A THOUSAND AND ONE, MONICA, STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE among Dorian Film Awards
Dorian Film Awards: ‘All of Us Strangers’ Tops Nominations:
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced the nominees of the 15th Dorian Film Awards, and Searchlight’s All of Us Strangers leads the nominations with nine.
The Andrew Haigh-written and -directed drama earned nods for film of the year, LGBTQ film of the year and genre film of the year, with Haigh also landing nods for best director and best screenplay. Andrew Scott was nominated for his lead performance, while Claire Foy and Paul Mescal are both nominated in best supporting performance. (The Dorians’ acting categories are gender neutral, with 10 contenders in both categories.)
Following in All of Us Strangers‘ lead is Warner Bros.’ Barbie, which scored seven noms, including film of the year, best director for Greta Gerwig (also nominated for writing the screenplay with partner Noah Baumbach), best supporting performance (Ryan Gosling) and best film music.
The three remaining film of the year nominees are Netflix’s May December, A24’s Past Lives and Searchlight’s Poor Things. Nominated alongside All of Us Strangers for LGBTQ film of the year are Amazon MGM Studios’ Bottoms, MUBI’s Passages, Netflix’s Rustin and Amazon MGM Studios’ Saltburn.
Many Oscar nominees landed Dorian nods for their performances: Rustin‘s Colman Domingo, Killers of the Flower Moon‘s Lily Gladstone, Poor Things‘ Emma Stone, The Color Purple‘s Danielle Brooks, Anatomy of a Fall‘s Sandra Hüller, Nyad‘s Jodie Foster, Oppenheimer‘s Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. and The Holdovers‘ Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Other acting nominees include performances passed over by the Academy, including Monica‘s Trace Lysette, Past Lives‘ Greta Lee, Saltburn‘s Rosamund Pike and May December‘s Charles Melton and Natalie Portman.
GALECA added three new categories to the Dorians lineup this year: LGBTQ screenplay of the year, LGBTQ non-English language film of the year and genre film of the year.
GALECA will announce the winners of the 15th Dorian Film Awards on Monday, Feb. 26.
The full list of nominations is at The Hollywood Reporter.