Oppenheimer Wins In Denver!

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Denver Film Critics Society has announced their picks for the best of 2023! The winners are listed below in bold.

Best Film
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things

Best Director
Emerald Fennell – Saltburn
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Female
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things

Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Male
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Female
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor, Male
Rober De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best Sci-Fi/Horror
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Poor Things
Talk to Me
They Cloned Tyrone

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 Comedy
American Fiction
Barbie (TIE)
Bottoms
The Holdovers
Poor Things (TIE)

Best Visual Effects
The Creator (TIE)
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (TIE)
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Original Screenplay
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baunmbach – Barbie
Samy Burch – May December
Emerald Fennell – Saltburn
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Celine Song – Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay
Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Tony McNamara – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Documentary Feature
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Kokomo City
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Original Song
Dance the Night – Barbie
I’m Just Ken – Barbie
What Was I Made For – Barbie
Keep It Moving – The Color Purple
Road to Freedom – Rustin
Am I Dreaming – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Original 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

Best Non-English Language Feature
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One (TIE)
Past Lives
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest (TIE)

Everything Wins In Denver

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Denver Film Critics Society has announced its picks for the best of 2022! You can see all the nominees by clicking here and you can check out the winners below!

Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Director
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Actor

Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Best Supporting Actress
Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Sci-Fi/Horror
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Comedy
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Visual FX
Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Original Screenplay
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”

Best Documentary
Good Night Oppy

Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu,” “RRR”

Best Score
Babylon

Best Foreign Language Film
RRR

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the Denver Film Critics Society!

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Awards season continued today, with the Denver Film Critics Society announcing their nominees for the best of 2022! The winners will be announced on January 16th.

Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Banshees of Inisherin
Women Talking
TAR
RRR

Best Director
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”
James Cameron, “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun”

Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Cate Blanchett, “TAR”
Viola Davis, “The Woman King”
Mia Goth, “Pearl”
Danielle Deadwyler, “Till”

Best Actor
Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”
Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Austin Butler, “Elvis”
Ralph Fiennes, “The Menu”
Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”

Best Supporting Actress
Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Hong Chau, “The Whale”
Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Ben Whishaw, “Women Talking”
Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”
Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Best Sci-Fi/Horror
Nope
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Menu
Pearl
Barbarian

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Turning Red
The Bad Guys
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Best Comedy
The Banshees of Inisherin
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Menu
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Visual FX
Avatar: The Way of Water
Top Gun: Maverick
RRR
Nope
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Original Screenplay
Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Todd Field, “TAR”
Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun”
Seth Reiss, Will Tracy, “The Menu”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”
Rian Johnson, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Rebecca Lenkewicz, “She Said”
David Kajganich “Bones and All”
Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

Best Documentary
Good Night Oppy
Fire of Love
Wildcat
Moonage Daydream
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu,” “RRR”
“Hold My Hand,” “Top Gun: Maverick”
“Lift Me Up,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Ciao Papa,” “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“This Is a Life,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Score
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
The Fabelmans
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Foreign Language Film
RRR
All Quiet on the Western Front
EO
Close
Decision to Leave

The Power of the Dog Wins In Denver!

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

On Monday, the Denver Film Critics Society named The Power of the Dog as the best film of 2021! Here are all the winners from Denver:

Best Picture
Belfast
Drive My Car
Dune
The Power of the Dog
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Director
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Joel Coen – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Lady Gaga – House Of Gucci
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Nicole Kidman – Being The Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy Of Macbeth

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Ruth Negga – Passing

Best Supporting Actor
Ben Affleck – The Tender Bar
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
J.K. Simmons – Being The Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Sci-Fi/Horror
Dune
The Green Knight
Last Night In Soho
A Quiet Place Part II
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Animated Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Raya And The Last Dragon

Best Comedy
Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar
Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
The Suicide Squad

Best Visual FX
Dune
Godzilla vs. Kong
The Green Knight
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Original Screenplay
Zach Baylin – King Richard
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Mike Mills – C’mon C’mon
Michael Sarnoski – Pig
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Joel Coen – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Sian Heder – CODA
Jon Spaihts, Eric Roth & Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Documentary
The First Wave
Flee
Procession
Summer Of Soul
The Velvet Underground

Best Original Song
“Be Alive” – King Richard
“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto
“Guns Go Bang” – The Harder They Fall
“Just Look Up” – Don’t Look Up
“No Time To Die” – No Time To Die

Best Score
Germaine Franco – Encanto
Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog
Jonny Greenwood – Spencer
Jeymes Samuel – The Harder They Fall
Hans Zimmer – Dune

Best Foreign Language Film
Drive My Car
Flee
A Hero
Petite Maman
The Worst Person In The World

Spider-Man Shows Up In The Nominations of the Denver Film Critics Society

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yesterday, the Denver Film Critics Society announced their nominations for the best of 2021 and it led to the first awards season appearance of Spider-Man: No Way Home. There’s a lot of speculation about whether or not the Academy is going to nominate Spider-Man this year in an attempt to avoid repeating the ratings catastrophe of last year’s ceremony.

The winners in Denver will be announced on January 17th! Here are the nominees:

Best Picture
Belfast
Drive My Car
Dune
The Power of the Dog
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Director
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Joel Coen – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Lady Gaga – House Of Gucci
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Nicole Kidman – Being The Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy Of Macbeth

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Ruth Negga – Passing

Best Supporting Actor
Ben Affleck – The Tender Bar
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
J.K. Simmons – Being The Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Sci-Fi/Horror
Dune
The Green Knight
Last Night In Soho
A Quiet Place Part II
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Animated Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Raya And The Last Dragon

Best Comedy
Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar
Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
The Suicide Squad

Best Visual FX
Dune
Godzilla vs. Kong
The Green Knight
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Original Screenplay
Zach Baylin – King Richard
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Mike Mills – C’mon C’mon
Michael Sarnoski – Pig
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Joel Coen – The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Sian Heder – CODA
Jon Spaihts, Eric Roth & Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Documentary
The First Wave
Flee
Procession
Summer Of Soul
The Velvet Underground

Best Original Song
“Be Alive” – King Richard
“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto
“Guns Go Bang” – The Harder They Fall
“Just Look Up” – Don’t Look Up
“No Time To Die” – No Time To Die

Best Score
Germaine Franco – Encanto
Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog
Jonny Greenwood – Spencer
Jeymes Samuel – The Harder They Fall
Hans Zimmer – Dune

Best Foreign Language Film
Drive My Car
Flee
A Hero
Petite Maman
The Worst Person In The World

The Denver Film Critics Society Honors The Trial of The Chicago 7

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Somehow, I guess I missed the Denver Film Critics Society announcing their nominations. Oh well, no worries! We’ve got both their nominations and their winners listed below! (The winners are in bold.)

The Denver Film Critics Society decided to buck the trend a little bit by giving their best picture award to Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 as opposed to Nomadland. However, they still gave their best director award to Chloe Zhao. For some reason, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the same thing happen at the Oscars. In fact, if The Trial of The Chicago 7 does somehow win best picture, I’m hoping that Zhao or someone other than Sorkin win Best Director. There’s only so many Aaron Sorkin speeches that one can take during the course of one night.

Among the other winners in Denver: Carey Mulligan won Best Actress of Promising Young Woman, Chadwick Boseman took Best Actor for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ellen Burstyn won Best Supporting Actress for Pieces of a Woman while Sacha Baron Cohen won Best Supporting Actor for The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Here’s the full list:

Best Picture
“Minari”
“Nomadland”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
“First Cow”
“Soul”

Best Director
Chloe Zhao – “Nomadland”
David Fincher – “Mank”
Aaron Sorkin – “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Pete Docter – “Soul”
Lee Isaac Chung – “Minari”

Best Actress
Frances McDormand – “Nomadland”
Viola Davis – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Carey Mulligan – “Promising Young Woman”
Elisabeth Moss – “The Invisible Man”
Vanessa Kirby – “Pieces of a Woman”

Best Actor
Chadwick Boseman – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Gary Oldman – “Mank”
Delroy Lindo – “Da 5 Bloods”
Riz Ahmed – “Sound of Metal”
Steven Yuen – “Minari”

Best Supporting Actress
Olivia Colman – “The Father”
Amanda Seyfried – “Mank”
Ellen Burstyn – “Pieces of a Woman”
Youn Yuh-jung – “Minari”
Maria Bakalova – “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”

Best Supporting Actor
Bill Murray – “On the Rocks”
Chadwick Boseman – “Da 5 Bloods”
Bo Burnham – “Promising Young Woman”
David Strathairn – “Nomadland”
Sacha Baron Cohen – “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Best Sci-Fi/Horror
“The Vast of Night”
“Possessor”
“The Invisible Man”
“Tenet”
“Freaky”

Best Animated Feature
“Wolfwalkers”
“Soul”
“The Wolf House”
“Onward”
“Over the Moon”

Best Comedy
“The Personal History of David Copperfield”
“The Climb”
“Palm Springs”
“Birds of Prey”
“The Forty-Year-Old Version”

Best Visual Effects
“Tenet”
“The Midnight Sky”
“The Invisible Man”
“Greyhound”
“Birds of Prey”

Best Original Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin – “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Radha Blank – “The Forty-Year-Old Version”
Pete Docter, Mike Jones & Kemp Powers – “Soul”
Lee Isaac Chung – “Minari”
Emerald Fennell – “Promising Young Woman”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt – “First Cow”
Chloe Zhao – “Nomadland”
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Kemp Powers – “One Night in Miami”
Charlie Kaufman – “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”

Best Documentary
“Boys State”
“All In: The Fight for Democracy”
“The Social Dilemma”
“The Truffle Hunters”
“Dick Johnson Is Dead”

Best Original Song
“Poverty Porn” – “The Forty-Year-Old Version”
“Speak Now” – “One Night in Miami”
“Wear Your Crown” – “The Prom”
“Rocket to the Moon” – “Over the Moon”
“Hear My Voice” – “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Best Original Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – “Soul”
Alexander Desplat – “The Midnight Sky”
Terence Blanchard – “One Night in Miami”
Ludwig Goransson – “Tenet”
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – “Mank”

Best Non-English Language Feature
“The Life Ahead”
“Martin Eden”
“Another Round”
“Minari”
“I’m No Longer Here”

The Denver Film Critics Honor 1917!

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Denver Film Critics have become the latest group to honor 1917 as the best of 2019!

Here are their winners:

Best Picture: 1917

Best Director: Sam Mendes, 1917

Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Best Actress: Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Supporting Actress (tie): Laura Dern, Marriage Story and Florence Pugh, Little Women

Original Screenplay: Rian Johnson, Knives Out
Adapted Screenplay: Greta Gerwig, Little Women

Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
Best Documentary: Honeyland
Best Foreign Language Film: Parasite

Best Score: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Best Original Song: “Glasgow” from Wild Rose
Best VFX: 1917

Oscar Season Continues with the Denver Film Critics Society!

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Well, with the Oscar nominations due to be announced next Tuesday, there’s just a few more precursors left to consider. And, since nomination voting has been closed, it’s debatable whether any of these remaining precursors matter.

But you know me. I love three things: movies, lists, and awards.

So, let’s get things started with the Denver Film Critics Society! On the 17th, they announced their picks for the best of 2016. And here they are:

Best Picture: “Moonlight”

Best Director: Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”

Best Actor: Casey Affleck, “Manchester By the Sea”

Best Actress: Natalie Portman, “Jackie”

Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”

Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, “Fences”

Best Animated Film: “Zootopia”

Best Science Fiction/Horror Film: “Arrival”

Best Comedy: “Deadpool”

Best Original Screenplay: Taylor Sheridan, “Hell or High Water”

Best Adapted Screenplay: Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”

Best Documentary: “O.J.: Made in America”

Best Visual Effects: “Doctor Strange”

Best Original Song: “Drive It Like You Stole It” from “Sing Street”

Best Score: Justin Hurwitz, “La La Land”

Best Foreign Language Film: “Toni Erdmann”

The Denver Film Critics Society Announce Their Picks For The Best of 2014!

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Lisa Marie Bowman

American Sniper

The Denver Film Critics Society announced their picks for the best of the year and guess what? They picked the suddenly surging American Sniper, which just goes to show how unpredictable this year could potentially be.

Best Picture: “American Sniper”

Best Director: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

Best Actor: (tie) Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”

Best Actress: Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”

Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”

Best Animated Film: “The Lego Movie”

Best Science Fiction/Horror Film: “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”

Best Comedy: “Guardians of the Galaxy”

Best Original Screenplay: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, “Birdman”

Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”

Best Documentary: “The Overnighters”