One cannot deny the dominance of “The Power of the Dog” and the Music City Film Critics Association have reinforced that with yet another Best Film of the year awarded to it. Jane Campion also won another award for Best Director and Screenplay while Kodi Smit-McPhee received another win for Supporting Actor.
BEST FILM
“The Power of the Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
Produced by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Jane Campion, and Tanya Seghatchian
Netflix
NOMINEES
| “Belfast” (Focus Features) |
| “C’mon C’mon” (A24) |
| “CODA” (Neon) |
| “Dune” (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| “The French Dispatch” (Searchlight Pictures) |
| “The Harder They Fall” (Netflix) |
| “Licorice Pizza” (MGM) |
| “Tick, Tick…Boom!” (Netflix) |
| “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion
“The Power of the Dog”
Produced by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Jane Campion, and Tanya Seghatchian
Netflix
NOMINEES
| Paul Thomas Anderson — “Licorice Pizza” (MGM) |
| Kenneth Branagh — “Belfast” (Focus Features) |
| Steven Spielberg — “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
| Denis Villeneuve — “Dune” (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage
“Pig”
Directed by Michael Sarnoski
Neon
NOMINEES
| Benedict Cumberbatch — “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix) |
| Andrew Garfield — “Tick, Tick…Boom!” (Netflix) |
| Simon Rex — “Red Rocket” (A24) |
| Will Smith — “King Richard” (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| Denzel Washington — “The Tragedy Of Macbeth” (A24) |
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Directed by Michael Showalter
Searchlight Pictures
NOMINEES
| Olivia Colman — “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix) |
| Lady Gaga — “House of Gucci” (MGM) |
| Alana Haim — “Licorice Pizza” (MGM) |
| Kristen Stewart — “Spencer” (Neon) |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kodi Smit-McPhee
“The Power of the Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
Netflix
NOMINEES
| Bradley Cooper — “Licorice Pizza” (MGM) |
| Colman Domingo — “Zola” (A24) |
| Jason Isaacs — “Mass” (Bleecker Street) |
| Troy Kotsur — “CODA” (Apple Original Films) |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ann Dowd
“Mass”
Directed by Fran Kranz
Bleecker Street
NOMINEES
| Caitriona Balfe — “Belfast” (Focus Features) |
| Ariana DeBose — “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
| Kirsten Dunst — “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix) |
| Kathryn Hunter — “The Tragedy Of Macbeth” (A24) |
BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Jude Hill
“Belfast”
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Focus Features
NOMINEES
| Reyn Doi — “Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar” (Lionsgate) |
| Cooper Hoffman — “Licorice Pizza” (MGM) |
| Noah Jupe — “A Quiet Place Part II” (Paramount Pictures) |
| Woody Norman — “C’mon C’mon” (A24) |
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
Emilia Jones
“CODA”
Directed by Sian Heder
Apple Original Films
NOMINEES
| McKenna Grace — “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” (Columbia Pictures) |
| Saniyya Sidney — “King Richard” (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| Millicent Simmonds — “A Quiet Place Part II” (Paramount Pictures) |
| Rachel Zegler — “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
Best Acting Ensemble
“The Harder They Fall”
Cast: Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, Lakeith Stanfield,
RJ Cyler, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, and Deon Cole
Netflix
NOMINEES
| “Belfast” (Focus Features) |
| “CODA” (Apple Original Films) |
| “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix) |
| “Mass” (Bleecker Street) |
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“The Mitchells vs. The Machines”
Directed by Michael Rianda
Netflix
NOMINEES
| “Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures) |
| “Flee” (Neon) |
| “Luca” (Walt Disney Pictures) |
| “Raya and the Last Dragon” (Walt Disney Pictures) |
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Searchlight Pictures
NOMINEES
| “The First Wave” (National Geographic) |
| “Flee” (Neon) |
| “The Rescue” (Greenwich Entertainment) |
| “Val” (Amazon Studios) |
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Drive My Car”
(Japan)
Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Janus Films
NOMINEES
| “Flee” (Neon) |
| “The Hand Of God” (Netflix) |
| “Titane” (Neon) |
| “The Worst Person In The World” (Neon) |
BEST SCREENPLAY
“The Power of the Dog”
Written by Jane Campion
Based on “The Power of the Dog” by Thomas Savage
Netflix
NOMINEES
| “Belfast” — Kenneth Branagh (Focus Features) |
| “The French Dispatch” — Wes Anderson (Searchlight Pictures) |
| “Licorice Pizza” — Paul Thomas Anderson (MGM) |
| “Mass” — Fran Kranz (Bleecker Street) |
BEST SONG
“No Time to Die”
from “No Time To Die”
Music and Lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
NOMINEES
| “So May We Start” from “Annette” (Amazon Studios) |
| “Just Look Up” fromm “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix) |
| “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures) |
| “Guns Go Bang” from “The Harder They Fall” (Netflix) |
BEST SCORE
“Dune”
Composed by Hans Zimmer
Warner Bros. Pictures
NOMINEES
| “Don’t Look Up” — Nicholas Britell (Netflix) |
| “Encanto” — Germaine Franco (Walt Disney Pictures) |
| “The Power of the Dog” — Jonny Greenwood (Netflix) |
| “Spencer” — Jonny Greenwood (Neon) |
BEST SOUND
“Dune”
Sound Design by Phil Barrie, Theo Green, Mark A. Mangini, and Dave Whitehead
Warner Bros. Pictures
NOMINEES
| “No Time To Die” (MGM) |
| “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix) |
| “A Quiet Place Part II” (Paramount Pictures) |
| “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Columbia Pictures) |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Tragedy Of Macbeth”
Cinematography by Bruno Delbonnel
A24
NOMINEES
| “Belfast” — Haris Zambarloukos (Focus Features) |
| “Dune” — Greig Fraser (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| “The Power of the Dog” — Ari Wegner (Netflix) |
| “West Side Story” — Janusz Kamiński (20th Century Studios) |
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Dune”
Production Design by Patrice Vermette, Richard Roberts, and Zsuzsanna Sipos
Warner Bros. Pictures
NOMINEES
| “The French Dispatch” (Searchlight Pictures) |
| “Last Night In Soho” (Focus Features) |
| “Nightmare Alley” (Searchlight Pictures) |
| “The Tragedy Of Macbeth” (A24) |
BEST EDITING
“Last Night In Soho”
Edited by Paul Machliss
Focus Features
NOMINEES
| “Belfast” — Úna Ní Dhonghaíle (Focus Features) |
| “Dune” — Joe Walker (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| “Licorice Pizza” — Andy Jurgensen (MGM) |
| “The Power of the Dog” — Peter Sciberras (Netflix) |
BEST MUSIC FILM
“Tick, Tick…Boom!”
Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Netflix
NOMINEES
| “In The Heights” (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| “Respect” (MGM) |
| “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” (Searchlight Pictures) |
| “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
BEST COMEDY FILM
“Licorice Pizza”
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
NOMINEES
| “Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar” (Lionsgate) |
| “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix) |
| “Free Guy” (20th Century Studios) |
| “Red Rocket” (A24) |
BEST HORROR FILM
“A Quiet Place Part II”
Directed by John Krasinski
Paramount Pictures
NOMINEES
| “Lamb” (A24) |
| “Last Night In Soho” (Focus Features) |
| “Malignant” (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| “The Night House” (Searchlight Pictures) |
BEST ACTION FILM
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Directed by Jon Watts
Columbia Pictures + Marvel Studios
NOMINEES
| “Dune” (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| “Nobody” (Universal Pictures) |
| “No Time To Die” (MGM) |
| “Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings” (Walt Disney Pictures) |
JIM RIDLEY AWARD
“Old Henry”
Produced by Shannon Houchins and Mike Hagerty
Shout! Studios
QUICK LIST
Best Film: “The Power of the Dog”
Best Director: Jane Campion — “The Power of the Dog”
Best Actor: Nicolas Cage — “Pig”
Best Actress: Jessica Chastain — “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee — “The Power of the Dog”
Best Supporting Actress: Ann Dowd — “Mass”
Best Young Actor: Jude Hill — “Belfast”
Best Young Actress: Emilia Jones — “CODA”
Best Acting Ensemble: “The Harder They Fall”
Best Animated Feature: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”
Best Documentary: “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Drive My Car”
Best Screenplay: “The Power of the Dog” — Jane Campion
Best Song: “No Time to Die” from “No Time To Die”
Best Score: “Dune” — Hans Zimmer
Best Sound: “Dune”
Best Cinematography: “The Tragedy Of Macbeth” — Bruno Delbonnel
Best Production Design: “Dune”
Best Editing: “Last Night In Soho” — Paul Machliss
Best Music Film: “Tick, Tick…Boom!”
Best Comedy Film: “Licorice Pizza”
Best Horror Film: “A Quiet Place Part II”
Best Action Film: “Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Jim Ridley Award: “Old Henry”
Music City Film Critics Association
The Music City Film Critics’ Association is an organization created by and for professional film critics in the Nashville, TN area.
