Precursor: 6th Chicago Independent Critics Nominations (2021)

More love for Spider-Man: Far from Home than we’ve otherwise recently seen, but is that indicative of anything? Who knows for sure at this point. Meanwhile, The Harder They Fall has the best showing so far.

Nominations Tallies

(9) The Power of the Dog
(8) Dune
(6) CODA
(5) The Harder They Fall, Spider-Man: No Way Home, West Side Story
(4) Nine Days, Licorice Pizza, Spencer, The Tragedy of Macbeth
(3) Belfast, Flee, The French Dispatch, King Richard, Nightmare Alley, Passing, Pig

The Nominations

Best Studio Film (over $20M)

The Harder They Fall
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
Spider-Man: No Way Home
tick, tick…BOOM!

Best Independent Film (under $20M)

CODA
Nine Days
Pig
Spencer
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best Animated Film

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Pablo Larrain – Spencer
Edson Oda – Nine Days

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Tessa Thompson – Passing

Best Supporting Actor

Ben Affleck – The Last Duel
Colman Domingo – Zola
Mike Faist – West Side Story
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch

Best Supporting Actress

Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Marlee Matlin – CODA
Ruth Negga – Passing

Best Original Screenplay

The French Dispatch
A Hero
Licorice Pizza
Nine Days
Pig

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA
Drive My Car
Passing
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Musical Score

Dune
Encanto
The Harder They Fall
The Power of the Dog
Spencer

Best Original Song

Be Alive – King Richard
Guns Go Bang – The Harder They Fall
Just Look Up – Don’t Look Up
No Time to Die – No Time to Die
So May We Start – Annette

Best Editing

Dune
The Harder They Fall
Nine Days
Spider-Man: No Way Home
West Side Story

Best Cinematography

Belfast
Dune
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Production Design

Dune
The Last Duel
Nightmare Alley
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Best Costume Design

Cruella
Dune
The Green Knight
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story

Best Makeup

Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Nightmare Alley

Best Visual Effects

Dune
Free Guy
The Matrix Resurrections
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Foreign-Language Film

Benedetta
Drive My Car
Flee
A Hero
Parallel Mothers

Best Documentary

Flee
The Rescue
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best Stunts

Black Widow
Dune
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Ensemble

Belfast
CODA
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
The Power of the Dog
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Impact Award (positive impact in cinema)

.Rebecca Fons, Director of Programming – Gene Siskel Film Center
.Rebecca Hall, filmmaker
.Ryan Oestreich, General Manager – Music Box Theater
.Steven Spielberg, filmmaker
.Jill Wheeler, Director of Publicity and Promotions – Allied Global Marketing

Trailblazer Award (audacious artist/film)

.Paul Thomas Anderson, filmmaker
.Rebecca Hall, filmmaker
.Ryusuke Hamaguchi, filmmaker
.Sian Heder, filmmaker
.Lin-Manuel Miranda, filmmaker