2021 Phoenix Critic Circle nominations: ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘West Side Story’ lead

The Phoenix Critic Circle (not to be confused with the Phoenix Film Critics Society) announced their nominations today and The Power of the Dog and West Side Story lead the field with eight and seven nominations apiece, respectively.

Drive My Car, Licorice Pizza and Spencer join them in the Best Picture category. Winners will be announced on Friday, December 17th, 2021. Here is the complete list of nominations.

BEST PICTURE

• DRIVE MY CAR
• LICORICE PIZZA
• THE POWER OF THE DOG
• SPENCER
• WEST SIDE STORY

BEST ACTOR

• NICOLAS CAGE, PIG
• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• ANDREW GARFIELD, TICK,TICK…BOOM!
• JOAQUIN PHOENIX, C’MON C’MON,
• DENZEL WASHINGTON, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

BEST ACTRESS

• OLIVIA COLMAN, THE LOST DAUGHTER
• LADY GAGA, HOUSE OF GUCCI
• ALANA HAIM, LICORICE PIZZA
• NICOLE KIDMAN, BEING THE RICARDOS
• KRISTEN STEWART, SPENCER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• BRADLEY COOPER, LICORICE PIZZA
• MIKE FAIST, WEST SIDE STORY
• CIARIN HINDS, BELFAST
• KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• JEFFREY WRIGHT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• CATRIONA BALFE, BELFAST
• KIRSTEN DUNST, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• ARIANA DEBOSE, WEST SIDE STORY
• RITA MORENO, WEST SIDE STORY
• RUTH NEGGA, PASSING

BEST DIRECTOR

• PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
• WES ANDERSON, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
• JANE CAMPION, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI, DRIVE MY CAR
• STEVEN SPIELBERG, WEST SIDE STORY

BEST SCREENPLAY

• PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
• JANE CAMPION AND THOMAS SAVAGE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI, HARUKI MURAKAMI, AND TAKAMASA OE, DRIVE MY CAR
• MIKE MILLS, C’MON, C’MON
• AARON SORKIN, BEING THE RICARDOS

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

BEST SCORE

• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
• JONNY GREENWOOD, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• JONNY GREENWOOD, SPENCER
• JEYMES SAMUEL, THE HARDER THEY FALL
• HANS ZIMMER, DUNE

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• ENCANTO
• LUCA
• THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
• RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
• VIVO

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• DRIVE MY CAR
• THE HAND OF GOD
• PETITE MAMAN
• TITANE
• THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• FLEE
• THE SPARKS BROTHERS
• SUMMER OF SOUL
• VAL
• THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

BEST COMEDY FILM

• BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
• THE FRENCH DISPATCH
• LICORICE PIZZA
• RED ROCKET
• SHIVA BABY

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM

• DUNE
• THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
• A QUIET PLACE PART II
• SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
• THE SUICIDE SQUAD

BEST HORROR FILM

• CANDYMAN
• LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
• MALIGNANT
• THE NIGHT HOUSE
• TITANE

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