6th Greater WNY Critics Nominations

It says something when a group that’s been around for six years is only now coming onto our radars. Not that their selections are unique enough to enable them to stand out.

Nominations Tallies

(9) Oppenheimer
(7) Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Poor Things
(6) Barbie, The Holdovers, May December
(3) All of Us Strangers, Anatomy of a Fall, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(2) American Fiction, The Boy and the Heron, Maestro
(1) All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Asteroid City, Eileen, Elemental, Four Daughters, Godzilla Minus One, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, The Iron Claw, The Killer, Kokomo City, Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros, Nimona, Perfect Days, Priscilla, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, A Thousand and One, The Zone of Interest

The Nominations

Best Film

All of Us Strangers
Asteroid City
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Animated Film

The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Director

Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Todd Haynes – May December
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song – Past Lives

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Actress

Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Natalie Portman – May December
Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
America Ferrera – Barbie
Anne Hathaway – Eileen
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
May December
Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay

All of Us Strangers
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Original Score

The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Editing

Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things

Best Cinematography

The Iron Claw
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Foreign Language Film

Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One
Perfect Days
The Zone of Interest

Best Documentary

Four Daughters
Kokomo City
Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

Breakthrough Director

Daniel Goldhaber – How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Celine Song – Past Lives

Breakthrough Performance

Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla
Teo Yoo – Past Lives