The Online Association of Female Film Critics Honors The Power of the Dog


The Online Association of Female Film Critics have named The Power of the Dog the best film of 2021!

Here are all the winners!

Best Film
Belfast (RUNNER-UP TIE)
CODA 
(RUNNER-UP TIE)
Spencer
The Power Of The Dog (WINNER)
The Worst Person In The World

Best Director
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog (WINNER)
Julia Ducournau – Titane (RUNNER-UP)
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
Maggie Gyllenhal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing (WINNER)
Natalie Morales – Language Lessons
Edson Oda – Nine Days (RUNNER-UP)
Emma Seligman – Shiva Baby

Best Breakthrough Performance
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA (RUNNER-UP)
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Agathe Rousselle – Titane (WINNER)
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard

Best Female Lead
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person In The World (RUNNER-UP)
Agathe Rousselle – Titane
Kristen Stewart – Spencer (WINNER)
Tessa Thompson – Passing

Best Male Lead
Nicolas Cage – Pig (RUNNER-UP)
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick…Boom! (WINNER)
Joaquin Phoenix – C’mon C’mon
​Will Smith – King Richard

Best Supporting Female
Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story (WINNER)
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power Of The Dog (RUNNER-UP)
Riley Keough – Zola

Best Supporting Male
Colman Domingo – Zola
Jason Isaacs – Mass (RUNNER-UP)
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Kodi Smith-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog (WINNER)
Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch

Best Acting Ensemble
Belfast
Mass (WINNER)
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall (RUNNER-UP)
The Power Of The Dog

Best Original Screenplay
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Julia Ducournau – Titane
Fran Kranz – Mass
Michael Sarnoski – Pig (WINNER)
Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt – The Worst Person In The World (RUNNER-UP)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog (WINNER)
Maggie Gyllenhal – The Lost Daughter
Sian Heder – CODA
Steven Levenson – Tick, Tick…Boom! (RUNNER-UP TIE)
David Lowery – The Green Knight 
(RUNNER-UP TIE)

Best Cinematography
Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Andrew Droz Palermo – The Green Knight
Greig Fraser – Dune (WINNER)
Claire Mathon – Spencer (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Ari Wegner – The Power Of The Dog 
(RUNNER-UP TIE)

Best Animated Feature
Belle
Flee (RUNNER-UP)
Luca
Raya And The Last Dragon
The Mitchells vs. The Machines (WINNER)

Best Documentary
Flee (WINNER)
Julia
Summer Of Soul (RUNNER-UP)
The Rescue
Val

THE ROSIE
The OAFFC’s signature award celebrates the film that “best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema.”
I’m Your Man
Passing
Petite Maman
Shiva Baby
The Lost Daughter (WINNER)

The Power of the Dog Wins In Dallas


The Dallas/Ft. Worth Film Critics Association has named The Power of the Dog the best of 2021!

Here are all of the winners in Dallas:

BEST PICTURE
Winner: THE POWER OF THE DOG
Runners-up: BELFAST (2); KING RICHARD (3); WEST SIDE STORY (4); LICORICE PIZZA (5); DUNE (6); NIGHTMARE ALLEY (7); THE FRENCH DISPATCH (8); THE LOST DAUGHTER (9); CODA (10)

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Benedict Cumberbatch, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Runners-up: Will Smith, KING RICHARD (2); Andrew Garfield, TICK, TICK, BOOM! (3); Peter Dinklage, CYRANO (4); Denzel Washington, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (5)

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Kristen Stewart, SPENCER
Runners-up: Olivia Colman, THE LOST DAUGHTER (2); Jessica Chastain, THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (3); Lady Gaga, HOUSE OF GUCCI (4); Nicole Kidman, BEING THE RICARDOS (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Kodi Smit-McPhee, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Runners-up: Troy Kotsur, CODA (2); Ciaran Hinds, BELFAST (3); Ben Affleck, THE TENDER BAR (4); Jesse Plemons, THE POWER OF THE DOG (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Ariana DeBose, WEST SIDE STORY
Runners-up: Kirsten Dunst, THE POWER OF THE DOG (2); Aunjanue Ellis, KING RICHARD (3); Caitriona Balfe, BELFAST (4); Ruth Negga, PASSING (5)

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Runners-up: Steven Spielberg, WEST SIDE STORY (2); Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST (3), Denis Villeneuve, DUNE (4); Paul Thomas Anderson, LICORICE PIZZA (5)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: DRIVE MY CAR
Runners-up: A HERO (2); THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (3); THE HAND OF GOD (4); FLEE (5)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: SUMMER OF SOUL
Runners-up: FLEE (2); THE RESCUE (3); PROCESSION (4); VAL (5)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: ENCANTO
Runner-up: THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES

BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, LICORICE PIZZA; Kenneth Branagh, BELFAST (tie)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Greig Fraser, DUNE
Runner-up: Ari Wegner, THE POWER OF THE DOG

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Hans Zimmer, DUNE
Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, THE POWER OF THE DOG

RUSSELL SMITH AWARD (best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)
Winner: FLEE

Mass Wins in Indiana!


The Indiana Film Journalists Association has named Mass as the best film of 2021!

Here are all the winners from Indiana:

BEST FILM
Winner: Mass
Runner-Up: Drive My Car

Other Finalists (listed alphabetically):
Annette
The Card Counter
C’mon C’mon 
CODA
The Green Knight
The Last Duel
Pig
The Power of the Dog

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: Drive My Car
Runner-Up: Lamb

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: Flee
Runner-Up: Luca

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Runner-Up: Procession

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Fran Kranz, Mass
Runner-Up: Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, Drive My Car
Runner-Up: Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, The Last Duel

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Fran Kranz, Mass

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Runner-Up: Jodie Comer, The Last Duel

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Gaby Hoffmann, C’mon C’mon 
Runner-Up: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Oscar Isaac, The Card Counter
Runner-Up: Nicolas Cage, Pig

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Runner-Up: Jason Isaacs, Mass

BEST VOCAL / MOTION-CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Winner: Olivia Colman, The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Runner-Up: Tom Hardy, Venom: Let There Be Carnage

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
Winner: Mass
Runner-Up: The Humans

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Hans Zimmer, Dune

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR
Winner: Fran Kranz (writer / director), Mass
Runner-Up: Michael Sarnoski (director / co-writer), Pig

ORIGINAL VISION AWARD
Winner: Annette
Runner-Up: Titane

EDWARD JOHNSON-OTT HOOSIER AWARD
Winner: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
(As a special award named after IFJA founding member Edward Johnson-Ott, no runner-up is declared in this category)

Licorice Pizza Wins in St. Louis


The St. Louis Film Critics Association has named Licorice Pizza as the best of 2021!

Here are all of the winners and the runners-up from St. Louis!

BEST FILM
Belfast (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Licorice Pizza (WINNER)
The Power of the Dog (RUNNER-UP TIE)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – “Licorice Pizza”
Wes Anderson – “The French Dispatch”
Kenneth Branagh – “Belfast” (RUNNER-UP)
Jane Campion – “The Power of the Dog
” (WINNER)
Steven Spielberg – “West Side Story”
Denis Villeneuve – “Dune”

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Olivia Colman – “The Lost Daughter” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Lady Gaga – “House of Gucci”
Nicole Kidman – “Being the Ricardos”
Kristen Stewart – “Spencer” (WINNER)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ann Dowd – “Mass” (WINNER)
Kirsten Dunst – “The Power of the Dog”
Rita Moreno – “West Side Story” (RUNNER-UP)
Ruth Negga – “Passing”
Aunjanue Ellis – “King Richard”

BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage – “Pig” (WINNER)
Benedict Cumberbatch – “The Power of the Dog”
Andrew Garfield – “Tick, Tick…Boom!” (RUNNER-UP)
Will Smith – “King Richard”
Denzel Washington – “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ben Affleck – “The Last Duel”
Bradley Cooper – “Licorice Pizza”
Ciarán Hinds – “Belfast” (RUNNER-UP)
Jared Leto – “House of Gucci”
Kodi Smit-McPhee – “The Power of the Dog” (WINNER)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson – “Licorice Pizza” (RUNNER-UP)
Kenneth Branagh – “Belfast”
Fran Kranz – “Mass” (WINNER)
Aaron Sorkin – “Being the Ricardos”
Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block – “Pig”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Power of the Dog” (WINNER)
“CODA” 
(RUNNER-UP TIE)
“West Side Story”
“Drive My Car” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
“Dune”

BEST ENSEMBLE
Belfast
Being The Ricardos
The French Dispatch (RUNNER-UP)
Licorice Pizza
Mass (WINNER)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bruno Delbonnel – “​The Tragedy of Macbeth” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Greig Fraser – “Dune”
Janusz Kaminski – “West Side Story” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Ari Wegner – “The Power of the Dog” (WINNER)
Haris Zambarloukos – “Belfast”

BEST EDITING
Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn – “West Side Story” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Andy Jurgensen – “Licorice Pizza”
Paul Machliss – “Last Night in Soho” (WINNER)
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – “
Belfast” (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Joe Walker – “Dune”

BEST SCORE
Nicholas Britell – “Don’t Look Up”
Carter Burwell – “​The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Hans Zimmer – “Dune” (WINNER)
Jonny Greenwood – “The Power of the Dog
” (RUNNER-UP)
Jonny Greenwood – “Spencer”

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Cruella (WINNER)
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza (RUNNER-UP)
The Tender Bar
West Side Story

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jenny Bevan – “Cruella” (WINNER)
Odile Dicks-Mireaux – “Last Night in Soho”
Jacqueline Durran – “Spencer” (RUNNER-UP)
Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West – “Dune”
Janty Yates – “House of Gucci”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Tamara Deverell – “Nightmare Alley”
Marcus Rowland – “Last Night in Soho”
Adam Stockhausen – “The French Dispatch” (WINNER)
Adam Stockhausen – “West Side Story”
Patrice Vermette – “Dune” (RUNNER-UP)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Black Widow
Dune (WINNER)
Finch (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Free Guy
​The Tragedy of Macbeth (RUNNER-UP TIE)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Encanto (RUNNER-UP)
Flee
Luca
​The Mitchells vs. The Machines (WINNER)
​Vivo

BEST HORROR FILM
Candyman
Lamb
Last Night in Soho
A Quiet Place Part II (WINNER)
Titane (RUNNER-UP)

BEST COMEDY FILM
Don’t Look Up (RUNNER-UP)
Free Guy
Licorice Pizza (WINNER)
The French Dispatch
​The Mitchells vs. The Machines

BEST ACTION FILM
Black Widow
Free Guy
Nobody
No Time to Die (RUNNER-UP)
​Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (WINNER)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Flee (WINNER)
The Rescue
Summer of Soul (RUNNER-UP)
The Velvet Underground
​Tina

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Drive My Car, Japan (WINNER)
Flee, Denmark
The Hand of God, Italy (RUNNER-UP)
A Hero, Iran
​Titane, France

BEST SCENE
Buddy when he hears the rioters approaching in “Belfast”
First dance at the nightclub in “Last Night in Soho” (RUNNER-UP)
Truck driving in reverse in “Licorice Pizza” (WINNER)

Sunday brunch at the diner in “Tick, Tick…Boom!”
“America” in “West Side Story”

The Utah Film Critics Association Honors The Power of the Dog


The Utah Film Critics Association is the latest group of critics to name The Power of the Dog as the best film of 2021.  Power of the Dog has definitely emerged as the critical favorite for best picture.  Next month, when the Guilds start to announce their picks, we’ll see if the Academy feels the same way.

Here are the winners from Utah:

Best Picture
Winner: The Power Of The Dog
Runner Up: CODA

Best Director
Winner: Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog
Runner Up: Steven Spielberg – West Side Story

Best Actor
Winner: Nicolas Cage – Pig
Runner Up: Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick…Boom!

Best Actress
Winner: Emilia Jones – CODA
Runner Up: Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Ann Dowd – Mass
Runner Up: Ariana DeBose -West Side Story

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog
Runner Up: Troy Kotsur – CODA

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Runner Up: Mass

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: CODA
Runner Up: The Lost Daughter

Best Cinematography
Winner: The Green Knight
Runner Up: The Tragedy Of Macbeth

Best Original Score
Winner: The Power Of The Dog
Runner Up: Bo Burnham’s Inside

Best Film Editing
Winner: West Side Story
Runners Up: Tick, Tick…Boom! & The Tragedy Of Macbeth (TIE)

Best Documentary Feature
Winner: The First Wave
Runner Up: Flee

Best Animated Feature
Winner: Flee
Runner Up: The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Non-English Language Feature
Winner: Flee
Runner Up: A Hero

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Fantasy, Horror or Science-Fiction Film
Winner: Tony Leung – Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Runner Up: Dev Patel – The Green Knight

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Honors Drive My Car


The Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2021 and they became the latest group to honor Drive My Car.  Drive My Car is already considered to be a front runner for Best International Film.  Could it also pick up a Best Picture nomination?

We’ll find out soon!  For now, here are the LAFCA’s picks!

Best Film
Winner: Drive My Car
Runner-Up: The Power Of The Dog

Best Foreign Film
Winner: Petite Maman
Runner-Up: Quo Vadis, Aida?

Best Director
Winner: Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog
Runner-Up: Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car

Best Actor
Winner: Simon Rex – Red Rocket
Runner-Up: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power Of The Dog

Best Actress
Winner: Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Runner-Up: Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person In The World

Best Documentary Film
Winner: Summer Of Soul
Runner-Up: Procession

Best Screenplay
Winner: Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

Best Animated Film
Winner: Flee
Runner-Up: Belle

Best Supporting Actor
Winners: Vincent Lindon – Titane & Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog (TIE)

Best Editing
Winner: Joshua L. Pearson – Summer Of Soul
Runner-Up: Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza

Best Production Design
Winner: Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar
​Runner-Up: Nightmare Alley

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Runner-Up: Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

Best Music/Score
Winner: Alberto Iglesias – Parallel Mothers
Runner-Up: Jonny Greenwood – Spencer/The Power Of The Dog

Best Cinematography
Winner: Ari Wegner – The Power Of The Dog
Runner-Up: Greig Fraser – Dune

New Generation Award
Shatara Michelle Ford – Test Pattern & Tatiana Huezo – Prayers For The Stolen (TIE)

Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Prize
C.W. Winter & Anders Edstrom – The Works And Days (Of Tayoko Shiojiri In The Shiotani Basin)

Career Achievement Award
Mel Brooks

The Phoenix Critics Circle Honors The Power of the Dog


Here are the Phoenix Critics Circle’s picks for the best of 2021!

BEST PICTURE
DRIVE MY CAR
LICORICE PIZZA
THE POWER OF THE DOG
SPENCER
WEST SIDE STORY

BEST COMEDY FILM
BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
LICORICE PIZZA
RED ROCKET
SHIVA BABY

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
DUNE
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
A QUIET PLACE PART II
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
THE SUICIDE SQUAD

BEST HORROR FILM
CANDYMAN
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
MALIGNANT
THE NIGHT HOUSE
TITANE

BEST ANIMATED FILM
ENCANTO
LUCA
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
VIVO

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
DRIVE MY CAR
THE HAND OF GOD
PETITE MAMAN
TITANE
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

BEST DOCUMENTARY
FLEE
THE SPARKS BROTHERS
SUMMER OF SOUL
VAL
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

BEST ACTOR
NICOLAS CAGE, PIG
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, THE POWER OF THE DOG
ANDREW GARFIELD, TICK,TICK…BOOM!
JOAQUIN PHOENIX, C’MON C’MON
DENZEL WASHINGTON, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

BEST ACTRESS
OLIVIA COLMAN, THE LOST DAUGHTER
LADY GAGA, HOUSE OF GUCCI
ALANA HAIM, LICORICE PIZZA
NICOLE KIDMAN, BEING THE RICARDOS
KRISTEN STEWART, SPENCER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BRADLEY COOPER, LICORICE PIZZA
MIKE FAIST, WEST SIDE STORY
CIARIN HINDS, BELFAST
KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
JEFFREY WRIGHT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
CAITRIONA BALFE, BELFAST
KIRSTEN DUNST, THE POWER OF THE DOG
ARIANA DEBOSE, WEST SIDE STORY
RITA MORENO, WEST SIDE STORY
RUTH NEGGA, PASSING

BEST DIRECTOR
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
WES ANDERSON, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
JANE CAMPION, THE POWER OF THE DOG
RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI, DRIVE MY CAR
STEVEN SPIELBERG, WEST SIDE STORY

BEST SCREENPLAY
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
JANE CAMPION AND THOMAS SAVAGE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI, HARUKI MURAKAMI, AND TAKAMASA OE, DRIVE MY CAR
MIKE MILLS, C’MON C’MON
AARON SORKIN, BEING THE RICARDOS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BRUNO DELBONNEL, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
GREIG FRASER, DUNE
JANUSZ KAMINSKI, WEST SIDE STORY
DAN LAUSTSEN, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
ARI WEGNER, THE POWER OF THE DOG

BEST SCORE
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
JONNY GREENWOOD, THE POWER OF THE DOG
JONNY GREENWOOD, SPENCER
JEYMES SAMUEL, THE HARDER THEY FALL
HANS ZIMMER, DUNE

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Lifetime Achievement In Actin Cinema – Sonny Chiba

Here Are The 2021 Nominations of the Online Association of Female Film Critics


Here are the 2021 nominations of the Online Association of Female Film Critics!  The winners will be announced on December 21st!

Best Film
Belfast
CODA
Spencer
The Power Of The Dog
The Worst Person In The World

Best Director
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog
Julia Ducournau – Titane
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
Maggie Gyllenhal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Natalie Morales – Language Lessons
Edson Oda – Nine Days
Emma Seligman – Shiva Baby

Best Breakthrough Performance
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones – CODA
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Agathe Rousselle – Titane
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard

Best Female Lead
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person In The World
Agathe Rousselle – Titane
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Tessa Thompson – Passing

Best Male Lead
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick…Boom!
Joaquin Phoenix – C’mon C’mon
​Will Smith – King Richard

Best Supporting Female
Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power Of The Dog
Riley Keough – Zola

Best Supporting Male
Colman Domingo – Zola
Jason Isaacs – Mass
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Kodi Smith-McPhee – The Power Of The Dog
Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch

Best Acting Ensemble
Belfast
Mass
The French Dispatch
The Harder They Fall
The Power Of The Dog

Best Original Screenplay
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Julia Ducournau – Titane
Fran Kranz – Mass
Michael Sarnoski – Pig
Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt – The Worst Person In The World

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jane Campion – The Power Of The Dog
Maggie Gyllenhal – The Lost Daughter
Sian Heder – CODA
Steven Levenson – Tick, Tick…Boom!
David Lowery – The Green Knight

Best Cinematography
Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Andrew Droz Palermo – The Green Knight
Greig Fraser – Dune
Claire Mathon – Spencer
Ari Wegner – The Power Of The Dog

Best Animated Feature
Belle
Flee
Luca
Raya And The Last Dragon
The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Best Documentary
Flee
Julia
Summer Of Soul
The Rescue
Val

THE ROSIE
The OAFFC’s signature award celebrates the film that “best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema.”
I’m Your Man
Passing
Petite Maman
Shiva Baby
The Lost Daughter

The Portland Critics Association Honors The Green Knight!


As a part of their inaugural film awards, The Portland Critics Association has named The Green Knight as the best film of 2021!  This is the first Awards Season victory for the critically acclaimed fantasy film.

Here are the winners from Portland:

Best Picture
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
The Green Knight
The Last Duel
West Side Story

Best Director
David Lowery, The Green Knight
Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Edgar Wright, Last Night in Soho
Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Best Male Leading Role
Andrew Garfield, tick tick… BOOM!
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Dev Patel, The Green Knight
Nicolas Cage, Pig
Will Smith, King Richard

Best Female Leading Role
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Tessa Thompson, Passing

Best Male Supporting Role
Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
Jared Leto, House of Gucci
Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Mike Faist, West Side Story

Best Female Supporting Role
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Ruth Negga, Passing

Best Ensemble Cast
Dune
House of Gucci
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
The Harder They Fall
West Side Story

Best Animated Feature
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Documentary Feature
Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry
Flee
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Summer of Soul
The Sparks Brothers
The Velvet Underground

Best Film Not in the English Language
Drive My Car
Flee
Lamb
Petite Maman
The Worst Person in the World
Titane

Best Comedy Feature
Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar
Licorice Pizza
Shiva Baby
The French Dispatch
The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Best Horror Feature
Candyman
Fear Street Part One: 1994
Last Night in Soho
Malignant
The Night House
Titane

Best Science Fiction Feature
Dune
Godzilla vs Kong
Oxygen
Eternals
The Tomorrow War

Best Oregon Feature
Everything in the End
Lorelei
Luz
Pig

Best Screenplay
Licorice Pizza
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog

Best Cinematography
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Original Score
Dune
Last Night in Soho
No Time to Die
Spencer
The Power of the Dog

Best Costume Design
Dune
House of Gucci
Nightmare Alley
Spencer
The Last Duel
West Side Story

Best Production Design
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Best Sound Design
Dune
The Green Knight
The Harder They Fall
The Power of the Dog
tick tick… BOOM!
West Side Story

Best Visual Effects
Dune
Eternals
Godzilla vs Kong
No Time to Die
The Green Knight

Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Dune
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Harder They Fall
The Last Duel

Top 10 Films of 2021
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog
Dune
The French Dispatch
West Side Story
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
The Worst Person in the World
The Lost Daughter
The Last Duel

Here Are The 2021 Nominations For The Black Reel Awards


Awards season continued today with the announcement of the 2021 nominees for the Black Reel Awards!  The winners will be announced in February!

Here are the nominees:

Outstanding Motion Picture
The Harder They Fall
King Richard
Passing
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Outstanding Director
Halle Berry – Bruised
Nia DaCosta – Candyman
Reinaldo Marcus Green – King Richard
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Jeymes Samuel – The Harder They Fall

Outstanding Actor
Mahershala Ali – Swan Song
Winston Duke – Nine Days
Jonathan Majors – The Harder They Fall
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Outstanding Actress
Zazie Beetz – The Harder They Fall
Halle Berry – Bruised
Jennifer Hudson – Respect
Taylour Paige – Zola
Tessa Thompson – Passing

Outstanding Supporting Actor
Colman Domingo – Zola
Idris Elba – The Harder They Fall
Andre Holland – Passing
LaKeith Stanfield – The Harder They Fall
Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch

Outstanding Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Regina King – The Harder They Fall
Rita Moreno – West Side Story
Ruth Negga – Passing

Outstanding Screenplay
Candyman – Nia DaCosta, Jordan Peele & Win Rosenfeld
The Harder They Fall – Jeymes Samuel & Boaz Yakin
In the Heights – Quiara Alegria Hudes
Passing – Rebecca Hall
Zola – Janicza Bravo & Jeremy O. Harris

Outstanding Documentary
Ailey
Citizen Ashe
My Name is Pauli Murray
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Outstanding Foreign-Language Film
African America (South Africa)
Bitter Sugar (Tunisia)
Faya Dayi (Ethiopia)

Outstanding Ensemble
The Harder They Fall
In the Heights
King Richard
Passing
Zola

Outstanding Voice Performance
Eric Andre – The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Marsai Martin – Spirit Untamed
Maya Rudolph – Luca
Maya Rudolph – The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Zoe Saldana – Vivo

Outstanding Score
Candyman
The Harder They Fall
In the Heights
Passing
Respect

Outstanding Original Song
“Automatic Woman” (Bruised) – H.E.R., performer; Van Hunt, H.E.R. & Brittany Hazzard, writers
“Be Alive” (King Richard ) – Beyonce, performer; Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & DIXSON, writers
“Guns Go Bang” (The Harder They Fall) – Jay-Z & Kid Cudi, performers; Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Kid Cudi & Jeymes Samuel, writers
“The Harder They Fall” (The Harder They Fall) – Koffee, performer; Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter & Jeymes Samuel, writers
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” (Respect) – Jennifer Hudson, performer; Carole King, Jennifer Hudson & Jamie Hartman, writers

Outstanding Independent Film
Concrete Cowboy
Nine Days
Test Pattern
The Water Man
Zola

Outstanding Short Film
54 Years Late
Coffee
The Door of Return
Junior
The Snakes

Outstanding Independent Documentary
100 Years from Mississippi
Big Chief, Black Hawk
I Still Breathe
Little Satchmo
Unzipped: An Autopsy of American Inequality

Outstanding Emerging Director
Halle Berry – Bruised
Janicza Bravo – Zola
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Jeymes Samuel – The Harder They Fall

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male
Deon Cole – The Harder They Fall
Edi Gathegi – The Harder They Fall
Joshua Henry – tick, tick…Boom!
Caleb McLaughlin – Concrete Cowboy
Anthony Ramos – In the Heights

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
Danielle Deadwyler – The Harder They Fall
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Taylour Paige – Zola
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard
Demi Singleton – King Richard

Outstanding First Screenplay
In the Heights
Passing
Zola

Cinematography
The Harder They Fall
In the Heights
Passing
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Outstanding Costume Design
Coming 2 America
The Harder They Fall
Passing
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Outstanding Editing
Bruised
The Harder They Fall
King Richard
Respect
Zola

Outstanding Production Design
The Harder They Fall
In the Heights
Passing
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story