The Critics Alternative Award nominations have been introduced, and several other much-talked-about motion pictures have gotten a slew of nods. However there’s additionally some astonishing commissions.*
Each the humanely hilarious Anora and the polarizing body-horror providing The Substance scored seven nominations. The universally praised drama The Brutalist acquired 9 nominations, whereas the controversial musical Emilia Pérez and the epic Dune: Half Two earned 10. And tied for many nominations at 11 is the field workplace smash that’s Depraved and the sensational (and slyly humorous) thriller Conclave.
Notable snubs embrace Babygirl, Halina Reijn’s torrid thriller that gained Nicole Kidman the Volpi Cup out of the Venice Worldwide Movie Competition, Problemista, Julio Torres’ critically heralded comedy in regards to the purple tape of immigrating to America, and Love Lies Bleeding, Rose Glass’ harrowing and gnarly thriller.
Did your favourite film of 2024 make the lower? Take a look at the Critics Alternative Awards full listing of film nominations beneath:
BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Half Two
Emilia Pérez
The Substance
Depraved
BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Full Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic
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BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Depraved
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Arduous Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Actual Ache
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Full Unknown
Man Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Depraved
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
Maisy Stella – My Previous Ass
Izaac Wang – Dìdi
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Anora
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Sing Sing
Depraved
BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Jon M. Chu – Depraved
Mashable High Tales
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Half Two
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sean Baker – Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg – A Actual Ache
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Depraved
Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
Peter Straughan – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Half Two
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Alice Brooks – Depraved
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Greig Fraser – Dune: Half Two
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Depraved
Suzie Davies – Conclave
Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – Gladiator II
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Half Two
BEST EDITING
Sean Baker – Anora
Marco Costa – Challengers
Nick Emerson – Conclave
David Jancso – The Brutalist
Joe Walker – Dune: Half Two
Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Lisy Christl – Conclave
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria
Paul Tazewell – Depraved
Jacqueline West – Dune: Half Two
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hair and Make-up Crew – Dune: Half Two
Hair and Make-up Crew – The Substance
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Depraved
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – A Completely different Man
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Depraved
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Half Two
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Higher Man
Visible Results Crew – The Substance
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
BEST COMEDY
A Actual Ache
Saturday Night time
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Emilia Pérez
Stream
I’m Nonetheless Right here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
BEST SONG
“Beautiful That Way” – The Final Showgirl – Miley Cyrus
“Compress / Repress” – Challengers – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
“El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille
“Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robotic – Maren Morris
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez
BEST SCORE
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robotic
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Half Two
To see who’ll win Critics Alternative, tune into E! Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, the place the Critics Alternative Awards will air reside, hosted by Chelsea Handler.
*Full Disclosure: Kristy Puchko is a member of the Critics Alternative Affiliation, which holds the Critics Alternative Awards.
