You might remember when the Hawaii Film Critics Society did this last week... well, the Denver Film Critics Society has been around a bit longer than them, and they've got a much longer history of doing it! Nominations have been announced for their 2022 awards, and you'll never guess what order they're in... yup yup yup yup it's definitely not alphabetical, and it's definitely not random, and it's definitely probably in order of preference. Everything Everywhere All at Once leads this pack with 12 nominations, and judging by the order it stands to win just three of them, which would be uncommonly low for this movie, not least judging by that nomination haul. Winners will be announced on 16 January, so I suppose we'll see, won't we?
Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Banshees of Inisherin
Women Talking
Tar
RRR
Best Director
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Sarah Polley (Women Talking)
James Cameron (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Cate Blanchett (Tar)
Viola Davis (The Woman King)
Mia Goth (Pearl)
Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
Best Actor
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Austin Butler (Elvis)
Ralph Fiennes (The Menu)
Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Chau Hong (The Whale)
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Quan Ke Huy (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Ben Whishaw (Women Talking)
Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)
Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Best Original Screenplay
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere all at Once)
Todd Field (Tar)
Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Seth Reiss and Will Tracy (The Menu)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley (Women Talking)
Rian Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
Rebecca Lenkiewicz (She Said)
David Kajganich (Bones and All)
Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale (Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio)
Best Visual FX
Avatar: The Way of Water
Top Gun: Maverick
RRR
Nope
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Score
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
The Fabelmans
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Original Song
"Naatu Naatu" (RRR)
"Hold My Hand" (Top Gun: Maverick)
"Lift Me Up" (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
"Ciao Papa" (Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio)
"This Is a Life" (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Turning Red
The Bad Guys
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Best Documentary
Good Night Oppy
Fire of Love
Wildcat
Moonage Daydream
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Best Foreign Language Film
RRR
All Quiet on the Western Front
EO
Close
Decision to Leave
Best Comedy
The Banshees of Inisherin
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Menu
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Best Sci-Fi/Horror
Nope
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Menu
Pearl
Barbarian