Precursor: 14th Detroit Critics Nominations (2020)

Detroit’s selections seem a bit out of the mainstream, largely ignoring films like Mank and Promising Young Woman while loving minor contenders like First Cow.

Nominations Tallies

(6) Minari
(5) Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7
(4) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Nomadland, One Night in Miami
(3) Da 5 Bloods, First Cow

The Nominations

Best Picture

First Cow
Minari
Nomadland
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Animated Feature

The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Best Director

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicaog 7
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Steven Yeun – Minari

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Abbott – Possessor
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari

Best Original Screenplay

Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Adapted Screenplay

First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Nomadland
One Night in Miami

Best Documentary

All In: The Fight for Democracy
Boys State
Dick Johnson Is Dead
The Dissident
Time

Best Ensemble

Da 5 Bloods
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
One Night in Miami
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Breakthrough

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Jasmine Batchelor – The Surrogate
Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
Orion Lee – First Cow
Wunmi Mosaku – His House