My broken record keeps playing the best tunes! Leave it to a group of female film critics to pick some of the best nominees for achievements in film for 2021. The Online Association of Film Critics announced, yesterday evening, its awards nominations for the year - as expected, Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog leads the way here with seven nods, but there are also strong showings for fellow female-made pics like Passing and Titane, and a majority of the Best Director nominees are women. It may or may not be the OAFFC's mandate to promote women in film, but whether that's what they're up to or not, they're doing it both well and with utmost integrity - these are some very handsome nominations overall. Maybe I'm just happy to see someone nominate Claire Mathon again. Winners will be announced on the 21st of December.
Best Film
BELFAST
CODA
THE POWER OF THE DOG
SPENCER
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Best Director
Kenneth Branagh (BELFAST)
Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Julia Ducournau (TITANE)
Rebecca Hall (PASSING)
Denis Villeneuve (DUNE)
Best Female Lead
Jessica Chastain (THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE)
Renate Reinsve (THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD)
Agathe Rousselle (TITANE)
Kristen Stewart (SPENCER)
Tessa Thompson (PASSING)
Best Male Lead
Nicolas Cage (PIG)
Peter Dinklage (CYRANO)
Andrew Garfield (TICK, TICK...BOOM!)
Joaquin Phoenix (C'MON C'MON)
Will Smith (KING RICHARD)
Best Supporting Female
Caitriona Balfe (BELFAST)
Ariana DeBose (WEST SIDE STORY)
Ann Dowd (MASS)
Kirsten Dunst (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Riley Keough (ZOLA)
Best Supporting Male
Colman Domingo (ZOLA)
Jason Isaacs (MASS)
Troy Kotsur (CODA)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Jeffrey Wright (THE FRENCH DISPATCH)
Best Original Screenplay
Kenneth Branagh (BELFAST)
Julia Ducournau (TITANE)
Fran Kranz (MASS)
Michael Sarnoski (PIG)
Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt (THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (THE LOST DAUGHTER)
Sian Heder (CODA)
Steven Levenson (TICK, TICK...BOOM!) David Lowery (THE GREEN KNIGHT)
Best Cinematography
Bruno Delbonnel (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH)
Andrew Droz Palermo (THE GREEN KNIGHT)
Greig Fraser (DUNE)
Claire Mathon (SPENCER)
Ari Wegner (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Best Acting Ensemble
BELFAST
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
THE HARDER THEY FALL
MASS
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Animated Feature
BELLE
FLEE
LUCA
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
Best Documentary
FLEE
JULIA
THE RESCUE
SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
VAL
Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
Maggie Gyllenhaal (THE LOST DAUGHTER)
Rebecca Hall (PASSING)
Natalie Morales (LANGUAGE LESSONS)
Edson Oda (NINE DAYS)
Emma Seligman (SHIVA BABY)
Best Breakthrough Performance
Alana Haim (LICORICE PIZZA)
Emilia Jones (CODA)
Woody Norman (C'MON C'MON)
Agathe Rousselle (TITANE)
Saniyya Sidney (KING RICHARD)
The Rosie (The OAFFC's signature award celebrating the film that best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema)
I'M YOUR MAN
THE LOST DAUGHTER
PASSING
PETITE MAMAN
SHIVA BABY