Sunday, January 08, 2023

Let the Revels Begin: Houston Film Critics Society Announces Nominations for Annual Awards

 

The Houston Film Critics Society — of which I am a founding/voting member — has released the list of nominations for the annual HFCS Awards. Winners will be announced Feb. 18 at the Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH).

 And yes: I am very happy to see so many nominations for RRR.  

 

Best Picture

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

RRR

Tár

Till

Top Gun: Maverick

Women Talking

 

Best Director

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Tár

Women Talking

 

Best Actor – Leading Role

Austin Butler, Elvis

Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Jeremy Pope, The Inspection

 

Best Actress – Leading Role

Cate Blanchett, Tár

Viola Davis, The Woman King

Danielle Deadwyler, Till

Emma Thompson, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

 

Best Actor – Supporting Role

Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Mark Rylance, Bones and All

Ben Whishaw, Women Talking

 

Best Actress – Supporting Role

Jesse Buckley, Women Talking

Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

 

Best Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Tár

Women Talking

 

Best Animated Feature

Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Turning Red

 

Best Cinematography

Avatar: The Way of Water

Babylon

Nope

The Fabelmans

Top Gun: Maverick

 

Best Documentary

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Bad Axe

Fire of Love

Good Night Oppy

Navalny

 

Best Foreign Language Feature

All Quiet on the Western Front

Argentina, 1985

Close

Decision to Leave

RRR

 

Best Original Score

Babylon

The Banshees of Inisherin

Empire of Light

The Fabelmans

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Women Talking

 

Best Original Song

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, “Lift Me Up”

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, “Ciao Papa”

RRR, “Naatu Naatu”

Till, “Stand Up”

Top Gun: Maverick, “Hold My Hand”

 

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

RRR

Top Gun: Maverick

 

Best Stunt Coordination Team

The Batman

Everything Everywhere All at Once

RRR

Top Gun: Maverick

The Woman King

 

Best Ensemble Cast

The Banshees of Inisherin

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Women Talking

 

Texas Independent Film Award

Acid Test

Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood

Conception

Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story

Facing Nolan

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