Not to be confused with the Phoenix Film Critics Society, the Phoenix Critics Circle has today announced the nominees for its awards for the 2020/21 film season. An expanded Best Picture lineup makes room for a surprise appearance by First Cow, which is otherwise entirely absent from the PCC's choices. That makes twice as many Best Picture nominees directed by women as those directed by men - a very pleasing stat indeed. Winners will be announced on the 18th of March.
Best Picture
First Cow
Minari
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
David Fincher (Mank)
Regina King (One Night in Miami)
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Best Actress
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)
Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round)
Gary Oldman (Mank)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Olivia Colman (The Father)
Dominique Fishback (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
Youn Yuh Jung (Minari)
Helena Zengel (News of the World)
Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods)
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
Best Screenplay
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Kemp Powers (One Night in Miami)
Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Best Cinematography
Erik Messerschmidt (Mank)
Joshua James Richards (Nomadland)
Newton Thomas Sigel (Da 5 Bloods)
Hoyte van Hoytema (Tenet)
Lukasz Zal (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Best Score
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Soul)
Ludwig Goransson (Tenet)
Emile Mosseri (Minari)
James Newton Howard (News of the World)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Mank)
Best Animated Film
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary
Boys State
Crip Camp
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Gunda
Time
Best Foreign Language Film
Another Round
Bacurau
Collective
La Llorona
Minari
Best Comedy Film
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Another Round
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
On the Rocks
Palm Springs
Best Science Fiction Film
Possessor
Sputnik
Tenet
The Vast of Night
Best Horror Film
Antebellum
The Invisible Man
La Llorona
Possessor
Relic