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The Films of 2022. The 23rd annual FiLM BiTCH Awards

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gold medal

 silver medal

  bronze medal

 

AND THE NOMINEES ARE...
(beware of spoilers on this page)

 

 

Hero of the Year

Bheem & Raju
(N.T. Rama Rao Jr & Ram Charan) RRR

 

Evelyn Wang
(Michelle Yeoh)
EVERYTHING
EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Jodi Kantor & Megan Towhey
(Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan)
SHE SAID

Ensign Jessie Brown
(Jonathan Majors)
DEVOTION
Mrs Harris
(Lesley Manville)
MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS

 

 

 Blessed with: Friendship, Superheroic physicality, and a righteous cause to free India from colonists.

Achilles Heel: Gullible. Easily distracted.

Triumph: Saving each other, they eventually become heroes of the revolution.

 

Blessed with: Utter ordinariness. It turns out its the key to unlocking her super powers from all her multiversal selves

Achilles Heel: Looming tax deadlines, way too critical of loved ones

Triumph: Saves the multiverse and repairs long untreated family wounds

Blessed with: Dogged work ethic and a righteous cause, to expose Harvey Weinstein and systemic abuse in Hollywood


Achilles Heel: Nobody will talk on record (at first)

Triumph: Publishes the expose. Kickstaring a powerful movement for reform

 

Blessed with: Resolve of character, tenacity of body and spirit, military training, good friends, supportive wife

Achilles Heel: Racism. Not really his achilles heel, of course, but the world's.

Triumph: Dies a hero. Makes the history books.
Blessed with: A dream, a love of beauty, and best of all, a stubbornly good heart

Achilles Heel: A bit naive so prone to reading the room wrong, trusting too soon, and putting her own needs last

Triumph: Save a fashion house in Paris, gets the dress!

Runners Up

Finalists: Opportunity & Spirit (themselves) for their heartwarming overdelivery on technical promise in Good Night Oppy, Rahimi (Zar Amir-Ebrahami) for her relentless pursuit of justice and truth despite hostility to women in Holy Spider, and Naru (Amber Midthunder) for saving her village and defeating the alien in Prey

Semi Finalists: Nan Goldin (herself) in All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, OJ & Emerald Haywood (Daniel Kaluuya & Keke Palmer) in Nope, and Nanisca  (Viola Davis) in The Woman King, and Shuri (Letitia Wright) in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

 

Villain of the Year

Jean Jacket
(animators)
NOPE

Jobu Tubaki
(Stephanie Hsu)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Miles Bron
(Edward Norton)
GLASS ONION
Namor
(Tenoch Huerta Mejia)
BLACK PANTHER WAKANDA FOREVER
The Scarlet Witch
(Elisabeth Olsen)
DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

Guilty of: Mass murder, stalking, messing with the wifi (and other electronics)

     
Accomplices: Clouds

Sentence: Very complicated death by way of falling for a gluttonous trap in the shape of a Helium balloon. 

 Guilty of: Multiversal mayhem!
     
Accomplices: Disciples all over the multiverse! You'll know them from that circular stamp... ooks like a bagel

Sentence: Reformed.

 

Guilty of: Megalomania. Murder. Intellectual Property Theft. Destroying classic works of art
     
Accomplices: Dependent friends: influencers, scientists, politicians

Sentence: Life of shame... if he was capable of feeling any.

 

Guilty of
: Murder. Making threatening offers you can't refuse
     
Accomplices: Talokans, ample supply of Vibranium

Sentence: He swims free but still holds a supergrudge against the surface world. "Namor will return" 
Guilty of: Mass murder. Multiversal mayhem! Renegging on her redemption arc from "Wandavision"
     
Accomplices: The Darkhold. Plus America Chavez if she can catch her

Sentence: Buried in mountainous rubble (for now)


Runners Up

Finalists: Saeed the Spider-Killer (Mehdi Bajestani) is a creepy crusading misogymist killer Holy Spider, The Grabber (Ethan Hawke) is teh stuff of urban legend in Black Phone

Semi Finalists: Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) in Elvis, Men (unseen) in Women Talking, Jack Horner (John Mulaney) in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Danny Sharp (Jake Gyllenhaal) in AmbuLAnce, and Abigail Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe) in The Lost City


Diva of the Year

Empress Sissy
(Vicky Krieps)
CORSAGE

Lola Cuevas
(Penelope Cruz)
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Lydia Tár
(Cate Blanchett
TAR
Queen Ramonda
(Angela Bassett)
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
Chef Slowik
(Ralph Fiennes)
THE MENU

 

 

  Turn ons: Late night riding, dancing by herself, men who aren't her husband

 


Hobbies: Feigning sickness to ditch her royal duties, long vacations, torrid affairs

Enablers: Her staff

Turn offs: Duties to the empire, expectations from others

 

Turn ons: ART, being a provocateur 

Hobbies: Making people uncomfortable, making ART, refusing to answer questions, manipulating actors

Enablers: Insecure actors, critics, awards bodies

Turn offs: Answering questions about her art
Turn ons: Mahler, Bernstein, Herself, Women

Hobbies: Flaunting her accomplishments, belittling others, seducing women, controlling time itself

Enablers: Every sycophant her reputation produces

Turn offs: Being challenged or blamed, 
Turn ons: Wakandan anything.

Hobbies: Oration. Enunciation. Wearing jaw-dropping couture.

Enablers: The Dora Milaje

Turn offs: Oceanic invaders. Shifty politicians in the US and Europe.

Turn ons: His own artistry. The joy of cooking. Calling the shots. YES, CHEF.

Hobbies: Holding grudges, menu designing, vengeance

Enablers: Food critics, plus his violently loyal staff

Turn offs: Foodies, Wealthy People
 

Finalists: Clueless entitled hilarious "Birdie Jay" (Kate Hudson) in Glass Onion,  Maverick (Tom Cruise) still cocky af after all these years in Top Gun Maverick

Semi Finalists: "Queen Gudrun" (Nicole Kidman) in The Northman, "Birdy" in Catherine Called Birdy, "Djinn" (Idris Elba) in 3000 Years of Longing "Mitzi Fabelman" (Michelle Williams) in The Fabelmans, "Silverio" (Daniel Gimenez Cacho) in Bardo

 


 

Sexpot of the Year
Carl
(Harris Dickinson)
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Elvis
(Austin Butler)
ELVIS

Nellie LaRoy
(Margot Robbie)
BABYLON

Selina Kyle
(Zoe Kravitz)
THE BATMAN
Will
(Conrad Ricamora)
FIRE ISLAND

 Eager (even if he doesn't realize it) to be the kept trophy boy. He gets his wish on the island.

An instant icon who caused a riot in the nation with his hip swiveling and sexual magnetism

 Determined to be the center of attention and knows that her desirability is the key

From her slinky moves to the spell she casts (unintentionally) on Batman, Kravitz proves a worthy successor to a long line of talent in this role.

The best kind of hunk.. the kind ho is a little shy and stiff about his own appeal (but unleashes it in the most disarming way -- dance-off!)
 

Finalists: Lady Fay Zhou (Li Jun Li) who has "it" but the world isn't ready for it in Babylon, the dangerous allure of restless insatiable Melinda (Ana de Armas) in Deep Water, the smooth charms of Leo Grande (Darly McCormack) in Good Luck to You Leo Grande who earns his money, And of course Norma Jeane (Ana de Armas) in Blonde though she'd place as a nominee if the film weren't so focused on sex as shameful and tragic for Marilyn

Semi Finalists: Bella (Sofia Kappel) who thinks she's found her calling in Pleasure, the mysterious Song Seo-rae (Tang Wei) in Decision to Leave who reels the detective investigating her in like an old school femme fatale (though she isn't maybe as malevolent.) and Aaron (Luke McFarlane) who works hard at being an ideal specimen in Bros

 

 

MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR

DECISION TO LEAVE EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE... HOLY SPIDER TÁR WHITE NOISE

 Elegant mystery and labyrinthine meaning

Dizzying, evocative, and funny. So meany easter eggs!

 Defiant juxtaposition of Persian rug and sex work

Self-mythologizing grandeur in one bold swoop
Incongruously cheerful satirical character posters. Ingenious way to sell this
 

Finalists: Aftersun, Triangle of Sadness 
Semi Finalists: Elvis, CorsageNelly & Nadine, Peter Von Kant, and Babylon  READ THE FULL ARTICLE FOR EXPLANATIONS

 

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