On January 6th, the Utah Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2023!

And here they are:

Best Picture
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives (WINNER)
Poor Things (RUNNER-UP)

Best Achievement in Directing
Celine Song – Past Lives (WINNER)
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things (RUNNER-UP)

Best Lead Performance, Male
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers (WINNER)
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction (RUNNER-UP)
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

Best Lead Performance, Female
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things (WINNER)
Greta Lee – Past Lives (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Natalie Portman – May December

Best Supporting Performance, Male
Charles Melton – May December (RUNNER-UP)
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers (WINNER)
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Best Supporting Performance, Female
America Ferrera – Barbie
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (WINNER)
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest (RUNNER-UP)

Best Ensemble Cast
Air
Barbie
The Holdovers (RUNNER-UP)
The Iron Claw (WINNER)
Oppenheimer

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film
Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Chris Pine – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Iman Vellani – The Marvels (WINNER)
Nicolas Cage – Renfield (RUNNER-UP)

Best Original Screenplay
Celine Song – Past Lives (WINNER)
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall
Samy Burch – May December

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (WINNER)
Tony McNamara – Poor Things

Best Cinematography
Barbie – Rodrigo Prieto
Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
Maestro – Matthew Libatique
Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema (RUNNER-UP)
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan (WINNER)

Best Original Score
Killers of the Flower Moon (WINNER)
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things (RUNNER-UP)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Film Editing
Barbie
The Holdovers (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (WINNER)

Best Visual Effects
The Creator (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Godzilla Minus One (WINNER)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Poor Things (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
The Mission (RUNNER-UP)
Still: The Michael J. Fox Story (WINNER)

Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams (RUNNER-UP)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (WINNER)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Non-English Feature
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One (RUNNER-UP)
Society of the Snow
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest (WINNER)

The Utah Film Critics Association has announced the nominees for the best of 2023!  The winners will be announced on January 6th, 2024!

Best Picture
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things

Best Achievement in Directing
Celine Song – Past Lives
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things

Best Lead Performance, Male
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

Best Lead Performance, Female
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Natalie Portman – May December

Best Supporting Performance, Male
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Best Supporting Performance, Female
America Ferrera – Barbie
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest

Best Ensemble Cast
Air
Barbie
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Oppenheimer

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film
Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Chris Pine – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Iman Vellani – The Marvels
Nicolas Cage – Renfield

Best Original Screenplay
Celine Song – Past Lives
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall
Samy Burch – May December

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Tony McNamara – Poor Things

Best Cinematography
Barbie – Rodrigo Prieto
Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
Maestro – Matthew Libatique
Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan

Best Original Score
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Film Editing
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
The Mission
Still: The Michael J. Fox Story

Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Non-English Feature
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Society of the Snow
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest

Yesterday, the Utah Film Critics Association announced their picks for the best of 2022!

And here they are:

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

Best Director
Winner: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner Up: SS Rajamouli – RRR

Best Actor
Winner: Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Runner Up: Austin Butler – Elvis

Best Actress
Winner: Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner Up: Danielle Deadwyler – Till

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner Up: Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin

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

Best Ensemble
Winner: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runners Up: The Banshees Of Inisherin, Glass Onion & Women Talking (TIE)

Best Original Screenplay
Winners: The Banshees Of Inisherin & Everything Everywhere All At Once (TIE)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winners: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On & Women Talking (TIE)

Best Cinematography
Winner: Top Gun: Maverick
Runner Up: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Film Editing
Winner: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runners Up: Top Gun: Maverick

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

Best Original Score
Winner: The Banshees Of Inisherin
Runner Up: The Batman

Best Documentary Feature
Winner: Wildcat
Runner Up: Good Night Oppy

Best Animated Feature
Winner: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Runner Up: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Non-English Language Feature
Winner: RRR
Runner Up: Bardo & Close

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Fantasy, Horror or Science-Fiction Film
Winner: Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Runner Up: Mia Goth – Pearl