An unusually interesting line-up of nominees for the third annual Sunset Circle awards, with a great deal more variety than I'd expected from this crowd. Decision to Leave and Women Talking land the most nominations with six each, including Best Film and Best Director, while Oscar hopefuls like She Said and Tar knock heads with big budget hits like Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick. Winners will be announced on the 29th of November, cos these critics do prefer the spotlight all to themselves, so announcing in the middle of awards season alongside everyone else just is not going to happen, even if it means actually getting to watch all the year's movies...
Best Film
Aftersun
Decision to Leave
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Menu
RRR
She Said
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
Best Director
Todd Field (Tar)
Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick)
Park Chan Wook (Decision to Leave)
Sarah Polley (Women Talking)
S. S. Rajamouli (RRR)
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Tar)
Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
Mia Goth (Pearl / X)
Tang Wei (Decision to Leave)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Actor
Austin Butler (Elvis)
Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick)
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Chau Hong (The Menu / The Whale)
Claire Foy (Women Talking)
Thuso Mbedu (The Woman King)
Carey Mulligan (She Said)
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano (The Fabelmans)
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)
Quan Ke Huy (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Micheal Ward (Empire of Light)
Best Screenplay
Decision to Leave
The Menu
She Said
Tar
Women Talking
Best Cinematography
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
The Batman
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tar
Best Editing
Decision to Leave
Elvis
Moonage Daydream
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Score
The Batman (Michael Giacchino)
Bones and All (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)
Empire of Light (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Alexandre Desplat)
Women Talking (Hildur Gudnadottir)
Best Ensemble
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Menu
She Said
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
Best International Feature
All Quiet on the Western Front
Athena
Decision to Leave
Holy Spider
RRR
Best Horror Film
Barbarian
The Black Phone
Nope
Smile
X
Five Fire Directors
Parker Finn (Smile)
Dean Fleischer-Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On)
Chloe Okuno (Watcher)
Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)
Ti West (Pearl / X)
Scene Stealer Award
Jennifer Ehle (She Said)
Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)
David Lynch (The Fabelmans)
Brad Pitt (The Lost City)
Taylor Swift (Amsterdam)