Seattle Film Critics nominations: ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Dune,’ ‘The Green Knight’ lead
The Power of the Dog, Dune and The Green Knight led the Seattle Film Critics Society nominations announced today, with 11, 10 and 9 apiece, respectively.
All were nominated for Best Picture alongside CODA (3), Drive My Car (5), In the Heights (3), Licorice Pizza (4), Pig (3), Titane (6) and West Side Story (5).
The Best Director lineup consists of helmers of the nomination leaders: Jane Campion, Julia Ducournau, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, David Lowery and Denis Villeneuve. Best Actor nominees are: Nicolas Cage, Pig; Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog; Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick… Boom!; Dev Patel, The Green Knight and Simon Rex, Red Rocket. The Best Actress contenders this year are: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza; Lady Gaga, House of Gucci; Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World; Agathe Rousselle, i and Kristen Stewart, Spencer.
The supporting acting categories found room for Colman Domingo, Zola; Troy Kotsur, CODA; Vincent Lindon, Titane; Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog and Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch in Best Supporting Actor while Ariana DeBose, West Side Story; Ann Dowd, Mass; Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog; Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard and Ruth Negga, Passing are the Best Supporting Actress nominees.
Here is the complete list of nominations, winners will be announced January 17.
Best Picture
CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Green Knight
In the Heights
Licorice Pizza
Pig
The Power of the Dog
Titane
West Side Story
Best Director
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
David Lowery, The Green Knight
Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick… Boom!
Dev Patel, The Green Knight
Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Agathe Rousselle, Titane
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Colman Domingo, Zola
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Vincent Lindon, Titane
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Ann Dowd, Mass
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing
Best Screenplay
Drive My Car – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe
The Green Knight – David Lowery
Mass – Fran Kranz
Pig – Michael Sarnoski
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion
Best Animated Feature
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Documentary Feature
Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry
Flee
The Rescue
Summer of Soul
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Best Film Not in the English Language
Drive My Car – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen
The Hand of God – Paolo Sorrentino
Titane – Julia Ducournau
The Worst Person in the World – Joachim Trier
Best Ensemble Cast
Dune
In the Heights
Licorice Pizza
Mass
The Power of the Dog
Best Cinematography
Dune – Greig Fraser
The Green Knight – Andrew Droz Palermo
The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner
The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story – Janusz Kaminski
Best Film Editing
Drive My Car – Azusa Yamazaki
Dune – Joe Walker
The Power of the Dog- Peter Sciberras
Titane – Jean-Christophe Bouzy
West Side Story – Michael Kahn, Sarah Broshar
Best Original Score
Dune – Hans Zimmer
The French Dispatch – Alexandre Desplat
The Green Knight – Daniel Hart
The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood
Spencer – Jonny Greenwood
Best Costume Design
Cruella – Jenny Beavan
Dune – Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan
The Green Knight – Malgosia Turzanska
House of Gucci – Janty Yates
Spencer – Jacqueline Durran
Best Production Design
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Best Visual Effects
Dune
The Green Knight
The Matrix Resurrections
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best Youth Performance
Jude Hill, Belfast
Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Joséphine Sanz, Petite Maman
Villain of the Year
Baron Harkonnen, Dune
Norman Osborn, Spider-Man: No Way Home
Phil Burbank, The Power of the Dog
Rufus Buck, The Harder They Fall
Xu Wenwu, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Best Action Choreography
In the Heights
No Time to Die
Nobody
Raging Fire
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
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