The Las Vegas critics have put together a list that looks almost passable as being the Academy’s. Anora didn’t do well here despite doing well with other groups. Is that as sign they didn’t like it or a preface to some Oscar snubs?

Nominations Tallies

(12) Dune: Part Two
(9) Conclave, Wicked
(8) The Brutalist
(6) Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu
(5) Gladiator II, Nickel Boys, The Wild Robot
(4) A Complete Unknown, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Sing Sing
(3) Anora, Deadpool & Wolverine, The Fall Guy, A Real Pain, The Substance
(2) Challengers, Dìdi, Flow, Heretic, Inside Out 2, Late Night with the Devil, Monkey Man, My Old Ass, My Penguin Friend, Strange Darling, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
(1) Abigail, Alien: Romulus, Arthur the King, Blitz, Daughters, His Three Daughters, Hit Man, I Saw the TV Glow, IF, I’m Still Here, Janet Planet, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Kneecap, The Last Showgirl, Maria, Memoir of a Snail, Music by John Williams, A Quiet Place: Day One, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Will & Harper, Woman of the Hour

The Nominations

Best Picture

The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Wicked

Best Animated Film

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Director

Edward Berger – Conclave
Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

Best Supporting Actor

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Elle Fanning – A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Original Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
His Three Daughters
A Real Pain
Saturday Night

Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Sing Sing

Best Song

Beautiful That Way – The Last Showgirl
Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot
Like a Bird – Sing Sing
El Mal – Emilia Pérez
Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez

Best Score

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
The Wild Robot

Best Film Editing

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu

Best Art Direction

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Costume Design

Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked

Best International

Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary

Daughters
Music by John Williams
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Breakout Filmmaker

Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour
J.T. Mollner – Strange Darling
Dev Patel – Monkey Man
Sean Wang – Dìdi

Best Male Youth Performance (Under 21)

Kit Connor – The Wild Robot
Ian Foreman – I Saw the TV Glow
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
Cooper Hoffman – Saturday Night
Izaac Wang – Dìdi

Best Female Youth Performance (Under 21)

Cailey Fleming – IF
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Ingrid Torelli – Late Night with the Devil
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

Best Ensemble

Anora
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked

Best Action Stunts

Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II
Monkey Man

Best Comedy Film

Deadpool & Wolverine
The Fall Guy
Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night

Best Action Film

Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II

Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film

Late Night with the Devil
Heretic
Nosferatu
Strange Darling
The Substance

Best Family Film

Inside Out 2
My Penguin Friend
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Wicked
The Wild Robot

William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award

Steve Martin
.Demi Moore
Claire Simpson
.Isabella Rossellini
Hans Zimmer

Best Animal Performance

Ukai – Arthur the King
Peggy – Deadpool & Wolverine
Dindim – My Penguin Friend
Rat Cast – Nosferatu
Frodo the Cat – A Quiet Place: Day One

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 1997 (28)