We’re a little smaller than some other groups, which means a relatively modest segment can have a big sway when it comes to voting. Sometimes this leads to a wild nomination or two, though this year things played out more or less as expected. If I’m being honest, however, I like this slate of nominees way, way more than last year. Unlike a lot of cycles, many of my choices actually found a home.
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We have a couple of different categories than other organizations to give our awards their own distinct flavor. Our action category is always interesting and fun, especially since everyone has their own interpretation of what it means. There’s also a youth performance category, a villain-of-the-year vote, and one award dedicated specifically to celebrating films with ties to the Pacific Northwest.
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As usual, make of these what you will. I love some of the nominees and am less high on others. There aren’t any I actively dislike, as has happened, and none stick out as completely off the wall. Overall, this feels like a solid group of deserving nominees. (Fun fact, while I saw almost all of these movies, I reviewed almost none of them.)
We hand out the awards on Tuesday, January 17. Follow along live on our Twitter page.
The 2022 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations
Best Picture
Aftersun (A24)
The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight)
Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+)
Decision To Leave (MUBI)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24)
The Fabelmans (Universal)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Nope (Universal Pictures)
TÁR (Focus Features)
Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
Best Director
Todd Field – TÁR
Joseph Kosinski – Top Gun: Maverick
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler – Elvis
Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Mia Goth – Pearl
Margot Robbie – Babylon
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Keke Palmer – Nope
Best Ensemble Cast
The Banshees of Inisherin – Louise Kiely, casting director
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Sarah Halley Finn, casting director
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Bret Howe, Mary Vernieu, casting directors
Top Gun: Maverick – Denise Chamian, casting director
Women Talking – John Buchan, Jason Knight, casting directors
Best Action Choreography
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All At Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson
TÁR – Todd Field
Best Animated Feature
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, directors
Mad God – Phil Tippett, director
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On – Dean Fleischer-Camp, director
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford, director; Januel Mercado, co-director
Turning Red – Domee Shi, director
Best Documentary Feature
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, director
Fire of Love – Sara Dosa, director
Good Night Oppy – Ryan White, directors
Navalny – Daniel Roher, director
Sweetheart Deal – Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller, directors
Best Film Not in the English Language
All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger, director
Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook, director
EO – Jerzy Skolimowski, director
RRR – S.S. Rajamouli, director
Saint Omer – Alice Diop, director
Best Cinematography
Avatar: The Way of Water – Russell Carpenter
Decision to Leave – Kim Ji-yong
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Larkin Seiple
Nope – Hoyte van Hoytema
Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda
Best Costume Design
Babylon – Mary Zophres
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth Carter
Elvis – Catherine Martin
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Shirley Kurata
The Northman – Linda Muir
Best Film Editing
Aftersun – Blair McClendon
Decision to Leave – Kim Sang-beom
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers
TÁR – Monika Willi
Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton
Best Original Score
Babylon – Justin Hurwitz
The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell
The Batman – Michael Giacchino
The Fabelmans – John Williams
Nope – Michael Abels
Best Production Design
Babylon – Florencia Martin (Production Design); Anthony Carlino (Set Decoration)
Elvis – Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy (Production Design); Bev Dunn (Set Decoration)
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Jason Kisvarday (Production Design); Kelsi Ephraim (Set Decoration)
The Northman – Craig Lathrop (Production Design); Niamh Coulter (Set Decoration)
White Noise – Jess Gonchor (Production Design); Claire Kaufman (Set Decoration)
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer, Jeff Desom
Nope – Guillaume Rocheron, Jeremy Robert, Sreejith Venugopalan, Scott R. Fisher
RRR – Srinivas Mohan, Pete Draper, Daniel French
Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson
Best Youth Performance (18 years of age or younger upon start of filming)
Vanessa Burghardt – Cha Cha Real Smooth
Anna Cobb – We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Eden Dambrine – Close
Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time
Villain of the Year
Jean Jacket – Nope
Jobu Tupaki – Everything Everywhere All At Once – portrayed by Stephanie Hsu
Lydia Tár – TÁR – portrayed by Cate Blanchett
Pearl – X/Pearl, portrayed by Mia Goth
The Riddler/Edward Nashton – The Batman – portrayed by Paul Dano
2022 Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking
All Sorts, J. Rick Castañeda
Kimi, Steven Soderbergh
Know Your Place, Zia Mohajerjasbi
Sam Now, Reed Harkness
Sweetheart Deal, Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller
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