Nomadland hit high notes as it took home four awards at Sunday's Critics Choice Awards. The Critics Choice Awards sometimes serve as a bellwether for the Oscars, but this is a strange year. Who knows? Maybe Oscar will chart its own course.
Still, I suspect that Nomadland now stands as the front-runner when it comes to best picture.
This year's race for best actress should be interesting. Andra Day, also a Critics Choice nominee, won the Golden Globe for her performance in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, but Carey Mulligan took home the Critics Choice award for Promising Young Woman.
On Oscar night, I wouldn't bet against Nomadland's Frances McDormand, another Critics Choice nominee for best actress. Nor would I rule out Viola Davis, also a Critics Choice nominee, for her performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Oh well, lots of Oscar talk awaits.
Meanwhile, here’s the list of this year’s Critics Choice winners. Full disclosure: I'm a voting member of the Critics Choice Association.
Best PictureNomadland
Best Director
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
BEST ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman -- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Alan Kim – Minari
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Joshua James Richards – Nomadland
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – Mank
BEST EDITING – TIE
Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ann Roth – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tenet
BEST COMEDY
Palm Springs
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Minari
BEST SONG
Speak Now – One Night in Miami
BEST SCORE
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste – Soul
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