Susan Granger’s 10 BEST of 2021 (in alphabetical order):
PICTURE:
BEING THE RICARDOS
BELFAST
CODA
CYRANO
IN THE HEIGHTS
KING RICHARD
THE LOST DAUGHTER
THE POWER OF THE DOG
TICK, TICK…BOOM!
WEST SIDE STORY
DIRECTOR:
Kenneth Branagh -BELFAST
Jane Campion – THE POWER OF THE DOG
Maggie Gyllenhaal – THE LOST DAUGHTER
Rebecca Hall – PASSING
Sian Heder – CODA
Pablo Larrain – SPENCER
Lin-Manuel Miranda – TICK, TICK….BOOM!
Aaron Sorkin – BEING THE RICARDOS
Steven Spielberg – WEST SIDE STORY
Joe Wright – CYRANO
ACTRESS:
Sandra Bullock – THE UNFORGIVABLE
Jessica Chastain – THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Olivia Colman – THE LOST DAUGHTER
Penelope Cruz – PARALLEL MOTHERS
Lady Gaga – THE HOUSE OF GUCCI
Alana Haim – LICORICE PIZZA
Nicole Kidman – BEING THE RICARDOS
Ruth Negga – PASSING
Kristen Stewart – SPENCER
Tessa Thompson – PASSING
ACTOR:
Javier Bardem – BEING THE RICARDOS
Nicolas Cage – PIG
Bradley Cooper – NIGHTMARE ALLEY
Benedict Cumberbatch – THE POWER OF THE DOG
Peter Dinklage – CYRANO
Adam Driver – HOUSE OF GUCCI
Andrew Garfield – TICK, TICK…BOOM!
Tim Black Nelson – OLD HENRY
Will Smith – KING RICHARD
Denzel Washington – THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Ben Affleck – THE LAST DUEL
Reed Birney – MASS
Jamie Dorman – BELFAST
Corey Hawkins – IN THE HEIGHTS & THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Ciaran Hinds – BELFAST
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jesse Plemons – THE POWER OF THE DOG
J.K. Simmons – BEING THE RICARDOS
Kodi Smit-McPhee – THE POWER OF THE DOG
Bradley Whitford – TICK, TICK…BOOM!
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Nina Arianda – BEING THE RICARDOS
Caitronia Balfe – BELFAST
Jessie Buckley – THE LOST DAUGHTER
Ariana DeBose – WEST SIDE STORY
Judi Dench – BELFAST
Ann Dowd – MASS
Kristen Dunst – THE POWER OF THE DOG
Aunjanue Ellis – KING RICHARD
Olga Merediz – IN THE HEIGHTS
Rita Moreno – WEST SIDE STORY