10th Hawaii Critics Nominations

32 categories for such a small organization. Doesn’t seem necessary. They are also so small that their idiosyncrasies can secure nominations for otherwise ignored Seyfried in The Housemaid, though they largely stay with the current conventional wisdom in terms of nominations.

Nominations Tallies

(14) One Battle After Another, Sinners
(10) Frankenstein
(7) Sentimental Value
(6) F1, Marty Supreme
(5) Hamnet
(4) Together, Weapons
(3) Arco, Eddington, Good Boy, Sorry, Baby, Train Dreams
(2) Avatar: Fire and Ash, Ballerina, Bring Her Back, Companion, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Housemaid, Hurry Up Tomorrow, Jay Kelly, The Life of Chuck, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, The Phoenician Scheme, The Plague, Predator: Badlands, Rental Family, The Secret Agent, Superman, Tron: Ares, Wicked: For Good
(1) 100 Nights of Hero, 28 Years Later, The Bad Guys 2, Badlands, Blue Moon, Captain America: Brave New World, Caught Stealing, Clown in a Cornfield, Death of a Unicorn, Dog Man, The Friend, George A. Romero’s Resident Evil, Heart Eyes, Highest 2 Lowest, It Was Just an Accident, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Karate Kid: Legends, Keeper, KPop Demon Hunters, Lahaina Rising, Left-Handed Girl, The Long Walk, MĀHŪ: A Trans-Pacific Love Letter, No Other Choice, Nouvelle Vague, Orwell: 2+2=5, A Paradise Lost, Pee-wee as Himself, The Perfect Neighbor, Predators, Reeling, Sharing Aloha, Shelby Oaks, The Strangers: Chapter 2, The Testament of Ann Lee, Thunderbolts*, Zootopia 2

The Nominations

Best Picture

Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Animated Film

Arco
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
Dog Man
KPop Demon Hunters
Zootopia 2

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

Best Actor

Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Sally Hawkins – Bring Her Back
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Sophie Thatcher – Companion

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress

Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Amanda Seyfried – The Housemaid
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Original Screenplay

Eddington
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Weapons

Best Adapted Screenplay

Frankenstein
Hamnet
The Housemaid
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

Best Song

As Alive As You Need Me to Be – Tron: Ares
Highest 2 Lowest – Highest 2 Lowest
Hurry Up Tomorrow – Hurry Up Tomorrow
I Lied to You – Sinners
.Train Dreams – Train Dreams

Best Original Score

F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Tron: Ares

Best Editing

F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Together

Best Cinematography

F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Art Direction

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
The Phoenician Scheme
Sinners

Best Costume Design

Frankenstein
Hamnet
The Phoenician Scheme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Makeup

28 Years Later
Frankenstein
Sinners
Weapons
Wicked: For Good

Best Sound

F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Predator: Badlands
Sinners

Best Foreign Language Film

It Was Just an Accident
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value

Best Documentary

George A. Romero’s Resident Evil
Orwell: 2+2=5
Pee-wee as Himself
The Perfect Neighbor
Predators

Best First Film

Arco
Good Boy
The Plague
Sorry, Baby
Together

Best Overlooked Film

Clown in a Cornfield
Eddington
The Life of Chuck
Nouvelle Vague
Rental Family

Best New Filmmaker

Ugo Bienvenu – Arco
Ben Leonberg – Good Boy
Charlie Polinger – The Plague
Michael Shanks – Together
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Best Stunt Work

Ballerina
F1
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance

Eric Bauza – The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
Oona Chaplin – Avatar: Fire and Ash
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Sam Rockwell – The Bad Guys 2
Alison Wright – Predator: Badlands