Minor Critics Groups Winners

[Mister Tee]

Hey...remember the Satellites?

They mostly stay in the predictable zone above the line, but show refreshing independence below.

Best Motion Picture – Drama: Oppenheimer
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical: The Holdovers
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical: Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Original Screenplay: Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer, Maestro
Best Adapted Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Best Motion Picture – Animated or Mixed Media: The Boy and the Heron
Best Motion Picture – Documentary: Bad Press
Best Motion Picture – International: The Zone of Interest

Best Cinematography: Matthew Libatique, Maestro
Best Film Editing: Kevin Tent, The Holdovers
Best Production Design: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, Barbie
Best Costume Design: David Crossman and Janty Yates, Napoleon
Best Original Score: Laura Karpman, American Fiction
Best Original Song: “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie (Billie Eilish and Finneas)
Best Sound (Editing and Mixing): Maestro
Beat Visual Effects: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

[Mister Tee]

Believe it or not, these things are STILL being given out.

Vancouver Film Critics:

Best Picture: Anatomy of a Fall
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Best Actress: Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Screenplay: Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie

Best Documentary: To Kill a Tiger
Best International Film: The Zone of Interest

[Eric]

I've met or am acquaintances with two of the members, yes, and am familiar with one other. The rest? Never met or heard of them before in my life.

Interestingly enough, the individual who set up this still fledgling organization just announced he's stepping down from administrative duties: https://mnfilmcriticalliance.wordpress. ... he-future/

I always kept an eye out for a Minnesota film critics group to join, and yet one didn’t exist. I waited through college, and that continued as I my career in journalism got underway. Finally, 2020 arrived, and there still was no sort of group to join.

So, I decided to start the MNFCA that summer, and the rest is history.

Yes, "history," indeed, very historic. In other words, a blogger looking to slap the imprimatur of discernment on his own provincial opinions creates the shell of an organization that, to the best I can tell, only exists to add another taste lemming to the already comically long conga line, and then having done so decides it's too much work to carry on, but don't worry, he'll stick around as a voting member while someone else steps up to handle the business side of things? (If I'm salty, it's only because for many years I thought it was sort of "punk," as it goes, that Minnesota/the Twin Cities were among the few remaining holdouts from joining this annual embarrassment of intellectual poverty.)

As I think I mentioned last year, there is exactly one (1) salaried film critic working in traditional media in the entire state of Minnesota (Star Tribune's Chris Hewitt, and even he multitasks with other editorial beats). As with all of the groups Tee and others correctly push off to this sidebar thread, there is no compelling reason for this group to exist, even if they weren't both a) extremely late to the party, and b) rehashing the 183rd iteration of the same lineup all other uber-regional groups have already rubber-stamped. I'm not saying that there aren't interesting voices within this organization, on Kansas City's, or Utah's, or etc. But at the risk of sounding like Dwight MacDonald, these groups are are not made up of critics; they're fans.

Sorry not sorry, as they say.

[Bog]

Bless their idiot hearts.

If I recall location correctly, you might even know or be acquaintances some of those jokers, potentially?

[Eric]

Bless their idiot hearts.

[Mister Tee]

This has become my favorite critics group.

And, for contrast, here's a group that did it in their sleep: collecting the blogger consensus and putting a rubber stamp on it.

Minnesota Film Critics winners

Best Picture: Oppenheimer
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Screenplay: Celine Song, Past Lives
Best Ensemble: Barbie

Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Best Editing: Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
Best Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Barbie
Best Costume/Make-up: Poor Things
Best Music: Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, Barbie
Best Sound Work: Oppenheimer
Best Special Effects: The Creator

Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

[danfrank]

London Film Critics Circle

FILM OF THE YEAR: The Zone of Interest
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR: Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Emma Stone – Poor Things
ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Charles Melton – May December

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR: Past Lives
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR: 20 Days in Mariupol
ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR: The Boy and the Heron

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR: Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex
THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR: All of Us Strangers
THE PHILIP FRENCH AWARD: BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER: Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex
BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (for body of work): Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers, God’s Creatures, Foe, Carmen
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR: Lola Campbell – Scrapper
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR: The Veiled City – Natalie Cubides-Brady, director
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: The Zone of Interest – music & sound, Mica Levi & Johnnie Burn
THE DILYS POWELL AWARD: EXCELLENCE IN FILM: Jeffrey Wright
THE DEREK MALCOLM AWARD FOR INNOVATION: Colman Domingo

This has become my favorite critics group.

[Mister Tee]

London Film Critics Circle

FILM OF THE YEAR: The Zone of Interest
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR: Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Emma Stone – Poor Things
ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Charles Melton – May December

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR: Past Lives
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR: 20 Days in Mariupol
ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR: The Boy and the Heron

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR: Mia McKenna-Bruce – How to Have Sex
THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR: All of Us Strangers
THE PHILIP FRENCH AWARD: BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER: Molly Manning Walker – How to Have Sex
BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (for body of work): Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers, God’s Creatures, Foe, Carmen
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR: Lola Campbell – Scrapper
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR: The Veiled City – Natalie Cubides-Brady, director
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: The Zone of Interest – music & sound, Mica Levi & Johnnie Burn
THE DILYS POWELL AWARD: EXCELLENCE IN FILM: Jeffrey Wright
THE DEREK MALCOLM AWARD FOR INNOVATION: Colman Domingo

[Mister Tee]

Kansas City Film Critics Circle (58th)

Best Film: OPPENHEIMER
Runner up: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Best Director: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
Runner up: GRETA GERWIG

Best Actor(tie): PAUL GIAMATTI & CILLIAN MURPHY
Best Actress: LILY GLADSTONE
Runner up: SANDRA HULLER
Best Supporting Actor: ROBERT DOWNEY JR
Runner up: RYAN GOSLING
Best Supporting Actress: DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH
Runner up: RACHEL MCADAMS

Best Original Screenplay (tie): ANATOMY OF A FALL & PAST LIVES
Best Adapted Screenplay: ARE YOU THERE GOD ITS ME MARGARET
Runner up: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best Cinematography: OPPENHEIMER
Runner up: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Best Original Score: OPPENHEIMER
Runner up: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best Animated Feature: SPIDERMAN ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE
Runner up: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
Best Foreign Language Film: ANATOMY OF A FALL
Runner up: ZONE OF INTEREST
Best Documentary (tie): 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL & THE ERAS TOUR

The VINCE KOEHLER award for Best Sci Fi Horror: GODZILLA MINUS ONE
Runner up: SPIDERMAN
The Tom Poe Award for Best LGBTQ Film: ALL OF STRANGERS
Runner up: MAESTRO

[Mister Tee]

Houston Film Critics' winners:

Best Picture: Poor Things
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Best Actress: Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Supporting Actor: Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Documentary Feature: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Best Foreign Language Feature: The Zone of Interest

Best Ensemble Cast: Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Best Original Score: Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Original Song: “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie
Best Visual Effects: Poor Things
Best Stunts: John Wick: Chapter 4

Texas Independent Film Award: Chocolate Lizards

[Big Magilla]

Clearly not the same group that voted in the Iowa caucuses.

[Sonic Youth]

Iowa Film Critics winners:

IOW, the fate of this country has been decided by a state with only six screens?

[Mister Tee]

Iowa Film Critics winners:

Best Picture: The Holdovers
(RU: Oppenheimer)
Best Director (tie): Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer/Alexander Payne, The Holdovers

Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
(RU: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer)
Best Actress (tie): Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon/Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
(RU: Ryan Gosling, Barbie)
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
(RU: none)

Best Song: “I’m Just Ken” - Barbie
(RUs: “Road to Freedom”-Rustin/"What Was I Made For?”-Barbie)

[Mister Tee]

North Dakota Critics' winners:

Best Picture: Oppenheimer
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Screenplay: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall

Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Best International Feature: Anatomy of a Fall

Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Best Film Editing: Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
Best Production Design: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, Barbie
Best Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran, Barbie
Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Barbie (Ivana Primorac)
Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Best Original Song: ”What Was I Made For?” from Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas)
Best Sound: Oppenheimer (Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, Kevin O’Connell, Willie Burton)
Best Visual Effects: Oppenheimer (Andrew Jackson, Giacomo Mineo, Scott R. Fisher, David Drzewiecki)

[Mister Tee]

Music City Critics' winners:

Best Picture: Oppenheimer
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Best Actress: Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Screenplay: David Hemingson, The Holdovers

Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Documentary: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Best International Film: Godzilla Minus One

Best Acting Ensemble: Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Young Actor: Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Best Young Actress: Abby Ryder Fortson, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Best Editing: Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer
Best Production Design (tie): Sarah Greenwood, Barbie & Shona Heath and James Price, Poor Things
Best Score: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Best Original Song (tie): “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie & “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie
Best Sound: Oppenheimer
Best Stunt Work: John Wick: Chapter 4

Best Action Film (tie): Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves & Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Best Comedy Film: Barbie
Best Horror Film: Talk to Me
Best Music Film: Maestro

The Jim Ridley Award: Poor Things