Oscar Nominations 2022
Coming 26th March to a paywall near you. Here's what the academy voters have decided will be vying for your attention over the next six weeks or so. I'm just concerning myself with the more glittery awards, so don't shoot me. Thoughts on these choices will come later.
Best Film Nominees
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Belfast
Dune
Licorice Pizza
King Richard
CODA
Don't Look Up
Drive My Car
Nightmare Alley
Best Director
Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog
Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza
Steven Spielberg - West Side Story
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Belfast
Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Drive My Car
Best Actor
Will Smith - King Richard
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield - Tick, Tick... Boom!
Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth
Javier Bardem - Being the Ricardos
Best Actress
Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos
Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Kristen Stewart - Spencer
Penelope Cruz - Parallel Mothers
Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose - West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard
Dame Judi Dench - Belfast
Jesse Buckley - The Lost Daughter
Best Supporting Actor
Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog
Ciarán Hinds - Belfast
Troy Kotsur - Coda
Jesse Plemons - The Power of the Dog
JK Simmons - Being the Ricardos
Best Animated Feature
Encanto
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Flee
Raya and the Last Dragon