Columbus Film Critics Association Award Winners

Best Film

1. The Power of the Dog

2. Licorice Pizza

3. West Side Story

4. Belfast

5. Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

6. Pig

7. C’mon C’mon

8. The Tragedy of Macbeth

9. tick, tick…BOOM!

10. Dune

Best Director

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

    Runner-up: Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Best Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

    Runner-up: Nicolas Cage, Pig

Best Actress

Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

    Runner-up: Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter

Best Supporting Actor

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

    Runner-up: Troy Kotsur, CODA

Best Supporting Actress

Ruth Negga, Passing

    Runner-up: Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Best Ensemble

The Power of the Dog

    Runner-up: The Harder They Fall

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, The Mauritanian, The Power of the Dog, and Spider-Man: No Way Home)

    Runner-up: Andrew Garfield (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and tick,

        tick…BOOM!)

Breakthrough Film Artist

Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza – (for acting)

    Runner-up: Jude Hill, Belfast – (for acting)

Best Cinematography

Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth

    Runner-up: Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog

Best Film Editing

Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn, West Side Story

    Runner-up: Peter Sciberras, The Power of the Dog

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

    Runner-up: Tony Kushner, West Side Story

Best Original Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza

    Runner-up: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Best Score

Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog

    Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, Spencer

Best Documentary

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Runner-up: Flee

Best Foreign Language Film

Drive My Car (Doraibu mai kâ)

    Runner-up: Flee

Best Animated Film

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

    Runner-up: Flee

Best Overlooked Film

Riders of Justice (Retfærdighedens ryttere)

    Runner-up: Nine Days

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Picture

Licorice Pizza

Top 10 Films

Licorice Pizza, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, The Green Knight, Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), The French Dispatch, Tick, Tick…Boom!, C’mon C’mon, Dune

(TIE) Nightmare Alley, Pig, and Red Rocket

Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power Of The Dog

Best Actress – Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

Best Supporting Actor – Kodi Smit-Mcphee, The Power Of The Dog

Best Supporting Actress – Kirsten Dunst, The Power Of The Dog

Best Body of Work – Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tick, Tick…Boom!, Encanto, In The Heights, and Vivo

Best Director – Jane Campion, The Power Of The Dog

Best Documentary – Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best Score – Jonny Greenwood, The Power Of The Dog

Best Cinematography – Greig Fraser, Dune

Best Animated Film – The Mitchells Vs The Machines

Best Ensemble Cast – The French Dispatch

Best First Feature – Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Best Foreign Language Film – Drive My Car (Japan)

Best Original Screenplay – Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza 

Best Adapted Screenplay – Jane Campion, The Power Of The Dog

Most Disappointing Film – Don’t Look Up

North Carolina Film Critics Association Award Winners

BEST NARRATIVE FILM

The Power of the Dog

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Summer of Soul (… Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

The Mitchells vs. The Machines

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Drive My Car

BEST DIRECTOR

Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ari Wegner (The Power of the Dog)

BEST ACTOR

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

BEST ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Ann Dowd (Mass)

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA

Stephanie Beatriz (Encanto)

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Mass

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

BEST EDITING

Andrew Weisblum (The French Dispatch)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer (Dune)

BEST STUNT COORDINATION

Andy Cheng, Peng Zhang, Bradley James Allan, Christopher Clark Cowan, Mark Ginther, Guillermo Grispo, Isaac Hamon, Lu Junchang, Yasca Sinigaglia, Kyle Woods (Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan (Dune)

BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP

Nadia Stacey and Carolyn Cousins (Cruella)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Patrice Vermette, Richard Roberts, and Zuzsanna Sipos (Dune)

BEST SCORE

Hans Zimmer (Dune)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

No Time To Die by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (No Time To Die)

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, and Ron Bartlett (Dune)

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

Michael Sarnoski (Pig)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Alana Haim(Licorice Pizza)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR SCREENWRITING

The Coen Brothers: Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Are Thou?, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD

Jonathan Majors (The Harder They Fall, Loki) – Studied at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Discussing Film Critics Association Award Winners

BEST MOTION PICTURE 

The Power of the Dog

        Runner–up: Dune

BEST DIRECTOR

Julia Ducournau, Titane

        Runner–up: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

BEST ACTOR

Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…BOOM!

        Runner–up: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

BEST ACTRESS

Kristen Stewart, Spencer

         Runner–up: Agathe Rousselle, Titane

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

Vincent Lindon, Titane

        Runner–up: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS  

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

         Runner–up: Ann Dowd, Mass

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM  

Titane

        Runner–up: Drive My Car

BEST FILM ENSEMBLE

Mass

        Runner–up: The Harder They Fall

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Fran Kranz, Mass

        Runner–up: Julia Ducournau, Titane

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

        Runner–up: Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve & Eric Roth, Dune

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Claire Mathon, Spencer

        Runner–up: Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Jenny Beavan, Cruella

        Runner–up: Jacqueline Durran, Spencer

BEST FILM EDITING 

Sebastian Sepulveda, Spencer

        Runner–up: Joe Walker, Dune

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 

Hans Zimmer, Dune

        Runner–up: Jonny Greenwood, Spencer

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Tamara Deverell, Nightmare Alley

        Runner–up: Patrice Vermette, Dune

BEST SOUND

Dune

        Runner–up: The Harder They Fall

BEST USE OF MUSIC

“All I Need is a Miracle”, Spencer

        Runner–up: “Downtown”, Last Night in Soho

BEST ORIGINAL SONG 

“So May We Start,” Annette

        Runner–up: “No Time to Die”, No Time to Die

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS 

Dune

        Runner–up: Shang-Chi and the Legend of The Ten Rings

BEST ANIMATED FILM 

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

        Runner–up: Flee

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM

Mass

        Runner–up: Shiva Baby

BEST DEBUT FEATURE FILM

Fran Kranz, Mass

        Runner–up: Rebecca Hall, Passing

BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE

Agathe Rousselle, Titane

        Runner–up: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

Chicago Indie Critics Award Nominations

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM (BUDGETS UNDER $20 MILLION)

CODA

NINE DAYS

PIG

SPENCER

SUMMER OF SOUL

BEST STUDIO FILM (BUDGETS OVER $20 MILLION)

THE HARDER THEY FALL

LICORICE PIZZA

THE POWER OF THE DOG

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME

TICK, TICK… BOOM!

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

BENEDETTA

DRIVE MY CAR

FLEE

A HERO

PARALLEL MOTHERS

BEST DOCUMENTARY

FLEE

THE RESCUE

ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN

THE SPARKS BROTHERS

SUMMER OF SOUL

BEST ANIMATED FILM

ENCANTO

FLEE

LUCA

THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson, LICORICE PIZZA

Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST

Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG

Pablo Larrain, SPENCER

Edson Oda, NINE DAYS

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

THE FRENCH DISPATCH, Wes Anderson

A HERO, Asghar Farhadi

LICORICE PIZZA, Paul Thomas Anderson

NINE DAYS, Edson Oda

PIG, Michael Sarnoski

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

CODA, Sian Heder

DRIVE MY CAR, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

PASSING, Rebecca Hall

THE POWER OFTHE DOG, Jane Campion

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, Joel Coen

BEST ACTOR

Nicolas Cage, PIG

Benedict Cumberbatch, THE POWER OF THE DOG

Andrew Garfield, TICK, TICK… BOOM!

Will Smith, KING RICHARD

Denzel Washington, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

BEST ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain, THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

Olivia Colman, THE LOST DAUGHTER

Alana Haim, LICORICE PIZZA

Emilia Jones, CODA

Kristen Stewart, SPENCER

Tessa Thompson, PASSING 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Ben Affleck, THE LAST DUEL

Colman Domingo, ZOLA

Mike Faist, WEST SIDE STORY

Troy Kotsur, CODA

Kodi Smit-McPhee, THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jeffrey Wright, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Ariana DeBose, WEST SIDE STORY

Kirsten Dunst, THE POWER OF THE DOG

Aunjanue Ellis, KING RICHARD

Marlee Matlin, CODA

Ruth Negga, PASSING

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

BELFAST, Lucy Bevan and Emily Brockman

CODA, Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood and Lisa Zagoria

THE FRENCH DISPATCH, Douglas Aibel and Antoinette Boulat

THE HARDER THEY FALL, Victoria Thomas

THE POWER OF THE DOG, Nikki Barrett, Tina Cleary, Carmen Cuba and Nina Gold

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, Sarah Finn and Chris Zaragosa 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BELFAST, Haris Zambarloukos

DUNE, Grieg Fraser

THE GREEN KNIGHT, Andrew Droz Palermo

THE POWER OF THE DOG, Ari Wegner

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, Bruno Delbonnel

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

DUNE, Patrice Vermette, Richard Roberts, and Zsuzsanna Sipos

THE LAST DUEL, Arthur Max and Judy Farr

NIGHTMARE ALLEY, Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, Stefan Dechant and Nancy Haigh

WEST SIDE STORY, Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

CRUELLA, Jenny Beavan

DUNE, Bob Morgan, Jacqueline West

THE GREEN KNIGHT, Malgosia Turzanska

NIGHTMARE ALLEY, Luis Sequeira

WEST SIDE STORY, Paul Tazewell

BEST MAKEUP

CRUELLA, Nadia Stacey and Carolyn Cousins

DUNE, Donald Mowat, Love Larson, and Eva von Bahr

THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE, Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, and Justin Raleigh

HOUSE OF GUCCI, Jana Carboni, Giuliano Mariano, and Göran Lundström

NIGHTMARE ALLEY, Cliona Furey and Jo-Ann MacNeil

BEST EDITING

DUNE, Joe Walker

THE HARDER THEY FALL, Tom Eagles

NINE DAYS, Michael Taylor and Jeff Betancourt

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, Leigh Folsom and Jeffrey Ford

WEST SIDE STORY, Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

DUNE, Hans Zimmer

ENCANTO, Germaine Franco

THE HARDER THEY FALL, Jeymes Samuel

THE POWER OF THE DOG, Jonny Greenwood

SPENCER,  Jonny Greenwood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Be Alive,” KING RICHARD

Songwriters: Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Dixson

“Guns Go Bang,” THE HARDER THEY FALL

Songwriters: Jeymes Samuel, Scott Mescudi, and Shawn Carter

“Just Look Up,” DON’T LOOK UP

Songwriters: Nicholas Britell, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, and Taura Stinson

“No Time to Die,” NO TIME TO DIE

Songwriters: Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

“So May We Start,” ANNETTE

Songwriters: Ron Mael and Russell Mael

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

DUNE, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Conner, and Gerd Nefzer

FREE GUY, Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, Dan Glass, Huw J. Evans, Tom Debenham, and J.D. Schwalm

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS, Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Walker, and Dan Oliver

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein, and Dan Sudick

BEST STUNTS

BLACK WIDOW, Rob Inch

DUNE, Roger Yuan

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, Chad Stahelski

NO TIME TO DIE, Lee Morrison

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS, Andy Cheng

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, George Cottle

TRAILBLAZER AWARD 

Paul Thomas Anderson, filmmaker 

Rebecca Hall, filmmaker

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, filmmaker

Sian Heder, filmmaker

Lin-Manuel Miranda, filmmaker

IMPACT AWARD

Rebecca Fons, Director of Programming – Gene Siskel Film Center

Rebecca Hall, filmmaker

Ryan Oestreich, General Manager – Music Box Theater

Steven Spielberg, filmmaker

Jill Wheeler, Director of Publicity and Promotions – Allied Global Marketing

The 12th Annual Awards Psychic Award Nomination Tally

West Side Story - 10

The Power of the Dog - 9 

The Tragedy of Macbeth - 9 

Belfast - 8 

Dune - 8 

CODA - 7

The Green Knight - 7

King Richard - 7 

The Mitchells vs. The Machines - 7

Nightmare Alley - 7 

In the Heights - 6 

Licorice Pizza - 6

Mass - 6

Passing - 6

tick, tick...boom! - 6

Being the Ricardos - 5

Don't Look Up - 5

The Humans - 5

The Lost Daughter - 5

Luca - 5

No Time to Die - 5

Annette - 4

C'mon C'mon - 4

Drive My Car - 4

The Hand of God - 4

Parallel Mothers - 4

Raya and the Last Dragon - 4

Spencer - 4

This is a Burial, Not a Resurrection - 4

Zola - 4

The Card Counter - 3

Encanto - 3

Flee - 3

Red Rocket - 3

Shiva Baby - 3

The Souvenir Part II - 3 

The Suicide Squad - 3

Together Together - 3

Cyrano - 2

Everybody's Talking About Jamie - 2

The French Dispatch - 2

The Harder They Fall - 2

House of Gucci - 2

Nine Days - 2

Pig - 2 

A Quiet Place Part II - 2

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - 2 

Spider-Man: No Way Home - 2

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - 2

Test Pattern - 2 

Titane - 2

Ascension - 1 

Attica - 1 

Becoming Costeau - 1

Belle - 1

Black Widow - 1 

Candyman - 1

Cruella - 1

Cryptozoo - 1

Eternals - 1

The Eyes of Tammy Faye - 1

Faya Dayi - 1

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko - 1 

A Hero - 1 

Julia - 1 

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain - 1

Last Night in Soho - 1

The Matrix Resurrections - 1

Not Going Quietly - 1 

Pompo the Cinephile - 1

President - 1 

Procession - 1 

The Rescue - 1 

Respect - 1

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It - 1 

The Summit of the Gods - 1 

The Velvet Underground - 1 

Vivo - 1

The 12th Annual Awards Psychic Award Nominations

Remember, this covers March-December 2021!

Best Picture - Drama

Belfast

The Card Counter

C'mon C'mon

CODA

Drive My Car

The Hand of God

King Richard

The Lost Daughter

Nightmare Alley

Parallel Mothers

Passing

The Power of the Dog

The Souvenir Part II

Spencer

This is a Burial, Not a Resurrection

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Picture - Comedy/Musical

Annette

Cyrano

Don't Look Up

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

The French Dispatch

In the Heights

Licorice Pizza

Red Rocket 

Shiva Baby

tick, tick...boom!

Together Together

West Side Story

Zola

Best Picture Action/Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror

Candyman

Dune

The Green Knight

The Harder They Fall

Last Night in Soho

Nine Days

No Time to Die

A Quiet Place Part II

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home

The Suicide Squad

Titane

Best Picture - Animated

Belle

Cryptozoo

Encanto

Flee

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Luca

The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Pompo the Cinephile

Raya and the Last Dragon

The Summit of the Gods

Vivo

Best Picture - Documentary

Ascension

Attica

Becoming Costeau

Faya Dayi

Flee

Julia

Not Going Quietly

President

Procession

The Rescue

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

The Velvet Underground

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh "Belfast"

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi "Drive My Car"

Denis Villeneuve "Dune"

Jonas Poher Rasmussen "Flee"

David Lowery “The Green Knight”

Paolo Sorrentino "The Hand of God"

Reinaldo Marcus King "King Richard"

Paul Thomas Anderson "Licorice Pizza"

Maggie Gyllenhaal "The Lost Daughter"

Guillermo Del Toro "Nightmare Alley"

Rebecca Hall "Passing"

Pedro Almodovar "Parallel Mothers"

Jane Campion "The Power of the Dog"

Questlove “Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”

Lin-Manuel Miranda "tick, tick...boom!"

Joel Coen "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Steven Spielberg "West Side Story"

Best Actor - Drama

Javier Bardem "Being the Ricardos"

Nicholas Cage “Pig”

Timothee Chalamet "Dune"

Bradley Cooper "Nightmare Alley"

Daniel Craig "No Time to Die"

Benedict Cumberbatch "The Power of the Dog"

Winston Duke "Nine Days"

Frankie Faison "The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain"

Oscar Isaac "The Card Counter" 

Hidetoshi Nishijima "Drive My Car"

Dev Patel “The Green Knight”

Joaquin Phoenix "C'mon C'mon"

Will Smith "King Richard"

Denzel Washington "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Steven Yeun "The Humans"

Best Actress - Drama

Honor Swinton Byrne "The Souvenir Part II"

Jessica Chastain "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"

Olivia Colman "The Lost Daughter"

Penelope Cruz "Parallel Mothers"

Lady Gaga "House of Gucci"

Brittany S. Hall "Test Pattern"

Jennifer Hudson "Respect"

Emilia Jones "CODA"

Nicole Kidman "Being the Ricardos"

Rooney Mara "Nightmare Alley"

Frances McDormand "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Kristen Stewart "Spencer" 

Tessa Thompson "Passing"

Mary Twala “This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection"

Best Actor - Comedy/Musical

Leonardo DiCaprio "Don't Look Up"

Peter Dinklage "Cyrano"

Adam Driver "Annette"

Andrew Garfield "tick, tick...boom!"

Max Harwood "Everybody's Talking About Jamie"

Ed Helms “Together Together”

Cooper Hoffman "Licorice Pizza"

Anthony Ramos “In the Heights”

Simon Rex "Red Rocket"

Best Actress - Comedy/Musical

Marion Cotillard "Annette"

Alana Haim "Licorice Pizza"

Patti Harrison “Together Together”

Jennifer Lawrence "Don't Look Up"

Taylour Paige “Zola”

Margot Robbie "The Suicide Squad" 

Rachel Sennott “Shiva Baby”

Emma Stone “Cruella”

Rachel Zegler "West Side Story"

Best Supporting Actor

David Alvarez "West Side Story"

Jon Bernthal "King Richard"

Reed Birney "Mass"

Bradley Cooper "Licorice Pizza"

Robin De Jesus "tick, tick...boom!"

Colman Domingo “Zola”

Jamie Dornan "Belfast"

Mike Faist "West Side Story"

Corey Hawkins "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Ciaran Hinds "Belfast"'

Jason Isaacs "Mass"

Richard Jenkins "The Humans"

Tory Kotsur "CODA"

Jesse Plemmons "The Power of the Dog"

J.K. Simmons "Being the Ricardos"

Kodi Smit-McPhee "The Power of the Dog"

Best Supporting Actress

Nina Arianda "Being the Ricardos"

Caitriona Balfe "Belfast"

Cate Blanchett "Nightmare Alley"

Jessie Buckley "The Lost Daughter"

Ariana DeBose "West Side Story"

Judi Dench "Belfast"

Kirsten Dunst "The Power of the Dog"

Ann Dowd "Mass"

Aunjanue Ellis "King Richard"

Rebecca Ferguson "Dune"

Jayne Houdyshell "The Humans"

Kathryn Hunter "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Marlee Matlin "CODA"

Olga Merediz “In the Heights”

Rita Moreno "West Side Story"

Ruth Negga "Passing"

Martha Plimpton "Mass"

Best Ensemble

Being the Ricardos

Belfast

CODA

Don't Look Up

Dune

The French Dispatch

The Harder They Fall

The Humans

In the Heights

King Richard

Mass

The Mitchells vs. The Machines

The Power of the Dog

tick, tick...boom!

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

Best Voice Acting/Motion Capture Performance

Awkwafina "Raya and the Last Dragon"

Stephanie Beatriz "Encanto"

Gemma Chan "Raya and the Last Dragon" 

Olivia Colman "The Mitchells vs. The Machines"

Jim Gaffigan "Luca" 

Jack Dylan Grazer "Luca"

Ralph Ineson "The Green Knight"

Abbi Jacobson "The Mitchells vs. The Machines"

John Leguizamo "Encanto"

Danny McBride "The Mitchells vs. The Machines"

Maya Rudolph "Luca" and "The Mitchells vs. The Machines" 

Sylvester Stallone "The Suicide Squad"

Kelly Marie Tran "Raya and the Last Dragon"

Jacob Tremblay "Luca"

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sian Heder "CODA"

Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe "Drive My Car"

Jon Spaihts, Denis Villenueve, and Eric Roth "Dune"

Stephen Karam "The Humans"

Quiara Alegría Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda “In the Heights”

Maggie Gyllenhaal "The Lost Daughter"

Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge "No Time to Die"

Rebecca Hall "Passing"

Jane Campion "The Power of the Dog"

Joanna Hogg "The Souvenir Part II"

Steven Levenson "tick, tick...boom!"

Joel Coen "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Tony Kushner "West Side Story"

Janicza Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris “Zola”

Best Original Screenplay

Kenneth Branagh "Belfast"

Mike Mills "C'mon C'mon"

Paul Schrader "The Card Counter" 

Adam McKay and David Sirota "Don't Look Up"

David Lowery “The Green Knight”

Paolo Sorrentino "The Hand of God"

Asghar Farhadi "A Hero"

Zach Baylin "King Richard"

Paul Thomas Anderson "Licorice Pizza"

Fran Kranz "Mass"

Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe, and Alex Hirsch “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”

Pedro Almodovar "Parallel Mothers"

Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski “Pig”

Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch "Red Rocket" 

Emma Seligman “Shiva Baby”

Steven Knight "Spencer" 

Shatara Michelle Ford "Test Pattern"

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese “This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection”

Best Cinematography

Robbie Ryan "C'mon C'mon"

Paula Huidobro "CODA"

Greig Fraser "Dune"

Andrew Droz Palermo "The Green Knight"

Daria D’Antonio "The Hand of God"

Dariusz Wolski "House of Gucci"

Alice Brooks "In the Heights"

Dan Laustsen "Nightmare Alley"

Linus Sandgren "No Time to Die"

Eduard Grau "Passing"

Ari Wegner "The Power of the Dog"

Claire Mathon "Spencer"

Pierre de Villiers "This is Not a Burial, Its a Resurrection"

Bruno Delbonnel "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Janusz Kaminski "West Side Story"

Best Visual Effects

Annette 

Black Widow

Dune

Eternals

The Green Knight

The Matrix Resurrections

Nightmare Alley

No Time to Die

A Quiet Place Part II

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Titane

Worst Film of the Year

Blithe Spirit

Chaos Walking

Cosmic Sin

Dear Evan Hansen

The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

The Misfits

Red Notice

SAS: Red Notice

Thunder Force

The Woman in the Window

Columbus Film Critics Association Award Nominations

Best Film

Belfast

C’mon C’mon

Dune

Licorice Pizza

Pig

The Power of the Dog

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

tick, tick…BOOM!

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Denis Villeneuve, Dune

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage, Pig

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…BOOM!

Will Smith, King Richard

Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter

Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

Taylour Paige, Zola

Tessa Thompson, Passing

Best Supporting Actor

Colman Domingo, Zola

Ciarán Hinds, Belfast

Troy Kotsur, CODA

Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress

Caitriona Balfe, Belfast

Jodie Comer, The Last Duel

Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Marlee Matlin, CODA

Ruth Negga, Passing

Best Ensemble

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

The Harder They Fall

Licorice Pizza

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

Timothée Chalamet (Don’t Look Up, Dune, and The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun)

Bradley Cooper (Licorice Pizza and Nightmare Alley)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, The Mauritanian, The Power of the Dog, and Spider-Man: No Way Home)

Adam Driver (Annette, House of Gucci, and The Last Duel)

Andrew Garfield (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and tick, tick…BOOM!)

Breakthrough Film Artist

Janicza Bravo, Zola – (for directing and screenwriting)

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter – (for producing, directing, and screenwriting)

Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza – (for acting)

Rebecca Hall, Passing – (for producing, directing, and screenwriting)

Jude Hill, Belfast – (for acting)

Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon – (for acting)

Best Cinematography

Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Andrew Droz Palermo, The Green Knight

Greig Fraser, Dune

Dan Lautsen, Nightmare Alley

Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog

Haris Zambarloukos, Belfast

Best Film Editing

Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn, West Side Story

Andy Jurgensen, Licorice Pizza

Peter Sciberras, The Power of the Dog

Joe Walker, Dune

Andrew Weisblum, The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Joel Coen, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Siân Heder, CODA

Tony Kushner, West Side Story

Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth, Dune

Best Original Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza

Zach Baylin, King Richard

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Julia Ducournau, Titane

Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon

Michael Sarnoski – Pig

Best Score

Alexandre Desplat, The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog

Jonny Greenwood, Spencer

Nathan Johnson, Nightmare Alley

Hans Zimmer, Dune

Best Documentary

Attica

Flee

The Rescue

The Sparks Brothers

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

The Velvet Underground

Best Foreign Language Film

Drive My Car (Doraibu mai kâ)

Flee

A Hero (Ghahreman)

Titane

The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske)

Best Animated Film

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Overlooked Film

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

CODA

Cyrano

Nine Days

Riders of Justice (Retfærdighedens ryttere)

Together Together 

The Awards Psychic's Top 10 Television Programs of 2021

10. Everything's Gonna Be Okay - I loved Please Like Me, and I think Josh Thomas continues to knock it out of the park with Freeform's Everything's Gonna Be Okay. The first season focused on grief, the second season builds on grief, and transforms into a story about love, sex, disease, friendship, and moving on. A wonderfully, funny, heartfelt, and honest show. 

9. The White Lotus - Whew. This show was a jaw-dropper. It created horrible characters that you could not stop watching, made us feel delightfully uncomfortable, and dove into the furthest depths of the human psyche, a true feat considering the vapid nature of the characters. An endlessly watchable show that could have been smug, too judgmental, and too soapy, managed to be none of those things, and so much more. 

8. (TIE) Superstore and Mom - Superstore and Mom both ended their runs in 2021, and they will be sorely missed. Broadcast sitcoms, while remaining popular among fans, have gone from being the center of comedy, to inducing eye-rolls among television critics, and members of the Television Academy. Some of that is deserved, but often, it is proven wrong. These two shows proved that Broadcast shows can be funny, well-acted, and deftly dive into society's issues. Sitcoms have done this for years, and these two shows continue that legacy and bring it into the 21st Century. I will miss their laughs and their brilliant commentary. 

7. Hacks - Jean Smart is a legend. It is time to cement that status for her. She didn't need Hacks prove it. Although it surely did. Hacks is brutally honest, laugh-out-loud funny, and spot on it its commentary regarding women in comedy. It also features a great new talent in Hannah Einbinder, who plays so well off of Smart. A great new comedy that demands a binge watch. 

6. Mare of Easttown - I'm not the biggest fan of murder mysteries. But boy did I get sucked in to Mare of Easttown. It was a well-written mystery that featured jaw-dropping performances, particularly from Kate Winslet, who continues to amaze me. But a lot of murder mysteries have those two things. I think what set Mare apart, aside from its compelling lead character, is its soul. The little side stories that accompany the bigger over-arching narrative, the characters, the small-town feel. It might have been a murder mystery at is core, but it is also a compelling human drama about the ups and downs of a small town, and it is those moments of humanity that make it a soulful experience. 

5. (TIE) Pose and It's a Sin - LGBTQ+ television just continues to reach new heights, a welcomed development that is way overdue. This year, we had two excellent outings. First, Pose's final season was emotionally draining. I mean that in a good way. It had me sobbing in tears, not only because it was beautifully done, but also because it means that this beautiful series has ended its run. This year also brought a refreshing new miniseries from Russell T. Davis. It's a Sin feels like the natural successor to Angels in America, the 21st Century update that continues to shine light on the horrible AIDS epidemic. And like its predecessor, It's a Sin will long be remembered for its wit, heartache, and honesty. 

4. Succession - Why? Why is it that we can't quit this family? Succession is brilliant, dark, funny, horrific, and has one of the best ensembles on television. I know that there is going to get to a point of diminishing returns for this series. There is only so much hell these writers can put the characters through, right? Or is there? As long as they keep churning out dramatic gold like Season 3, there is no limit to the success of this show. 

3. (TIE) Girls5Eva and Ted Lasso - 2021 is finally (FINALLY!) over and it was a rough one. In these troubling times, we need to look to shows that bring us pure joy. Two shows come to mind. Actually, Ted Lasso Season 2 had some darker moments, some that divided fans, but I think they worked impeccably. Despite that, the enthusiasm that exudes from the screen in the show's first two season are infectious, and explain why this series was the awards darling of the year. I also enjoyed Girls5Eva from Peacock. Combining great music (well some of it was good, the rest was pure early millennium cheese and I love it), and pure comedic joy, the journey of these four women, all of whom were brought brilliantly to life by their brilliant actors, was impossible not to love. Thank you to the creators of these two shows for putting a smile on this blogger's face. 

2. What We Do in the Shadows - What We Do in the Shadows has been building to its third season, and while the previous two outings were fantastic, they pale in comparison to the third time around. The new power they have earned as the leaders of the Vampiric Council has given our characters so much hilarious material, and the talented cast rise to the occasion in spectacular fashion. This series could have been an one-off, but Taika Waiti and his team just continue to raise the bar on comedic genius. 

1. Insecure - When I first started watching Insecure, it was an undiscovered gem that I got to tell everyone about. Now it is an Emmy-winning smash hit that tops top ten lists, earns rave reviews, and is finally getting the recognition it deserves as a cultural milestone and phenomenon. I cannot think of a more deserving show, and a more deserving cast and crew. The worst part, is that, after five magnificent season, it is ending. I will miss Issa, Molly, Kelly, and the whole gang. I will miss the raw honesty of this show's characters, the flawed lines that make them funny, absorbing, at times frustrating, and always endlessly watchable. Issa Rae and her team have created a modern comedic masterpiece that will be remembered long after its final scene goes black. 

Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Award Winners

BEST PICTURE:

Pig

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

Drive My Car (Japan)

BEST ANIMATED FILM:

The Mitchells vs the Machines

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 

BEST DIRECTOR:

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog 

LEAD ACTOR:

Nicolas Cage, Pig 

LEAD ACTRESS:

Kristen Stewart, Spencer

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Ruth Negga, Passing

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Will Berson & Shaka King (story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenneth Lucas & Keith Lucas), Judas and the Black Messiah

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Andrew Droz Palermo, The Green Knight

BEST EDITING:

Peter Sciberras, The Power of the Dog

BEST SCORE:

Jonny Greenwood, Spencer

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE:

Rachel Sennott, Shiva Baby

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR:

Michael Sarnoski, Pig