Coinciding with the announcement of the Golden Globes nominations, the Critics Choice Awards have also made public the nominations for its 27th edition, which is scheduled to hold its gala on the same day as the HFPA awards, on January 9, 2022 Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ and Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ are the favorites, with eleven nominations each.
Considered one of the most personal projects of Kenneth Branagh, who was born in the capital of Northern Ireland, ‘Belfast’ is up for the awards for best film, best direction, best original screenplay, best new performance, best cast, best actress of Cast, two for Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Editing.
With the same number of nominations, ‘West Side Story’, the remake of the iconic 1961 musical with which Spielberg made her debut in the musical genre, aspires to become the other favorite. The film is up for the award for the best film, the best director, the best adapted screenplay, two for the best supporting actress, the best revelation performance, the best cast, the best costume design, the best production design, for the best montage and the best photography.
A very close competition, as ‘Dune’ and ‘The power of the dog’ aspire to 10 prizes, followed by ‘Licorice Pizza’ and ‘The alley of lost souls’, which compete for eight awards. In fourth position, are ‘The Williams method’ and ‘Don’t look up’, which have achieved six nominations.
This is the list of nominees for the Critics Choice Awards 2022:
BEST FILM
Belfast
Coda
Dune
The alley of lost souls
The Williams method
The power of the dog
Licorice Pizza
Don’t look up
· Tick, tick … Boom!
West Side Story
BEST ACTOR
Nicholas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
· Andrew Garfield – Tick, tick * Boom!
Will Smith – The Williams Method
Denzel Washington – Macbeth
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – Tammy Faye’s Eyes
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga – The Gucci House
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jamie Dornan – Belfast
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jared Leto – The Gucci House
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee – Power of the Dog
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Caitríona Balfe – Belfast
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – The Williams Method
Rita Moreno – West Side Story
BEST INTERPRETATION REVELATION
Jude Hill – Belfast
Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon. Always ahead
Saniyya Sidney – The Williams Method
Rachel Zegler – West Side Story
BEST CAST
Belfast
The power of the dog
Licorice Pizza
The harder the fall will be
Don’t look up
West Side Story
BEST DIRECTION
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Guillermo del Toro – The Alley of Lost Souls
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Zach Baylin – The Williams Method
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Adam McKay and David Sirota – Don’t Look Up
Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos
BEST ADAPTED SCRIPT
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Siân Heder – CODA
Tony Kushner – West Side Story
Jon Spaiths, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth – Dune
BEST PHOTOGRAPH
Belfast – Haris Zambarloukos
Dune – Greig Fraser
The Alley of Lost Souls – Dan Lausten
The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner
Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story – Janusz Kaminski
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Belfast – Jim Clay and Claire Nia Richards
Dune – Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos
The Alley of Lost Souls – Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau
The French Chronicle – Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo
West Side Story – Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo
BEST ASSEMBLY
Belfast – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
Dune – Joe Walker
The Power of the Dog – Peter Sciberras
Licorice Pizza – Andy Jurgensen
West Side Story – Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella – Jenny Beavan
Dune – Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
The alley of lost souls – Luis Sequeira
The Gucci House – Janty Yates
West Side Story – Paul Tazewell
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRDRESSING
Cruella
Dune
The alley of lost souls
The Gucci House
Tammy Faye’s eyes
BETTER VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune
The alley of lost souls
Matrix Resurrections
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
No time to die
BEST COMEDY
Barb and Star go to Vista del Mar
Free Guy
The French Chronicle
Licorice Pizza
Don’t look up
BEST ANIMATION FILM
Charm
Flee
The Mitchells against the machines
Luca
Raya and the last dragon
BEST NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING MOVIE
Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
It was the hand of God (Italy)
The worst person in the world (Norway)
A hero (Iran)
BEST SONG
The Williams Method – Be Alive (Dixson, Beyoncé)
· Charm – Two caterpillars (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
Harder Will Fall – Guns Go Bang (Scott Mescudi and Shawn Carter)
Don’t Look Up – Just Look Up (Ariana Grande, Taura Stinson, Kid Cudi and Nicholas Britell)
No Time to Die – No Time to Die (Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell)
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Dune – Hans Zimmer
The Alley of Lost Souls – Nathan Johnson
The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood
Don’t Look Up – Nicholas Britell
Spencer – Jonny Greenwood
