Phoenix Critics Circle Winners – THE POWER OF THE DOG Named Best Picture of 2021

The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog

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

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