For anyone who thought that 2021 wouldn’t yield many great movies because of the pandemic and all, these Academy Award nominations will quickly school them.
It was actually a great year – many, many top notch films did NOT get nominated today. Hey, there are only a few slots available, that’s how it goes.
I am so glad that Lady Gaga did not get a nod for her campy perf in Gucci- she campaigned so hard for it that you could smell the desperation. So that is a plus!
Very happy for Troy Kotsar, the deaf actor in Coda who was amazing AND Coda got a Best Picture nomination! That is good news, indeed.
I was not among the enchanted for Kristen Stewart’s performance as Lady Diana in Spencer, but the buzz was loud from the start. I would have loved to see Alana Haim from Licorice Pizza get that slot instead. And I am crestfallen that Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga from Passing did not get nominated. That’s a travesty.
My money is on The Power of the Dog to take home Director, Actor, Supporting Actress and Score. The Academy Awards will air March 27th on ABC. Who did the Academy snub this year? Lemme know.
The Best Films of 2021 Here
Kinda shocked that Don’t Look Up got so much love-it wasn’t great, but if you play 6 degrees of separation with the cast-well, they have a lot of friends.
The Japanese film Drive My Car got multiple nods, unusual for an International film, and Denmark’s Flee also got a lot of Academy love.
I wish Guillermo del Toro has gotten a Best Directing nod, but he can console himself with the Best Picture nomination, along with several others.
Best Picture
“CODA”
“Drive My Car”
“Dune”
“King Richard”
“Nightmare Alley”“The Power of the Dog”
Best Director
Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
“Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”
Best Actor
Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick … Boom!”
Will Smith, “King Richard”
Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
Penélope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”
Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”
Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”
Best Supporting Actor
Ciaran Hinds, “Belfast”
Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog”
J.K. Simmons, “Being the Ricardos”
Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Judi Dench, “Belfast”
Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
Original Screenplay
“Belfast”
“Don’t Look Up”
“King Richard”
“The Worst Person in the World”
Adapted Screenplay
“CODA”
“Drive My Car”
“Dune”
“The Lost Daughter”
“The Power of the Dog”
The Best(and the rest) Animated Films of 2021
Animated Feature
“Encanto”
“Flee”
“The Mitchells vs. the Machines”
“Raya and the Last Dragon”
Production Design
“Dune”
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of the Dog”
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
“West Side Story”
Costume Design
“Cruella”
“Cyrano”
“Dune”
“Nightmare Alley”
“West Side Story”
Cinematography
“Dune”
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of the Dog”
“West Side Story”
Editing
“Don’t Look Up”
“Dune”
“King Richard”
“The Power of the Dog”
“Tick, Tick … Boom!”
Makeup and Hairstyling
“Coming 2 America”
“Cruella”
“Dune”
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
“House of Gucci”
Visual Effects
“Dune”
“Free Guy”
“No Time to Die”
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Score
“Don’t Look Up”
“Dune”
“Encanto”
“Parallel Mothers”
“The Power of the Dog”
Song
“Be Alive” (“King Richard”)
“Dos Oruguitas” (“Encanto”)
“Down to Joy” (“Belfast”)
“No Time To Die” (“No Time to Die”)
“Somehow You Do” (“Four Good Days”)
Documentary Feature
“Ascension”
“Attica”
“Flee”
“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
“Writing With Fire”
Animated Short
“Affairs of the Art”
“Bestia”
“Boxballet”
“Robin Robin”
“The Windshield Wiper”
Documentary Short
“Audible”
“Lead Me Home”
“The Queen of Basketball”
“Three Songs for Benazir”
“When We Were Bullies”
Live-Action Short
“The Dress”
“The Long Goodbye”
“On My Mind”
“Please Hold”
“Ala Kachuu — Take and Run”