Anora Wins In Central Florida

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Critics Association of Central Florida has announced its picks for the best of 2024!

Best Picture
Winner: Anora
Runner-up: Wicked

Best Director
Winner: Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Runner-up: Jon M. Chu – Wicked

Best Actor
Winner: Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Runner-up: Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Best Actress
Winner: Mikey Madison – Anora
Runner-up: Cynthia Erivo – Wicked

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Runner-up: Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Runner-up: Ariana Grande – Wicked

Best Cast
Winner: Wicked
Runner-up: Sing Sing

Best Documentary
Winner: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Runner-up: Will & Harper

Best International Film
Winner: Flow
Runners-up (TIE): Kneecap / Emilia Pérez

Best Animated Film
Winner: The Wild Robot
Runner-up: Flow

Best Screenplay
Winner: Anora
Runner-up: A Real Pain

Best Cinematography
Winner: Dune: Part Two
Runner-up: Nosferatu

Best Score
Winner: Challengers
Runner-up: Dune: Part Two

Best Original Song
Winner: “Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot
Runner-up: “Compress, Repress” – Challengers

Best Sound Design
Winner: Dune: Part Two
Runner-up: Wicked

Best Editing
Winner: Challengers
Runner-up: Dune: Part Two

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
Winner: The Substance
Runner-up: Wicked

Best Production Design
Winner: Wicked
Runner-up: Dune: Part Two

Best Visual Effects
Winner: Dune: Part Two
Runner-up: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Best Costume Design
Winner: Wicked
Runner-up: Dune: Part Two

Best Stunt Coordination
Winner: The Fall Guy
Runner-up: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Best Hybrid Performance
Winner: Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot
Runner-Up: Jonno Davies and Robbie Williams – Better Man

Best First Feature
Winner: Dev Patel – Monkey Man
Runner-Up: Julio Torres – Problemista

Oppenheimer Wins In Central Florida

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yesterday, the Critics Association of Central Florida announced their picks for the best of 2023!

And here they are:

Best Picture
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Barbie

Best Director
Winner: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Greta Gerwig – Barbie

Best Actor
Winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Bradley Cooper – Maestro

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

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Runner-up: Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer

Best Cast
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Barbie

Best Documentary
Winner: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Runner-up: Beyond Utopia

Best International Film
Winner: The Zone of Interest
Runner-up: Anatomy of a Fall

Best Animated Film
Winner: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Runner-up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Screenplay
Winner: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie

Best Cinematography
Winner: Hoyte Van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Robbie Ryan – Poor Things

Best Costume Design
Winner: Barbie
Runner-up: Poor Things

Best Editing
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Poor Things

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
Winner: Poor Things
Runner-up: Barbie

Best Production Design
Winner: Barbie
Runner-up: Poor Things

Best Score
Winner: Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Original Song
Winner: “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie
Runner-up: “What Was I Made For” – Barbie

Best Sound Design
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Maestro

Best Stunt Coordination
Winner: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Runner-up: John Wick: Chapter 4

Best Visual Effects
Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Runner-up: Oppenheimer

Everything Wins In Florida

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yesterday, the Critics Association of Central Florida announced their picks for the best of 2023!

And here they are!

Best Picture
Winner: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-up: Top Gun: Maverick

Best Director
Winner: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-up: Steven Speilberg – The Fabelmans

Best Actor
Winner: Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Runner-up: Austin Butler – Elvis

Best Actress
Winner: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett – TÀR

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-up: Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Angle Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Runner-up: Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Cast
Winner: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Screenplay
Winner: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner-up: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best International Film
Winner: RRR
Runner-up: Decision To Leave

Best Documentary
Winner: All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Runner-up: Good Night Oppy

Best Animated Film
Winner: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Runner-up: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

Best Cinematography
Winner: Top Gun: Maverick
Runner-up: Avatar: The Way Of Water

Special Honor – Golden Paw For Best Animal Performance Winner
The Horses of Nope / The Donkeys of EO (TIE)

Best Production Design
Winner: Babylon
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Makeup And Hairstyling
Winner: The Whale
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Costume Design
Winner: Elvis
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Special Honor – Best First Feature
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

Best Visual Effects
Winner: Avatar: The Way Of Water
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Stunt Coordiantion
Winner: Top Gun: Maverick
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Special Honor – Best Choreography
RRR

Best Score
Winner: The Batman
Runner-up: Babylon

Best Original Song
Winner: “Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick
Runner-up: “Naatu Naatu”- RRR

Best Central Florida Film
Winner: Calendar Girls

Best Achievement in Diversity
Winner: Nope

The Central Florida Critics Honors The Tragedy of Macbeth!

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Critics Association of Central Florida (CAFC) is a new group of critics. Today, they announced their picks for the best of 2021 and it was a victory for a film that, so far, has been a bit quiet on the precursor front, Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Here are all the winners from Central Florida:

Best Picture
Winner: The Tragedy of Macbeth
Runner-up: Licorice Pizza

Best Director
Winner: Denis Villenueve – Dune
Runner-up: Joel Coen – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actor
Winner: Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!
Runner-up: Peter Dinklage – Cyrano

Best Actress
Winner: Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
Runner-up: Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
Runner-up: Troy Kotsur – CODA

Best Supporting Actress
Winners (tie): Ann Dowd – Mass/Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Runner-up: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story

Best Cast
Winner: Dune
Runner-up: Mass

Best Documentary
Winner: Flee
Runner-up: Summer of Soul (… or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best International Film
Winner: A Hero
Runner-up: Drive My Car

Best Animated Film
Winner: The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Runners-up (tie): Flee/Luca

Best Screenplay
Winner: Fran Kranz – Mass
Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos