The St. Louis Film Critics Association awarded Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza the honor of Best Film of 2021 along with Best Comedy Film. The Power of the Dog snagged the most honors, winning Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jane Campion; Best Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee; and Best Cinematography.
2021 St. Louis Film Critics Association Award Winners
BEST FILM: Licorice Pizza
BEST DIRECTOR: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
BEST ACTOR: Nicolas Cage – Pig
BEST ACTRESS: Kristen Stewart – Spencer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Ann Dowd – Mass
BEST ENSEMBLE: Mass
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion; based on the novel by Thomas Savage
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Mass – Fran Kranz
BEST EDITING: Last Night in Soho – Paul Machliss
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Cruella – Jenny Beavan
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Dune
BEST SCORE: Dune – Hans Zimmer
BEST SOUNDTRACK: Cruella
BEST ACTION FILM: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
BEST COMEDY FILM: Licorice Pizza
BEST HORROR FILM: A Quiet Place Part II
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: The Mitchells vs the Machines
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Flee
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE: Drive My Car
BEST SCENE: Licorice Pizza – Driving in reverse.
St. Louis Film Critics Association 2021 Award Nominees
BEST FILM
Belfast
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom!
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ben Affleck – The Last Duel
Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Jared Leto – House of Gucci
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Rita Moreno – West Side Story
Ruth Negga – Passing
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
BEST ENSEMBLE
Belfast
Being the Ricardos
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
Mass
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA – Siân Heder; based on the film La famille Bélier, scenario by Victoria Bedos and Stanislas Carré de Malberg, screenplay by Éric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain
Drive My Car – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe; based on the short story by Haruki Murakami
Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth; based on the novel by Frank Herbert
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion; based on the novel by Thomas Savage
West Side Story – Tony Kushner; based on the stage play book by Arthur Laurents
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Being the Ricardos – Aaron Sorkin
Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
Mass – Fran Kranz
Pig – Michael Sarnoski (Screenplay); Vanessa Block & Michael Sarnoski (Story)
BEST EDITING
Belfast – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
Dune – Joe Walker
Last Night in Soho – Paul Machliss
Licorice Pizza – Andy Jurgensen
West Side Story – Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Belfast – Haris Zambarloukos
Dune – Greig Fraser
The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner
The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story – Janusz Kaminski
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune – Patrice Vermette
The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen
Last Night in Soho – Marcus Rowland
Nightmare Alley – Tamara Deverell
West Side Story – Adam Stockhausen
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Cruella – Jenny Beavan
Dune – Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West
House of Gucci – Janty Yates
Last Night in Soho – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Spencer – Jacqueline Durran
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Black Widow
Dune
Finch
Free Guy
The Tragedy of Macbeth
BEST SCORE
Don’t Look up – Nicholas Britell
Dune – Hans Zimmer
The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood
Spencer – Jonny Greenwood
The Tragedy of Macbeth – Carter Burwell
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Cruella
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
The Tender Bar
West Side Story
BEST ACTION FILM
Black Widow
Free Guy
Nobody
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
BEST COMEDY FILM
Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
The Mitchells vs the Machines
BEST HORROR FILM
Candyman
Lamb
Last Night in Soho
A Quiet Place Part II
Titane
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Vivo
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Flee
The Rescue
The Summer of Soul
The Velvet Underground
Tina
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
A Hero
Titane
BEST SCENE
Belfast – Buddy freezes as the rioters approach.
Last Night in Soho – Eloise and Sandi share a dance with Jack.
Licorice Pizza – Driving in reverse.
Tick, Tick… Boom! – Sunday brunch at the diner.
West Side Story – “America”
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