With SAG Awards nominations and now the BAFTA longlist, two critical groups that overlap with Oscar membership have weighed in on the awards season. First, not to be confused with actual nomination…
, each having varying numbers and methods to determining them, depending on the voting chapter. Proving once again that critics and journalists don’t have the last word, despite its divided reception, Netflix’s “Don’t Look Up,” alongside the acclaimed musical “West Side Story” from 20th Century Studios, co-led the field of possible nominations still in play with 15 each.
“West Side Story” from Steven Spielberg had a similar showing, with the iconic director making his list of 20 and his diverse cast of new and veteran actors — Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Rita Moreno, David Alvarez and Mike Faist — all still on the table for nominations. Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” and Cary Joji Fukanaga’s “No Time to Die” pulled in a muscular 12 mentions each. The former didn’t land in any acting races, but it’s still within grasp for adapted screenplay, which has seemed like its most significant hurdle in the season. With the latter, Daniel Craig’s final 007 outing is among the leading actors and even managed to pull in his Latina co-star and standout Ana de Armas.
Six actors will ultimately be nominated in their respective categories for round two of voting. The top two vote-getters from round one are automatic nominees, which are not known. After that, a jury will select the four remaining nominees based on the rest of the field. Last year, this threw the awards season out of whack when leading actress only included two Oscar nominees, Vanessa Kirby and eventual BAFTA and Oscar winner Frances McDormand .
The supporting actor category incorporates two Latinos among the 15, Alvarez and Benicio del Toro , but no other POC. They failed to name Colman Domingo , Idris Elba and Benedict Wong . Even Orion Lee was eligible, and considering his director Kelly Reichardt made the longlist, he would have been an inspired choice.
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