In a break from precedent, Globes organizers waived the requirement for an actor or studio to submit a performance or program for nomination, but said today they had “welcomed filmmakers/studios who have requested that their content be considered only for specific categories”. The move was intended to combat the stance of several studios that they would not submit contestants for the event, but the hosting may have mitigated the risk of an actor or studio objecting to its inclusion.
The maneuvering of the two awards nights around each other comes after a year in which the Hollywood establishment — or, at least, the phalanx of PR firms that represent them — has turned against the HFPA after decades of bowing down to them, castigating the organization for unethical practices and a lack of black members.
The Golden Globe Awards.Credit:PA
At stake is a front-row seat to ‘awards season’, a dense schedule of events asking for ‘for your consideration’ votes and multiple awards nights, all part of a cinematic marketing machine. worth hundreds of millions of dollars, designed to sell movie tickets to the public and persuade Oscar voters – the season’s apex predator – that certain movies deserve to win.
It remains to be seen who will emerge victorious from the stoush, and perhaps telecasting the Critics’ Choice Awards attracts large audiences or whether Hollywood movie studios can successfully use its winners to market their films.
For the Globes, the last three decades have been noticeably bigger than the previous five, thanks in large part to two previous scandals, in the 1960s and 1980s, which kept them off track for a long time. They will also likely focus on January 9 on the organization’s philanthropy, having donated approximately $50 million over 27 years to various nonprofits.
In contrast, the Critics’ Choice Awards have the challenge of building a rival brand out of a fairly generic-sounding name that is sometimes hard to distinguish from other similar-sounding awards parties, such as the Hollywood Film Awards and the National Society of Film Critics Awards.
All of this is happening in a perfect storm of side issues: that for the most part TV awards show audiences are shrinking year on year, and that long-term analysis of award show results suggests that neither neither the Globes nor the Critics’ Choice Awards are big predictors of the Oscars. Industry guild awards – writers, actors, directors and producers – are much better predictors of Oscar winners.
The reaction to the Globes announcement was described by the film industry journal Variety as “moderate”, noting that many media that would normally cover the Globes announcement, such as television programs entertainment tonight and Go to Hollywood, did not show up. Others, such as Reuters, local Los Angeles channel KNBC and photo and video agency Getty, have done so.
The 27th annual Critics’ Choice Awards
Best Picture: Belfast, CODA, Don’t look up, Dunes, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, alley of nightmares, The power of the dog, Tick Tick Boom!, West Side Story.
Best actor: Nicholas Cage (Pork), Benedict Cumberbatch (The power of the dog), Peter Dinklage (Cyrano), Andrew Garfield (Tick Tick Boom!), Will Smith (King Richard), Denzel Washington (Macbeth’s Tragedy).
Best Actress: Jessica Chestnut (Tammy Faye’s eyes), Olivia Colman (The lost girl), Lady Gaga (Gucci House), Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza), Nicole Kidman (Be the Ricardos), Kristen Stewart (spencer).
Best Supporting Actor: Jamie Dornan (Belfast), Ciaran Hinds (Belfast), Troy Kotsur (CODA), Jared Leto (Gucci House), J.K. Simmons (Be the Ricardos), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The power of the dog).
Best Supporting Actress: Caitriona Balfe (Belfast), Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), Ann Dowd (Mass), Kirsten Dunst (The power of the dog), Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard), Rita Moreno (West Side Story).
Best Animated Feature: Encanto, To flee, Lucas, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Raya and the last dragon.
Best Foreign Language Film: A hero (France/Iran), drive my car (Japan), To flee (Denmark), God’s hand (Italy), The worst person in the world (Norway).
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza), Kenneth Branagh (Belfast), Jane Campion (The power of the dog), Guillermo del Toro (alley of nightmares), Steven Spielberg (West Side Story), Denis Villeneuve (Dunes).
Best Original Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza), Zach Baylin (King Richard), Kenneth Branagh (Belfast), Adam McKay, David Sirota (Don’t look up), Aaron Sorkin (Be the Ricardos).
Best-fit scenario: Jeanne Campion (The power of the dog), Maggie Gyllenhaal (The lost girl), Siân Heder (CODA), Tony Kushner (West Side Story), Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth (Dunes).
79th Golden Globes
Best Film, Drama: Belfast, Coda, Dunes, King Richard, The power of the dog.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: Mahershala Ali (swan song), Javier Bardem (Be the Ricardos), Benedict Cumberbatch (The power of the dog), Will Smith (King Richard), Denzel Washington (Macbeth’s Tragedy).
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: Jessica Chestnut (Tammy Faye’s eyes), Olivia Colman (The lost girl), Nicole Kidman (Be the Ricardos), Lady Gaga (Gucci House), Kristin Stewart (spencer).
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Cyrano, Don’t look up, Licorice Pizza, Tick Tick Boom!, West Side Story.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t look up), Peter Dinklage (Cyrano), Andrew Garfield (Tick Tick Boom!), Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), Antoine Ramos (In the heights).
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Marion Cotillard (Anette); Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza), Jennifer Lawrence (Don’t look up), Emma Stone (Cruel), Rachel Zegler (West Side Story).
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture: Ben Affleck (The tender bar), Jamie Dornan (Belfast), Ciaran Hinds (Belfast), Troy Kotsur (CODA), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The power of the dog).
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture: Catherine Balfe (Belfast), Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), Kirsten Dunst (The power of the dog), Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard), Ruth Negga (Who passed).
Best animated film: Encanto, To flee, Lucas, My Sunny Maad, Raya and the last dragon.
Best Film, Non-English Language: Compartment no. 6 (Finland/Russia/Germany), drive my car (Japan), God’s hand (Italy), A hero (France/Iran), Parallel mothers (Spain).
Best director, film: Kenneth Branagh (Belfast), Jane Campion (The power of the dog), Maggie Gyllenhaal (The lost girl), Steven Spielberg (West Side Story), Denis Villeneuve (Dunes).
Best Screenplay, Film: Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza), Kenneth Branagh (Belfast), Jane Campion (The power of the dog), Adam McKay (Don’t look up), Aaron Sorkin (Be the Ricardos).
Correction: This article originally suggested that director Jane Campion was Australian when she is in fact New Zealander.
