Missouri gets a lot of shit from a lot of people for a lot of reasons, but the St. Louis Film Critics Association really shouldn't be one of them. They've just announced the nominations for their 2020 awards, with Emerald Fennell's bold debut feature Promising Young Woman at the front of the pack with eight nods. It's matched by David Fincher's biopic Mank on the numerical total, though not in the top category appearances, once again missing in Best Film and Best Director. Elsewhere, the SLFCA shows a little love for Hamilton, gets behind a beleaguered Vanessa Kirby in Best Actress, and offers up a startlingly white Supporting Actor lineup for the current season. Winners are due on the 17th of January.
BEST FILM
First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Isaac Chung - Minari
Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman
Spike Lee - Da 5 Bloods
Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloe Zhao - Nomadland
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 ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Ellen Burstyn - Pieces of a Woman
Olivia Colman - The Father
Amanda Seyfried - Mank
Youn Yuh Jung - Minari
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 SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Bo Burnham - Promising Young Woman
Bill Murray - On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami
Paul Raci - Sound of Metal
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
Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt - First Cow
Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Chloe Zhao - Nomadland
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Benjamin Kracunc - Promising Young Woman
Erik Messerschmidt - Mank
Joshua James Richards - Nomadland
Newton Thomas Sigel - Da 5 Bloods
Dariusz Wolski - News of the World
BEST EDITING
Alan Baumgarten - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Kirk Baxter - Mank
Robert Frazen - I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Jonah Moran - Hamilton
Chloe Zhao - Nomadland
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Donald Graham Burt - Mank
Cristina Casali - The Personal History of David Copperfield
Michael Perry - Promising Young Woman
Kave Quinn - Emma.
Mark Ricker - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
BEST SCORE
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Soul
Ludovico Einaudi - Nomadland
Ludwig Goransson - Tenet
James Newton Howard - News of the World
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Mank
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Da 5 Bloods
Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Hamilton
Lovers Rock
Promising Young Woman
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
The Invisible Man
Mank
The Midnight Sky
Tenet
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
The Wolf House
Wolfwalkers
BEST HORROR FILM
Alone
The Invisible Man
La Llorona
Possessor
The Vast of Night
BEST COMEDY FILM
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Emma.
The King of Staten Island
On the Rocks
Palm Springs
BEST ACTION FILM
Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One HArley Quinn
The Gentlemen
Greyhound
The Old Guard
Tenet
BEST DOCUMENTARY
City Hall
Collective
Dick Johnson Is Dead
My Octopus Teacher
The Social Dilemma
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Another Round
Bacurau
Beanpole
Collective
Vitalina Varela
WORST FILM
Artemis Fowl
The Doorman
Downhill
Hillbilly Elegy
Wonder Woman 1984
BEST SCENE
HR - The Assistant
Rudy Guiliani - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Dinner with parents - I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Sisters dine - The Invisible Man
Questionnaire - Never Rarely Sometimes Always