Left image via A24// middle & right via Chiabella James//
The 2022 Oscar season is upon us, with the Academy last night revealing its full list of nominees for the year’s best films.
Spanning 23 categories, Jane Campion’s Netflix film Power Of The Dog snagged the most nominations, including a nod for both Best Picture and Best Director. Following behind with a respectable 10, sci-fi epic Dune scored noms across Best Picture and a stack of technical categories. King Richard, the biopic about the early lives of Serena and Venus Williams, as well as Don’t Look Up, Belfast and Liquorice Pizza round out the year’s Best Picture nominations.
On the acting front, Australia’s sweetheart Nicole Kidman scored her fourth Best Actress nod in a field of multiple previous nominees including Jessica Chastain and Olivia Colman, while Oscar newbie Kristen Stewart got a shout for her portrayal of Princess Diana. Meanwhile, Will Smith received a much-overdue nomination, leading a Best Actor race that also includes Denzel Washington, Andrew Garfield and Benedict Cumberbatch.
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The list isn’t without an expected dose of snubs, with Lady Gaga’s work in House of Gucci (and indeed the entire film more broadly) being overlooked by the Academy despite its buzzy release. Arguably the year’s biggest flick, Spider-Man: No Way Home was thought to be in contention as the Academy’s mainstream candidate, but came up empty handed in a race of mostly-conventional Oscar bait. Peep the full list of 2022’s Academy Award nominees in the major categories below:
Best Picture
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Director
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Rysusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKP_0z52ZAw
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Will Smith, King Richard
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick, BOOM!
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Best Original Screenplay
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wYdZi3tFJ4
Best Documentary Feature
Summer of Soul
Flee
Attica
Ascension
Writing with Fire
Best Original Song
Be Alive by Beyonce, King Richard
Dos Oruguitas by Sebastián Yatra, Encanto
Down to Joy by Van Morrison, Belfast
No Time to Die by Billie Eilish, No Time to Die
Somehow You Do by Reba McEntire, Four Good Days
