{"id":119891,"date":"2026-01-12T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/119891\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:01:08","slug":"sinners-and-one-battle-after-another-lead-houston-film-critics-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/119891\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinners And One Battle After Another Lead Houston Film Critics Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Coogler\u2019s epic horror\/musical Sinners leads the nominees for the 20th annual awards from the Houston Film Critics Society. The film received 14 nominations including Best Picture of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>On its heels with 13 nominations, also including Best Picture, is\u00a0One Battle After Another, the alternate(?) future family dramedy from Paul Thomas Anderson. Rounding out the Best Pic noms are the conspiratorial satire\u00a0Bugonia,\u00a0the ode to oligarch spectator sports\u00a0F1,\u00a0Guillermo Del Toro\u2019s Frankenstein,\u00a0the *cough* overrated\u00a0Hamnet,\u00a0Marty Supreme,\u00a0The Secret Agent,\u00a0Sentimental Value,\u00a0Train Dreams\u00a0and the horror movie that really annoyed my wife, Weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The HFCS will announce all winners on January 20. An annual highlight of the awards will be the Texas Independent Film Award, honoring productions made in the Lone Star State. This year\u2019s nominees are Joseph Kahn\u2019s ode to science fiction B-movies\u00a0Ick,\u00a0Kim A. Snyder\u2019s documentary\u00a0The Librarians,\u00a0the Houston Oilers documentary\u00a0Luv Ya Bum,\u00a0Isabel Castro\u2019s documentary\u00a0Selena y Los Dinos\u00a0and Rod Lurie\u2019s second chance story\u00a0The Senior.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the HFCS and its members, go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/houstonfilmcritics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">houstonfilmcritics.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2025 Houston Film Critics Society Nominees<\/p>\n<p>Best Picture<br \/>Bugonia<br \/>F1<br \/>Frankenstein<br \/>Hamnet<br \/>Marty Supreme<br \/>One Battle After Another<br \/>The Secret Agent<br \/>Sentimental Value<br \/>Sinners<br \/>Train Dreams<br \/>Weapons<\/p>\n<p>Best Director<br \/>Chlo\u00e9 Zhao,\u00a0Hamnet<br \/>Guillermo del Toro,\u00a0Frankenstein<br \/>Josh Safdie,\u00a0Marty Supreme<br \/>Paul Thomas Anderson,\u00a0One Battle After Another<br \/>Ryan Coogler,\u00a0Sinners<\/p>\n<p>Best Actor \u2013 Leading Role<br \/>Ethan Hawke,\u00a0Blue Moon<br \/>Leonardo DiCaprio,\u00a0One Battle After Another<br \/>Michael B. Jordan,\u00a0Sinners<br \/>Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet,\u00a0Marty Supreme<br \/>Wagner Moura,\u00a0The Secret Agent<\/p>\n<p>Best Actress \u2013 Leading Role<br \/>Chase Infiniti,\u00a0One Battle After Another<br \/>Emma Stone,\u00a0Bugonia<br \/>Jessie Buckley,\u00a0Hamnet<br \/>Kate Hudson,\u00a0Song Sung Blue<br \/>Renate Reinsve,\u00a0Sentimental Value<br \/>Rose Byrne,\u00a0If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You<\/p>\n<p>Best Actor \u2013 Supporting Role<br \/>Benicio Del Toro,\u00a0One Battle After Another<br \/>Delroy Lindo,\u00a0Sinners<br \/>Jacob Elordi,\u00a0Frankenstein<br \/>Paul Mescal,\u00a0Hamnet<br \/>Sean Penn,\u00a0One Battle After Another<br \/>Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd,\u00a0Sentimental Value<\/p>\n<p>Best Actress \u2013 Supporting Role<br \/>Amy Madigan,\u00a0Weapons<br \/>Ariana Grande,\u00a0Wicked: For Good<br \/>Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas,\u00a0Sentimental Value<br \/>Teyana Taylor,\u00a0One Battle After Another<br \/>Wunmi Mosaku,\u00a0Sinners<\/p>\n<p>Best Screenplay<br \/>Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier,\u00a0Sentimental Value<br \/>Paul Thomas Anderson,\u00a0One Battle After Another<br \/>Rian Johnson,\u00a0Wake Up Dead Man<br \/>Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie,\u00a0Marty Supreme<br \/>Ryan Coogler,\u00a0Sinners<\/p>\n<p>Best Animated Feature<br \/>Arco<br \/>The Bad Guys 2<br \/>KPop Demon Hunters<br \/>Ne Zha 2<br \/>Zootopia 2<\/p>\n<p>Best Cinematography<br \/>Adolpho Veloso,\u00a0Train Dreams<br \/>Autumn Durald Arkapaw,\u00a0Sinners<br \/>Claudio Miranda, F1<br \/>Dan Laustsen,\u00a0Frankenstein<br \/>Michael Bauman,\u00a0One Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p>Best Documentary Feature<br \/>The Alabama Solution<br \/>Cover-Up<br \/>My Mom Jayne<br \/>Orwell: 2+2=5<br \/>The Perfect Neighbor<\/p>\n<p>Best Foreign Language Feature<br \/>It Was Just an Accident<br \/>No Other Choice<br \/>The Secret Agent<br \/>Sentimental Value<br \/>Sir\u0101t<\/p>\n<p>Best Original Score<br \/>Alexandre Desplat,\u00a0Frankenstein<br \/>Daniel Lopatin,\u00a0Marty Supreme<br \/>Hans Zimmer,\u00a0F1<br \/>Jonny Greenwood,\u00a0One Battle After Another<br \/>Ludwig G\u00f6ransson,\u00a0Sinners<\/p>\n<p>Best Original Song<br \/>\u201cGolden\u201d,\u00a0KPop Demon Hunters<br \/>\u201cI Lied to You\u201d,\u00a0Sinners<br \/>\u201cLast Time (I Seen the Sun)\u201d,\u00a0Sinners<br \/>\u201cOur Love\u201d,\u00a0The Ballad of Wallis Island<br \/>\u201cTrain Dreams\u201d,\u00a0Train Dreams<\/p>\n<p>Best Visual Effects<br \/>Avatar: Fire and Ash<br \/>F1<br \/>Frankenstein<br \/>Sinners<br \/>Superman<\/p>\n<p>Best Stunt Coordination Team<br \/>Ballerina<br \/>F1<br \/>Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning<br \/>One Battle After Another<br \/>Sinners<\/p>\n<p>Best Casting<br \/>Cassandra Kulukundis,\u00a0One Battle After Another<br \/>Francine Maisler,\u00a0Sinners<br \/>Jennifer Venditti,\u00a0Marty Supreme<br \/>Nina Gold,\u00a0Hamnet<br \/>Robin D. Cook,\u00a0Frankenstein<\/p>\n<p>Best Ensemble<br \/>One Battle After Another<br \/>Marty Supreme<br \/>Sentimental Value<br \/>Sinners<br \/>Wake Up Dead Man<\/p>\n<p>Texas Independent Film Award<br \/>Ick<br \/>The Librarians<br \/>Luv Ya Bum<br \/>Selena y Los Dinos<br \/>The Senior<\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/?post_type=newspack_collection&amp;p=402482\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Private: Jan 1 \u2013 Dec 31, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Coogler\u2019s epic horror\/musical Sinners leads the nominees for the 20th annual awards from the Houston Film Critics&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[52251,226,56,52252,58,57,52253,52254],"class_list":["post-119891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-2025-movies","tag-homepage","tag-houston","tag-houston-film-critics-society","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-one-battle-after-another","tag-sinners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}