg (Pleasure)
Best Male Lead
Clifton Collins, Jr. (Jockey)
Frankie Faison (The Killing Of Kenneth Chamberlain)
Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian)
Udo Kier (Swan Song)
Simon Rex (Red Rocket)
Best Female Lead
Isabelle Fuhrman (The Novice)
Brittany S. Hall (Test Pattern)
Patti Harrison (Together Together)
Taylour Paige (Zola)
Taylor Reece (Catch The Fair One)
Best Supporting Male
Colman Domingo (Zola)
Meeko Gattuso (Queen Of Glory)
Troy Kotsur (CODA)
Will Patton (Sweet Thing)
Chaske Spencer (Wild Indian)
Best Supporting Female
Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
Amy Forsyth (The Novice)
Ruth Negga (Passing)
Revika Anne Reustle (Pleasure)
Suzanna Son (Red Rocket)
Zola leads the nominations with seven, The Novice has five, whilst The Lost Daughter and Wild Indian each have four.
Also, for anyone who cares, the Swan Song that Udo Kier has received a Best Actor nod for is not the same as the Swan Song that Mahershala Ali got a Golden Globe Best Actor nom for- Kier plays an ageing hairdresser who escapes his nursing home to do a former client's hair one last time, whilst Ali plays a terminally ill man who clones himself in order to save his wife and son from grief (he also plays the clone).
Changing things up a little, the Film Independent Spirit Awards will be given out in a ceremony on the Santa Monica beachfront on Saturday 6th March 2022.
Congratulations to all nominees!
So, we are off again on the awards trail. Luckily the next stop isn't until January (when the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards will be handed out).
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