The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Honors Poor Things


The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle has announced its picks for the best of 2023!  Here’s what won in Philadelphia!

Best Film
Winner: Poor Things
Runner-Up: Oppenheimer

Best Director
Winner: Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Runner-Up: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Best Actress
Winner: Emma Stone – Poor Things
Runner-Up: Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

​Best Actor
Winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Runner-Up: Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
​Runner-Up: Julianne Moore – May December

​Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Runner-Up: Charles Melton – May December

Best Animated Film
Winner: The Boy And The Heron
Runner-Up: Robot Dreams

Best Foreign Film
Winner: The Boy And The Heron
Runner-Up: Anatomy Of A Fall

Best Documentary
Winner: 20 Days In Mariupol
Runner-Up: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Cinematography
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-Up: Poor Things

Best Breakthrough Performance
Winner: Charles Melton – May December
Runner-Up: Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret

Best Directorial Debut
Winner: Celine Song – Past Lives
Runner-Up: Cord Jefferson – American Fiction

Best Screenplay
Winner: Poor Things
Runner-Up: Oppenheimer

Best Score/Soundtrack
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-Up: Poor Things

Best Ensemble
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-Up: Poor Things

Cheesesteak Award – for a film meant to recognize a blockbuster that’s hard to ignore
Winner: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Runner-Up: Godzilla Minus One

The Toronto Film Critics Association Named The Zone of Interest The Best Of 2023


Canada has spoken!  Today, the Toronto Film Critics Association named their picks for the best of 2023!

Best Film
Winner: ​The Zone Of Interest
Runners-Up: All of Us Strangers & Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Director
Winner: ​Jonathan Glazer – The Zone Of Interest
Runners-Up: Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon & Justine Triet – Anatomy Of A Fall

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Barbie
Runners-Up: Anatomy Of A Fall & Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: ​Killers of the Flower Moon
Runners-Up: All of Us Strangers & Poor Things

Best Lead Performance
Winners: ​Sandra Hüller – Anatomy Of A Fall & Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Runners-Up: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers, Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers, Emma Stone – Poor Things & Kôji Yakusho – Perfect Days

Best First Feature
Winner: ​Rye Lane
Runners-Up: American Fiction & Past Lives

Allan King Best Documentary
Winner: 20 Days in Mariupol
Runners-Up: The Eternal Memory, Four Daughters & Swan Song

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: ​Fallen Leaves
Runners-Up: Anatomy Of A Fall & The Zone Of Interest

Best Animated Feature
Winner: Robot Dreams
Runners-Up: The Boy and the Heron & Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Best Supporting Performance
Winner: Ryan Gosling – Barbie & Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Runners-Up: Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon, Robert Downey, Jr. – Oppenheimer, Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry & Charles Melton – May December

Best Breakthrough Performance
Winner: Teyana Taylor – A Thousand And One
Runners-Up: Charles Melton – May December & Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

Best Performance In A Canadian Film
Winner: Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry
Runners-Up: Jay Baruchel – BlackBerry & Théodore Pellerin – Solo

Here Are The 2023 Nominations of the San Diego Film Critics Society!


Here are the nominations of the San Diego Film Critics Association!  The winners will be announced on December 19th!

Best Picture
AMERICAN FICTION
ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
THE HOLDOVERS
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
OPPENHEIMER

Best Director
Kelly Fremon Craig – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Greta Gerwig – BARBIE
Cord Jefferson – AMERICAN FICTION
Christopher Nolan – OPPENHEIMER
Martin Scorsese – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best Actor
Colman Domingo – RUSTIN
Zac Efron – THE IRON CLAW
Paul Giamatti – THE HOLDOVERS
Cillian Murphy – OPPENHEIMER
Jeffrey Wright – AMERICAN FICTION

Best Actress
Abby Ryder Fortson – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Lily Gladstone – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Sandra Hüller – ANATOMY OF A FALL
Margot Robbie – BARBIE
Emma Stone – POOR THINGS

Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown – AMERICAN FICTION
Robert Downey Jr. – OPPENHEIMER
Ryan Gosling – BARBIE
Charles Melton – MAY DECEMBER
Mark Ruffalo – POOR THINGS

Best Supporting Actress
Jodie Foster – NYAD
Sandra Hüller – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Rachel McAdams – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Julianne Moore – MAY DECEMBER
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS

Best Comedic Performance
Michael Cera – BARBIE
Abby Ryder Fortson – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Ryan Gosling – BARBIE
Nathan Lane – DICKS: THE MUSICAL
Mark Ruffalo – POOR THINGS

Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18)
Joe Bird – TALK TO ME
Christian Convery – COCAINE BEAR
Abby Ryder Fortson – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Jude Hill – A HAUNTING IN VENICE
Milo Machado-Graner – ANATOMY OF A FALL

Best Original Screenplay
Samy Burch – MAY DECEMBER
Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach – BARBIE
David Hemingson – THE HOLDOVERS
Celine Song – PAST LIVES
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari – ANATOMY OF A FALL

Best Adapted Screenplay
Percival Everett, Cord Jefferson – AMERICAN FICTION
Kelly Fremon Craig, Judy Blume – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Jonathan Glazer – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin – OPPENHEIMER
Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best First Feature (Director)
Chloe Domont – FAIR PLAY
Cord Jefferson – AMERICAN FICTION
Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou – TALK TO ME
A.V. Rockwell – A THOUSAND AND ONE
Celine Song – PAST LIVES

Best Documentary
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
KOKOMO CITY
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING
STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE

Best Animated Film
THE BOY AND THE HERON
CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET
NIMONA
ROBOT DREAMS
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

Best Foreign Language Film
ANATOMY OF A FALL
FALLEN LEAVES
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
MONSTER
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Best Editing
Nick Houy – BARBIE
Jennifer Lame – OPPENHEIMER
Yorgos Mavropsaridis – POOR THINGS
Thelma Schoonmaker – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Laurent Sénéchal – ANATOMY OF A FALL

Best Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto – BARBIE
Rodrigo Prieto – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Robbie Ryan – POOR THINGS
Hoyte Van Hoytema – OPPENHEIMER
Dariusz Wolski – NAPOLEON

Best Production Design
Ruth De Jong – OPPENHEIMER
Jack Fisk – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Sarah Greenwood – BARBIE
Arthur Max – NAPOLEON
James Price, Shona Heath – POOR THINGS

Best Visual Effects
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING
OPPENHEIMER
POOR THINGS

Best Costume Design
David Crossman, Janty Yates – NAPOLEON
Jacqueline Durran, Charlotte Finlay, Hope Slepak – BARBIE
Ellen Mirojnick – OPPENHEIMER
Holly Waddington, Vincent Dumas, Zsuzsa Stenger – POOR THINGS
Jacqueline West – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best Sound Design
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
MAESTRO
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING
OPPENHEIMER
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Best Use of Music
AIR
ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
BARBIE
THE HOLDOVERS
MAESTRO

Best Stunt Choreography
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
THE KILLER
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING
NAPOLEON
POLITE SOCIETY

Best Ensemble
AIR
BARBIE
A HAUNTING IN VENICE
THE HOLDOVERS
OPPENHEIMER

Here Are The 2023 Nomination of the Utah Film Critics Association


The Utah Film Critics Association has announced the nominees for the best of 2023!  The winners will be announced on January 6th, 2024!

Best Picture
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things

Best Achievement in Directing
Celine Song – Past Lives
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things

Best Lead Performance, Male
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

Best Lead Performance, Female
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Natalie Portman – May December

Best Supporting Performance, Male
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Best Supporting Performance, Female
America Ferrera – Barbie
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest

Best Ensemble Cast
Air
Barbie
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Oppenheimer

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film
Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Chris Pine – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Iman Vellani – The Marvels
Nicolas Cage – Renfield

Best Original Screenplay
Celine Song – Past Lives
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall
Samy Burch – May December

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Tony McNamara – Poor Things

Best Cinematography
Barbie – Rodrigo Prieto
Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
Maestro – Matthew Libatique
Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan

Best Original Score
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Film Editing
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
The Mission
Still: The Michael J. Fox Story

Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Non-English Feature
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Society of the Snow
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest

The Boston Online Film Critics Association Honors Killers of the Flower Moon


The Boston Online Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2023!  While the majority of the awards went Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon was named Best Picture of the year.

Top 10 of 2023
1. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
2. OPPENHEIMER
3. THE HOLDOVERS
4. PAST LIVES
5. MAY DECEMBER
6. BARBIE
7. THE ZONE OF INTEREST
8. AMERICAN FICTION
9. POOR THINGS
10. ANATOMY OF A FALL

Best Director
Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER

Best Actress
Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best Actor
Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER

Best Supporting Actor
Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER

Best Supporting Actress
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS

Best Screenplay
David Hemingson, THE HOLDOVERS & Samy Burch, MAY DECEMBER (TIE)

Best Ensemble
OPPENHEIMER

Best Score
Ludwig Göransson, OPPENHEIMER

Best Cinematography
Hoyte va Hoytema, OPPENHEIMER

Best Editing
Jennifer Lame, OPPENHEIMER

Best Documentary
MENUS-PLAISIRS – TROISGROS

Best International Feature
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Best Animated Film
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

Here Are The 2023 Nominations For The Black Reel Awards


The nominations for the Black Reel Awards were announced today.  The winners will be announced on January 13th, 2024.

Outstanding Film
American Fiction
The Color Purple
Origin
Rustin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Outstanding Lead Performance
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
John Boyega – They Cloned Tyrone
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Origin
Jamie Foxx – The Burial
Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Chevalier
Michael B. Jordan – Creed III
Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One
Sophie Wilde – Talk To Me
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Outstanding Director
Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple
Ava DuVerney – Origin
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Michael B. Jordan – Creed III
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One

Outstanding Supporting Performance
Erika Alexander – American Fiction
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Viola Davis – Air
Colman Domingo – The Color Purple
Jamie Foxx – They Cloned Tyrone
Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple
Jonathan Majors – Creed III
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Jurnee Smollett – The Burial

Outstanding Screenplay
A Thousand and One
American Fiction
Origin
Rustin
They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Documentary
American Symphony
Kokomo City
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Stamped From The Beginning

Outstanding International Film
Brother (Canada)
Our Father, the Devil (Cameroon)
Rye Lane (UK)

Outstanding Ensemble
American Fiction
The Blackening
The Color Purple
Rustin
They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Voice Performance
Ariana DeBose – Wish
Ayo Edebiri – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Brian Tyree Henry – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Outstanding Independent Film
A Thousand and One
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Earth Mama
How I Learned To Fly
Rye Lane

Outstanding Short Film
ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton
Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
The Dads
The Last Repair Shop

Outstanding Emerging Director
Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple
Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Juel Taylor – They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance
Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Jerrod Carmichael – Poor Things
Archie Madekwe – Gran Turismo
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi – The Color Purple
Tia Nomore – Earth Mama
Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane
Dewayne Perkins – The Blackening
Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One

Outstanding First Screenplay
A Thousand and One
American Fiction
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
The Color Purple
Earth Mama

Outstanding Score
Jon Batiste – American Symphony
Kris Bowers – Chevalier
Kris Bowers – The Color Purple
Brandford Marsalias – Rustin
Desmond Murray & Pierre Charles – They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Original Song
“Am I Dreaming” – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
“It Never Went Away” – American Symphony
“Keep It Moving” – The Color Purple
“My House” – Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
“Road to Freedom” – Rustin

Outstanding Soundtrack
The Color Purple
Creed III
The Little Mermaid
Rustin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Outstanding Cinematography
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Earth Mama
Kokomo City
Rye Lane
Silver Dollar Road

Outstanding Costume Design
Air
The Color Purple
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Rustin
They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Editing
The Color Purple
Kokomo City
Origin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Hairstyling & Makeup
A Thousand and One
Air
Bottoms
The Color Purple
Rustin

Outstanding Production Design
Chevalier
The Little Mermaid
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Rustin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Past Lives Rises From The Ashes In Phoenix!


The Phoenix Critics Circle has announced its pick for the best of 2023 and, despite the heat being generated for Oppenheimer and Killers of The Flower Moon by other regional groups, it named Past Lives as best picture of the year!

The winners are listed in bold:

BEST PICTURE
THE HOLDOVERS
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
OPPENHEIMER
PAST LIVES
POOR THINGS
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

BEST COMEDY FILM
AMERICAN FICTION
ASTEROID CITY
BARBIE
BOTTOMS
THE HOLDOVERS

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
ASTEROID CITY
THE CREATOR
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
INFINITY POOL
THEY CLONED TYRONE

BEST HORROR FILM
EVIL DEAD RISE
NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU
TALK TO ME
THANKSGIVING
WHEN EVIL LURKS

BEST ANIMATED FILM
THE BOY AND THE HERON
ELEMENTAL
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM
WISH

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
ANATOMY OF A FALL
FALLEN LEAVES
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
PERFECT DAYS
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
BEYOND UTOPIA
THE MISSION
STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE

BEST ACTOR
BRADLEY COOPER – MAESTRO
LEONARDO DICAPRIO – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
PAUL GIAMATTI – THE HOLDOVERS
BARRY KEOGHAN – SALTBURN
CILLIAN MURPHY – OPPENHEIMER
JEFFREY WRIGHT – AMERICAN FICTION

BEST ACTRESS
LILY GLADSTONE – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
SANDRA HÜLLER – ANATOMY OF A FALL
GRETA LEE – PAST LIVES
NATALIE PORTMAN – MAY DECEMBER
MARGOT ROBBIE – BARBIE
EMMA STONE – POOR THINGS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WILLEM DAFOE – POOR THINGS
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. – OPPENHEIMER
RYAN GOSLING – BARBIE
MARK RUFFALO – POOR THINGS
DOMINIC SESSA – THE HOLDOVERS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
EMILY BLUNT – OPPENHEIMER
PENELOPE CRUZ – FERRARI
RACHEL MCADAMS – ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET.
JULIANNE MOORE – MAY DECEMBER
ROSAMUND PIKE – SALTBURN
DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH – THE HOLDOVERS

BEST DIRECTOR
GRETA GERWIG – BARBIE
JONATHAN GLAZER – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
YORGOS LANTHIMOS – POOR THINGS
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN – OPPENHEIMER
MARTIN SCORSESE – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
CELINE SONG – PAST LIVES

BEST SCREENPLAY
GRETA GERWIG AND NOAH BAUMBACH – BARBIE
DAVID HEMINGSON – THE HOLDOVERS
CORD JEFFERSON AND PERCIVAL EVERETT – AMERICAN FICTION
TONY MCNAMARA AND ALASDAIR GRAY – POOR THINGS
CELINE SONG – PAST LIVES

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA – OPPENHEIMER
MATTHEW LIBATIQUE – MAESTRO
RODRIGO PRIETO – BARBIE
RODRIGO PRIETO – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
ROBBIE RYAN – POOR THINGS
LUKASZ ZAL – THE ZONE OF INTEREST

BEST SCORE
JERSKIN FENDRIX – POOR THINGS
LUDWIG GÖRANSSON – OPPENHEIMER
MICA LEVI – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
DANIEL PEMBERTON – SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
ROBBIE ROBERTSON – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

The New York Film Critics Online Honors Killers of the Flower Moon


The New York Film Critics Online have announced their picks for the best of 2023.

And here they are:

Best Picture: “Killers Of The Flower Moon“
Best Director: Christopher Nolan – “Oppenheimer“
Best Actor: Cillian Murphy – “Oppenheimer“
Best Actress: Sandra Hüller – “Anatomy Of A Fall“
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo – “Poor Things“
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – “The Holdovers“
Best Screenplay: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari – “Anatomy Of A Fall“
Best Animated Feature: “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse“
Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema – “Oppenheimer“
Best Use of Music: “Barbie“
Best Documentary Feature: “The Eternal Memory“
Best Foreign Language: “Anatomy Of A Fall“
Best Debut Director: Celine Song – “Past Lives”
Breakthrough Performer: Charles Melton – “May December“
Best Ensemble Cast: “Oppenheimer“

Top 10 Films (in alphabetical order)
American Fiction (Amazon MGM)
Anatomy Of A Fall (Neon)
The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Killers Of The Flower Moon (Apple Original Films, Paramount Pictures)
Maestro (Netflix)
May December (Netflix)
Oppenheimer (Universal)
Poor Things (Searchlight)
Past Lives (A24)
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

The Las Vegas Film Critics Society Honors Oppenheimer!


The Las Vegas Film Critics Society announced their picks for the best of 2023!  The winners are listed in bold.

Best Picture
Barbie
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Actress
Annette Bening – Nyad
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Natalie Portman – May December

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Julianne Moore – May December
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn

Best Director
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Celine Song – Past Lives

Best Original Screenplay
Air
Barbie
Maestro
May December
Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Cinematography
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Saltburn

Best Film Editing
Air
Barbie
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Score
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Society of the Snow
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Best Song
I’m Just Ken – Barbie
What Was I Made For? – Barbie
Road to Freedom – Rustin
Peaches – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Better Place – Trolls Band Together

Best Documentary
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Kokomo City
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Animated Film
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best International Movie
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Society of the Snow
When Evil Lurks
The Zone of Interest

Best Costumes
Barbie
The Color Purple
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Art Direction
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Godzilla Minus One
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Best Action Movie
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Best Comedy
American Fiction
Barbie
Dumb Money
Joy Ride
No Hard Feelings

Best Horror/Sci-FI Movie
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Talk To Me
Thanksgiving
When Evil Lurks

Best Family Film
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Barbie
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Ensemble
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Saltburn

Breakout Filmmaker
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Adele Lim – Joy Ride
Celine Song – Past Lives
Nida Manzoor – Polite Society
Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman – Theater Camp

Best Stunts
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Polite Society
Silent Night

Youth In Film (Male)
Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall
Jake Ryan – Asteroid City
Christian Convery – Cocaine Bear
Jude Hill – A Haunting in Venice
Chase Dillion – Haunted Mansion

Youth in Film (Female)
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Elle Graham – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Ariana Greenblatt – Barbie
Iman Vellani – The Marvels
Violet McGraw – M3GAN

The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Nicolas Cage
Paul Giamatti
Hayao Miyazaki
Julianne Moore
Rodrigo Prieto

The Florida Film Critic Circle Nominate The Boy and The Heron For Best Picture!


The Florida Film Critics Circle have announced their nominations for the best of 2023!  Probably the biggest “surprise” here is the nomination of The Boy and the Heron for not just Best Animated Feature but also for Best Picture as well!

As well, Florida nominated John Wick 4′s Donnie Yen for Best Supporting Actor, The Master Gardener‘s Sigourney Weaver for Best Supporting Actress, and Treyana Taylor for Best Actress!  Way to keep things interesting, Florida!

The winners will be announced on December 21st.

BEST PICTURE
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Past Lives

BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Franz Rogowski – Passages
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Natalie Portman – May December
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Donnie Yen – John Wick: Chapter 4

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Sigourney Weaver – Master Gardener

BEST ENSEMBLE
Asteroid City
Barbie
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson – Asteroid City
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Todd Haynes – May December
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Celine Song – Past Lives

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson – Asteroid City
Samy Burch – May December
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Celine Song – Past Lives
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Tony McNamara – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dan Laustsen – John Wick: Chapter 4
Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robbie Ryan – Poor Things
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Lukasz Zal – The Zone of Interest

VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

BEST SCORE
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Gary Gunn – A Thousand and One
Joe Hisaishi – The Boy and the Heron
Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Eternal Memory
Kokomo City
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Menus-Plaisir – Les Troisgros
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

ANIMATED FEATURE
The Boy and the Heron
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

BEST FIRST FILM AWARD
Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Celine Song – Past Lives

BREAKOUT AWARD
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Celine Song – Past Lives
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla

GOLDEN ORANGE
Eric Bendick – Path of the Panther
Alex Mechanik – May December
D Smith – Kokomo City