St. Louis Film Critics nominations: ‘Promising Young Woman’ and ‘Mank’ lead

The St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) revealed their nominations on Sunday, where Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman and David Fincher’s Mank topped the list with eight mentions apiece. While Promising Young Woman and Fennell were both nominated in Best Film and Best Director, respectively, Mank and Fincher missed out on both of the top categories and made up for it in the technical ones.

Joining Promising Young Woman in Best Picture were First Cow, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Nomadland and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Only the last two matched up in Best Director, with Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) and Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods) rounding out the category.

Disney+’s Hamilton showed up in two categories: Best Editing and Best Soundtrack, and the group also fills out its nomination announcements with genre categories like best comedy, action and horror film.

Here is the full list of nominations. Winners will be announced on January 17.

Best Film

First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor

Bo Burnham, Promising Young Woman
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-jung Youn, Minari

Best Original Screenplay

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Jack Fincher, Mank
Andy Siara, Palm Springs
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Adapted Screenplay

Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami
Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Cinematography

Benjamin Kracun, Promising Young Woman
Erik Messerschmidt, Mank
Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
Newton Thomas Sigel, Da 5 Bloods
Dariusz Wolski, News of the World

Best Editing

Jonah Moran, Hamilton
Robert Frasen, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Kirk Baxter, Mank
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Production Design

Kave Quinn, Emma.
Mark Ricker, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Donald Graham Burt, Mank
Cristina Casali, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Michael Perry, Promising Young Woman

Best Music Score

Ludovico Einaudi, Nomadland
Ludwig Goransson, Tenet
James Newton Howard, News of the World
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Baptiste, Soul
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Mank

Best Soundtrack

Birds of Prey
Da 5 Bloods
Hamilton
Lovers Rock
Promising Young Woman

Best Visual Effects

Birds of Prey
The Invisible Man
Mank
The Midnight Sky
Tenet

Best Scene

HR scene in The Assistant
Rudy Giuliani in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Dinner with parents in I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Sisters dine in The Invisible Man
Questionnaire in Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Animated Feature

Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
The Wolf House
Wolfwalkers

Best Documentary

City Hall
Collective
Dick Johnson Is Dead
My Octopus Teacher
The Social Dilemma

Best Foreign Language Film

Another Round
Bacurau
Beanpole
Collective
Vitalina Varela

Best Action Film

Birds of Prey
The Gentlemen
Greyhound
The Old Guard
Tenet

Best Comedy Film

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Emma.
The King of Staten Island
On the Rocks
Palm Springs

Best Horror Film

Alone
The Invisible Man
La Llorona
Possessor: Uncut
The Vast of Night

Worst Film

Artemis Fowl
The Doorman
Downhill
Hillbilly Elegy
Wonder Woman 1984

Promising Young Woman image courtesy of Merie Weismiller Wallace / Focus Features. Mank image courtesy Netflix.

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