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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