by Nathaniel R
The Gotham Awards, the East Coast indie prizes that pair nicely with the West Coast's much-later Spirit Awards, have announced their nominations for the 2022 film year so we're officially off! Todd Field & Cate Blanchett's collaboration TÁR and Charlotte Wells' debut film Aftersun (both fairly new in theaters) most impressed the various juries that the Gothams assign to categories each year. They led the way with four nominations each across the 8 film categories. Other films that have reason to celebrate today include but are not limited to Everything Everywhere All At Once and two films that have not yet opened for moviegoers, the gay military drama The Inspection (Nov 18th) and Sarah Polley's return with Women Talking (Dec 2nd). Finally we've got a double acting nominee this year despite so few categories with Ben Whishaw nominated for both film (Women Talking) and television work (This is Going to Hurt).
Full list of nominees after the jump...
FILM AWARDS
BEST FEATURE
- Aftersun (A24)
- Cathedral (MUBI)
- Dos Estaciones (Cinema Guild)
- Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24)
- TÁR (Focus Features)
Because the nominations are juried there are always major surprises like tiny little seen films like Cathedral and Dos Estaciones factoring into the top category (but nowhere else). Given the other nominations for The Inspection though, perhaps A24 nearly had 2/3rds of this list.
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- All That Breathes (Sideshow/HBO)
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (NEON)
- I Didn't See You There (RePort Media)
- The Territory (National Geographic)
- What We Leave Behind (Array)
Random note: None of these films are up for the top doc category at the more mainstream Critics Choice Awards though All The Beauty and the Bloodshed and The Territory both have nominations for their directors.
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
The Banshees of Inisherin
- Athena -France (Netflix)
- The Banshees of Inisherin -Ireland (Searchlight)
- Corsage - Austria (IFC Films)
- Decision to Leave - South Korea (MUBI)
- Happening - France (IFC Films)
- Saint Omer - France (Super LTD)
With the exception of Athena (just out) and Happening (which France did not select as their Oscar film last season), all of these are hoping for Oscar attention since they're either submitted for International or expected to factor into multiple categories (Banshees)
BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR
- Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
- Owen Kline, Funny Pages
- Elegance Bratton, The Inspection
- Antonetta Alamat Kusijanovic, Murina
- Beth de Araujo, Soft & Quiet
- Jane Schoenbrun, We're All Going to the World's Fair
The Daniels, who directed Everything Everywhere All At Once were nominated in this category back in 2016 for Swiss Army Man though they didn't win.
SCREENPLAY
AFTER YANG © A24
- After Yang, Kogonada
- Armageddon Time, James Gray
- Catherine Called Birdy, Lena Dunham
- TÁR, Todd Field
- Women Talking, Sarah Polley
It's nice to see After Yang and Catherine Called Birdy pop up here, both criminally undervalued must-see movies.
LEAD PERFORMANCE
TILL
- Cate Blanchett, TÁR
- Danielle Deadwyler, Till
- Dale Dickey, A Love Song
- Colin Farrell, After Yang
- Brendan Fraser, The Whale
- Paul Mescal, Aftersun
- Thandiwe Newton, Gods' Country
- Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal
- Taylor Russell, Bones and All
- Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Tough break for Jeremy Pope the most conspicuous absentee given the supporting nods for The Inspection. And a pity that Colin Farrell wasn't honored for Banshees of Inisherin which is a stronger performance. But the Gothams weirdly avoid performances from overseas even if they're in English. They rule by "producer" rather than actor so it doesn't matter where the actor is from, just where their film is produced. so the British Aftersun, produced by Americans is eligible while the Irish film, Banshees, is not. (Dumb rule but you gotta have rules to narrow things down for juries one supposes).
SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
- Jessie Buckley, Women Talking
- Rául Castillo, The Inspection
- Hong Chau, The Whale
- Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
- Nina Hoss, TÁR
- Noemie Merlant, TÁR
- Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Mark Rylance, Bones and All
- Gabrielle Union, The Inspection
- Ben Whishaw, Women Talking
Lots of lovely performances though I'm on record as saying that I think Rylance was quite bad in Bones and All, super hammy and laying on his character's freakishness super thick. Which might be okay in some films but not, I would argue, in this one which has a somewhat artful subtlety. Still, at the screening I attended for Bones and All the audience went nuts for his work so he's a crowd-pleaser.
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
Anna Diop in "Nanny"
- Anna Cobb, We're All Going to the World's Fair
- Frankie Corio, Aftersun
- Anna Diop, Nanny
- Gracija Filipovic, Murina
- Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One
True dumb story: There was a mix up / double booking at the airport going to Middlelburg (where Anna Diop was honored for her Nanny work) and my boyfriend and I almost crashed Anna Diop's private car! She was nice about it but the driver figured it out and had the company send another driver quickly.
TV AWARDS
BREAKTHROUGH SERIES - SHORT FORMAT
- Abbott Elementary (ABC)
- As We See It (Prime)
- Mo (Netflix)
- Rap Sh!t (HBO Max)
- Somebody Somewhere (HBO Max)
BREAKTHROUGH SERIES - LONG FORMAT
- Pachinko (Apple TV+)
- Severance (Apple TV+)
- Station Eleven (HBO Max)
- This is Going to Hurt (AMC+/BBC)
- Yellowjackets (Showtime)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SERIES
This is Going to Hurt
- Bilal Baig, Sort Of
- Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
- Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
- Minha Kim, Pachinko
- Matilda Lawler, Station Eleven
- Britt Lower, Severance
- Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
- Zahn McClarnon, Dark Winds
- Sue Ann Pien, As We See It
- Ben Whishaw, This is Going to Hurt
BREAKTHROUGH NONCITION SERIES
- Andy Warhold Diaries (Nextli)
- The Last Movie Stars (HBO Max)
- Mind Over Murder (HBO Max)
- The Rehearsal (HBO Max)
- We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)