North Texas Critics nominations: ‘West Side Story’ leads with 7

Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story led the nomination field from the North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) today with seven, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Dune, Spencer and The Green Knight rounded out the group’s Best Picture nominees and the group, which only chooses four films for the top spot and three to four in other categories, found some interesting nominations today, including Noomi Rapace in Best Actress for Lamb and Tilda Swinton in Best Supporting Actress for The French Dispatch. Joel Coen received a directing nomination for The Tragedy of Macbeth, the film’s only nod.

The North Texas Film Critics Association consists of 14 broadcast, print and online journalists from throughout the North Texas area. 

Here is the full list of nominations. Winners TBA.

Best Picture

Dune
The Green Knight
Spencer
West Side Story

Best Director

Joel Coen, The Tragedy of Macbeth
David Lowery, The Green Knight
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Denis Villenueve, Dune

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage, Pig
Dev Patel, The Green Knight
Joaquin Phoenix, C’mon C’mon
Will Smith, King Richard

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Noomi Rapace, Lamb
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

Best Supporting Actor

Barry Keoghan, The Green Knight
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch

Best Supporting Actress

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Rita Moreno, West Side Story
Tilda Swinton, The French Dispatch

Best Animated Film

Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Documentary

Summer of Soul
Val
The Velvet Underground

Best Foreign Language Film

A Hero
Lamb
Titane

Best Cinematographer

Greig Fraser, Dune
Janusz Kamiński, West Side Story
Claire Mathon, Spencer

Best Newcomer

Jude Hill, Belfast
Emilia Jones, CODA
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

Gary Murray Award (Best Ensemble)

Don’t Look Up
The French Dispatch
Mass

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