Arrival, Hell or High Water, La La Land, Manchester and Moonlight Score Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations
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The Phoenix Critics Circle (not the Phoenix Film Critics Society) have announced their nominations for the best in film for 2016. The winners will be revealed on Sunday, December 17th.
Here is the full list of nominees. Why some categories have only four nominees (Best Actor? Best Director?) is beyond me.
BEST PICTURE
Arrival
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
BEST COMEDY FILM
Deadpool
The Edge of Seventeen
Hail, Caesar!
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Nice Guys
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
10 Cloverfield Lane
Arrival
Midnight Special
BEST HORROR FILM
The Conjouring 2
Don’t Breathe
The Witch
BEST MYSTERY OR THRILLER FILM
Green Room
Hell or High Water
Nocturnal Animals
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
Zootopia
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Handmaiden
Neruda
Things to Come
The Wailing
BEST DOCUMENTARY
13th
Gleason
O.J.: Made in America
Tickled
Weiner
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Arrival
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Ben Foster, Hell or High Water
John Goodman, 10 Cloverfield Lane
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis, Fences
Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Helen Mirren, Eye in the Sky
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
BEST DIRECTOR
Damian Chazelle, La La Land
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
BEST SCREENPLAY
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Efthimis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
Eric Heisserer, Arrival
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
BEST SCORE
Nicholas Britell, Moonlight
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Johann Johannsson, Arrival
Mica Levi, Jackie
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