Greater Western New York Critics nominations: ‘Sound of Metal’ leads with 8

Darius Marder’s directorial debut Sound of Metal leads the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association nominations with eight today, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Riz Ahmed, Supporting Actor for Paul Raci and three individual mentions for Marder himself.

Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland was next with six, while The Father, Mank and Never Rarely Sometimes Always came in with five apiece, including Best Picture. Rounding out BP were Da 5 Bloods, Driveways, First Cow, I’m Thinking of Ending Things and Small Axe: Lovers Rock.

Winners will be announced on January 31. Here is the full list of nominees.

Best Picture

Da 5 Bloods
Driveways
The Father
First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Mank
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Small Axe: Lovers Rock
Sound of Metal

Best Director

Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Lovers Rock
Kelly Reichardt, FirstCow
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Actress

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Brian Dennehy, Driveways
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Original Screenplay

Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen, Driveways
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Womn
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Sound of Metal

Best Adapted Screenplay

Eleanor Catton, Emma.
Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, The Father
Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Animated Film

Onward
Soul
The Wolf House
Wolfwalkers
World of Tomorrow Episode Three

Best Documentary

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Boys State
Collective
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Time

Best Film in a Foreign Language

Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round (Denmark)
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Bacurau (Brazil)
Pablo Larraín’s Ema (Chile)
Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari (USA)
Christian Petzold’s Undine (Germany)

Best Cinematography

Christopher Blauvelt, First Cow
Erik Messerschmidt, Mank
Martin Ruhe, Midnight Sky
Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
Shabier Kirchner, Small Axe: Lovers Rock

Best Editing

Andy Canny, The Invisible Man
Kirk Baxter, Mank
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal
Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Score

Terence Blanchard, Da 5 Bloods
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Mank
Alexandre Desplat, Midnight Sky
Emile Mosseri, Minari
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Soul

Breakthrough Director

Max Barbakow, Palm Springs
Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
Florian Zeller, The Father

Breakthrough Performance

Kiera Allen, Run
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Isabel Sandoval, Lingua Franca

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