In a two-hour long virtual broadcast/tweetstorm, the Seattle Film Critics Society unveiled their (our) nominations for the best in 2022 film across several social media platforms. The big favorite? Multiverse family action comedy / drama Everything Everywhere All At Once scored a towering 14 nominations across 21 categories, including acting nods for Best Ensemble, Lead Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Supporting Actress (Stephanie Hsu) as well as the Society’s signature category: Villain of the Year for Jobu Tupaki.

Other high-flying films included The Banshees of Inisherin and Top Gun: Maverick. In addition to a Best Picture nomination Martin McDonagh’s tragicomic story of a severed friendship in rural 1923 Ireland earned 9 nominations with five acting nominations (Colin Farrell for lead, Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan, and Kerry Condon for supporting, as well as a Best Ensemble), plus Best Director, Screenplay, and Original Score. Joseph Kosinski’s blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick earned eight, including Best Picture, Director, Actor (Tom Cruise), and Ensemble with other nominations for Action Choreography, Cinematography, Film Editing, and Visual Effects.

In total, forty films received at least one nomination. Films with nominations in multiple categories include: Everything Everywhere All At Once (14),  The Banshees of Inisherin (9), Top Gun: Maverick (8) Nope (6), TÁR (6), Aftersun (5), Decision to Leave (5), Babylon (4), Glass Onion (4)  Avatar: The Way of Water (3), Elvis (3), The Fabelmans (3), The Northman (3), RRR (3), The Batman (2), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2), Cha Cha Real Smooth (2), Pearl (3), Sweetheart Deal (2). Rounding out the list were nominations for All Quiet on the Western Front, All Sorts, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Armageddon Time, Causeway, Close, EO, Fire of Love, Good Night Oppy, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Kimi, Know Your Place, Mad God, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Navalny, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Saint Omer, Sam Now, Till, Turning Red, The Whale, Women Talking, X, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, White Noise

This year’s awards are dedicated Sheila Benson (The Los Angeles Times) and John Hartl (The Seattle Times), esteemed film critics who lived and worked in the Pacific Northwest. The winners will be announced next week on Tuesday January 17th.

The full list of nominations follows:

Best Picture

• Aftersun (A24)
• The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight)
• Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+)
• Decision To Leave (MUBI)
• Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24)
• The Fabelmans (Universal) 
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
• Nope (Universal Pictures)
• TÁR (Focus Features)
• Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)

Best Director

• Todd Field – TÁR
• Joseph Kosinski – Top Gun: Maverick
• Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
• Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Austin Butler – Elvis
• Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick
• Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brendan Fraser – The Whale
• Paul Mescal – Aftersun

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Cate Blanchett – TÁR
• Danielle Deadwyler – Till
• Mia Goth – Pearl
• Margot Robbie – Babylon
• Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
• Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
• Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
• Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
• Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
• Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Keke Palmer – Nope

Best Ensemble Cast

• The Banshees of Inisherin – Louise Kiely, casting director
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Sarah Halley Finn, casting director
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Bret Howe, Mary Vernieu, casting directors
• Top Gun: Maverick – Denise Chamian, casting director
• Women Talking – John Buchan, Jason Knight, casting directors

Best Action Choreography

• Avatar: The Way of Water
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• The Northman
• RRR
• Top Gun: Maverick

Best Screenplay

• The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
• Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson
• TÁR – Todd Field

Best Animated Feature

• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, directors
• Mad God – Phil Tippett, director
• Marcel the Shell With Shoes On – Dean Fleischer-Camp, director
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford, director; Januel Mercado, co-director
• Turning Red – Domee Shi, director

Best Documentary Feature

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras, director
• Fire of Love – Sara Dosa, director
• Good Night Oppy – Ryan White, directors
• Navalny – Daniel Roher, director
• Sweetheart Deal – Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller, directors

Best Film Not in the English Language

• All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger, director
• Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook, director
• EO – Jerzy Skolimowski, director
• RRR – S.S. Rajamouli, director
• Saint Omer – Alice Diop, director

Best Cinematography

• Avatar: The Way of Water – Russell Carpenter
• Decision to Leave – Kim Ji-yong
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Larkin Seiple
• Nope – Hoyte van Hoytema
• Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda

Best Costume Design

• Babylon – Mary Zophres
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth Carter
• Elvis – Catherine Martin
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Shirley Kurata
• The Northman – Linda Muir

Best Film Editing

• Aftersun – Blair McClendon
• Decision to Leave – Kim Sang-beom
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers
• TÁR – Monika Willi
• Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton

Best Original Score

• Babylon – Justin Hurwitz
• The Banshees of Inisherin – Carter Burwell
• The Batman – Michael Giacchino
• The Fabelmans – John Williams
• Nope – Michael Abels

Best Production Design

• Babylon – Florencia Martin (Production Design); Anthony Carlino (Set Decoration)
• Elvis – Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy (Production Design); Bev Dunn (Set Decoration)
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Jason Kisvarday (Production Design); Kelsi Ephraim (Set Decoration)
• The Northman – Craig Lathrop (Production Design); Niamh Coulter (Set Decoration)
• White Noise – Jess Gonchor (Production Design); Claire Kaufman (Set Decoration)

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
• Everything Everywhere All At Once – Zak Stoltz, Ethan Feldbau, Benjamin Brewer, Jeff Desom
• Nope – Guillaume Rocheron, Jeremy Robert, Sreejith Venugopalan, Scott R. Fisher
• RRR – Srinivas Mohan, Pete Draper, Daniel French
• Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson

Best Youth Performance (18 years of age or younger upon start of filming):

• Vanessa Burghardt – Cha Cha Real Smooth
• Anna Cobb – We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
• Frankie Corio – Aftersun
• Eden Dambrine – Close
• Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time

Villain of the Year:

• Jean Jacket – Nope
• Jobu Tupaki – Everything Everywhere All At Once – portrayed by Stephanie Hsu
• Lydia Tár – TÁR – portrayed by Cate Blanchett
• Pearl – X/Pearl, portrayed by Mia Goth
• The Riddler/Edward Nashton – The Batman – portrayed by Paul Dano

2022 Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking:

• All Sorts, J. Rick Castañeda
• Kimi, Steven Soderbergh
• Know Your Place, Zia Mohajerjasbi
• Sam Now, Reed Harkness
• Sweetheart Deal, Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller