Boston Honors Drive My Car; NYFCO and Philadelphia Praise Power of the Dog
Three more critics groups have named their best of the year, with the Boston Society of Film Critics showing a lot of love for Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car" by giving it four awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Hidetoshi Nishijima), and Best Screenplay. Meanwhile, the New York Film Critics Online and the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle have awarded Jane Campion's "The Power of the Dog" their top prizes. Both groups also gave it Best Director, Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Best Supporting Actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee), and Best Screenplay, among other awards.
Please see below for a complete list of today's winners:
Boston Society of Film Critics
Best Picture – Drive My Car
Best Actor – Hidetoshi Nishijima, Drive My Car
Best Actress – Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Best Supporting Actor – Troy Kotsur, CODA
Best Supporting Actress – Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Best Director -Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Best Screenplay – Ryūsuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe, Drive My Car
Best Cinematography – Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog
Best Documentary – Summer of Soul (or… When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Best English Language Film – The Power of the Dog*
Best Animated Film – Flee
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Affonso Gonçalves & Adam Kurnitz, The Velvet Underground
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Best Ensemble Cast – Licorice Pizza
Best Original Score – Jonny Greenwood, Spencer
New York Film Critics Circle
PICTURE — The Power of the Dog (Netflix) DIRECTOR — Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog SCREENPLAY — Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog DEBUT DIRECTOR — Rebecca Hall, Passing ACTOR — Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog ACTRESS — Tessa Thompson, Passing SUPPORTING ACTOR — Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog SUPPORTING ACTRESS — Ruth Negga, Passing ENSEMBLE CAST — The Power of the Dog (Netflix) BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER — Ariana DeBose, West Side Story FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE: Drive My Car (Janus Films) DOCUMENTARY — Flee (Neon) ANIMATED FEATURE — The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Netflix/Sony Pictures Animation) CINEMATOGRAPHY — Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog USE OF MUSIC — West Side Story, music arranged by David Newman TOP 10 FILMS OF 2021 (Alphabetical) Belfast (Focus Features) Don’t Look Up (Netflix) Dune (Warner Bros.) King Richard (Warner Bros.) Licorice Pizza (United Artists) The Lost Daughter (Netflix) Passing (Netflix) Pig (Neon) The Power of the Dog (Netflix) West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle
Best Film: The Power of the Dog
Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Best Actress: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Negga, Passing
Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Best Animated Film: Flee
Best Foreign Language Film: Titane
Best Documentary: Summer of Soul
Best Cinematography: Nightmare Alley
Best Breakthrough Performance: Agathe Rousselle, Titane
Best Directorial Debut: Rebecca Hall, Passing
Best Script: The Power of the Dog
Best Score/Soundtrack: The Power of the Dog
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