> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # What We Have to Say About the 2022 Academy Award Nominees - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/academy-award-oscar-nominees-2022/ - Published: 2022-03-18T16:05:48.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T15:13:37.000Z - Description: A must-read list of our critics' reviews and director interviews of this year's nominees. - Author: Hyperallergic - Tags: Film, Academy Awards, Oscars, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:22 (2021, 2022, part 2) As our horizons darken with the impending approach of the 94th Academy Awards (Sunday, March 27), we've compiled a must-read list of our critics' reviews of this year's nominees, plus interviews with the directors of two films up for Best Documentary. Editor Dan Schindel discusses the making of *Attica* and the prison uprising’s ongoing relevance with Stanley Nelson Jr. and Traci Curry, while M.Z. Adnan speaks with *FLEE* director Jonas Poher Rasmussen about how animation provided pseudonymity for his subject. This and more, below. **The Power of the Dog** *Best Picture, Actor in Leading Role (Benedict Cumberbatch), Actor in Supporting Role (Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee), Actress in Supporting Role (Kirsten Dunst), Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Cinematography, Directing, Film Editing, Music (Original Score), Sound, Production Design* [***The Power of the Dog* Is a Different Kind of Western Film**](https://hyperallergic.com/the-power-of-the-dog-review-jane-campion/) Acclaimed director Jane Campion returns to film with an all-star cast featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, and more. --- **West Side Story** *Best Picture, Actress in Supporting Role (Ariana Debose), Cinematography, Costume Design, Directing, Production Design, Sound* [**The New *West Side Story* Brings the Show’s Father Issues to the Fore**](https://hyperallergic.com/the-new-west-side-story-brings-the-shows-father-issues-to-the-fore/) Director Steven Spielberg, long fixated on absent dads, interrogates this theme and other issues of patriarchy and gender roles in his cinematic take on the classic show. --- **Licorice Pizza** *Best Picture, Directing, Writing (Original Screenplay)* [***Licorice Pizza*, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Ode to the San Fernando Valley of the 1970s**](https://hyperallergic.com/licorice-pizza-review-paul-thomas-anderson/) Stoner jokes, unexpected pop culture references, and an unlikely love story jangle against each other like charms on a bracelet. --- **Dune** *Best Picture, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Sound, Visual Effects, Writing (Adapted Screenplay)* [***Dune* Is Impressive but Incomplete**](https://hyperallergic.com/dune-movie-review/) The biggest problem with turning *Dune* into a film is that the book appears increasingly derivative of generic sci-fi tropes. --- **The Tragedy of Macbeth** *Actor in Leading Role (Denzel Washington), Cinematography, Production Design* [**Denzel Washington Stars in a New Black-and-White Macbeth**](https://hyperallergic.com/the-tragedy-of-macbeth-joel-coen-denzel-washington/) Working for the first time without his brother Ethan, Joel Coen’s \[*The Tragedy of Macbeth*\], featuring Denzel Washington, embraces the text with unusual faithfulness. --- **Eyes of Tammy Faye** *Actress in Leading Role (Jessica Chastain), Makeup And Hairstyling* [**The Story of the “First Lady of Religious Broadcasting”**](https://hyperallergic.com/the-story-of-the-first-lady-of-religious-broadcasting-tammy-faye-bakker/) *The Eyes of Tammy Faye* features a riveting performance from Jessica Chastain, but proves less interesting than the documentary it’s based on. --- **Parallel Mothers** *Actress in a Leading Role (Penélope Cruz), Music (Original Score)* [**Pedro Almodóvar Presents a Beguiling Thriller About Motherhood**](https://hyperallergic.com/parallel-mothers-pedro-almodovar-review/) Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit play two new mothers from very different backgrounds in the Spanish director’s latest study in female interiority. --- **The Worst Person in the World** *International Feature Film, Writing (Original Screenplay)* [***The Worst Person in the World* Is Among the Best Portraits of Modern Womanhood**](https://hyperallergic.com/the-worst-person-in-the-world-is-among-the-best-portraits-of-modern-womanhood/) Part of the glory of the film is that its heroine’s choices, however unexpected, are taken seriously. --- **The Summer of Soul** *Documentary (Feature)* [**The Forgotten “Black Woodstock” of 1969**](https://hyperallergic.com/summer-of-soul-review-harlem-cultural-festival/) *Summer of Soul*, Questlove’s directorial debut, seeks to resurrect the memory of the Harlem Cultural Festival, a vital touchstone of Black music. --- **Ascension** *Documentary (Feature)* [**The Industry and Leisure of the World’s Largest Middle Class**](https://hyperallergic.com/ascension-china-documentary-tribeca-film-festival/) Jessica Kingdon’s new film *Ascension* documents the factories, etiquette centers, and other contemporary curiosities of China. --- **FLEE** *Animated Feature Film, Documentary (Feature), International Feature Film* [**How a Documentary Used Animation to Protect the Identity of Its Main Character**](https://hyperallergic.com/jonas-poher-rasmussen-interview-flee/) Afghan refugee Amin didn’t feel comfortable telling director Jonas Poher Rasmussen his story without a way to conceal his identity. Rasmussen explains the process to Hyperallergic. --- **Attica** *Documentary (Feature)* [**‘You *Should* Feel Disturbed’ — Talking to the Directors of *Attica***](https://hyperallergic.com/attica-documentary-2021-interview/) In the wake of the film’s nomination for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, Stanley Nelson and Traci Curry speak to Hyperallergic about the uprising’s ongoing relevance. *For more film coverage from Hyperallergic, visit* [*hyperallergic.com/category/film/*](https://hyperallergic.com/category/film/)