The Phoenix Critics Circle awarded their top honor of Best Picture of 2021 to The Power of Dog, along with Best Director for Jane Campion, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Supporting Actress for Kirsten Dunst and Best Score. Other awards went to Licorice Pizza for Best Comedy Film, Titane for Best Horror Film, Drive My Car for Best Foreign Language Film and Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) for Best Documentary.
Winners of 2021 Phoenix Critics Circle Awards
BEST PICTURE
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Other Nominees:
DRIVE MY CAR
LICORICE PIZZA
SPENCER
WEST SIDE STORY
BEST COMEDY FILM
LICORICE PIZZA
Other Nominees:
BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
RED ROCKET
SHIVA BABY
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
DUNE
Other Nominees:
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
A QUIET PLACE PART II
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
THE SUICIDE SQUAD
BEST HORROR FILM
TITANE
Other Nominees:
CANDYMAN
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
MALIGNANT
THE NIGHT HOUSE
BEST ANIMATED FILM
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
Other Nominees:
ENCANTO
LUCA
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
VIVO
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
DRIVE MY CAR
Other Nominees:
THE HAND OF GOD
PETITE MAMAN
TITANE
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
BEST DOCUMENTARY
SUMMER OF SOUL
Other Nominees:
FLEE
THE SPARKS BROTHERS
VAL
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
BEST ACTOR
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Other Nominees:
NICOLAS CAGE, PIG
ANDREW GARFIELD, TICK,TICK…BOOM!
JOAQUIN PHOENIX, C’MON C’MON,
DENZEL WASHINGTON, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
BEST ACTRESS
KRISTEN STEWART, SPENCER
Other Nominees:
OLIVIA COLMAN, THE LOST DAUGHTER
LADY GAGA, HOUSE OF GUCCI
ALANA HAIM, LICORICE PIZZA
NICOLE KIDMAN, BEING THE RICARDOS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
MIKE FAIST, WEST SIDE STORY
Other Nominees:
BRADLEY COOPER, LICORICE PIZZA
CIARIN HINDS, BELFAST
KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
JEFFREY WRIGHT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
KIRSTEN DUNST, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Other Nominees:
CATRIONA BALFE, BELFAST
ARIANA DEBOSE, WEST SIDE STORY
RITA MORENO, WEST SIDE STORY
RUTH NEGGA, PASSING
BEST DIRECTOR
JANE CAMPION, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Other Nominees:
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
WES ANDERSON, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI, DRIVE MY CAR
STEVEN SPIELBERG, WEST SIDE STORY
BEST SCREENPLAY
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
Other Nominees:
JANE CAMPION AND THOMAS SAVAGE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI, HARUKI MURAKAMI, AND TAKAMASA OE, DRIVE MY CAR
MIKE MILLS, C’MON, C’MON
AARON SORKIN, BEING THE RICARDOS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BRUNO DELBONNEL, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Other Nominees:
GREIG FRASER, DUNE
JANUSZ KAMINSKI, WEST SIDE STORY
DAN LAUSTSEN, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
ARI WEGNER, THE POWER OF THE DOG
BEST SCORE
JONNY GREENWOOD, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Other Nominees:
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
JONNY GREENWOOD, SPENCER
JEYMES SAMUEL, THE HARDER THEY FALL
HANS ZIMMER, DUNE
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Lifetime Achievement In Actin Cinema – Sonny Chiba