So we are officially in movie award season! It’s very different this year, and I’m way more behind than I usually am. Part of it is that we haven’t even gotten nominations yet for most of the awards and many of the shows won’t be held until next month.
The Calendar:
March 7: Critics Choice Awards
March 8: Producers Guild nominations; African-American Film Critics’ Association nominations
March 9: BAFTA nominations; Directors Guild nominations
March 15: Oscar nominations!
March 21: Writers Guild awards
March 24: Producers Guild awards
April 4: SAG Awards!
April 7: African-American Film Critics’ Association awards
April 10: Directors Guild awards
April 11: BAFTAs
April 22: Independent Spirit awards
April 25: Oscars
The Movies (and Where/How to See Them):
Best Picture:
Da 5 Bloods (watch on Netflix) (one of the AFI’s 10 Best; Best Cast from SAG awards; Best Picture from Critics Choice)
The Father (currently in theaters; will hit streaming in mid-March) (nominated for Best Drama at the Golden Globes)
First Cow (streaming across various platforms) (Best Feature for Independent Spirit)
Judas and the Black Messiah (currently on HBO Max; then will be available to rent elsewhere) (one of the AFI’s 10 best)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (watch on Netflix) (one of the AFI’s 10 best; Best Feature from Independent Spirit; Best Cast from SAG Awards; Best Picture from Critics Choice)
Mank (watch on Netflix) (one of the AFI’s 10 best; nominated for Best Drama at the Golden Globes; Best Picture from Critics Choice)
Minari (available to rent across streaming platforms) (one of the AFI’s 10 best; Best Feature from Independent Spirit; Best Cast from SAG Awards; Best Picture from Critics Choice)
Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always (available to rent across various streaming platforms) (Best Feature from Independent Spirit)
News of the World (Available to rent across streaming platforms) (Best Picture from Critics Choice)
Nomadland (watch on Hulu) (one of the AFI’s 10 best; Best Feature from Independent Spirit; won Golden Globe for Best Drama; Best Picture from Critics Choice)
One Night in Miami (free with Amazon Prime) (one of the AFI’s 10 best; Best Cast from SAG Awards; Best Picture from Critics Choice)
Promising Young Woman (available to rent across streaming services) (nominated for Best Drama at the Golden Globes; Best Picture from Critics Choice)
Soul (Disney+) (one of the AFI’s 10 best)
Sound of Metal (free with Amazon Prime) (one of the AFI’s 10 best; Best Picture from Critics Choice)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) (one of the AFI’s 10 best; nominated for best drama at the Golden Globes; Best Cast from SAG Awards; Best Picture from Critics Choice)
Director nominations:
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) (Independent Spirit; Critics Choice)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) (Independent Spirit; Golden Globe; Critics Choice)
David Fincher (Mank) (nominated for Golden Globe; Critics Choice)
Eliza Hittman (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) (Independent Spirit)
Regina King (One Night in Miami) (nominated for Golden Globe; Critics Choice)
Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods) (Critics Choice)
Kelly Reichardt (First Cow) (Independent Spirit)
Aaron Sorkin (Trial of the Chicago 7) (nominated for Golden Globe; Critics Choice)
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland) (Independent Spirit; won Golden Globe; Critics Choice)
Acting nominations:
Actor:
Ben Affleck (The Way Back) (Critics Choice)
Riz Ahmed (The Sound of Metal) (Independent Spirit; nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) (won Golden Globe; Independent Spirit; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger) (Independent Spirit)
Tom Hanks (News of the World) (Critics Choice)
Anthony Hopkins (The Father) (nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods) (Critics Choice)
Rob Morgan (Bull) (Independent Spirit)
Gary Oldman (Mank) (nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian) (nominated for Golden Globe)
Steven Yeun (Minari) (Independent Spirit; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Actress:
Amy Adams (Hillbilly Elegy) (SAG award)
Nicole Beharie (Miss Juneteenth) (Independent Spirit)
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) (Independent Spirit; nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) (won Golden Globe; Critics Choice)
Sidney Flanagan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) (Independent Spirit; Critics Choice)
Julia Garner (The Assistant) (Independent Spirit)
Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman) (nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland) (Independent Spirit; nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) Independent Spirit; nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Zendaya (Malcolm & Marie) (Critics Choice)
Supporting Actor:
Chadwick Boseman (Da 5 Bloods) (SAG award; Critics Choice)
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7) (nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Colman Domingo (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) (Independent Spirit)
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) (won Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Orion Lee (First Cow) (Independent Spirit)
Jared Leto (The Little Things) (nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award)
Bill Murray (On the Rocks) (nominated for Golden Globe; Critics Choice)
Leslie Odom, Jr. (One Night in Miami) (nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal) (Independent Spirit; Critics Choice)
Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) (Independent Spirit)
Benedict Wong (Nine Days) (Independent Spirit)
Supporting Actress:
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) (SAG Award; Critics Choice)
Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman) (Critics Choice)
Alexis Chikaeze (Miss Juneteenth (Independent Spirit)
Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy) (nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Olivia Colman (The Father) (nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Yeri Han (Minari) (Independent Spirit)
Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian) (won Golden Globe)
Valerie Mahaffey (French Exit) (Independent Spirit)
Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Independent Spirit)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank) (nominated for Golden Globe; Critics Choice)
Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari) (Independent Spirit; SAG award; Critics Choice)
Helena Zengel (News of the World) (nominated for Golden Globe; SAG award)
Screenplay nominations:
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) (Independent Spirit; Critics Choice)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) (nominated for Golden Globe; Independent Spirit; Critics Choice)
Jack Fincher (Mank) (nominated for Golden Globe; Critics Choice)
Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies (News of the World) (Critics Choice)
Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (The Father) (Critics Choice)
Eliza Hittman (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) (Independent Spirit; Critics Choice)
Mike Makowsky (Bad Education) (Independent Spirit)
Darius Marder and Abraham Marder (Sound of Metal) (Critics Choice)
Kemp Powers (One Night in Miami) (Critics Choice)
Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt (First Cow) (Critics Choice)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) (Critics Choice)
Aaron Sorkin (Trial of the Chicago 7) (won Golden Globe; Critics Choice)
Alice Wu (The Half of It) Independent Spirit)
Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton (The Father) (nominated for Golden Globe)
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland) (nominated for Golden Globe; Critics Choice)