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The Women Film Critics Circle Honors If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

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The Women Film Critics Circle has announced its picks for the best of 2025.  And here they are:

Best Movie About Women
Winner: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Runners Up: Hamnet, Eleanor the Great & Sorry, Baby

Best Movie by a Woman
Winner: Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
Runners Up: Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby), Lynne Ramsay (Die My Love) & Mary Bronstein If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)

Best Woman Storyteller (Screenwriting Award)
Winner: Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)
Runners Up: Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby), Lynne Ramsay, Alice Birch (with Enda Walsh) (Die My Love) & Mary Bronstein (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)

Best Actress
Winner: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Runners Up: Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You), Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee) & Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)

Best Actor
Winner: Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Runners Up: Michael B. Jordan (Sinners), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another) & Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Regina Hall (One Battle After Another)
Runners Up: Andrea Riseborough (Goodbye June), Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme) & Samantha Morton (Anemone)

Best Foreign Film by or About Women
Winner (tie): Left-Handed Girl
Winner (tie): The Voice of Hind Rajab
Runners Up: All That’s Left of You & Belén

Best Documentary by or About Women
Winner: My Mom Jayne
Runners Up: The Perfect Neighbor, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk & The Librarians

Best Equality of the Sexes
Winner: Sinners
Runners Up: The Testament of Ann Lee, Lilly & Tatami

Best Animated Female
Winner: Rumi (K-Pop Demon Hunters)
Runners Up (tie): Amélie (Little Amélie or the Character of Rain) & Judy Hopps (Zootopia 2)
Runner Up: Scarlet (Scarlet)

Best Screen Couple
Winner: Wunmi Mosaku and Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Runners Up: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal (Hamnet), Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller (Eternity) & Laura Dern and Will Arnett (Is This Thing On?)

Best TV Series
Winner: Hacks (Season 4)
Runners Up: Dying for Sex, The Girlfriend & The White Lotus (Season 3)

Adrienne Shelly Award*
For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women
Winner: Sorry, Baby
Runners Up: Christy, Companion & Lilly

Josephine Baker Award*
For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
Winner: Sinners
Runners Up: Hedda, Rosemead & Wicked: For Good

Karen Morley Award*
For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
Winner: Eleanor the Great
Runners Up (tie): Die My Love & The Testament of Ann Lee
Runner Up: Familiar Touch

Acting and Activism Award
America Ferrera

Lifetime Achievement Award
Diane Keaton

One Battle After Another Wins In Kansas City

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The Kansas City Film Critics Circle have announced their picks for the best of 2025.  The winners are listed in bold.

BEST FILM
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Weapons

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ari Aster – Eddington
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Rian Johnson – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value

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

BEST ACTRESS
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Josh O’Connor – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Glenn Close – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sorry, Baby
Weapons

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Frankenstein
Hamnet
The Life of Chuck
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
F1 The Movie
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Tron: Ares

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco
The Bad Guys 2
KPop Demon Hunters
Predator: Killer of Killers
Zootopia 2

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

BEST DOCUMENTARY
My Mom Jayne
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor
Secret Mall Apartment
We Best the Dream Team

VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR
28 Years Later
Frankenstein
Sinners
Superman
Weapons

TOM POE AWARD FOR BEST LGBTQ FILM
Hedda
The History of Sound
Twinless
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
The Wedding Banquet

BUSTER KEATON AWARD FOR THE BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE FILM
F1 The Movie
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Nobody 2
The Running Man
Warfare

One Battle After Another Wins In Florida

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The Florida Film Critics Circle has announced its picks for the best of 2025.  The winners are in bold.

BEST PICTURE
Grand Tour
The Mastermind
No Other Choice (RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sinners

ACTOR
Lee Byung-hun (No Other Choice)
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
Josh O’Connor (The Mastermind) (WINNER)

ACTRESS
Crista Alfaiate (Grand Tour)
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You) (WINNER)
Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love) (RUNNER-UP)
Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rita Cortese (Most People Die on Sundays)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) (RUNNER-UP)
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) (WINNER)
Mia Threapleton (The Phoenician Scheme)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
Jacques Develay (Misericordia)
David Jonsson (The Long Walk) (RUNNER-UP)
Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another) (WINNER)

ENSEMBLE
Eephus
One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners (WINNER)

DIRECTOR
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Bi Gan (Resurrection)
Kelly Reichardt (The Mastermind)
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) (RUNNER-UP)
Park Chan-wook (No Other Choice) (WINNER)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Astronaut Lovers (Marco Berger)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Mary Bronstein)
It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi) (WINNER)
Rent Free (Fernando Andrés & Tyler Rugh) (RUNNER-UP)
Sentimental Value (Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier)
Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Bugonia (Will Tracy)
Hamnet (Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade & Eddine Noël)
No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Lee Ja-hye) (RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson) (WINNER)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Grand Tour (Gui Liang, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Rui Poças)
One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman & Paul Thomas Anderson)
Resurrection (Dong Jingsong) (WINNER)
Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) (RUNNER-UP)
Sirāt (Mauro Herce)

VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash (WINNER)
Frankenstein (RUNNER-UP)
No Other Choice
Resurrection
Sinners

EDITING
Die My Love (Toni Froschhammer) (RUNNER-UP)
No Other Choice (Kim Sang-bum & Kim Ho-bin)
Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie)
One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen) (WINNER)
Sinners (Michael P. Shawver)

PRODUCTION DESIGN & ART DIRECTION
Frankenstein (RUNNER-UP)
The Phoenician Scheme
Resurrection (WINNER)
The Secret Agent
Sinners

ORIGINAL SCORE
The Mastermind (Rob Mazurek) (RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)
Sinners (Ludwig Göransson) (WINNER)
Sirāt (Kangding Ray)
Resurrection (M83)

DOCUMENTARY
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (RUNNER-UP)
The Perfect Neighbor
Predators
River of Grass
Sabbath Queen (WINNER)

INTERNATIONAL FILM
Grand Tour (WINNER TIE)
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice (WINNER TIE)
Resurrection
The Secret Agent
Sirāt

ANIMATED FEATURE
100 Meters (RUNNER-UP)
Arco
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (WINNER)
Zootopia 2

FIRST FILM
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Eephus (RUNNER-UP)
Lurker
Sorry, Baby (WINNER)
The Ugly Stepsister

BREAKOUT AWARD
Miles Caton (Sinners)
Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another) (WINNER)
Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet)
Théodore Pellerin (Lurker)
Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby) (RUNNER-UP)

GOLDEN ORANGE
River of Grass – Sasha Wortzel
No Sleep Till – Alexandra Simpson

The Online Association of Female Film Critics Honors Sinners

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The Online Association of Female Film Critics have announced their picks for the best of 2025.  The winners are listed in bold.

BEST FILM
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners“
Jafar Panahi – “It Was Just an Accident”
Joachim Trier – “Sentimental Value”
Chloé Zhao – “Hamnet”

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet“
Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You“
Renate Reinsve – “Sentimental Value“
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another“
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby“

BEST MALE LEAD
Leonardo DiCaprio – “One Battle After Another“
Joel Edgerton – “Train Dreams“
Ethan Hawke – “Blue Moon“
Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners“
Wagner Moura – “The Secret Agent“

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Elle Fanning – “Sentimental Value“
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – “Sentimental Value“
Amy Madigan – “Weapons“
Wunmi Mosaku – “Sinners“
Teyana Taylor – “One Battle After Another“

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Benicio del Toro – “One Battle After Another“
Jacob Elordi – “Frankenstein“
Paul Mescal – “Hamnet“
Sean Penn – “One Battle After Another“
Stellan Skarsgård – “Sentimental Value“

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Akinola Davies Jr. – “My Father’s Shadow”
Harris Dickinson – “Urchin”
Harry Lighton – “Pillion”
Kristen Stewart – “The Chronology of Water”
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby“

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Miles Caton – “Sinners”
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another“
Jacobi Jupe – “Hamnet”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – “Sentimental Value”
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby“


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sorry, Baby

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – “Sinners“
Michael Bauman – “One Battle After Another“
Dan Laustsen – “Frankenstein“
Adolpho Veloso – “Train Dreams“
Łukasz Żal – “Hamnet”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Hedda
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

BEST EDITING
F1: The Movie
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST STUNTS
Ballerina
F1: The Movie
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Sinners

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY
2000 Meters to Andriivka
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
The Perfect Neighbor
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
The Voice of Hind Rajab

THE ROSIE
The OAFFC’s signature award celebrates the film that “best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema.”
Die My Love
Hamnet
Hedda
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Sorry, Baby

Sinners (2025, dir by Ryan Coogler, DP: Autumn Durald Arkapaw)

 

One Battle After Another Wins In Austin

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

Best Picture
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
The Testament of Ann Lee
Train Dreams
Weapons

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

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
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Supporting Actress
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
David Jonsson, The Long Walk
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly

Best Ensemble
The Long Walk
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Original Screenplay
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Zach Cregger, Weapons
Kleber Mendonça Filho, The Secret Agent
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, Thomas Pynchon, One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Denis Johnson, Train Dreams
Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar, Donald E. Westlake, No Other Choice
Guillermo del Toro, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Will Tracy, Jang Joon-hwan, Bugonia

Best Cinematography
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another
Autumn Durald, Sinners
Darius Khondji, Marty Supreme
Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams

Best Editing
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
Stephen Mirrione, F1: The Movie
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners
Joe Murphy, Weapons
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Original Score
Daniel Blumberg, The Testament of Ann Lee
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (NiN), Tron: Ares

Best International Film
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt

Best Documentary
Come See Me In The Good Light
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Librarians
The Perfect Neighbor
Predators

Best Animated Film
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance
Oona Chaplin, Avatar: Fire & Ash
Arden Cho, Audrey Nuna, KPop Demon Hunters
Will Patton, Train Dreams
Stephen Lang, Avatar: Fire & Ash
Zoe Saldaña, Avatar: Fire & Ash

Best Stunt Work
Ballerina
F1: The Movie
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire & Ash
F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Sinners
Superman

Best Remake/Franchise Film
Avatar: Fire & Ash
Frankenstein
Superman
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
28 Years Later

Best First Film
Andrew DeYoung, Friendship
Carson Lund, Eephus
Charlie Polinger, The Plague
Kristen Stewart, The Chronology of Water
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

Here Are The 2025 Nominations of The Online Association of Female Film Critics

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Here are the nominations of the Online Association of Female Film Critics.

BEST FILM
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Akinola Davies Jr. – “My Father’s Shadow”
Harris Dickinson – “Urchin”
Harry Lighton – “Pillion”
Kristen Stewart – “The Chronology of Water”
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby“

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Miles Caton – “Sinners”
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another”
Jacobi Jupe – “Hamnet”
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – “Sentimental Value”
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby”

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners”
Jafar Panahi – “It Was Just an Accident”
Joachim Trier – “Sentimental Value”
Chloé Zhao – “Hamnet“

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet“
Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You“
Renate Reinsve – “Sentimental Value“
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another“
Eva Victor – “Sorry, Baby“

BEST MALE LEAD
Leonardo DiCaprio – “One Battle After Another“
Joel Edgerton – “Train Dreams“
Ethan Hawke – “Blue Moon“
Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners“
Wagner Moura – “The Secret Agent“

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Elle Fanning – “Sentimental Value“
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – “Sentimental Value“
Amy Madigan – “Weapons“
Wunmi Mosaku – “Sinners“
Teyana Taylor – “One Battle After Another“

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Benicio del Toro – “One Battle After Another“
Jacob Elordi – “Frankenstein“
Paul Mescal – “Hamnet“
Sean Penn – “One Battle After Another“
Stellan Skarsgård – “Sentimental Value“

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sorry, Baby

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another

BEST STUNTS
Ballerina
F1: The Movie
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Sinners

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Hedda
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

BEST EDITING
F1: The Movie
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners

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

BEST DOCUMENTARY
2000 Meters to Andriivka
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
The Perfect Neighbor
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
The Voice of Hind Rajab

THE ROSIE
The OAFFC’s signature award celebrates the film that “best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema.”
Die My Love
Hamnet
Hedda
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Sorry, Baby

Here Are The Shortlists For The 98th Academy Awards

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Academy released their shortlists earlier today.  A lot of people online are saying that the presence of Wicked: For Good on the lists means that its Best Picture hopes are still alive.  It could just as likely be that the Academy likes honoring big productions with technical nominations.

Here are the shortlists.  Consult them before making any bets.

ANIMATED SHORT FILM 

“Autokar”
“Butterfly”
“Cardboard”
“Éiru”
“Forevergreen”
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls”
“Hurikán”
“I Died in Irpin”
“The Night Boots”
“Playing God”
“The Quinta’s Ghost”
“Retirement Plan”
“The Shyness of Trees”
“Snow Bear”
“The Three Sisters”

CASTING 

“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle after Another”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Weapons”
“Wicked: For Good”

CINEMATOGRAPHY 

“Ballad of a Small Player”
“Bugonia”
“Die My Love”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nouvelle Vague”
“One Battle after Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Song Sung Blue”
“Sound of Falling”
“Train Dreams”
“Wicked: For Good”

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM 

“The Alabama Solution”
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
“Coexistence, My Ass!”
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Cover-Up”
“Cutting through Rocks”
“Folktales”
“Holding Liat”
“Mr. Nobody against Putin”
“Mistress Dispeller”
“My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Seeds”
“2000 Meters to Andriivka”
“Yanuni”

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM 

“All the Empty Rooms”
“All the Walls Came Down”
“Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
“Bad Hostage”
“Cashing Out”
“Chasing Time”
“Children No More: ‘Were and Are Gone’”
“Classroom 4”
“The Devil Is Busy”
“Heartbeat”
“Last Days on Lake Trinity”
“On Healing Land, Birds Perch”
“Perfectly a Strangeness”
“Rovina’s Choice”
“We Were the Scenery”

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM 

Argentina, “Belén”
Brazil, “The Secret Agent”
France, “It Was Just an Accident”
Germany, “Sound of Falling”
India, “Homebound”
Iraq, “The President’s Cake”
Japan, “Kokuho”
Jordan, “All That’s Left of You”
Norway, “Sentimental Value”
Palestine, “Palestine 36”
South Korea, “No Other Choice”
Spain, “Sirât”
Switzerland, “Late Shift”
Taiwan, “Left-Handed Girl”
Tunisia, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM 

“Ado”
“Amarela”
“Beyond Silence”
“The Boy with White Skin”
“Butcher’s Stain”
“Butterfly on a Wheel”
“Dad’s Not Home”
“Extremist”
“A Friend of Dorothy”
“Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
“Pantyhose”
“The Pearl Comb”
“Rock, Paper, Scissors”
“The Singers”
“Two People Exchanging Saliva”

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING 

“The Alto Knights”
“Frankenstein”
“Kokuho”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle after Another”
“Sinners”
“The Smashing Machine”
“The Ugly Stepsister”
“Wicked: For Good”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Bugonia”
“Captain America: Brave New World”
“Diane Warren: Relentless”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“Hedda”
“A House of Dynamite”
“Jay Kelly”
“Marty Supreme”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle after Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Train Dreams”
“Tron: Ares”
“Truth and Treason”
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Wicked: For Good”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) :

“As Alive As You Need Me To Be” from “Tron: Ares”
“Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”
“Dream As One” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Drive” from “F1”
“Dying To Live” from “Billy Idol Should Be Dead”
“The Girl In The Bubble” from “Wicked: For Good”
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters”
“Highest 2 Lowest” from “Highest 2 Lowest”
“I Lied To You” from “Sinners”
“Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” from “Sinners”
“No Place Like Home” from “Wicked: For Good”
“Our Love” from “The Ballad of Wallis Island”
“Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from “Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!”
“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”

SOUND 

“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“One Battle after Another”
“Sinners”
“Sirât”
“Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere”
“Superman”
“Wicked: For Good”

VISUAL EFFECTS 

“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“The Electric State”
“F1”
“Frankenstein”
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
“The Lost Bus”
“Sinners”
“Superman”
“Tron: Ares”
“Wicked: For Good”

Here Are The 2025 Nominations of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Kansas City Film Critics Circle have announced their nominations for the best of 2025!  And here they are:

BEST FILM
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Weapons

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ari Aster – Eddington
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Rian Johnson – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value

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

BEST ACTRESS
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Josh O’Connor – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Glenn Close – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sorry, Baby
Weapons

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Frankenstein
Hamnet
The Life of Chuck
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
F1 The Movie
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Tron: Ares

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco
The Bad Guys 2
KPop Demon Hunters
Predator: Killer of Killers
Zootopia 2

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

BEST DOCUMENTARY
My Mom Jayne
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor
Secret Mall Apartment
We Best the Dream Team

VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR
28 Years Later
Frankenstein
Sinners
Superman
Weapons

TOM POE AWARD FOR BEST LGBTQ FILM
Hedda
The History of Sound
Twinless
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
The Wedding Banquet

BUSTER KEATON AWARD FOR THE BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE FILM
F1 The Movie
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Nobody 2
The Running Man
Warfare

Here Are The Nominations of the Florida Film Critics Circle

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Here are the quirky nominations of the Florida Film Critics Circle!  Love you, Florida!

BEST PICTURE
Grand Tour
The Mastermind
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners

ACTOR
Lee Byung-hun (No Other Choice)
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
Josh O’Connor (The Mastermind)

ACTRESS
Crista Alfaiate (Grand Tour)
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)
Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rita Cortese (Most People Die on Sundays)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
Mia Threapleton (The Phoenician Scheme)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
Jacques Develay (Misericordia)
David Jonsson (The Long Walk)
Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)

ENSEMBLE
Eephus
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners

DIRECTOR
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Bi Gan (Resurrection)
Kelly Reichardt (The Mastermind)
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Park Chan-wook (No Other Choice)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Astronaut Lovers (Marco Berger)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Mary Bronstein)
It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi)
Rent Free (Fernando Andrés & Tyler Rugh)
Sentimental Value (Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier)
Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Bugonia (Will Tracy)
Hamnet (Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade & Eddine Noël)
No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Lee Ja-hye)
One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Grand Tour (Gui Liang, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Rui Poças)
One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman & Paul Thomas Anderson)
Resurrection (Dong Jingsong)
Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
Sirāt (Mauro Herce)

VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
No Other Choice
Resurrection
Sinners

EDITING
Die My Love (Toni Froschhammer)
No Other Choice (Kim Sang-bum & Kim Ho-bin)
Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie)
One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen)
Sinners (Michael P. Shawver)

PRODUCTION DESIGN & ART DIRECTION
Frankenstein
The Phoenician Scheme
Resurrection
The Secret Agent
Sinners

ORIGINAL SCORE
The Mastermind (Rob Mazurek)
One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)
Sinners (Ludwig Göransson)
Sirāt (Kangding Ray)
Resurrection (M83)

DOCUMENTARY
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
The Perfect Neighbor
Predators
River of Grass
Sabbath Queen

INTERNATIONAL FILM
Grand Tour
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
Resurrection
The Secret Agent
Sirāt

ANIMATED FEATURE
100 Meters
Arco
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

FIRST FILM
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Eephus
Lurker
Sorry, Baby
The Ugly Stepsister

BREAKOUT AWARD
Miles Caton (Sinners)
Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet)
Théodore Pellerin (Lurker)
Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

GOLDEN ORANGE
River of Grass – Sasha Wortzel
No Sleep Till – Alexandra Simpson

The New York Film Critics Online Honor One Battle After Another

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The New York Film Critics Online have announced their picks for the best of 2015.  The winners are listed in bold.

PICTURE
Hamnet
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nuremberg
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sentimental Value
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Train Dreams

DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Park Chan-wook – No Other Choice
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (WINNER)
Mona Fastvold – The Testament of Ann Lee
Olivier Laxe – Sirāt
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Lynne Ramsey – Die, My Love
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloe Zhao – Hamnet

SCREENPLAY
Bugonia
Hamnet
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It Was Just an Accident (WINNER)
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)
Sinners
Sorry, Baby
Train Dreams
Twinless

ACTOR
Timothee Chalamet – Marty Supreme (RUNNER-UP)
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Sope Dirisu – My Father’s Shadow
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (WINNER)
Lee Byung Hun – No Other Choice
Dylan O’Brien – Twinless
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

ACTRESS
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (RUNNER-UP)
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (WINNER)
Kathleen Chalfant – Familiar Touch
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Sydney Sweeney – Christy
Tessa Thompson – Hedda

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Cera – The Phoenician Scheme
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (WINNER)
Noah Jupe – Hamnet
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Pierre Lottin – When Fall is Coming
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Alexander Skarsgard – Pillion
Stellan Skarsgard – Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Glenn Close – Wake Up Dead Man
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Regina Hall – One Battle After Another
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (WINNER)
Amy Madigan – Weapons (RUNNER-UP)
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – Eternity
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

ENSEMBLE CAST
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Sentimental Value
Sinners (WINNER)
The Testament of Ann Lee
Wake Up Dead Man

USE OF MUSIC
Hamnet
KPop Demon Hunters
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners (WINNER)
Sirāt (RUNNER-UP)
Song Sung Blue
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
The Testament of Ann Lee
Wicked: For Good

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners (WINNER)
Sirāt
Train Dreams (RUNNER-UP)
The Testament of Ann Lee
28 Years Later
Wicked: For Good

DEBUT DIRECTOR
Akinola Davies Jr. – My Father’s Shadow
Harris Dickerson – Urchin
Sarah Friedland – Familiar Touch
Scarlett Johansson – Eleanor the Great
Harry Lighton – Pillion
Carson Lund – Eephus
Charlie Polinger – The Plague (RUNNER-UP)
Kristen Stewart – The Chronology of Water
Constance Tsang – Blue Sun Palace
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (WINNER)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
Odessa A’zion
Everett Blunck
Miles Caton (RUNNER-UP)
Chase Infiniti (WINNER)
Jacob Jupe
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Kayo Martin
Abou Sangare
Eva Victor

ANIMATION
A Magnificent Life
Arco (WINNER)
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain (RUNNER-UP TIE)
100 Meters
Predator: Killer of Killers
Scarlet
Zootopia 2 (RUNNER-UP TIE)

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
It Was Just an Accident (WINNER)
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
Resurrection
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)
Sirāt
Sound of Falling
The Voice of Hind Rajib
We Will Not Be Moved

DOCUMENTARY
Afternoons of Solitude
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (WINNER)
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cover-Up
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air in Moscow
Pee-wee as Himself
Put Your Soul in Your Hand and Walk
The Perfect Neighbor (RUNNER-UP)
The Alabama Solution
2000 Meters to Andriivka