1st Michigan Critics Guild Nominations (2023)

The Michigan Critics Guild is a new organization announcing winners this year. A very small group usually makes idiosyncratic choices, which could explain why Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, and Past Lives make Best Picture without a corresponding directing citation while Christopher Nolan and Martin Scorsese don’t get their films past the finish mark.

Nominations Tallies

(6) American Fiction, Barbie, The Holdovers
(5) Past Lives
(4) Anatomy of a Fall
Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, Poor Things
(2) Maestro, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
(1) 80 for Brady, Air, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Beyond Utopia, The Boy and the Heron, Evil Dead Rise, The Iron Claw, John Wick: Chapter 4 , Joy Ride, The Killer, Master Gardener, May December, Migration, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Nimona, Polite Society, Saltburn, Silent Night, Sly, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Wonka

The Nominations

Best Picture

American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Past Lives
Poor Things

Best Animated Film

The Boy and The Heron
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Director

Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Zac Efron – The Iron Claw
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Actress

Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actor

Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Robert DeNiro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress

America Ferrera – Barbie
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Julianne Moore – May December
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn

Best Screenplay

American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Past Lives

Best Documentary Film

Beyond Utopia
Sly
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Breakthrough Award

Sandra Hüller – Actress, Anatomy of a Fall
Cord Jefferson – Director, American Fiction
Greta Lee – Actress, Past Lives
Dominic Sessa – Actor, The Holdovers
Celine Song – Director/Writer Past Lives

Best Ensemble

Air
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer

Best Stunts

John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Polite Society
Silent Night

The MMCG Award for Film Excellence (presented to a filmmaker, writer, actor, crew member etc. who has Michigan ties or to a film made or set in Michigan)

Keegan-Michael Key – Actor Wonka/The Super Mario Bros. Movie/Migration
Ashley Park – Actress, Joy Ride
Paul Schrader – Director, Master Gardener
Lily Tomlin – Actress, 80 For Brady
Bruce Campbell – Producer, Evil Dead Rise
J.K. Simmons – Actor, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse