Numlock Awards: 2022 Award Season Kickoff!
Numlock Awards is your one-stop awards season newsletter, and it’s back! Every week, join Walt Hickey and Michael Domanico as they break down the math behind the Oscars and the best narratives going into film’s biggest night. Today’s edition comes from Michael.
Hello again, everyone! Welcome to the fourth edition of Numlock Awards and the second COVID awards season. Today, I wanted to give a basic rundown of the schedule of this year’s season and flag some movies you might want to watch. Walter will chime in a bit later with some updates on his model, and then I’ll start taking us through some interesting threads.
When is everything happening?
We already have a slew of nominations (and winners from a once-major awards show), so let’s look at the Oscars first:
January 27-February 1: Oscar nominations voting.
February 8: Oscar nominations.
March 17-March 22: Oscar voting.
March 27: Oscar ceremony (this time with a host!).
Just a quick note you can check out the eligibility rules here — we’re still applying some COVID rules, so this is March 1-December 31, and some streaming movies originally intended for theaters may be eligible if they meet the other criteria. (So basically, Warner Bros. still has several contenders despite their entire 2021 slate being released day-and-date on HBO Max.)
What else has happened/will be happening soon?
January 9: The Golden Globes handed out awards in a series of tweets — I’ll let Walter weigh in on how much a non-televised Globe will factor into his model.
January 27: DGA nominations.
January 27: PGA nominations.
February 3: BAFTA nominations.
February 27: SAG Awards take place (check out their nominations here).
March 12: DGA awards take place.
March 13: The Critics’ Choice Awards take place (check out their nominations here).
March 13: The BAFTAs take place.
March 19: The PGAs take place.
We also have plenty of critics’ awards that have been handed out, like those from the New York Film Critics and LA Film Critics. So who are the main contenders shaping up to be, and where can you watch them? I’ll do my best to point you to the top contenders in some of the biggest categories. I’ll start diving into these categories more in depth in the coming weeks!
Best Picture & Best Director:
Being the Ricardos (streaming for free on Amazon Prime)
Belfast (rent it on Amazon Prime or other streaming services for a fee)
CODA (streaming on Apple TV+)
Don’t Look Up (streaming on Netflix)
Dune (buy it on Amazon Prime)
King Richard (rent it on Amazon Prime)
The Last Duel (streaming on HBO Max)
Licorice Pizza (exclusively in theaters)
Nightmare Alley (exclusively in theaters)
The Power of the Dog (streaming on Netflix)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (streaming on Apple TV+)
tick, tick… BOOM! (streaming on Netflix)
West Side Story (exclusively in theaters)
Best Actress:
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye (streaming on HBO Max)
Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers (exclusively in theaters)
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter (streaming on Netflix)
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci (exclusively in theaters)
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza (exclusively in theaters)
Jennifer Hudson, Respect (rent it on Amazon Prime)
Emilia Jones, CODA (streaming on Apple TV+)
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos (streaming on Amazon)
Jennifer Lawrence, Don’t Look Up (streaming on Netflix)
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World (exclusively in theaters)
Agathe Rousselle, Titane (rent it on Amazon Prime)
Kristen Stewart, Spencer (rent it on Amazon Prime)
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story (exclusively in theaters)
Best Actor:
Mahershala Ali, Swan Song (streaming on Apple TV+)
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos (streaming on Amazon Prime)
Nicolas Cage, Pig (streaming on Hulu)
Bradley Cooper, Nightmare Alley (exclusively in theaters)
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog (streaming on Netflix)
Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up (streaming on Netflix)
Peter Dinklage, Cyrano (not in wide release yet)
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick… BOOM! (streaming on Netflix)
Will Smith, King Richard (rent it on Amazon Prime)
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth (streaming on Apple TV+)
Best Supporting Actress:
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast (rent it on Amazon Prime)
Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley (exclusively in theaters)
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story (exclusively in theaters)
Judi Dench, Belfast (rent it on Amazon Prime)
Ann Dowd, Mass (rent it on Amazon)
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog (streaming on Netflix)
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard (rent it on Amazon)
Kathryn Hunter, The Tragedy of Macbeth (streaming on Apple TV+)
Rita Moreno, West Side Story (exclusively in theaters)
Ruth Negga, Passing (streaming on Netflix)
Best Supporting Actor:
Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar (streaming on Amazon Prime)
Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza (exclusively in theaters)
Jamie Dornan, Belfast (rent it on Amazon Prime)
Ciaran Hinds, Belfast (rent it on Amazon Prime)
Troy Kotsur, CODA (streaming on Apple TV+)
Jared Leto, House of Gucci (exclusively in theaters)
J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos (streaming on Amazon Prime)
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog (streaming on Netflix)
Like I said, I tried to be over-inclusive here, and I’m probably missing a few contenders, but this is a good start. Happy watching, and we’ll be back with a brief introduction to this year’s model (Walter) and some of the interesting narratives (Michael). As always, email us if there’s any coverage you’d like to see.