One Battle After Another Wins In Chicago

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Chicago Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2025. The winners are listed in bold.

BEST PICTURE
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Tessa Thompson – Hedda

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’Zion – Marty Supreme
Nina Hoss – Hedda
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Blue Moon by Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident by Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sinners by Ryan Coogler
Sorry, Baby by Eva Victor

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Hamnet by Chloe Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook – Lee Kyoung-mi – Don McKellar – & Jahye Lee
One Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Wake Up Dead Man by Rian Johnson

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco
Boys Go to Jupiter
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Cover-Up
My Undesirable Friends – Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow
The Perfect Neighbor
Predators
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirat

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Phoenician Scheme
Sinners

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein
Lukasz Zal – Hamnet
Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein
Lindsay Pugh – Hedda
Ruth E. Carter – Sinners
Malgorzata Karpiuk – The Testament of Ann Lee
Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good

BEST EDITING
Jon Harris – 28 Years Later
Stephen Mirrione & Patrick J. Smith – F1: The Movie
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Kim Sang-beom & Kim Ho-bin – No Other Choice
Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Rob Mazurek – The Mastermind
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
Ludwig Goransson – Sinners
Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee
Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Mickey 17
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Sinners

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Sarah Friedland – Familiar Touch
Carson Lund – Eephus
James Sweeney – Twinless
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Miles Caton – Sinners
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Abou Sangare – Souleymane’s Story
Tonatiuh – Kiss of the Spider Woman
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Here Are The 2025 Nominations of the Chicago Film Critics Association

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Here are the 2025 nominations of the Chicago Film Critics Association!

BEST PICTURE
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

BEST ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Tessa Thompson – Hedda

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’Zion – Marty Supreme
Nina Hoss – Hedda
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Blue Moon by Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident by Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sinners by Ryan Coogler
Sorry, Baby by Eva Victor

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Hamnet by Chloe Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook – Lee Kyoung-mi – Don McKellar – & Jahye Lee
One Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Wake Up Dead Man by Rian Johnson

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco
Boys Go to Jupiter
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Cover-Up
My Undesirable Friends – Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow
The Perfect Neighbor
Predators
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirat

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Phoenician Scheme
Sinners

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein
Lukasz Zal – Hamnet
Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein
Lindsay Pugh – Hedda
Ruth E. Carter – Sinners
Malgorzata Karpiuk – The Testament of Ann Lee
Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Rob Mazurek – The Mastermind
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
Ludwig Goransson – Sinners
Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee
Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Mickey 17
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Sinners

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Sarah Friedland – Familiar Touch
Carson Lund – Eephus
James Sweeney – Twinless
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Miles Caton – Sinners
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Abou Sangare – Souleymane’s Story
Tonatiuh – Kiss of the Spider Woman
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

The Brutalist Takes Down The Competition In Chicago!

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Lisa Marie Bowman

On December 12th, the Chicago Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2024!

BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
The Substance

BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw the TV Glow

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Léa Seydoux – The Beast

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Adam Pearson – A Different Man

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora by Sean Baker
The Brutalist by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
Challengers by Justin Kurtizkes
A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance by Coralie Fargeat

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Beast by Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, & Benjamin Charbit
Conclave by Peter Straughan
Nickel Boys by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Nosferatu by Robert Eggers
Sing Sing by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dahomey
Daughters
No Other Land
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Evil Does Not Exist
Red Rooms
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Challengers – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan
Maria – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
Wicked – Paul Tazewell

BEST EDITING
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó
Challengers – Marco Costa
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman & Margaret Sixel
Nickel Boys – Nicolas Monsour

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer
Nosferatu – Robin Carolan
Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Hundreds of Beavers
The Substance
Wicked

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Mike Cheslik – Hundreds of Beavers
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light
Greg Kwedar – Sing Sing
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Lily Collias – Good One
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Brigette Lundy-Paine – I Saw the TV Glow
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Adam Pearson – A Different Man

Here’s Al Capone With The 2024 Nominations of the Chicago Film Critics Association!

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Chicago Film Critics Association has announced their nominations for the best of 2024! The winners will be announced on December 12 …. hey, that’s right around the corner.

BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
The Substance

BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw the TV Glow

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Léa Seydoux – The Beast

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Adam Pearson – A Different Man

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora by Sean Baker
The Brutalist by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold
Challengers by Justin Kurtizkes
A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg
The Substance by Coralie Fargeat

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Beast by Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, & Benjamin Charbit
Conclave by Peter Straughan
Nickel Boys by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Nosferatu by Robert Eggers
Sing Sing by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dahomey
Daughters
No Other Land
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Evil Does Not Exist
Red Rooms
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Challengers – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan
Maria – Massimo Cantini Parrini
Nosferatu – Linda Muir
Wicked – Paul Tazewell

BEST EDITING
Anora – Sean Baker
The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó
Challengers – Marco Costa
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman & Margaret Sixel
Nickel Boys – Nicolas Monsour

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer
Nosferatu – Robin Carolan
Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Hundreds of Beavers
The Substance
Wicked

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Lily Collias – Good One
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Brigette Lundy-Paine – I Saw the TV Glow
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Adam Pearson – A Different Man

Chicago Honors The Killers Of The Flower Moon!

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Chicago Film Critics Association have announced their picks for the best of 2023! The winners are listed in bold.

BEST PICTURE
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Todd Haynes – May December
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Teo Yoo – Past Lives

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall
Natalie Portman – May December
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things

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
Sandra Huller – The Zone of Interest
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anatomy of a Fall – Arthur Harari & Justine Triet
Barbie – Greta Gerwig
The Holdovers – David Hemingson
May December – Samy Burch
Past Lives – Celine Song

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. – Kelly Fremon Craig
Killers of the Flower Moon – Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
Poor Things – Tony McNamara
The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

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

BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Days in Mariupol
Beyond Utopia
Kokomo City
Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Kyle Edward Ball – Skinamarink
Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Celine Song – Past Lives

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Teo Yoo – Past Lives

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Asteroid City – Robert D. Yeoman
Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
Oppenheimer – Hoyte Van Hoytema
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan
The Zone of Interest – Lukasz Zal

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Asteroid City – Milena Canonero
Barbie – Jacqueline Durran
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West
Poor Things – Holly Waddington
Priscilla – Stacey Battat

BEST EDITING
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One
Oppenheimer

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Barbie – Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt
Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Goransson
Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix
The Zone of Interest – Mica Levi

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Barbie
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Here Are The 2023 Nominations of the Chicago Film Critics Association

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Chicago Film Critics Association have announced their nominees for the best of 2023! The winners will be announced on December 12th. For now, here’s what has been nominated in the town of Capone!

BEST PICTURE
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Todd Haynes – May December
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Teo Yoo – Past Lives

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall
Natalie Portman – May December
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things

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
Sandra Huller – The Zone of Interest
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anatomy of a Fall – Arthur Harari & Justine Triet
Barbie – Greta Gerwig
The Holdovers – David Hemingson
May December – Samy Burch
Past Lives – Celine Song

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. – Kelly Fremon Craig
Killers of the Flower Moon – Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
Poor Things – Tony McNamara
The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

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

BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Days in Mariupol
Beyond Utopia
Kokomo City
Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Teo Yoo – Past Lives

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Asteroid City – Robert D. Yeoman
Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
Oppenheimer – Hoyte Van Hoytema
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan
The Zone of Interest – Lukasz Zal

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Asteroid City – Milena Canonero
Barbie – Jacqueline Durran
Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West
Poor Things – Holly Waddington
Priscilla – Stacey Battat

BEST EDITING
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
John Wick: Chapter 4
Killers of the Flower Moon
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One
Oppenheimer

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Barbie – Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt
Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Goransson
Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix
The Zone of Interest – Mica Levi

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Barbie
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Chicago Honors The Banshees

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

On Wednesday, the Chicago Film Critics Association announced this picks for the best of 2022! You can see the nominees here and the winners below:

BEST PICTURE
The Banshees Of Inisherin

BEST DIRECTOR
Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, TÁR

BEST ACTOR
Colin Farrell, The Banshees Of Inisherin

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kerry Condon, The Banshees Of Inisherin

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Fire of Love

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Decision to Leave

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Women Talking by Sarah Polley

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Banshees Of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Decision to Leave, Kim Ji-Yong

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Babylon, Justin Hurwitz

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Shirley Kurata

BEST EDITING
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Paul Rogers

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Everything Everywhere All At Once

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Austin Butler, Elvis

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the Chicago Film Critics Association!

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yesterday, the Chicago Film Critics Association announced their nominees for the best of 2022! The winners will be announced tomorrow so you’ve got about 12 hours to see all of these. Get to it!

BEST PICTURE
Aftersun
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Decision to Leave
Everything Everywhere All At Once
TÁR

BEST DIRECTOR
Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Todd Field, TÁR
Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
S.S. Rajamouli, RRR

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, TÁR
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Mia Goth, Pearl
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST ACTOR
Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Janelle Monae, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Mark Rylance, Bones and All

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Mad God
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Turning Red

BEST DOCUMENTARY
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Bad Axe
Descendant
Fire of Love
Moonage Daydream

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths
Close
Decision to Leave
Happening
RRR
Saint Omer

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
After Yang by Kogonada
Bones and All by David Kajganich
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery by Rian Johnson
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale
Women Talking by Sarah Polley

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Aftersun by Charlotte Wells
The Banshees Of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All At Once by The Daniels
The Fabelmans by Tony Kushner & Steven Spielberg
TÁR by Todd Field

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Babylon, Linus Sandgren
Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths, Darius Khondji
Decision to Leave, Kim Ji-Yong
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Larkin Seiple
Top Gun: Maverick, Claudio Miranda

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Babylon, Justin Hurwitz
The Banshees Of Inisherin, Carter Burwell
The Batman, Michael Giacchino
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Alexandre Desplat
RRR, M.M. Kreem

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
After Yang
Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Babylon, Mary Zophres
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ruth E. Carter
Corsage, Monika Buttinger
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Shirley Kurata
The Northman, Linda Muir

BEST EDITING
Aftersun, Blair McClendon
Babylon, Tom Cross
Decision to Leave, Kim Sang-beom
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Paul Rogers
TÁR, Monika Willi

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Nope
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Alice Diop, Saint Omer
Audrey Diwan, Happening
John Patton Ford, Emily the Criminal
Jane Schoenbrun, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Charlotte Wells, Aftersun

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Austin Butler, Elvis
Frankie Corio, Aftersun
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Amber Midthunder, Prey

The Chicago Film Critics Association Honors The Power of the Dog!

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Chicago Film Critics have named Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog as the best film of the year! Here are the winners from the Windy City:

BEST PICTURE
“Drive My Car”
“The Green Knight”
“Licorice Pizza”
“The Power of the Dog”
“West Side Story”

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”
David Lowery, “The Green Knight”
Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”

BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage, “Pig”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
Andrew Garfield, “tick, tick…BOOM!”
Hidetoshi Nishijima, “Drive My Car”
Simon Rex, “Red Rocket”

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
Alana Haim, “Licorice Pizza”
Agathe Rousselle, “Titane”
Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, “Licorice Pizza”
Colman Domingo, “Zola”
Mike Faist, “West Side Story”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
Jeffrey Wright, “The French Dispatch”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Caitriona Balfe, “Belfast”
Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Riley Keough, “Zola”
Ruth Negga, “Passing”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Drive My Car” by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Haruki Murakami & Takamasa Oe
“The Green Knight” by David Lowery
“The Lost Daughter” by Maggie Gyllenhaal
“The Power of the Dog” by Jane Campion
“West Side Story” by Tony Kushner

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“The Card Counter” by Paul Schrader
“The French Dispatch” by Wes Anderson
“Licorice Pizza” by Paul Thomas Anderson
“Pig” by Michael Sarnoski
“Red Rocket” by Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Belle”
“Encanto”
“Flee”
“Luca”
“The Mitchells vs. The Machines”

BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Flee”
“Procession”
“The Sparks Brothers”
“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)“
“The Velvet Underground”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Drive My Car”
“A Hero”
“Petite Maman”
“Titane”
“The Worst Person in the World”

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Dune”
“The French Dispatch”
“The Green Knight”
“Nightmare Alley”
“West Side Story”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Dune,” Greig Fraser
“The Green Knight,” Andrew Droz Palermo
“The Power of the Dog,” Ari Wegner
“The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Bruno Delbonnel
“West Side Story,” Janusz Kaminski

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Cruella,” Jenny Beavan
“Dune,” Robert Morgan & Jacqueline West
“The Green Knight,” Malgosia Turzanska
“Spencer,” Jacqueline Durran
“West Side Story,” Paul Tazewell

BEST EDITING
“Drive My Car,” Azusa Yamazaki
“Dune,” Joe Walker
“The French Dispatch,” Andrew Weisblum
“The Power of the Dog,” Peter Sciberras
“West Side Story,” Michael Kahn & Sarah Broshar

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“Annette,” Ron Mael & Russell Mael
“Dune,” Hans Zimmer
“The French Dispatch,” Alexandre Desplat
“The Power of the Dog,” Jonny Greenwood
“Spencer,” Jonny Greenwood

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
“Annette”
“Dune”
“The Green Knight”
“Nightmare Alley”
“Titane”

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Alana Haim, “Licorice Pizza”
Emilia Jones, “CODA”
Rachel Sennott, “Shiva Baby”
Rachel Zegler, “West Side Story”

MILOS STEHLIK BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER AWARD
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”
Rebecca Hall, “Passing”
Sian Heder, “CODA”
Michael Sarnoski, “Pig”
Emma Seligman, “Shiva Baby”

Here Are The 2021 Nominations of the Chicago Film Critics Association!

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Chicago Film Critics Association has announced its nominations for the best of 2021! Just judging from the number of nominations it received, West Side Story was very popular with the Chicago Outfit.

The winners will be announced on December 15th!

BEST PICTURE
“Drive My Car”
“The Green Knight”
“Licorice Pizza”
“The Power of the Dog”
“West Side Story”

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”
David Lowery, “The Green Knight”
Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”

BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage, “Pig”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
Andrew Garfield, “tick, tick…BOOM!”
Hidetoshi Nishijima, “Drive My Car”
Simon Rex, “Red Rocket”

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
Alana Haim, “Licorice Pizza”
Agathe Rousselle, “Titane”
Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, “Licorice Pizza”
Colman Domingo, “Zola”
Mike Faist, “West Side Story”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
Jeffrey Wright, “The French Dispatch”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Caitriona Balfe, “Belfast”
Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Riley Keough, “Zola”
Ruth Negga, “Passing”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Drive My Car” by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Haruki Murakami & Takamasa Oe
“The Green Knight” by David Lowery
“The Lost Daughter” by Maggie Gyllenhaal
“The Power of the Dog” by Jane Campion
“West Side Story” by Tony Kushner

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“The Card Counter” by Paul Schrader
“The French Dispatch” by Wes Anderson
“Licorice Pizza” by Paul Thomas Anderson
“Pig” by Michael Sarnoski
“Red Rocket” by Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Belle”
“Encanto”
“Flee”
“Luca”
“The Mitchells vs. The Machines”

BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Flee”
“Procession”
“The Sparks Brothers”
“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
“The Velvet Underground”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Drive My Car”
“A Hero”
“Petite Maman”
“Titane”
“The Worst Person in the World”

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Dune”
“The French Dispatch”
“The Green Knight”
“Nightmare Alley”
“West Side Story”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Dune,” Greig Fraser
“The Green Knight,” Andrew Droz Palermo
“The Power of the Dog,” Ari Wegner
“The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Bruno Delbonnel
“West Side Story,” Janusz Kaminski

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Cruella,” Jenny Beavan
“Dune,” Robert Morgan & Jacqueline West
“The Green Knight,” Malgosia Turzanska
“Spencer,” Jacqueline Durran
“West Side Story,” Paul Tazewell

BEST EDITING
“Drive My Car,” Azusa Yamazaki
“Dune,” Joe Walker
“The French Dispatch,” Andrew Weisblum
“The Power of the Dog,” Peter Sciberras
“West Side Story,” Michael Kahn & Sarah Broshar

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“Annette,” Ron Mael & Russell Mael
“Dune,” Hans Zimmer
“The French Dispatch,” Alexandre Desplat
“The Power of the Dog,” Jonny Greenwood
“Spencer,” Jonny Greenwood

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
“Annette”
“Dune”
“The Green Knight”
“Nightmare Alley”
“Titane”

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Alana Haim, “Licorice Pizza”
Emilia Jones, “CODA”
Rachel Sennott, “Shiva Baby”
Rachel Zegler, “West Side Story”

MILOS STEHLIK BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER AWARD
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”
Rebecca Hall, “Passing”
Sian Heder, “CODA”
Michael Sarnoski, “Pig”
Emma Seligman, “Shiva Baby”