Detroit Film Critics Society nominations: ‘CODA,’ ‘King Richard,’ ‘Don’t Look Up’ lead

The Detroit Film Critics Society have announced their nominees for the best in film of 2021 in thirteen categories. CODA leads with five while King Richard and Don’t Look Up follow with four. All are nominated for Best Picture alongside Cyrano and Belfast.

The winners will be announced on Monday, December 6, 2021. Here is the full list of nominees.

BEST PICTURE

• Belfast
• CODA
• Cyrano
• Don’t Look Up
• King Richard

BEST DIRECTOR

• Sean Baker, Red Rocket
• Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
• David Lowery, The Green Knight
• Adam McKay, Don’t Look Up
• Lin-Manuel Miranda, tick, tick…BOOM!

BEST ACTOR

• Nicolas Cage, Pig
• Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
• Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…BOOM!
• Oscar Isaac, The Card Counter
• Will Smith, King Richard

BEST ACTRESS

• Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
• Jennifer Hudson, Respect
• Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
• Kristen Stewart, Spencer

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Jon Bernthal, King Richard
• Troy Kotsur, CODA
• Jared Leto, House of Gucci
• Ray Liotta, The Many Saints of Newark
• Kodi Smith-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Ariana Dabose, West Side Story
• Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
• Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
• Rita Moreno, West Side Story
• Diana Rigg, Last Night in Soho

 BEST ENSEMBLE

• CODA
• Don’t Look Up
• The French Dispatch
• The Harder They Fall
• House of Gucci

BREAKTHROUGH

• Alana Haim, Actress (Licorice Pizza)
• Emilia Jones, Actress (CODA)
• Woody Norman, Actor (C’Mon C’Mon)
• Agathe Rouselle, Actress (Titane)
• Emma Seligman, Writer/Director (Shiva Baby)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
• Sian Heder, CODA
• Quira Alegria Hudes, In the Heights
• Steven Levenson, tick, tick…BOOM!
• David Lowery, The Green Knight

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Pedo Almodóvar, Parallel Mothers
• Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
• Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch
• Adam McKay, Don’t Look Up
• Jeymes Samuel, Boaz Yakin, The Harder They Fall

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Flee
• Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
• The Sparks Brothers
• Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
• Summer of Soul

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Belle
• Cryptozoo
• Encanto
• Flee
• Luca
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines

BEST USE OF MUSIC/SOUND

• Cyrano
• In the Heights
• Last Night in Soho
• tick, tick…BOOM!
• West Side Story

The Detroit Film Critics Society members for the 2021-2022 season, in alphabetical order, are: Nate Adams – The Clinton Local, George Elkind – Metro Times, Between the Lines; Becky Fixel – Week99er; Michelle Kisner – spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com; Greg Russell – WDIV-TV Detroit and Movie Show Plus; Tom Santilli – WXYZ and Movie Show Plus; Perry Seibert – WLBY-The Lucy Ann Lance show; John Serba – Decider; MontiLee Stormer – moviereelist.com; Lee Thomas – Critic Lee Speaking and Fox 2; Mike Tyrkus – CinemaNerdz.com;  Carl Wheeler – thereelgodfather.com.

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