News of the World is well liked by the Critics Choice Awards
For whatever reason, the Broadcast Film Critics Association (which is comprised of a lot of non-critics), tends to match the Academy’s taste in Best Picture even more than the Golden Globes or SAG. So it was good news for Mank here, which led with 12 nods, and Minari, with followed it with 10. It was also a boost for News of the World, which got 7 nominations and into some bigger categories, like Picture, Actor, and Screenplay. The Critics Choice Awards will be held on March 7th in virtual form, hosted by Taye Diggs on the CW and watched by about three people, as usual. This group is kind of a joke, as they include so many nominations in each category so that whoever gets in at the Oscars, they can brag that they probably had them here too. Eight people for Best Actor? Really?
2021 BFCA NOMINATIONS
BEST PICTURE
Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST ACTOR
Ben Affleck – The Way Back
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Tom Hanks – News of the World
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari
BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Ryder Allen – Palmer
Ibrahima Gueye – The Life Ahead
Alan Kim – Minari
Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Caoilinn Springall – The Midnight Sky
Helena Zengel – News of the World
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Da 5 Bloods
Judas and the Black Messiah
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
One Night in Miami
The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Mank
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
News of the World
The Father
One Night in Miami
First Cow
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nomadland
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
First Cow
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Da 5 Bloods
Tenet
News of the World
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Personal History of David Copperfield
News of the World
Tenet
Mank
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
BEST EDITING
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Mank
Tenet
The Father
Sound of Metal
Nomadland
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Emma
Mulan
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Promising Young Woman
Mank
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Promising Young Woman
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Greyhound
The Invisible Man
Mank
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
Tenet
Wonder Woman 1984
BEST COMEDY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Forty-Year-Old Version
The King of Staten Island
On the Rocks
Palm Springs
The Prom
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Another Round
Collective
La Llorona
The Life Ahead
Minari
Two of Us
BEST SONG
Everybody Cries – The Outpost
Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah
Husavik (My Home Town) – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Io sì (Seen) – The Life Ahead
Speak Now – One Night in Miami
Tigress & Tweed – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
BEST SCORE
The Midnight Sky
Tenet
News of the World
Minari
Mank
Soul
Emma gets some tech nominations for costumes and production design
