AWARD NEWS CONTINUES

Award season is quickly winding down with the Oscars are just days away. So here is a rundown of the recent winners from various organizations and guilds:

"Sinners" took home the top prize of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 2026 Actor Awards upsetting the prize domination of "One Battle After Another" during this award season. The biggest surprise in the motion picture acting awards by SAG-AFTRA was the unexpected win of Michael B. Jordan who received Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor for his role as gangster twins in "Sinners". Jessie Buckley won Outstanding performance by a Female Actor for her moving turn in "Hamnet".

Here are the winners of the 2026 Actor Awards (Motion Picture):

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: "Sinners"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Jessie Buckley, "Hamnet"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Michael B. Jordan, "Sinners"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Amy Madigan, "Weapons"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn, "One Battle After Another"
Outstanding Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning"
SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award: Harrison Ford

The 78th annual Writers Guild Awards were announced on January 27th and the scripts for "Sinners" and "One Battle After Another" were recognized as nominees for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay respectively. And while the rest of the adapted screenplays nominated by the WGA matched the Oscar nominations, the original screenplays (with the exception of "Marty Supreme) largely went in a different direction. The guild went with the work by Mary Bronstein for "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You", David Koepp's "Black Bag" and Zach Cregger's "Weapons". The award winners will be announced on March 8th however the WGA West has cancelled their ceremony due to their staff strike.

Here are the nominations and highlighted winners for the 2025 Writers Guild Awards (Motion Picture):

Best Original Screenplay:

David Koepp, "Black Bag"
Mary Bronstein, "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You"
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, "Marty Supreme"
Ryan Coogler, "Sinners"
Zach Cregger, "Weapons"

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Will Tracy, "Bugonia" (Based on the Film, "Save the Green Planet" Written by Jang Joon Hwan)
Guillermo del Toro, "Frankenstein" (Based on "Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley)
Chloe Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, "Hamnet" (Based on the Novel Written by Maggie O’Farrell)
Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another" (Inspired by the novel, "Vineland" by Thomas Pynchon)
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, "Train Dreams" (Based on the Novella by Denis Johnson)

Best Documentary Screenplay:

Mstyslav Chernov, "2,000 Meters to Andriivka"
Bernard MacMahon & Allison McGourty, "Becoming Led Zeppelin"
Andrew Goldberg, "White With Fear"

The American Cinema Editors have revealed their winners for its 76th annual Eddie Awards, which recognizes the best in film editing on February 27th. Much like the Globes, the theatrical feature categories are separated by drama and comedy.

Here are the nominations and highlighted winners for the 2025 Eddie Awards (Motion Picture):

Best Edited Feature Film (Drama, Theatrical):

Stephen Mirrione, "F1"
Chloé Zhao and Affonso Gonçalves, "Hamnet"
Olivier Bugge Coutté, "Sentimental Value"
Michael P. Shawver, "Sinners"
Joe Murphy, "Weapons"

Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy, Theatrical):

Yorgos Mavropsaridis, "Bugonia"
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, "Marty Supreme"
Andy Jurgensen, "One Battle After Another"
Bob Ducsay, "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery"
Myron Kerstein, "Wicked For Good"

Best Edited Animated Feature:

Jesse Averna, "The Bad Guys 2"
Nathan Schauf, "KPop Demon Hunters"
Jeremy Milton, "Zootopia 2"

Best Edited Documentary Feature:

Dan Gitlin, "Becoming Led Zeppelin"
Brian A. Kates and Stacy Goldate, "It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley"
Shane Reid and Darrin Roberts, "John Candy: I Like Me"
James Lester and Oz Rodríguez, "Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music"
Viridiana Lieberman, "The Perfect Neighbor"

The DGA Awards announced their winners for the best in direction and Paul Thomas Anderson won the top film prize for "One Battle After Another" on February 7th.

Best Theatrical Feature Film: Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"
Michael Apted First-Time Theatrical Feature Film: Charlie Polinger, "The Plague"
Best Documentary Film: Mstyslav Chernov, "2000 Meters to Andriivka"

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another continued its awards domination by winning six awards at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards including Best Film. Two largely unexpected wins were Sean Penn winning Best Supporting Actor for his disturbing turn in "Another Battle After Another" and Robert Aramayo was selected as Best Leading Actor for playing Tourette's activist, John Davidson in the bio-pic, "I Swear" which the film won two additional awards. The ceremony on February 22nd was unfortunately marred when the real John Davidson, who suffers from Tourette's, involuntarily shouted the N-word at Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo when they presenting an award. The incident has created further controversy when the BBC that aired the BAFTAs did not edit out the outburst although they had plenty of time due to the two-hour time delay and they found an opportunity to remove poltical statements they deemed inappropriate during the show. 

Here are the winners of the 78th Annual BAFTA Film Awards:

Best Film: "One Battle After Another"
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"
Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler, "Sinners"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"
Outstanding British Film: "Hamnet"
Best Leading Actress: Jessie Buckley, "Hamnet"
Best Leading Actor: Robert Aramayo, "I Swear"
Best Supporting Actress: Wunmi Mosaku, "Sinners"
Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn, "One Battle After Another"
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer: "My Father’s Shadow"
Best Film Not In The English Language: "Sentimental Value"
Best Documentary: "Mr. Nobody Against Putin"
Best Animated Film: "Zootropolis 2"
Best Children’s & Family Film: "Boong "
Best Casting: Lauren Evans, "I Swear"
Best Cinematography: Michael Bauman, "One Battle After Another"
Best Editing: Andy Jurgensen, "One Battle After Another"
Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson, "Sinners"
Best Sound: Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta, "F1"
Best Production Design: Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau, "Frankenstein"
Best Costume Design: Kate Hawley, "Frankenstein"
Best Make Up & Hair: Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill and Megan Many, "Frankenstein"
Best Special Visual Effects: Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett and Eric Saindon, "Avatar: Fire And Ash"
Ee Rising Star Award (Voted for by the public): Robert Aramayo

And the winners of the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards, held for the first time at the Hollywood Palladium and hosted by SNL alum Ego Nwodim, were announced on February 15th with "Train Dreams" winning three awards: Best Feature, Director and Cinematography. Eva Victor's "Sorry, Baby", which got an enthusiastic shout-out by Julia Roberts during the Golden Globes, took two prizes for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Performance.

Here is the list of winners of the 41st Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards (Film):

Best Feature: "Train Dreams"
Best Director: Clint Bentley, "Train Dreams"
Best Screenplay: Eva Victor, "Sorry, Baby"
Best First Feature: "Lurker"
Best First Screenplay: Alex Russell, "Lurker"
Best Lead Performance: Rose Byrne, "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You"
Best Supporting Performance: Naomi Ackie, "Sorry, Baby"
Best Breakthrough Performance: Kayo Martin, "The Plague"
Best International Feature: The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Best Documentary: "The Perfect Neighbor"
Best Cinematography: Adolpho Veloso, "Train Dreams"
Best Editing: Sofía Subercaseaux, "The Testament of Ann Lee"
Someone To Watch Award: Tatti Ribeiro, director of "Valentina"
Truer Than Fiction Award: Rajee Samarasinghe, director of "Your Touch Makes Others Invisible"
John Cassavetes Award: "Esta Isla (This Island)"

2025 AWARD SEASON BEGINS

It's December which means that award season is now in full effect. The prizes are coming fast and furious with several critics groups have selected their winners or nominees for the best in cinema of this year. Here is a round-up of the early picks from various groups:

"One Battle After Another" took the top prize of Best Film from the 91st New York Film Critics Circle on December 2nd. The over fifty member, New York-based critics organization also selected Benicio Del Toro's performance for Best Supporting Actor from this film. Kleber Mendonça Filho’s "The Secret Agent" received Best International Film and star, Wagner Moura won Best Actor. Best Director went to Iranian director Jafar Panahi for his Cannes Palme d’Or-winning drama, "It Was Just an Accident" and Amy Madigan received Best Supporting Actress for her wild turn in the horror-drama, "Weapons".
Here are the winners of the 2025 New York Film Critics Circle:

Best Film: "One Battle After Another"
Best Director: Jafar Panahi, "It Was Just an Accident"
Best Screenplay: Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, "Marty Supreme"
Best Actor: Wagner Moura, "The Secret Agent"
Best Actress: Rose Byrne, "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You"
Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, "One Battle After Another"
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan, "Weapons"
Best Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, "Sinners"
Best Animated Film: "KPop Demon Hunters"
Best Non-Fiction Film: "My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow"
Best International Film: "The Secret Agent"
Best First Film: "Eephus"
Special Prizes: Museum of Moving Image; Screen Slate

The National Board of Review also selected "One Battle After Another" as their Best Film on December 3rd. This group of filmmakers, academics and fans gave Paul Thomas Anderson's crime-drama five awards including Best Director, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro as Best Supporting Actor and Chase Infiniti for Breakthrough Performer Award. Other winners include Rose Byrne taking Best Actress for "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You" and Jafar Panahi's "It Was Just an Accident" was named Best International Film with both receiving these awards from NYFCC. Here are the winners of the 2025 National Board of Review:

Best Film: "One Battle After Another"
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another"
Best Directorial Debut: Eva Victor, "Sorry, Baby"
Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler, "Sinners"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, "Train Dreams"
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, "One Battle After Another"
Best Actress: Rose Byrne, "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You"
Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, "One Battle After Another"
Best Supporting Actress: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, "Sentimental Value"
Breakthrough Performance: Chase Infiniti, "One Battle After Another"
Best Animated Feature: "Arco"
Best International Film: "It Was Just an Accident"
Best Documentary: "Cover-Up"
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, "Sinners"
Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry: "Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning"
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk"

The nominations for the 41st Film Independent Spirit Awards were revealed also on December 3rd with "Peter Hujar’s Day" receiving the most noms with five, followed by "Train Dreams", "Blue Sun Place", "One of Them Days", "Lurker" and "Sorry, Baby" each getting four apiece. This organization focuses only on indie film productions that cost under $30 million, leaving some films that were slightly above that figure like "Weapons", "Marty Supreme", "The Smashing Machine" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman" out of consideration. The Film Independent Spirit Awards will be held on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.

Here are the nominations of the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards (Film):

Best Feature:

"Peter Hujar’s Day"
"The Plague"
"Sorry, Baby"
"Train Dreams"
"Twinless"

Best First Feature:

"Blue Sun Palace"
"Dust Bunny"
"East of Wall"
"Lurker"
"One of Them Days"

Best Director:

Clint Bentley, "Train Dreams"
Mary Bronstein, "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You"
Lloyd Lee Choi, "Lucky Lu"
Ira Sachs, "Peter Hujar’s Day"
Eva Victor, "Sorry, Baby"

Best Screenplay:

Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin, "Splitsville"
Angus MacLachlan, "A Little Prayer"
James Sweeney, "Twinless"
Christian Swegal, "Sovereign"
Eva Victor, "Sorry, Baby"

Best First Screenplay:

Andrew DeYoung, "Friendship"
Elena Oxman, "Outerlands"
Alex Russell, "Lurker"
Syreeta Singleton, "One of Them Days"
Constance Tsang, "Blue Sun Palace"

Best Lead Performance:

Everett Blunck, "The Plague"
Rose Byrne, "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You"
Kathleen Chalfant, "Familiar Touch"
Chang Chen, "Lucky Lu"
Joel Edgerton, "Train Dreams"
Dylan O’Brien, "Twinless"
Keke Palmer, "One of Them Days"
Théodore Pellerin, "Lurker"
Tessa Thompson, "Hedda"
Ben Whishaw, "Peter Hujar’s Day"

Best Supporting Performance:

Naomi Ackie, "Sorry, Baby"
Zoey Deutch, "Nouvelle Vague"
Kirsten Dunst, "Roofman"
Rebecca Hall, "Peter Hujar’s Day"
Nina Hoss, "Hedda"
Jane Levy, "A Little Prayer"
Archie Madekwe, "Lurker"
Kali Reis, "Rebuilding"
Jacob Tremblay, "Sovereign"
Haipeng Xu, "Blue Sun Palace"

Best Breakthrough Performance:

Liz Larsen, "The Baltimorons"
Misha Osherovich, "She’s the He"
Kayo Martin, "The Plague"
SZA, "One of Them Days"
Tabatha Zimiga, "East of Wall"

Best Cinematography:

Alex Ashe, "Peter Hujar’s Day"
Norm Li, "Blue Sun Palace"
David J. Thompson, "Warfare"
Adolpho Veloso, "Train Dreams"
Nicole Hirsch Whitaker, "Dust Bunny"

Best Editing:

Ben Leonberg, "Good Boy"
Carson Lund, "Eephus"
Fin Oates, "Warfare"
Sara Shaw, "Splitsville"
Sofía Subercaseaux, "The Testament of Ann Lee"

Best Documentary:

"Come See Me in the Good Light"
"Endless Cookie"
"My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow"
"The Perfect Neighbor"
"The Tale of Silyan"

Best International Film:

"All That’s Left of You" (Palestine, Jordan, Germany, Cyprus)
"On Becoming a Guinea Fowl" (Zambia, UK, Ireland)
"A Poet" (Colombia)
"The Secret Agent" (Brazil)
"Sirāt" (Spain)

John Cassavetes Award (given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000):

"The Baltimorons"
"Boys Go to Jupiter"
"Eephus"
"Esta Isla (This Island)"
"Familiar Touch"

Someone to Watch Award (recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition):

Tatti Ribeiro, "Valentina"
Neo Sora, "Happyend"
Annapurna Sriram, "Fucktoys"

Truer Than Fiction Award (presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition):

Tony Benna, "André is an Idiot"
Rajee Samarasinghe, "Your Touch Makes Others Invisible"
Brittany Shyne, "Seeds"

Robert Altman Award (given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast):

"The Long Walk"

The American Film Institute announced their annual picks of the top-ten films of the year on December 4th. These selections tend to be a fairly accurate indicator of which films will probably land Oscar nominations with eight of the AFI picks from the last two years also received Best Picture noms. The annual AFI Awards will be presented during a private luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles on January 9, 2026.

Here are AFI’s Top 10 Movies of 2025:

"Avatar: Fire and Ash"
"Bugonia"
"Frankenstein"
"Hamnet"
"Jay Kelly"
"Marty Supreme"
"One Battle After Another"
"Sinners"
"Train Dreams"
"Wicked: For Good"

And the Los Angeles Film Critics Association also awarded "One Battle After Another" as their selection for Best Film. Paul Thomas Anderson received Best Director and Teyana Taylor took the Best Supporting Performance for this film. Taylor shared this prize, which the acting awards here are gender neutral categories, with Stellan Skarsgård, who was honored for his work in “Sentimental Value". The Lead Performance Award went to Rose Byrne, who has been sweeping up prizes for her riveting turn in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” and Ethan Hawke, who was quite impressive in the period biopic, “Blue Moon”.

Here are the winners of 2025 Los Angeles Film Critics Association:

Best Film: "One Battle After Another"
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
Best Screenplay: Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”
Best Lead Performance: Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” and Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Best Supporting Performance: Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value” and Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
Best Documentary/Nonfiction: “My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow”
Best Animation: "Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
Best Cinematography: Adolpho Veloso, “Train Dreams”
Best Film Editing: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
Best Production Design: Hannah Beachler, “Sinners”
Best Music Score: Kangding Ray, “Sirât”

THE GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS AND MORE AWARD NEWS

Although they have lost some of their luster over the last few years due to several scandals, the Golden Globes are back to reclaim their status as the first major awards organization to start shaping the conversation for which films could potentially win awards. "Emilia Pérez" leads in film nominations with ten, following with "The Brutalist" at seven and "Conclave" with six. There is a new film category this year (which the Oscars had flirted with but backed away from a few years ago) with Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, which apparently is supposed to honor movies that made a lot of money in theaters last year but wouldn't be recognized in the Best Motion Picture categories. I guess it's not much different from separating the Drama and Musical/Comedy in some of the categories but this addition still seems silly to me.

Viola Davis, the Oscar and a Golden Globe winning performer, will receive this year's Cecil B. DeMille Award. The 80th Golden Globes will be hosted by Nikki Glaser on January 5, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton and presented live on CBS.

Here is a partial list of the nominations for the 2024 Golden Globes Awards (Film):

Best Motion Picture – Drama:

"The Brutalist"
"A Complete Unknown"
"Conclave"
"Dune: Part Two"
"Nickel Boys"
"September 5"

Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy:

"Anora"
"Challengers"
"Emilia Pérez"
"A Real Pain"
"The Substance"
"Wicked"

Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement:

"Alien: Romulus"
"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"
"Deadpool & Wolverine"
"Gladiator II"
"Inside Out 2"
"Twisters"
"Wicked"
"The Wild Robot"

Best Director – Motion Picture:

Jacques Audiard, "Emilia Pérez"
Sean Baker, "Anora"
Edward Berger, "Conclave"
Brady Corbet, "The Brutalist"
Coralie Fargeat, "The Substance"
Payal Kapadia, "All We Imagine as Light"

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture:

Jacques Audiard, "Emilia Pérez"
Sean Baker, "Anora"
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, "The Brutalist"
Jesse Eisenberg, "A Real Pain"
Coralie Fargeat, "The Substance"
Peter Straughan, "Conclave"

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:

Pamela Anderson, "The Last Showgirl"
Angelina Jolie, "Maria"
Nicole Kidman, "Babygirl"
Tilda Swinton, "The Room Next Door"
Fernanda Torres, "I’m Still Here"
Kate Winslet, "Lee"

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

Amy Adams, "Nightbitch"
Cynthia Erivo, "Wicked"
Karla Sofía Gascón, "Emilia Pérez"
Mikey Madison, "Anora"
Demi Moore, "The Substance"
Zendaya, "Challengers"

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:

Adrien Brody, "The Brutalist"
Timothée Chalamet, "A Complete Unknown"
Daniel Craig, "Queer"
Colman Domingo, "Sing Sing"
Ralph Fiennes, "Conclave"
Sebastian Stan, "The Apprentice"

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

Jesse Eisenberg, "A Real Pain"
Hugh Grant, "Heretic"
Gabriel Labelle, "Saturday Night"
Jesse Plemons, "Kinds Of Kindness"
Glen Powell, "Hit Man"
Sebastian Stan, "A Different Man"

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture:

Selena Gomez, "Emilia Pérez"
Ariana Grande, "Wicked"
Felicity Jones, "The Brutalist"
Margaret Qualley, "The Substance"
Isabella Rossellini, "Conclave"
Zoe Saldaña, "Emilia Pérez"

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture:

Yura Borisov, "Anora"
Kieran Culkin, "A Real Pain"
Edward Norton, "A Complete Unknown"
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist"
Jeremy Strong, "The Apprentice"
Denzel Washington, "Gladiator II"

Best Motion Picture – Animated:

"Flow"
"Inside Out 2"
"Memoir of a Snail" "Moana 2"
"Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl"
"The Wild Robot"

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language:

"All We Imagine as Light" (USA/France/India)
"Emilia Pérez" (France)
"The Girl With The Needle" (Poland/Sweden/Denmark)
"I’m Still Here" (Brazil)
"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" (USA/Germany) 

"Vermiglio" (Italy)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture:

Volker Bertelmann, "Conclave"
Daniel Blumberg, "The Brutalist"
Kris Bowers, "The Wild Robot"
Clément Ducol and Camille, "Emilia Pérez"
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, "Challengers"
Hans Zimmer, "Dune: Part Two"

Best Original Song – Motion Picture:

"Beautiful That Way" from "The Last Showgirl" (Music & Lyrics By Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus and Lykke Zachrisson)
"Compress / Repress" from "Challengers" (Music & Lyrics By Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Luca Guadagnino)
"El Mal" from "Emilia Pérez" (Music & Lyrics By Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard)
"Forbidden Road" from "Better Man" (Music & Lyrics By Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek)
"Kiss the Sky" from "The Wild Robot" (Music & Lyrics By Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack and Ali Tamposi)
"Mi Camino" from "Emilia Pérez" (Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol and Camille)

For the 50th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, "Anora" went away with three awards including Best Picture. The film's star, Mickey Madison received Best Leading Performance along with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for her turn in "Hard Truths". The Best Supporting Performance went to Yura Borisov as a sympathetic thug in "Anora" and Kieran Culkin for his work in "A Real Pain".

Here are the winners of the 2024 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards:

Best Picture: "Anora"
Best Director: Mohammad Rasoulof, "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"
Best Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg, "A Real Pain"
Best Leading Performances: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, "Hard Truths" and Mikey Madison, "Anora"
Best Supporting Performances: Yura Borisov, "Anora" and Kieran Culkin, "A Real Pain"
Best Film Not in English Language: "All We Imagine as Light"
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: "No Other Land"
Best Animation: "Flow"
Best Cinematography: Jomo Fray, "Nickel Boys"
Best Editing (Tie): Nicholas Monsour, "Nickel Boys" and Hansjörg Weißbrich, "September 5"
Best Production Design: Judy Becker, "The Brutalist"
Best Music Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, "Challengers"
New Generation Award: Vera Drew, "The People’s Joker"
Career Achievement Award: John Carpenter

Jacques Audiard’s "Emilia Pérez" was the big winner at the 37th annual European Film Awards, winning all five of its nominations including Best Film. Held on December 7th in Lucerne, Switzerland, Audiard won Best Director and Best Screenplay while Karla Sofia Gascón received the Best Actress prize, making her the first trans actor to win this award.

Here are the winners of the 2024 European Film Awards:

Best European Film: "Emilia Pérez" (France)
Best European Director: Jacques Audiard, "Emilia Pérez" (France)
Best European Screenplay: Jacques Audiard, "Emilia Pérez" (France)
Best European Actress: Karla Sofía Gascón, "Emilia Pérez" (France)
Best European Actor: Abou Sangare, "L'Histoire de Souleymane (Souleymane's Story)" (France)
Best European Documentary: No Other Land (Palestine, Norway)
Best European Animated Feature Film: "Straume (Flow)" (Latvia, France, Belgium)
Best European Cinematography: Benjamin Kračun, "The Substance" (UK, United States, France)
Best European Editing: Juliette Welfling, "Emilia Pérez" (France)
Best European Production Design: Jagna Dobesz, "Pigen med nålen (The Girl With The Needle)" (Denmark, Poland, Sweden) 

Best European Original Score: Frederikke Hoffmeier, "Pigen med nålen (The Girl With The Needle)" (Denmark, Poland, Sweden)
Best European Sound: Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aïchoun and Rodrigo Diaz, "L'Histoire de Souleymane (Souleymane’s Story)" (France)
Best European Costume Design: Tanja Hausner, "Des Teufels Bad (The Devil's Bath)" (Germany)
Best European Make-up & Hair: Evalotte Oosterop, " Ljósbrot (When The Light Breaks)" (Iceland)
Best European Visual Effects: Bryan Jones, Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky, Chervin Shafaghi and Guillaume Le Gouez, "The Substance" (UK, United States, France)
European Achievement in World Cinema: Isabella Rossellini

And the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which honors the best of the year in indie cinema, unveiled their nominations with "Anora" and "I Saw the TV Glow" leading the field with six noms apiece including Best Feature. The other nominees for Best Feature are the historical drama based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "Nickel Boys"; the prison reform through the arts drama, "Sing Sing" and the body-horror movie, "The Substance". The 40th annual Spirit Awards will be held on February 22, 2025, at the Santa Monica beach with former SNL member, Aidy Bryant returning as host.

Here are the 2024 nominations of the Film Independent Spirit Awards (Cinema):

Best Feature:

"Anora"
"I Saw The TV Glow"
"Nickel Boys"
"Sing Sing"
"The Substance"

Best Director:

Ali Abbasi, "The Apprentice"
Sean Baker, "Anora"
Brady Corbet, "The Brutalist"
Alonso Ruizpalacios, "La Cocina"
Jane Schoenbrun, "I Saw the TV Glow"

Best Screenplay:

Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, "Heretic"
Jesse Eisenberg, "A Real Pain"
Megan Park, "My Old Ass"
Aaron Schimberg, "A Different Man"
Jane Schoenbrun, "I Saw the TV Glow"

Best First Feature:

"Didi"
"In the Summers"
"Janet Planet"
"The Piano Lesson"
"Problemista"

Best First Screenplay:

Joanna Arnow, "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed"
Annie Baker, "Janet Planet"
India Donaldson, "Good One"
Julio Torres, "Problemista"
Sean Wang, "Dìdi"

Best Lead Performance:

Amy Adams, "Nightbitch"
Ryan Destiny, "The Fire Inside"
Colman Domingo, "Sing Sing"
Keith Kupferer, "Ghostlight"
Mikey Madison, "Anora"
Demi Moore, "The Substance"
Hunter Schafer, "Cuckoo"
Justice Smith, "I Saw the TV Glow"
June Squibb, "Thelma"
Sebastian Stan, "The Apprentice"

Best Supporting Performance:

Yura Borisov, "Anora"
Joan Chen, "Dìdi"
Kieran Culkin, "A Real Pain"
Danielle Deadwyler, "The Piano Lesson"
Carol Kane, "Between the Temples"
Karren Karagulian, "Anora"
Kani Kusruti, "Girls Will Be Girls"
Brigette Lundy-Paine, "I Saw the TV Glow"
Clarence Maclin, "Sing Sing"
Adam Pearson, "A Different Man"

Best Breakthrough Performance:

Isaac Krasner, "Big Boys"
Katy O’Brian, "Love Lies Bleeding"
Mason Alexander Park, "National Anthem"
René Pérez Joglar, "In the Summers"
Maisy Stella, "My Old Ass"

Best International Film:

"All We Imagine as Light" (France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
"Black Dog" (China)
"Flow" (Latvia, France, Belgium)
"Green Border" (Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium)
"Hard Truths" (United Kingdom)

Best Documentary:

"Gaucho Gaucho"
"Hummingbirds"
"No Other Land"
"Patrice: The Movie"
"Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat"

Best Cinematography:

Dinh Duy Hung, "Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell"
Jomo Fray, "Nickel Boys"
Maria von Hausswolff, "Janet Planet"
Juan Pablo Ramírez, "La Cocina"
Rina Yang, "The Fire Inside"

Best Editing:

Laura Colwell and Vanara Taing, "Jazzy"
Olivier Bugge Coutté and Olivia Neergaard-Holm, "The Apprentice"
Anne McCabe, "Nightbitch"
Hansjörg Weißbrich, "September 5"
Arielle Zakowski, "Dìdi"

The Producers Award:

Alex Coco
Sarah Winshall
Zoë Worth

Truer Than Fiction Award (presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition):

Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, "Sugarcane"
Carla Gutiérrez, "Frida"
Rachel Elizabeth Seed, "A Photographic Memory"

John Cassavettes Award (presented to the best feature made for under $1,000,000):

"Big Boys"
"Ghostlight"
"Girls Wille Be Girls"
"Jazzy"
"The People’s Joker"

Robert Altman Award (presented to one film’s director, casting director, and ensemble cast): "His Three Daughters"

AWARDS NEWS: THE FINALS

As we are quickly approaching the final awards presentation which will bring an end to award season: the Oscars, here is a rundown of the many awards given out by guilds and film organizations over the past few weeks:

The acting branch, which is represented by the Screen Actors Guild, handed out their awards on February 24th. The 30th annual event gave the actors in "Oppenheimer" the top prize of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The rest of the acting awards in the film categories were given to the front runners throughout award season:

Here are the winners of the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards (Film):

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: "Oppenheimer"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Lily Gladstone, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Cillian Murphy, "Oppenheimer"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Da'vine Joy Randolph, "The Holdovers"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Robert Downey Jr., "Oppenheimer"
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: "Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning"

Celine Song and her melancholy romantic drama, "Part Lives" took the top prizes of Best Feature and Best Director at the 39th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, held on February 25th on the beach in Santa Monica, CA. with host, Aidy Bryant. A. V. Rockwell received Best First Feature for her moving drama, "A Thousand and One".

Here are the winners of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards (Film):

Best Feature: "Past Lives"
Best Director: Celine Song, "Past Lives"
Best Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, "American Fiction"
Best First Feature: "A Thousand and One"
Best First Screenplay: Samy Burch, "May December"
Best Lead Performance: Jeffrey Wright, "American Fiction"
Best Supporting Performance: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, "The Holdovers"
Best Breakthrough Performance: Dominic Sessa, "The Holdovers"
Best Cinematography: Eigil Bryld, "The Holdovers"
Best Editing: Daniel Garber, "How to Blow Up a Pipeline"
Best Documentary Feature: "Four Daughters"
Best International Feature: "Anatomy of a Fall" (France)

The Producers Guild of America Awards were established to honor the visionaries who produce and execute motion picture and television production. Christopher Nolan, his wife, Emma Thomas and Charles Rovan received the top prize for Outstanding Producers of Theatrical Motion Pictures for their work on "Oppenhiemer.

Here are the winners of the 35th annual PGA Awards (Film):

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, "Oppenheimer"
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and Christina Steinberg, "Spider-man: Across The Spider-Verse"
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures: Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman and Joedan Okun, "American Symphony"

The 77th annual British Academy Film Awards were given out on February 18th which honors the best national and foreign films of the previous year. Christopher Nolan's biographical thriller, "Oppenheimer" began with the most nominations at thirteen and left the ceremony with the most wins with seven, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Cillian Murphy. The actress, Samantha Morton received this year's BAFTA Fellowship which is a lifetime achievement award.

Here are the winners of the 2024 BAFTAs (partial):

Best Film: "Oppenheimer"
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, "Oppenheimer"
Outstanding British Film: "The Zone of Interest"
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: Savanah Leaf, "Earth Mama"
Best Original Screenplay: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, "Anatomy of a Fall"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, "American Fiction"
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Emma Stone, "Poor Things"
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Cillian Murphy, "Oppenheimer"
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, "The Holdovers"
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Robert Downey Jr., "Oppenheimer "
Best Film Not in the English Language: "The Zone of Interest"
Best Documentary: "20 Days in Mariupol"
Best Animated Film: "The Boy and the Heron"
Best Casting: Susan Shopmaker, "The Holdovers"
Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, "Oppenheimer"
Best Editing: Jennifer Lame, "Oppenheimer"
Best Production Design: Shona Heath, James Price and Zsuzsa Mihalek, "Poor Things"
Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson, "Oppenheimer"
Best Sound: Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers, "The Zone of Interest"
Best Costume Design: Holly Waddington, "Poor Things"
Best Make Up & Hair: Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston, "Poor Things"
Best Special Visual Effects: Tim Barter, Simon Hughes, Dean Koonjul and Jane Paton, "Poor Things"

The César Awards are the national film award of France and the 49th annual event was held on February 23rd. "Anatomy of a Fall", Justine Triet's riveting courtroom drama, swept the awards, winning six Césars including Best Film and Best Director, making Triet only the second female filmmaker to receive this award. French filmmaker, Agnès Jaoui and British filmmaker, Christopher Nolan both received Honorary Césars.

Here are the winners of the 2024 The César Awards (Partial):

Best Film: "Anatomie d'une chute (Anatomy of a Fall)"
Best Director: Justine Triet, "Anatomie d'une chute (Anatomy of a Fall)"
Best Original Screenplay: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, "Anatomie d'une chute (Anatomy of a Fall)"
Best Adaptation: Valérie Donzelli and Audrey Diwan, "L'Amour et les Forêts (Just the Two of Us)"
Best First Feature Film: "Chien de la casse (Junkyard Dog)"
Best Actress: Sandra Hüller, "Anatomie d'une chute (Anatomy of a Fall)"
Best Actor: Arieh Worthalter, "Le Procès Goldman (The Goldman Case)"
Best Supporting Actress: Adèle Exarchopoulos, "Je verrai toujours vos visages (All Your Faces)"
Best Supporting Actor: Swann Arlaud, "Anatomie d'une chute (Anatomy of a Fall)"
Best Female Revelation: Ella Rumpf, "Le Théorème de Marguerite (Marguerite's Theorem)"
Best Male Revelation: Raphaël Quenard, "Chien de la casse (Junkyard Dog)"
Best Cinematography: David Cailley, "Le Règne animal (The Animal Kingdom)"
Best Editing: Laurent Sénéchal, "Anatomie d'une chute (Anatomy of a Fall)"
Best Documentary Feature: "Les Filles d'Olfa (Four Daughters)"
Best Foreign Film: "The Nature of Love" (Canada/France)
Best Animated Feature Film: "Linda veut du poulet! (Chicken for Linda!)"

AWARD NEWS: THE FINALS

With less than a week away, the Oscars will close out award season and that means the guilds have been making their selections of the best in cinema from 2022. And "Everything Everywhere All at Once", the trippy, family drama-comedy by the filmmaking team, the Daniels has been sweeping these prizes including the recent Film Independent Spirit Awards. Now this certainly doesn't mean this will be the outcome at the Academy Awards but this film's chances have improved greatly to bring home a lot of Oscar gold.

Here are the winners of the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards (Film):

Best Feature: "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Director: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Screenplay: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Best Lead Performance: Michelle Yeoh, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Supporting Performance: Ke Huy Quan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Cinematography: Florian Hoffmeister, Tár"
Best Editing: Paul Rogers, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Best Documentary: "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"
Best International Film: "Joyland" (Pakistan/USA)
Best Breakthrough Performance: Stephanie Hsu, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Best First Feature: "Aftersun"
Best First Screenplay: John Patton Ford, "Emily the Criminal"
Someone To Watch Award: Nikyatu Jusu, "Nanny"
John Cassavetes Award: "The Cathedral"
Robert Altman Award: "Women Talking:

Here are the winners of the 2023 Writers Guild Awards (Motion Picture):

Best Original Screenplay: Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah Polley, "Women Talking"
Best Documentary Screenplay: Brett Morgen, "Moonage Daydream"

Here are the winners of the 2023 Producers Guild Awards (Motion Picture):

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: Jonathan Wang, Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: Guillermo Del Toro, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley, "Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio"
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture: Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris, "Navalny"

Here are the winners of the 2023 Directors Guild of America Awards (Motion Picture):

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Theatrical Feature Film Director: Charlotte Wells, "Aftersun"
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Feature Film: Sara Dosa, "Fire of Love"

Here are the winners of the 2023 ACE Eddie Awards:

Best Edited Theatrical Feature Film (Comedy): Paul Rogers, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Edited Theatrical Feature Film (Drama): Eddie Hamilton, "Top Gun: Maverick"
Best Edited Theatrical Documentary Film: Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput, "Fire of Love"
Best Edited Animated Film (Theatrical or Non-Theatrical): Ken Schretzmann and Holly Klein, "Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio"

Here are the winners of the 2023 the American Society of Cinematographers Awards (Motion Picture):

Best Feature Film Cinematography: Mandy Walker, Elvis"
Best Documentary Feature Cinematography: Ben Bernhard and Riju Das, "All That Breathes"

Here are the winners of the 2023 Screen Actor Guild Awards (Motion Picture):

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Michelle Yeoh, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Brendan Fraser, "The Whale"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Jamie Lee Curtis, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Ke Huy Quan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Meanwhile over in Europe, the Brits and the French have different ideas on what was the best in cinema last year with the WWI set, German-language drama, "All Quiet on the Western Front" sweeping the BAFTA awards and winning seven awards, the most ever for a foreign language film.

Here are the winners of the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards:

Best Film: "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Outstanding British Film: "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Director: Edward Berger, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Original Screenplay: Martin Mcdonagh, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Leading Actress: Cate Blanchett, "Tár"
Best Leading Actor: Austin Butler, "Elvis"
Best Supporting Actress: Kerry Condon, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Supporting Actor: Barry Keoghan, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Cinematography: James Friend, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Editing: Paul Rogers, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Documentary: "Navalny"
Best Animated Film: "Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio"
Best Film Not in the English Language: "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Production Design: Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino, "Babylon"
Best Casting: Nikki Barrett and Denise Chamian, "Elvis"
Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin, "Elvis"
Best Hair & Make-Up: Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston and Shane Thomas, "Elvis"
Best Original Score: Volker Bertelmann, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Sound: Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Special Visual Effects: Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon, "Avatar: The Way of Water"
Best British Short Film: "An Irish Goodbye"
Best British Short Animation: "The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse"
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: Charlotte Wells, "Aftersun"

And the César Awards honored "La Nuit du 12 (the Night of the 12th)", about a police detective who becomes obsessed with a complex case involving a murdered female victim in a small town in the French Alps, with six awards including Best Film. The Honorary César went to American director, David Fincher with star Brad Pitt (who co-starred in the filmmaker's "Seven" and "Fight Club") making an unannounced appearance to present him with the career achievement award.

Here is a partial list of winners of the 2023 César Awards:

Best Film: "La Nuit du 12 (the Night of the 12th)"

Best Director: Dominik Moll, "The Night of the 12th"
Best Original Screenplay: Louis Garrel, Tanguy Viel and Naïla Guiguet, "The Innocent"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Gilles Marchand and Dominik Moll, "The Night of the 12th"
Best Actress: Virginie Efira, "Paris Memories"
Best Actor: Benoit Magimel, "Pacifiction"
Best Supporting Actress: Noemie Merlant, "The Innocent"
Best Supporting Actor: Bouli Lanners, "The Night of the 12th"
Best Female Newcomer: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, "Forever Young"
Best Male Newcomer: Bastien Bouillon, The Night of the 12th"
Best Debut Feature: "Saint Omer"
Best Animated Feature: "My Sunny Maad"
Best Documentary Feature: "Returning to Reims (Fragments)" 

Best Foreign Film: "As Bestas (the Beasts)" (Spain/France)

Best Cinematography: Artur Tort," Pacification"
Best Editing: Mathilde van de Moortel, "Full Time"
Best Original Score: Irene Dresel, "Full Time"

2022 AWARD SEASON BEGINS

The season has officially begun to bestow awards on some of the most compelling, dazzling and moving works of cinema that were released this year. The first to be announced are from a wide section of regional film critic groups who will bring attention to films and performances that should be recognized for their outstanding achievement.

The National Board of Review announced their winners today with "Top Gun: Maverick", the Tom Cruise-lead sequel and the year's biggest box-office champ unexpectedly taking their top prize of Best Film. The New York Film Critics Circle selected "Tár", Todd Field's riveting drama that features an electrifying performance from star, Cate Blanchett, as Best Film while The Gotham Awards, the New York-based group that honors independent cinema and television, handed their Best Feature to "Everything Everywhere All at Once", the absurdist comedy-drama by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.

So far, what has been generating significant award buzz to date has been writer/director Martin McDonagh's Irish comedy, "The Banshees of Inisherin" along with co-star, Colin Farrell; Ke Huy Quan and his heart-warming comeback performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once"; the delightful, "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" which has been accepted as an animated film depsite being set in live-action world; Charlotte Wells and her astonishing directorial debut, "Aftersun" and the films's stars, Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio; And the outstanding acting work from Janelle Monáe in "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery", Keke Palmer in "Nope" and Danielle Deadwyler in "Till" has been highlighted. This is all just getting started so I'm sure there will be a lot more interesting selections to come.

Here are the 2023 award winners by the National Board of Review:

Best Film: "Top Gun: Maverick"
Best Director: Steven Spielberg, "The Fabelmans"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Actor: Colin Farrell, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Supporting Actress: Janelle Monáe, "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"
Breakthrough Performance: Danielle Deadwyler, "Till"
Breakthrough Performance: Gabriel LaBelle, "The Fabelmans"
Best Directorial Debut: Charlotte Wells, "Aftersun" 

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, "Top Gun: Maverick"
Best Documentary: "Sr."
Best International Film: "Close"
Best Animated Feature: "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On"
Best Ensemble: "Women Talking"
NBR Freedom of Expression Awards: "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" and "Argentina, 1985"

Here are the winners of the 2022 New York Film Critics Circle Awards:

Best Film: "Tár"
Best Director: S.S. Rajamouli, "RRR"
Best Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, "Tár"
Best Actor: Colin Farrell, "The Banshees of Inisherin" and "After Yang"
Best Supporting Actress: Keke Palmer, "Nope"
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, "Top Gun: Maverick"
Best Non-Fiction Film: "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"
Best International Film: "EO" (Poland)
Best Animated Feature Film: "Marcel the Shell With Shoes On"
Best First Film: Charlotte Wells, "Aftersun"

Here are the winners of the 2022 Gotham Awards (Film):

Best Feature: "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Screenplay: Todd Field, "Tár"
Outstanding Lead Performance: Danielle Deadwyler, "Till"
Outstanding Supporting Performance: Ke Huy Quan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Breakthrough Performer: Gracija Filipovic, "Murina"
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award: Charlotte Wells, "Aftersun"
Best Documentary Feature: "All That Breathes"
Best International Feature: "Happening"

And the Film Independent Spirit Award nominations were announced November 22nd with the big arthouse blockbuster, "Everything Everywhere All at Once" leading the pack with eight nominations. One major change this year is that the acting categories are no longer separated by gender (like the Gotham Awards did last year) which means there are now ten nominees in Lead Performance and Supporting Performance and in the new Breakthrough Performance, there are five (but still only one winner).The Spirit Awards will be held on March 4, 2023 (eight days before the Oscars) at their usual spot at the Santa Monica Pier however at this time, there is no official broadcast sponsor will air the ceremony.

Here are the nomination of the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Award:

Best Feature:

"Bones and All"
"Everything Everywhere All At Once"
"Our Father, the Devil"
"Tár"
"Women Talking"

Best Director:

Todd Field, "Tár"
Kogonada, "After Yang"
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Sarah Polley, "Women Talking"
Halina Reijn, "Bodies Bodies Bodies"

Best Screenplay:

Lena Dunham, "Catherine Called Birdy" Todd Field, "Tár"
Kogonada, "After Yang"
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Sarah Polley, "Women Talking"

Best First Feature:

"Aftersun"
"Emily the Criminal"
"The Inspection"
"Murina"
"Palm Trees and Power Lines"

Best First Screenplay:

Joel Kim Booster, "Fire Island"
Jamie Dack and Audrey Findlay; Story by Jamie Dack, "Palm Trees and Power Lines"
K.D. Dávila, "Emergency"
Sarah DeLappe; Story by Kristen Roupenian, "Bodies Bodies Bodies"
John Patton Ford, "Emily the Criminal"

Best Lead Performance:

Cate Blanchett, "Tár"
Dale Dickey, "A Love Song"
Mia Goth, "Pearl"
Regina Hall, "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul."
Paul Mescal, "Aftersun"
Aubrey Plaza, "Emily the Criminal"
Jeremy Pope, "The Inspection"
Andrea Riseborough, "To Leslie"
Taylor Russell, "Bones and All"
Michelle Yeoh, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"

Best Supporting Performance:

Jamie Lee Curtis, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Brian Tyree Henry, "Causeway"
Nina Hoss, "Tár"
Brian d’Arcy James, "The Cathedral" 

Ke Huy Quan, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Trevante Rhodes, "Bruiser"
Theo Rossi, "Emily the Criminal"
Mark Rylance, "Bones and All"
Jonathan Tucker, "Palm Trees and Power Lines"
Gabrielle Union, "The Inspection"

Best Breakthrough Performance:

Frankie Corio, "Aftersun"
Gracija Filipović, "Murina"
Stephanie Hsu, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Lily McInerny, "Palm Trees and Power Lines"
Daniel Zolghadri, "Funny Pages"

Best Documentary:

"All That Breathes"
"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"
"A House Made of Splinters"
"Midwives"
"Riotsville, U.S.A."

Best International Film:

"Corsage" (Austria/Luxembourg)
"Joyland" (Pakistan)
"Leonor Will Never Die" (Philippines)
"Return to Seoul" (South Korea)
"Saint Omer" (France)

Best Cinematography:

Florian Hoffmeister, "Tár"
Hélène Louvart, "Murina"
Gregory Oke, "Aftersun"
Eliot Rockett, "Pearl"
Anisia Uzeyman, "Neptune Frost"

Best Editing:

Ricky D’Ambrose, "The Cathedral"
Dean Fleischer Camp and Nick Paley, "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On"
Blair McClendon, "Aftersun"
Paul Rogers, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Monika Willi, "Tár"

John Cassavetes Award (given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000):

"The African Desperate"
"A Love Song"
"The Cathedral"
"Holy Emy"
"Something in the Dirt"

Someone To Watch Award:

Adamma Ebo, "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul."
Nikyatu Jusu, "Nanny"
Araceli Lemos, "Holy Emy"

Truer Than Fiction Award (presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition):

Isabel Castro, "Mija"
Reid Davenport, "I Didn’t See You There"
Rebeca Huntt, "Beba"

Robert Altman Award (given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast):

"Women Talking"

AWARD NEWS

Usually held the day before the Academy Awards, the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards were given out three weeks earlier on March 6th, with the goal of increasing their impact on the Oscars race. While I think this is a good idea, the nominees this year hardly comes close to matching the Oscar nominations unlike it has in the past. Maggie Gyllenhaal's feature directorial debut, "The Lost Daughter" was the big winner, with the actress receiving the awards for Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best Feature. Gyllenhaal's adaptation of the novel by Elena Ferrante did receive Oscar recognition for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress for Olivia Colman and Best Supporting Actress for Jessie Buckley who was nominated for a Spirit award.

Most of the winners in the acting categories were sorely overlooked by the Academy; Simon Rex received Best Male Lead with his big comeback as a washed-up porn star in "Red Rocket". Taylour Paige was named Best Female Lead for her amazing turn as the title character in "Zola", a road trip black comedy involving a friendship between two strippers. Ruth Negga was awarded Best Supporting Female for her astonishing work as an African-American woman going through life as a white woman in "Passing". And Troy Kotsur, who recently won the SAG award and is nominated for an Oscar, received Best Supporting Male for "CODA" playing the patriarch of a deaf family struggling to keep their fishing business afloat.

Here is the list of winners from the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards (Cinema):

Best Feature: "The Lost Daughter"
Best Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Lost Daughter"
Best Screenplay: Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Lost Daughter"
Best Female Lead: Taylour Paige, "Zola"
Best Male Lead: Simon Rex, "Red Rocket"
Best Supporting Female: Ruth Negga, "Passing"
Best Supporting Male: Troy Kotsur, "CODA"
Best Cinematography: Eduard Grau, "Passing"
Best Editing: Joi McMillon, "Zola"
Best Documentary: "Summer of Soul"
Best International Film: "Drive My Car" (Japan)
Best First Feature: "7 Days"
Best First Screenplay: Michael Sarnoski; Story by Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski, "Pig"
John Cassavetes Award (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000): "Shiva Baby"
Someone to Watch Award: Alex Camilleri, "Luzzu"
The Truer Than Fiction Award: Jessica Beshir, "Faya Dayi"

The 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were handed out on Feb. 27th and the cast of "CODA" received the Outstanding Performance in a Motion Picture, which is the equivalent of "Best Picture" for actors, and Troy Kotsur was singled out by winning Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role. Will Smith won his first SAG award for Male Actor in a Leading Role with his masterful turn in "King Richard" playing the father of Venus and Serena Williams who also served as their determined coach. Ariana DeBose was named Female Actor in a Supporting Role as Anita in the reimagining of the classic stage musical, "West Side Story" and Jessica Chastain was the unexpected winner as Female Actor in a Leading Role for her transformative performance as the scandal-plagued, televangelist, Tammy Faye Bakker in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye".

Here is the list of winners of 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards (Motion Picture):

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: "CODA"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Jessica Chastain, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Will Smith, "King Richard"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Ariana DeBose, "West Side Story"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Troy Kotsur, "CODA"

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts revealed their nominations for the 75th annual award ceremony. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi thriller "Dune" leads the way with eleven nominations, followed by Jane Campion’s lyrical western, "The Power of the Dog" with eight while Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical drama, "Belfast" received six. Daniel Craig's final appearance as James Bond in "No Time To Die", Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1970s-set, personal drama, "Licorice Pizza" and the musical remake from Steven Spielberg of "West Side Story" each received five nominations. The winners will be announced this Sunday, March 13th at Royal Albert Hall with Rebel Wilson hosting for the first time. 

Here is a partial list of the nominees for the 2022 BAFTA Film Awards:

UPDATED: the winners are highlighted in yellow:

Best Film:

"Belfast"
"Don’t Look Up"
"Dune"
"Licorice Pizza"
"The Power of the Dog"

Outstanding British Film:

"After Love"
"Ali & Ava"
"Belfast"
"Boiling Point"
"Cyrano"
"Everybody’s Talking About Jamie"
"House of Gucci"
"Last Night in Soho"
"No Time to Die"
"Passing"

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer:

Aleem Khan (Writer/Director), "After Love"
James Cummings (co-Writer), Hester Ruoff (Producer), "Boiling Point"
Jeymes Samuel (co-Writer/director), The Harder They Fall"
Posy Dixon (Writer/Director), Liv Proctor (Producer), "Keyboard Fantasies"
Rebecca Hall (Writer/Director), "Passing"

Best Director:

Aleem Khan, "After Love"
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, "Drive My Car"
Audrey Diwan, "Happening"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "Licorice Pizza"
Jane Campion, "The Power of the Dog"
Julia Ducournau, "Titane"

Best Original Screenplay:

Aaron Sorkin, "Being The Ricardos"
Kenneth Branagh, "Belfast"
Adam Mckay, "Don't Look Up"
Zach Baylin, "King Richard"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "Licorice Pizza"

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Siân Heder, "CODA"
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, "Drive My Car"
Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve, "Dune"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Lost Daughter"
Jane Campion, "The Power of the Dog"

Best Leading Actress:

Lady Gaga, "House of Gucci"
Alana Haim, "Licorice Pizza"
Emilia Jones, "Coda" 

Renate Reinsve, "The Worst Person in the World"
Joanna Scanlan, "After Love"
Tessa Thompson – “Passing"

Best Leading Actor:

Adeel Akhtar, "Ali & Ava"
Mahershala Ali, "Swan Song"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Power of the Dog"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Don’t Look Up"
Stephen Graham, "Boiling Point"
Will Smith, "King Richard"

Best Supporting Actress:

Caitríona Balfe, "Belfast"
Jessie Buckley, "The Lost Daughter"
Ariana Debose, "West Side Story"
Ann Dowd, "Mass"
Aunjanue Ellis, "King Richard"
Ruth Negga, "Passing"

Best Supporting Actor:

Mike Faist, "West Side Story"
Ciarán Hinds, "Belfast"
Troy Kotsur, "CODA"
Woody Norman, "C’mon C’mon"
Jesse Plemons, "The Power of the Dog"
Kodi Smit-McPhee, "The Power of the Dog"

Best Cinematography:

Greig Fraser, "Dune"
Dan Laustsen, "Nightmare Alley"
Linus Sandgren, "No Time To Die"
Ari Wegner, "The Power of the Dog"
Bruno Delbonnel, "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

Best Editing:

Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, "Belfast"
Joe Walker, "Dune"
Andy Jurgensen, "Licorice Pizza"
Tom Cross and Elliot Graham, "No Time To Die"
Joshue L. Pearson, "Summer of Soul (or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)"

Best Film Not in the English Language:

"Drive My Car" (Japan)
"The Hand of God" (Italy)
"Parallel Mothers" (Spain)
"Petite Maman" (France)
"The Worst Person in the World" (Norway)

Best Documentary:

"Becoming Cousteau"
"Cow"
"Flee"
"The Rescue"
"Summer of Soul (or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)"

Best Animated Film:

"Encanto"
"Flee"
"Luca"
"The Mitchells Vs the Machines"

Best Production Design:

Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, "Cyrano"
Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos, "Dune"
Adam Stockhausen and Rena Deangelo, "The French Dispatch"
Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau, "Nightmare Alley"
Adam Stockhausen and Rena Deangelo, "West Side Story"

Best Original Score:

Daniel Pemberton, "Being The Ricardos"
Nicholas Britell, "Don't Look Up"
Hans Zimmer, "Dune"
Alexandre Desplat, "The French Dispatch"
Jonny Greenwood, "The Power of the Dog"

Best Costume Design:

Jenny Beavan, "Cruella"
Massimo Cantini Parrini, "Cyrano"
Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West, "Dune"
Milena Canonero, "The French Dispatch"
Luis Sequeira, "Nightmare Alley"

Best Make Up & Hair:

Nadia Stacey and Naomi Donne, "Cruella"
Alessandro Bertolazzi and Siân Miller, "Cyrano"
Love Larson and Donald Mowat, "Dune"
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
Frederic Aspiras, Jane Carboni, Giuliano Mariana and Sarah Nicole Tanno, "House of Gucci"

Best Casting:

Carolyn Mcleod, "Boiling Point"
Francine Maisler, "Dune"
Massimo Appolloni and Annamaria Sambucco, "The Hand of God"
Rich Delia and Avy Kaufman, "King Richard"
Cindy Tolan, "West Side Story"

And finally we have this year's nominations from the 42nd Golden Raspberry Awards (or the Razzies) which celebrates the worst in cinema. Leading the list with nine nominations including Worst Picture is "Diana", the filmed version of the Broadway stage musical about the late British Princess. The other nominees for Worst Picture includes "The Woman in the Window", a thriller starring Amy Adams, and another thriller, "Karen" that features Taryn Manning with both receiving a total of five nominations; the sequel of "Space Jam" with LeBron James and "Infinite", a Mark Wahlberg action-adventure film rounds out the category. And this year the Razzies have added a special category for worst performance by the actor, Bruce Willis who appeared in eight movies last year. Now I usually agree with most of the nominations but I have to take exception to one that was given this year: Ben Affleck has been nominated for Worst Supporting Actor for his work in "The Last Duel" which I think is not only a great underrated film but the actor delivered a very fine performance. Anyway, The Razzies will be unveiled on the day before the Oscars on Saturday, March 26th.

UPDATE: the losers are highlighted in yellow and the Bruce Willis category has been eliminated due to recent disclosure of the actor's health.

Here are the nominations for the 2022 Razzie Awards:

Worst Picture:

"Diana the Musical" (The Netflix Version)
"Infinite"
"Karen"
"Space Jam: A New Legacy"
"The Woman in the Window"

Worst Director:

Christopher Ashley, "Diana the Musical"
Stephen Chbosky, "Dear Evan Hansen"
Coke Daniels, "Karen"
Renny Harlin, "The Misfits"
Joe Wright, "The Woman in the Window"

Worst Screenplay:

"Diana the Musical," screenplay by Joe DiPietro, music and lyrics by DiPietro and David Bryan
"Karen," written by "Coke" Daniels
"The Misfits," screenplay by Kurt Wimmer and Robert Henny
"Twist," written by John Wrathall and Sally Collett
"The Woman in the Window," screenplay by Tracy Letts, from the novel by A.J. Finn

Worst Actress: 

Amy Adams, "The Woman in the Window"
Jeanna de Waal, "Diana the Musical"
Megan Fox, "Midnight in the Switchgrass"
Taryn Manning, "Karen"
Ruby Rose, "Vanquish"

Worst Actor:

Scott Eastwood, "Dangerous"
Roe Hartrampf, "Diana the Musical"
LeBron James, "Space Jam: A New Legacy"
Ben Platt, "Dear Evan Hansen"
Mark Wahlberg, "Infinite"

Worst Supporting Actress:

Amy Adams, "Dear Evan Hansen"
Sophie Cookson, "Infinite"
Erin Davie, "Diana the Musical"
Judy Kaye, "Diana the Musical"
Taryn Manning, "Every Last One of Them"

Worst Supporting Actor:

Ben Affleck, "The Last Duel"
Nick Cannon, "The Misfits"
Mel Gibson, "Dangerous"
Gareth Keegan, "Diana the Musical"
Jared Leto, "House of Gucci"

Worst Screen Couple:

Any Klutzy Cast Member & Any Lamely, "Diana the Musical"
LeBron James & Any Warner Cartoon Character, "Space Jam: A New Legacy"
Jared Leto & Either His 17-Pound Latex Face, His Geeky Clothes or His Ridiculous Accent, "House of Gucci"
Ben Platt & Any Other Character Who Acts Like Platt Singing 24-7 is Normal, "Dear Evan Hansen"
Tom & Jerry, "Tom & Jerry the Movie"

Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel:

"Karen"
"Space Jam: A New Legacy"
"Tom & Jerry the Movie"
"Twist"
"The Woman in the Window"

Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 movie:

Bruce Willis, "American Siege"
Bruce Willis, "Apex"
Bruce Willis, "Cosmic Sin"
Bruce Willis, "Deadlock"
Bruce Willis, "Fortress"
Bruce Willis, "Midnight in the Switchgrass"
Bruce Willis, "Out of Death"
Bruce Willis, "Survive the Game"