Dune Leads Portland Critics Association Nominations

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune leads the nominations from the Portland Critics Association with 10 nods including Best Picture. Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog and David Lowery’s The Green Knight both scored nine nods each. This is the first year for the newly-formed critics association featuring a “group of writers, reviewers, broadcasters and cinema historians, dedicated to amplifying public awareness and appreciation of the cinematic arts.”

Full list of nominations below. Winners will be announced on December 17.

Best Picture

Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
The Green Knight
The Last Duel
West Side Story

Best Director

David Lowery, The Green Knight
Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Edgar Wright, Last Night in Soho
Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Best Male Leading Role

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

Best Female Leading Role

Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Tessa Thompson, Passing

Best Male Supporting Role

Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
Jared Leto, House of Gucci
Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Mike Faist, West Side Story

Best Female Supporting Role

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Ruth Negga, Passing

Best Ensemble Cast

Dune
House of Gucci
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
The Harder They Fall
West Side Story

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Documentary Feature

Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry
Flee
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Summer of Soul
The Sparks Brothers
The Velvet Underground

Best Film Not in the English Language

Drive My Car
Flee
Lamb
Petite Maman
The Worst Person in the World
Titane

Best Comedy Feature

Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar
Licorice Pizza
Shiva Baby
The French Dispatch
The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Best Horror Feature

Candyman
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Last Night in Soho
Malignant
The Night House
Titane