Members of the Phoenix Critics Circle have narrowed the films from 2021 to the top nominees in each category. The Power of The Dog leads with 8 nominations, followed by Licorice Pizza and West Side Story with 6 nominations each.
Voting is underway for the winners and they will be announced the evening of Friday, December 17th, 2021.
The nominees are…
BEST PICTURE
- DRIVE MY CAR
- LICORICE PIZZA
- THE POWER OF THE DOG
- SPENCER
- WEST SIDE STORY
BEST COMEDY FILM
- BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
- THE FRENCH DISPATCH
- LICORICE PIZZA
- RED ROCKET
- SHIVA BABY
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
- DUNE
- THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
- A QUIET PLACE PART II
- SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
- THE SUICIDE SQUAD
BEST HORROR FILM
- CANDYMAN
- LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
- MALIGNANT
- THE NIGHT HOUSE
- TITANE
BEST ANIMATED FILM
- ENCANTO
- LUCA
- THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
- RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
- VIVO
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- DRIVE MY CAR
- THE HAND OF GOD
- PETITE MAMAN
- TITANE
- THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- FLEE
- THE SPARKS BROTHERS
- SUMMER OF SOUL
- VAL
- THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
BEST ACTOR
- NICOLAS CAGE, PIG
- BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, THE POWER OF THE DOG
- ANDREW GARFIELD, TICK,TICK…BOOM!
- JOAQUIN PHOENIX, C’MON C’MON,
- DENZEL WASHINGTON, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
BEST ACTRESS
- OLIVIA COLMAN, THE LOST DAUGHTER
- LADY GAGA, HOUSE OF GUCCI
- ALANA HAIM, LICORICE PIZZA
- NICOLE KIDMAN, BEING THE RICARDOS
- KRISTEN STEWART, SPENCER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- BRADLEY COOPER, LICORICE PIZZA
- MIKE FAIST, WEST SIDE STORY
- CIARIN HINDS, BELFAST
- KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
- JEFFREY WRIGHT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- CATRIONA BALFE, BELFAST
- KIRSTEN DUNST, THE POWER OF THE DOG
- ARIANA DEBOSE, WEST SIDE STORY
- RITA MORENO, WEST SIDE STORY
- RUTH NEGGA, PASSING
BEST DIRECTOR
- PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
- WES ANDERSON, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
- JANE CAMPION, THE POWER OF THE DOG
- RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI, DRIVE MY CAR
- STEVEN SPIELBERG, WEST SIDE STORY
BEST SCREENPLAY
- PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
- JANE CAMPION AND THOMAS SAVAGE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
- RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI, HARUKI MURAKAMI, AND TAKAMASA OE, DRIVE MY CAR
- MIKE MILLS, C’MON, C’MON
- AARON SORKIN, BEING THE RICARDOS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- BRUNO DELBONNEL, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
- GREIG FRASER, DUNE
- JANUSZ KAMINSKI, WEST SIDE STORY
- DAN LAUSTSEN, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
- ARI WEGNER, THE POWER OF THE DOG
BEST SCORE
- ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
- JONNY GREENWOOD, THE POWER OF THE DOG
- JONNY GREENWOOD, SPENCER
- JEYMES SAMUEL, THE HARDER THEY FALL
- HANS ZIMMER, DUNE