36th Chicago Critics Nominations (2023)

A fairly traditional group gives a fairly traditional list. There are a few unexpected names on this list, but nothing outside the realm of possibility.

Nominations Tallies

(10) Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, Poor Things
(9) Barbie
(7) May December
(5) The Zone of Interest
(4) Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Past Lives
(3) Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Asteroid City
(2) All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, The Boy and the Heron, Godzilla Minus One, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
(1) 20 Days in Mariupol, All of Us Strangers, American Fiction, Beyond Utopia, BlackBerry, John Wick: Chapter 4, Kokomo City, Leo, Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros, Nyad, Priscilla, Robot Dreams, Skinamarink, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Still:
A Michael J. Fox Movie, The Teachers’ Lounge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, A Thousand and One

The Nominations

Best Picture

Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Animated Film

The Boy and The Heron
Leo
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Director

Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Todd Haynes – May December
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Teo Yoo – Past Lives

Best Actress

Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Natalie Portman – Secrets of the Elephants
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress

Jodie Foster – Nyad
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
May December
Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best Original Score

Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best Editing

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer

Best Cinematography

Asteroid City
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best Art Direction

Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Costume Design

Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
Priscilla

Best Use of Visual Effects

Barbie
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Foreign Language Film

Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and The Heron
Godzilla Minus One
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest

Best Documentary

20 Days in Mariupol
Beyond Utopia
Kokomo City
Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker

Kyle Edward Ball – Skinamarink
Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Celine Song – Past Lives

Most Promising Performer

Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Teo Yoo – Past Lives