Precursor: 7th Chicago Independent Critics Nominations (2022)

Chicago’s independent film critics went all-in on Everything, giving it more than double the citations as the next nearest competitor. Meanwhile, The Banshees of Inisherin took a major hit with this group with a scant 5 nominations.

Nominations Tallies

(14) Everything Everywhere All at Once
(6) The Fabelmans, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, RRR, Top Gun: Maverick
(5) The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Decision to Leave, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Whale, Women Talking
(4) Avatar: The Way of Water
(3) Babylon, Elvis, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Tár, The Woman King

The Nominations

Best Studio Film (over $20M)

The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
RRR
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Independent Film (under $20M)

Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Women Talking
X

Best Animated Film

Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Best Director

Darren Aronofsky – The Whale
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
Sarah Polley – Women Talking
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best Actor

Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Jonathan Majors – Devotion
Jeremy Pope – The Inspection

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Tár
Ana de Armas – Blonde
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Mia Goth – Pearl
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brad Pitt – Babylon
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Ben Whishaw – Women Talking

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin
Decision to Leave
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár

Best Adapted Screenplay

After Yang
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
The Whale
Women Talking

Best Musical Score

Babylon
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Fabelmans
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Original Song

“Ciao Papa” – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR
“New Body Rhumba” – White Noise

Best Editing

Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Decision to Leave
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Cinematography

Avatar: The Way of Water
Decision to Leave
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design

Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Costume Design

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Northman
The Woman King

Best Makeup

The Batman
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
X
The Whale

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Foreign-Language Film

Broker
Close
Decision to Leave
Official Competition
RRR

Best Documentary

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
The Janes
Navalny

Best Ensemble

Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Woman King
Women Talking

Impact Award (positive impact in cinema)

Rebecca Fons – Gene Siskel Film Center
Morgan Harris – Acacia Consulting Group
Chris Johnson – Classic Cinemas
Sergio Mims, the late film critic
Music Box Theatre staff and management

Sight Unseen Performance

David Bradley – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Rosalie Chiang – Turning Red
Ewan McGregor – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Isabella Rossellini – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Jenny Slate – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On