Golden Globe Awards 2022
After a year of customary controversy and a Hollywood boycott over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) perceived lack of diversity and ethics, not to mention a virus variant currently spreading through America like wildfire, the year’s first big film & TV awards ceremony took place this Sunday in unrecognisable form when the 79th edition of the Golden Globe Awards rolled into tinseltown.
Yet despite an absence of TV coverage, a lack of nominees and stars let alone a red carpet, and no real ceremony to speak of, the show somehow still went on and awards were bestowed to recognise the work done over another supremely difficult year for the industry. So we recap the film award nominees and winners.
Best Motion Picture- Drama
Image Source: Netflix
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‘The Power of the Dog’ (Winner)
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‘Belfast’
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‘CODA’
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‘Dune’
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‘King Richard’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘The Power of the Dog’
Our pick overall: ‘The Power of the Dog’
Best Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy
Image Source: 20th Century Studios
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‘West Side Story’ (Winner)
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‘Licorice Pizza’
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‘Cyrano’
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‘Don’t Look Up’
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‘tick, tick…BOOM!’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Licorice Pizza’
Our pick overall: ‘The French Dispatch’
Best Director
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Jane Campion for ‘The Power of the Dog’ (Winner)
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Kenneth Branagh for ‘Belfast’
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Maggie Gyllenhaal for ‘The Lost Daughter’
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Steven Spielberg for ‘West Side Story’
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Denis Villeneuve for ‘Dune’
Our pick from the nominees: Denis Villeneuve for ‘Dune’
Our pick overall: Denis Villeneuve for ‘Dune’
Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Drama
Image Source: Warner Bros.
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Will Smith for ‘King Richard’ (Winner)
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Mahershala Ali for ‘Swan Song’ (Winner)
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Javier Bardem for ‘Being the Ricardos’
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Benedict Cumberbatch for ‘The Power of the Dog’
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Denzel Washington for ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’
Our pick from the nominees: Denzel Washington for ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’
Our pick overall: Nicolas Cage for ‘The Pig’
Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Drama
Image Source: Amazon
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Nicole Kidman for ‘Being the Ricardos’ (Winner)
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Kristen Stewart for ‘Spencer’
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Jessica Chastain for ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’
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Olivia Colman for ‘The Lost Daughter’
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Lady Gaga for ‘House of Gucci’
Our pick from the nominees: Nicole Kidman for ‘Being the Ricardos’
Our pick overall: Nicole Kidman for ‘Being the Ricardos’
Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy
Image Source: Netflix
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Andrew Garfield for ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’ (Winner)
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Leonardo DiCaprio for ‘Don’t Look Up’
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Peter Dinklage for ‘Cyrano’
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Cooper Hoffman for ‘Licorice Pizza’
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Anthony Ramos for ‘In the Heights’
Our pick from the nominees: Cooper Hoffman for ‘Licorice Pizza’
Our pick overall: Adam Driver for ‘Annette’
Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy
Image Source: 20th Century Studios
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Rachel Zegler for ‘West Side Story’ (Winner)
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Alana Haim for ‘Licorice Pizza’
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Marion Cotillard for ‘Annette’
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Jennifer Lawrence for ‘Don’t Look Up’
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Emma Stone for ‘Cruella’
Our pick from the nominees: Alana Haim for ‘Licorice Pizza’
Our pick overall: Alana Haim for ‘Licorice Pizza’
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Image Source: Netflix
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Kodi Smit-McPhee for ‘The Power of the Dog’ (Winner)
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Ben Affleck for ‘The Tender Bar’
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Jamie Dornan for ‘Belfast’
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Ciarán Hinds for ‘Belfast’
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Troy Kotsur for ‘CODA’
Our pick from the nominees: Kodi Smit-McPhee for ‘The Power of the Dog’
Our pick overall: Kodi Smit-McPhee for ‘The Power of the Dog’
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Image Source: 20th Century Studios
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Ariana DeBose for ‘West Side Story’ (Winner)
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Caitriona Balfe for ‘Belfast’
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Olivia Colman for ‘The Father’
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Amanda Seyfried for ‘Mank’
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Helena Zengel for ‘News of the World’
Our pick from the nominees: Caitriona Balfe for ‘Belfast’
Our pick overall: Caitriona Balfe for ‘Belfast’
Best Screenplay- Motion Picture
Image Source: Universal
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‘Belfast’ by Kenneth Branagh (Winner)
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‘Licorice Pizza’ by Paul Thomas Anderson
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‘The Power of the Dog’ by Jane Campion
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‘Don’t Look Up’ by Adam McKay
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‘Being the Ricardos’ by Aaron Sorkin
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Being the Ricardos’ by Aaron Sorkin
Our pick overall: ‘The French Dispatch’ by Wes Anderson
Best Animated Feature Film
Image Source: Disney
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‘Encanto’ (Winner)
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‘Flee’
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‘Luca’
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‘My Sunny Maad’
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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’
Our pick from the nominees: ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’
Our pick overall: ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’
Best Foreign Language Film
Image Source: Modern Films
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‘Drive My Car’ (Japan) (Winner)
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‘Compartment No. 6’ (Germany, Russia, Finland)
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‘The Hand of God’ (Italy)
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‘A Hero’ (Iran)
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‘Parallel Mothers’ (Spain)
Our pick from the nominees: ‘A Hero’ (Iran)
Our pick overall: ‘Playground’ (Belgium)
Best Original Score- Motion Picture
Image Source: Warner Bros.
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‘Dune’ by Hans Zimmer (Winner)
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‘French Dispatch’ by Alexandre Desplat
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‘Encanto’ by Germaine Franco
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‘The Power of the Dog’ by Jonny Greenwood
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‘Parallel Mothers’ by Alberto Iglesias
Our pick from the nominees: ‘The Power of the Dog’ by Jonny Greenwood
Our pick overall: ‘The Power of the Dog’ by Jonny Greenwood
Best Original Song- Motion Picture
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“No Time To Die” from ‘No Time To Die’ (Winner)
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“Be Alive” from ‘King Richard’
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“Dos Oruguitas” from ‘Encanto’
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“Down to Joy” from ‘Belfast’
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“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from ‘Respect’
Our pick from the nominees: “Down to Joy” from ‘Belfast’
Our pick overall: “Down to Joy” from ‘Belfast’
Let us know what you think of this year’s nominees and winners and our alternative picks by commenting here and on social media.
As usual let’s all remember that film criticism is subjective and we all have our opinions on who should win what and why, the important thing is that the majority of the nominees at these shows deserve recognition for great work done, but no more than the many who often do not feature at all.
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