15th Indiana Critics Nominations

Poor Things dominated the finalists for the Indiana Film Journalists Association awards. The high numbers come from their vast list of nominees for each category. Not much to see here except for the eccentricities of a few critics.

Nominations Tallies

(12) Poor Things
(10) Killers of the Flower Moon
(9) Oppenheimer, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(8) Barbie, The Holdovers
(7) May December
(6) Beau Is Afraid, Past Lives
(5) Asteroid City, Fair Play, John Wick: Chapter 4, The Killer, A Thousand and One
(4) American Fiction, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Dream Scenario, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
(3) BlackBerry, Bottoms, Godzilla Minus One, Maestro, Robot Dreams
(2) Air, The Boy and the Heron, Nimona, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Suzume, The Zone of Interest
(1) 20 Days in Mariupol, American Symphony, Anatomy of a Fall, Beyond Utopia, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Enys Men, Extraction 2, Greener Pastures, Infinity Pool, Knock at the Cabin, Kokomo City, Lakota Nation vs. United States, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, The Marvels, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Monster, Pathaan, The Promised Land, Rustin, Saltburn, Smoking Causes Coughing, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb, When Evil Lurks

The Nominations

Best Film Nominees

American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Asteroid City
Barbie
Beau Is Afraid
BlackBerry
Dream Scenario
Fair Play
Godzilla Minus One
The Holdovers
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
A Thousand and One

Best Animated Film Nominees

The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Suzume

Best Director Nominees

Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
David Fincher – The Killer
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Todd Haynes – May December
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song – Past Lives
Chad Stahelski – John Wick: Chapter 4

Best Lead Performance Nominees

Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Phoebe Dynevor – Fair Play
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Joaquin Phoenix – Beau Is Afraid
Natalie Portman – May December
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Supporting Performance Nominees

Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
Viola Davis – Air
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Charles Melton – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

Best Ensemble Acting Nominees

Air
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Asteroid City
Barbie
Beau Is Afraid
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
A Thousand and One

Best Original Screenplay Nominees

Asteroid City
Bottoms
Dream Scenario
Fair Play
The Holdovers
May December
Past Lives
A Thousand and One

Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees

American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Barbie
Beau Is Afraid
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Killers of the Flower Moon
Knock at the Cabin
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Musical Score Nominees

Asteroid City
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Godzilla Minus One
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
May December
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Editing

BlackBerry
Fair Play
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Cinematography

Asteroid City
Beau Is Afraid
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn
The Zone of Interest

Best Foreign Language Film Nominees

Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One
Monster
Past Lives
Pathaan
The Promised Land
Suzume
When Evil Lurks
The Zone of Interest

Best Documentary Nominees

20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Greener Pastures
Kokomo City
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

Breakout of the Year Nominees

.Josiah Cross (performer) – A Thousand and One
.Chloe Domont (writer-director) – Fair Play
.Daniel Goldhaber (director/co-writer) – How to Blow Up a Pipeline
.Cord Jefferson (writer-director) – American Fiction
.Marshawn Lynch (performer) – Bottoms
.Charles Melton (performer) – May December
.Dominic Sessa – (performer) The Holdovers
.Celine Song (writer-director) – Past Lives
.Iman Vellani (performer) – The Marvels

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance Nominees

Jack Black – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Oscar Isaac – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Chloe Grace Moretz – Nimona
Hailee Steinfeld – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse