Critics Round 5: 'Dog' still has the power but 'CODA' and 'Mass' pick up a little love
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 3:47PM UPDATED 3:55 PM For those who've been playing along with the seemingly neverending critics awards, in the Best Picture battle so far we've got:
11 for Power of the Dog (Philadelphia, NY Online, Boston Online, Chicago, SEFCA, which just more than doubled its total this week via Florida, OAFCC, Utah, Phoenix, Dublin, and Dallas)
3 for Drive My Car (NYFCC, LAFCA, Boston)
3 for Licorice Pizza (Atlanta, St Louis, NBR)
2 for Belfast (DC, Las Vegas)
1 each for: Cyrano (Detroit), Dune (Sunset Circle), The Green Night (Portland), The Lost Daughter (Gothams), Belfast (DC)
...and now King Richard (BFCC), Mass (IFJA) and CODA (Nevada)
Despite three first-time wins this week, we've hit the Power of the Dog coasting wave -- this happens each season. If one film hasn't thoroughly dominated in the early rounds something will by the midway point. There's another dozen or so orgs left (it's so hard to keep track these days with 30+...or are we at 40+ orgs now?) groups. So it's unlikely that Power of the Dog will be dethroned. Until the televised awards that is which are annual reminders that critics awards only tell about a third of the story, half at max.
The complete awards from the 9 latest critics groups to announce (Black Film Critics Circle, Nevada, Florida, Online Association For Female Critics, Utah, Indiana, Dallas/Ft Worth, Phoenix, and Dublin) are after the jump...
BFCC
Black Film Critics Circle. Founded in ???. 18 Members
King Richard wins its first Best Pic prize
Film King Richard
Rest of the top ten was: 2) Harder they Fall 3) Power of the Dog 4) West Side Story 5) Respect 6) Summer of Soul 7) Dune 8) Tragedy of Macbeth 9) Cyrano 10) Passing
Director Denis Villeneuve, Dune
Actress Tessa Thompson, Passing
Actor Will Smith, King Richard
Supporting Actress Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Supporting Actor, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Power of the Dog
Ensemble The Harder They Fall
Original Screenplay King Richard
Adapted Screenplay Power of the Dog
Animated Feature Mitchells vs the Machines
Documentary Summer of Soul
Cinematography Dune
Foreign Film Hand of God
Pioneer Award Janicza Bravo, Zola
Rising Star Jeymes Samuel, The Harder They Fall
Special Mention Questlove
NFCS
Nevada Film Critics Society. Founded in 2011??? 12 Members
"Nightmare Alley" gets a bit of love
Film CODA
Director Guillermo Del Toro, Nightmare Alley
Actress Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, Power of the Dog
Supporting Actress Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Supporting Actor, Troy Kotsur, CODA
Original Screenplay Mass
Adapted Screenplay Nightmare Alley
Animated Feature Mitchells vs the Machines
Documentary Flee
Cinematography [TIE] Nightmare Alley and Power of the Dog
Visual Effects Dune
FFCC
Florida Film Critics Circle. Founded in 1996. ??? members.
Annette is a runner up for Best Film and takes Best Actor
Film Power of the Dog
Director Jane Campion, Power of the Dog
Actress Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Actor Adam Driver, Annette
Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Supporting Actor, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Power of the Dog
Ensemble Mass
Breakout Award Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
Original Screenplay The French Dispatch
Adapted Screenplay Power of the Dog
Animated Feature Encanto
Foreign Film Hand of God
First Film Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Documentary Summer of Soul
Cinematography Power of the Dog
Production Design Dune
Visual Effects Dune
Score Dune
OAFCC
Online Association of Female Film Critics. Founded in ???. 68 Members
Andrew Garfield picks up an acting prize
Film Power of the Dog
Director Jane Campion, Power of the Dog
Actress Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Actor Andrew Garfield, tick tick BOOM
Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Supporting Actor, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Power of the Dog
Ensemble Mass
Breakthrough Filmmaker Rebecca Hall, Passing
Breakthrough Performance Agatha Rousselle, Titane
Rosie Award "Female Experience" The Lost Daughter
Original Screenplay Pig
Adapted Screenplay Power of the Dog
Animated Feature Mitchells vs the Machines
Documentary Flee
Cinematography Dune
UFCA
Utah Film Critics Association. Founded in 2002. 21 Members
CODA is strong but doesn't quite dethrone Power of the Dog with the Utah critics
Film Power of the Dog
Director Jane Campion, Power of the Dog
Actress Emilia Jones, CODA
Actor Nicolas Cage, Pig
Supporting Actress Ann Dowd, Mass
Supporting Actor, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Power of the Dog
Performance in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film Tony Leung Cheu-Wai, Shang-Chi
Original Screenplay Mitchells vs the Machines
Adapted Screenplay CODA
Animated Feature Encanto
Documentary The First Wave
Foreign Language Film Flee
Cinematography The Green Knight
Score Power of the Dog
Editing West Side Story
IFJA
Indiana Film Journalists Association. Founded in 2009. 22 Members
Mass takes a Best Pic prize in a surprise and the Indiana critics get a bit frisky in Lead actor and Supporting Actress too
Film Mass
(the rest of their top ten, alphabetically: Annette, Card Counter, C'mon C'mon, CODA, Drive My Car, The Green Knight, The Last Duel, Pig, Power of the Dog)
Director Jane Campion, Power of the Dog
Actress Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Actor Oscar Isaac, Card Counter
Supporting Actress Gaby Hoffman, Cmon Cmon
Supporting Actor, Troy Kotsur, CODA
Voice/Motion Capture Performance Olivia Colman, Mitchells vs the Machines
Ensemble Mass
Original Screenplay Mass
Adapted Screenplay Drive My Car
Animated Feature Flee
Documentary Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Foreign Language Film Drive My Car
Score Power of the Dog
Breakout Filmmaker Fran Kranz, Mass
Original Vision Award Annette
Hoosier Award Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
DFWFCA
Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Founded in ???. 28 Members
Cheer up Kiki, Power of the Dog had another great week
Film Power of the Dog
(the rest of their top ten: 2) Belfast, 3) King Richard 4) West Side Story 5) Licorice Pizza 6) Dune 7) Nightmare Alley 8) The French Dispatch 9) The Lost Daughter 10) CODA
Director Jane Campion, Power of the Dog
Actress Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, Power of the Dog
Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Supporting Actor, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Power of the Dog
Screenplay Power of the Dog
Animated Feature Encanto
Documentary Summer of Soul
Foreign Language Film Drive My Car
Cinematography Dune
Score Dune
LowBudget or Indie Film Flee
PCC
Phoenix Critics Circle. Founded in ???. 18 Members
Mike Faist picks up an acting prize for West Side Story
Film Power of the Dog
Director Jane Campion, Power of the Dog
Actress Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, Power of the Dog
Supporting Actress Kirsten Dunst, Power of the Dog
Supporting Actor, Mike Faist, West Side Story
Screenplay Licorice Pizza
Animated Feature Mitchells vs the Machines
Foreign Language Film Drive My Car
Comedy Licorice Pizza
Sci-Fi Dune
Horror Titane
Documentary Summer of Soul
Cinematography Tragedy of Macbeth
Score Power of the Dog
Lifetime Achievement Sonny Chiba
DFCC
Dublin Film Critics Circle. Founded in ???. ??? Members
Film Power of the Dog
the rest of their top ten: 2) Dune, 3) Nomadland 4) The Green Knight 5) Another Round 6) Promising Young Woman 7) The Father 8) Minari 9) Pig 10) Azor
Director Jane Campion, Power of the Dog
Actress Frances McDormand, Tragedy of Macbeth/Nomadland
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, Power of the Dog
Screenplay Power of the Dog
Documentary Summer of Soul
Cinematography Dune
Irish Film Arracht
Reader Comments (7)
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It's nice that there's SOME spread this year, but not nearly enough. It's crazy to me this lock-and-step nature of a lot of these awards. I guess that's the nature of asking groups of people to decided on the "best" but I wish there'd be even more variety.
The Florida Film Critics announced their winners this afternoon.
Picture: The Power of the Dog (runner-up: Annette)
Director: Jane Campion, Power of the Dog (Leos Carax, Annette)
Actor: Adam Driver, Annette (Benedict Cumberbatch, Power of the Dog)
Actress: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza (Jessica Chastain, Eyes of Tammy Faye)
Supp. Actress: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story (Ruth Negga, Passing)
Supp. Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Power of the Dog (Vincent Lindon, Titane)
Ensemble: Mass (Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy)
Original Screenplay: French Dispatch (Licorice Pizza/Annette/Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy)
Adapted Screenplay: Power of the Dog (tick, tick…Boom!/West Side Story)
Cinematography: Power of the Dog (Spencer/West Side Story)
VFX: Dune (Annette)
Production Design: Dune (Barb and Star)
Score: Dune (Power of the Dog)
Doc: Summer of Soul (Procession)
Foreign Language: Hand of God (Titane/Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy/Drive My Car)
Animated: Encanto (Evangelion 3.0/Flee/Josep)
First film: Pig (Mass/Passing)
Breakout: Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza (Rachel Zegler, West Side Story)
I don't where else to post this, but I haven't seen it mentioned it yet on this site and I just stumbled across it and I'm freaking:
Brideshead Revisited
THE POWER OF THE DOG has become really overrated. There were other films this year critics, better ones too!
I just learned that Justin Kurzel's Nitram swept the major acting awards in AACTA. Does it qualify for this year's race? Very intrigued about this film with a very interesting cast.
Nice to see some spread in the acting categories, but I think our critical darlings line up with the DFWFCA:
Actress Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, Power of the Dog
Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Supporting Actor, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Power of the Dog