Criddic's Picks
BEST PICTURE
Belfast
Dune
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick...Boom!
West Side Story
BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Julia Decournau, Titane
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tick, Tick...Boom!
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
This is Branagh's second nod for directing, after winning for Hamlet (1996). Campion was nominated for The Piano (1993). Decournau and Miranda are new. Spielberg, on his 15th directing nomination, wins his 7th Criddic award in this category!
BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick...Boom!
Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Cage finally makes it onto the ballot after years of close misses. Cumberbatch has been nominated previously for The Imitation Game (2014).
Smith is on his third nomination, having won for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and been up for Concussion (2015). Washington is on his 8th acting nomination, winning thrice: in support for Glory (1989) and lead for Courage Under Fire and Fences (2016). Garfield wins for a revelatory dramatic and musical performance. He had been nominated in lead for Hacksaw Ridge (2016) and won support for his role in The Social Network (2010).
BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Emilia Jones, CODA
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Tessa Thompson, Passing
Colman won last year for her supporting role in The Father and was nominated previously in support for The Favourite (2018).
Cruz has been here before for another Almodovar film, Volver (2006). Kidman has been listed in lead for The Others (2001) and support for Boy Erased (2018). Thompson is on her first. Jones, also on her first, is our winner.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Jason Isaacs, Mass
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
In a bit of unusual schedule shuffling, last year's Oscar-winner Kaluuya is the only acting beneficiary of the Covid-inspired eligibility listing. Criddic did not change the calendar acceptance arrangement and did not coincide with Oscar patterns. He was the recipient of the lead actor award for Get Out (2017). Everyone else is new to Criddic, with Kotsur edging out his competition.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Ann Dowd, Mass
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing
Dowd was mentioned here for Compliance (2012). Dunst makes a long-anticipated return after her breakout win for Interview with the Vampire (1994), nearly two decades ago. Ellis and Negga are new to BKM. Newcomer DeBose takes the prize.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Belfast
C'mon, C'mon
Don't Look Up
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mass
Mills is on his first. McKay was nommed in adapted for The Big Short (2015). Berson, King and Lucas are new. So is Kranz.
Branagh won the adapted screenplay award, somewhat controversially for Hamlet (1996) and takes the original category for a deeply personal work.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick... Boom!
West Side Story
Everyone is new here, except Kuschner and Campion. Kushner was nominated for Lincoln. Campion lost both of her previous bids for The Piano (1993) and Bright Star (2009), but third time's the charm.
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Encanto
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Ron's Gone Wrong
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Flee
Pray Away
The Rescue
Summer of Soul
Val
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
Parallel Mothers (Spain)
Petite Maman (France)
Titane (Belgium)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The French Dispatch
Last Night in Soho
Nightmare Alley
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dune
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Coming 2 America
Cruella
The Green Knight
The Harder They Fall
West Side Story
BEST FILM EDITING
Belfast
The Harder They Fall
No Time to Die
Spider-Man: No Way Home
West Side Story
BEST MAKEUP
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
No Time to Die
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Annette
Dune
Encanto
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"So May We Start" from Annette
"Down to Joy" fromBelfast
"Beyond the Shore" from CODA
"Guns Go Bang" from The Harder They Fall
"No Time to Die" from No Time to Die
BEST SOUND EDITING
Black Widow
Dune
The Green Knight
No Time to Die
A Quiet Place, Part II
BEST SOUND MIXING
Belfast
Dune
No Time to Die
Tock, Tick... Boom!
West Side Story
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune
Free Guy
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Godzilla vs. Kong
Spider-Man: No Way Home
