Susan Granger’s BEST OF 2022 (in alphabetical order):
Movies:
AVATAR; THE WAY OF WATER
ELVIS
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
THE FABELMANS
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
RRR
TAR
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
THE WOMAN KING
Director:
James Cameron for AVATAR; THE WAY OF WATER
Anthony Fabian for MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
Todd Field for TAR
Ron Howard for THIRTEEN LIVES
Joseph Kosinski for TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert for EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Baz Luhrmann for ELVIS
Gina Prince-Blythewood for THE WOMAN KING
S.S. Rajamouli for RRR
Steven Spielberg for THE FABELMANS
Actors:
Austin Butler for ELVIS
Ram Charan for RRR
Tom Cruise in TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Colin Farrell for THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Brendan Fraser for THE WHALE
Tom Hanks for A MAN CALLED OTTO
Hugh Jackman for THE SON
Gabriel LaBelle for THE FABELMANS
Bill Nighy for LIVING
N.T Rama Rau for RRR
Actresses:
Cate Blanchett in TAR
Viola Davis for THE WOMAN KING
Danielle Deadwyler for TILL
Jennifer Lawrence in CAUSEWAY
Leslie Manville for MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
Margot Robbie for BABYLON
Emma Thompson for GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
Michelle Williams in THE FABELMANS
Michelle Yeoh for EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Supporting Actors:
Paul Dano for THE FABELMANS
Tom Hanks in ELVIS
Judd Hirsch for THE FABELMANS
Brendan Gleeson in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Barry Keoghan for THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Brian Tyree Henry in CAUSEWAY
Miles Teller in TOP GUN: MAVERICK
Ke Huy Quan in EVERYTHINGH EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Supporting Actress:
Angela Bassett in BLACK PANTHER; WAKANDA FOREVER
Hong Chau in THE WHALE
Kerry Condon in THE BANCHEES OF INISHERIN
Jamie Lee Curtis in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Stephanie Hsu in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Janelle Monae in GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Keke Palmer in NOPE
Sadie Sink in THE WHALE
Animated:
APOLLO 10 ½: A SPACE CHILDHOOD
ETERNAL SPRING
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINNOCHIO
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
MINOIONS: THE RISE OF GRU
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH
TURNING RED
WENDELL & WILD
Documentary:
ALL THAT BREATHES
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
DESCENDANT
FIRE OF LOVE
GOOD NIGHT OPPY
LAST FLIGHT HOME
LET ME BE ME
MOONAGE DAYDREAM
NAVALNY
SR.
International Film:
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
ARGENTINA, 1985
BARDO: FALSE CHRONICLES OF A HEANDFUL OF TRUTHS
CLOSE
DECISION TO LEAVE
EO
RRR