2021 Oscar Shouldabeens

[dws1982]

Still things to see; I have been watching more movies than usual the past couple of years (COVID has turned me into a true homebody) but I guess I've prioritized older things more than current releases, although COVID of course has made those easier to see.

Best Films:
1- West Side Story (Steven Spielberg)
2- Nowhere Special (Uberto Pasolini)
3- Some Kind of Heaven (Lance Oppenheim)
4- Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
5- In the Same Breath (Nanfu Wang)
6- After Love (Aleem Khan)
7- The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier)
8- Old (M. Night Shyamalan)
9- Passing (Rebecca Hall)
10- The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)

Best Director:
1- Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
2- Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
3- Nanfu Wang, In the Same Breath
4- Uberto Pasolini, Nowhere Special
5- Aleem Khan, After Love

Best Actor:
1- James Norton, Nowhere Special
2- Hidetoshi Nishijima, Drive My Car
3- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
4- Stephen Graham, Boiling Point
5- Joaquin Phoenix, C'mon, C'mon

Best Actress:
1- Joanna Scanlon, After Love
2- Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
3- Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
4- Tessa Thompson, Passing
5- Vicky Krieps, Bergman Island

Best Supporting Actor:
1- Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
2- Talid Ariss, After Love
2- Anders Danielsen-Lie, The Worst Person in the World and Bergman Island
4- Mike Fast, West Side Story
5- David Alvarez, West Side Story

Best Supporting Actress:
1- Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
2- Ruth Negga, Passing
3- Park Yu-rim, Drive My Car
4- Carol Moore, Nowhere Special
5- Nathalie Richard, After Love

Best Ensemble:
1- West Side Story
2- Drive My Car
3- Nowhere Special
4- The Worst Person in the World
5- Passing

Best Original Screenplay:
1- Nowhere Special
2- The Worst Person in the World
3- C'mon, C'mon
4- Nine Days
5- Licorice Pizza

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1- Drive My Car
2- West Side Story
3- Passing
4- The Green Knight
5- The Humans

Best Cinematography:
1- West Side Story
2- Old
3- The Green Knight
4- Cry Macho
5- Passing

Best Editing:
1- West Side Story
2- In the Same Breath
3- Old
4- Dune
5- The Worst Person in the World

Best Score:
1- The Harder They Fall
2- Nine Days
3- Nightmare Alley
4- Luca
5- Encanto

Best Production Design:
1- West Side Story
2- The Green Knight
3- The Humans
4- The Tragedy of Macbeth
5- Last Night in Soho

Best Costume Design:
1- The Green Knight
2- Dune
3- The Harder They Fall
4- Passing
5- West Side Story

Best Sound:
1- The Harder They Fall
2- The Green Knight
3- West Side Story
4- Dune
5- Last Night in Soho

Best Sound Effects
1- Dune
2- The Harder They Fall
3- The Green Knight
4- Old
5- Titane

Best Visual Effects:
1- Dune
2- Spider-Man: No Way Home
3- Eternals

Best Makeup/Hairstyling:
1- The Green Knight
2- West Side Story
3- Dune
4- The Eyes of Tammy Faye
5- Titane

[anonymous1980]

I'm this close to finalizing my personal awards. I will unveil the complete and final one on Facebook but here's a sneak peek:

BEST PICTURE
"Drive My Car"
"Dune"
"Licorice Pizza"
"Luca"
"Mass"
"Pig"
"The Power of the Dog"
"Titane"
"West Side Story"
"The Worst Person in the World"

You have Mass up for best picture but nothing else?

Um, read Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay again.

[criddic3]

I'm this close to finalizing my personal awards. I will unveil the complete and final one on Facebook but here's a sneak peek:

BEST PICTURE
"Drive My Car"
"Dune"
"Licorice Pizza"
"Luca"
"Mass"
"Pig"
"The Power of the Dog"
"Titane"
"West Side Story"
"The Worst Person in the World"

You have Mass up for best picture but nothing else?

[anonymous1980]

I'm this close to finalizing my personal awards. I will unveil the complete and final one on Facebook but here's a sneak peak:

BEST PICTURE
"Drive My Car"
"Dune"
"Licorice Pizza"
"Luca"
"Mass"
"Pig"
"The Power of the Dog"
"Titane"
"West Side Story"
"The Worst Person in the World"

BEST DIRECTOR
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, "Drive My Car"
Denis Villenueve, "Dune"
Jane Campion, "The Power of the Dog"
Julia Ducournau, "Titane"
Steven Spielberg, "West Side Story"

BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage, "Pig"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Power of the Dog"
Andrew Garfield, "tick, tick...BOOM!"
Hidetoshi Nishijima, "Drive My Car"
Simon Rex, "Red Rocket"

BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman, "The Lost Daughter"
Jodie Comer, "The Last Duel"
Penélope Cruz, "Parallel Mothers"
Renate Reinsve, "The Worst Person in the World"
Kristen Stewart, "Spencer"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mike Faist, "West Side Story"
Troy Kotsur, "CODA"
Vincent Lindon, "Titane"
Woody Norman, "C'mon C'mon"
Kodi Smit-McPhee, "The Power of the Dog"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose, "West Side Story"
Ann Dowd, "Mass"
Kirsten Dunst, "The Power of the Dog"
Kathryn Hunter, "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
Park Yoo-rim, "Drive My Car"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness, Jason Schwartzman and Roman Coppola, "The French Dispatch"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "Licorice Pizza"
Fran Kranz, "Mass"
Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block, "Pig"
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, "The Worst Person in the World"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, "Drive My Car"
David Lowery, "The Green Knight"
Jane Campion, "The Power of the Dog"
Steven Levenson, "tick, tick...BOOM!"
Tony Kushner, "West Side Story"

[Big Magilla]

Fifth slot goes to Penélope Cruz who I still haven't seen in anything other clips from the film in which she is excellent.

Just to clarify, have you seen Parallel Mothers?

Sorry, just saw this.

Nope, still waiting. Probably won't see it until after the Oscars.

Replaced Dune with Drive My Car for Best Picture and Director.

[criddic3]

Fifth slot goes to Penélope Cruz who I still haven't seen in anything other clips from the film in which she is excellent.

Just to clarify, have you seen Parallel Mothers?

[criddic3]

BEST PICTURE

Belfast
Dune
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick...Boom!
West Side Story


BEST DIRECTOR

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
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 (1996) 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

A rare instance when none of the nominees for this category matched the Oscar list.

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

___
TALLY:

Title Noms Wins
West Side Story : 10 6
Dune : 8 4
Power of the Dog: 8 1
Belfast 6 1
Tick, Tick... Boom 5 1
CODA 4 2
Green Knight 4 0
Harder They Fall 3 0
Mass 3 0
Tragedy of Macbeth 3 1
Annette 2 0
Encanto 2 1
Flee 2 0
Judas & Black Messiah 2 0
Lost Daughter 2 0
Parallel Mothers 2 0
Spider-Man: No Way 2 0
Titane 2 1

[Greg]

Best Actress was the weakest category for me.

Because The Power Of The Dog did not have a lead actress?

[mlrg]

I still have a lot to see but from what I've seen I think Jesse Buckley's performance in The Lost Daughter is, by far, the best under the supporting actress category.

[Reza]

I have seen almost every contender this year. I picked a top6 for every category, except from Best Actor which is extremely week this year. I would happily switch Dicaprio with another contender, but can't find a decent alternative.

Watch Old Henry.

[Cinemanolis]

I have seen almost every contender this year.

BEST PICTURE
Belfast
Hand of God
Power of the Dog
West Side Story
The Worst Person In the World

BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion - Power of the Dog
Asghar Farhadi – A Hero
Paolo Sorrentino - Hand of God
Steven Spielberg - West Side Story
Joachim Trier - The Worst Person In the World

BEST ACTOR
Bennedict Cumberbatch - Power of the Dog
Leonardo Di Caprio - Don’t Look Up
Andrew Garfield - Tick, Tick… Boom!
Simon Rex – Red Rocket
Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz - Parallel Mothers
Ann Dowd – Mass
Renate Reisve - The Worst Person In the World

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Anders Danielsen Lie - The Worst Person In the World
Jamie Dornan - Belfast
Mike Faist - West Side Story
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Codi Smit-McPhee - Power of the Dog

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Caitriona Balfe - Belfast
Jessie Buckley - The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose - West Side Story
Judi Dench - Belfast
Jayne Houdyshell - The Humans

[Big Magilla]

2021

Best Picture
Belfast
Drive My Car
Licorice Pizza
*The Power of the Dog
The Worst Person in the World

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Bradley Cooper, Nightmare Alley
*Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Andrew Garfield, tick…tick…Boom!

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
*Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World

Best Supporting Actor
Jamie Dornan, Belfast
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
*Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Judi Dench, Belfast
*Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Ruth Negga, Passing
Martha Plimpton, Mass

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
*Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Joaquim Trier, The Worst Person in the World

[Reza]

2021
Best Film
Belfast
Old Henry
Parallel Mothers
*The Power of the Dog
Spencer

Best Actor
*Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
Tim Blake Nelson, Old Henry
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian
Dev Patel, The Green Knight

Best Actress
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Emilia Jones, CODA
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
*Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Best Supporting Actor
Idris Elba, The Harder They Fall
Rhys Ifans, The King's Man
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Jessie Plemons, The Power of the Dog
*Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
*Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Parallel Mothers

Best Director
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
*Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Pablo Larain, Spencer
Potsy Ponciroli, Old Henry