Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things was voted Best Film of 2023 by the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle at their seventh annual year-end awards. Poor Things also won for Best Director (Yorgos Lanthimos), Best Script (Tony McNamara), and Best Actress (Emma Stone.)
Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) awarded Killers of the Flower Moon directed by Martin Scorsese the top honor of Best Picture of the year along with Best Adapted Screenplay (Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese) and Best Original Score (Robbie Robertson).
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron was named Best Picture of 2023 by the Florida Film Critics Circle, making history as the first time an animated film won the top prize. The film also won Best Animated Film and Best Score for Joe Hisaishi.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 96th Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects.
Stand-up comedian and actor Jo Koy will host the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at 8 PM, ET/5 PM, PT.
Paul Giamatti will receive the Icon Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for his performance in The Holdovers. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024.
Award-winning actor, director and producer America Ferrera will receive the 8th annual SeeHer Award at the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards. The SeeHer Award honors a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes and pushes boundaries.
Jeffrey Wright, star of American Fiction, and Rustin, will receive the Montecito Award at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Wright will receive the award on Thursday, February 15th, 2024 at an in-person conversation about his career leading up to this year’s performance in American Fiction, written and directed by Cord Jefferson.
Todd Haynes’s May December, Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon claimed the top spots among films released in the U.S. in 2023 on Film Comment’s annual end-of-year survey. Of the films that screened at festivals worldwide but have not yet announced stateside distribution, Eduardo Williams’s The Human Surge 3, Lisandro Alonso’s Eureka, and Víctor Erice’s Close Your Eyes received top rankings.
Bobi Wine: The People’s President, the documentary directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp on pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, as he runs in Uganda’s 2021 presidential election, won the top award – Best Feature Documentary at the 39th IDA Documentary Awards.
Barbra Streisand has been named the 59th recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievements and humanitarian accomplishments. Streisand will be presented with the award at the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will stream live on Netflix Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the twenty-five films been selected for the 2023 Library of Congress National Film Registry. This year’s selections date back more than 100 years to a 1921 Kodak educational film titled “A Movie Trip Through Filmland” , to 2000’s Black love story “Love & Basketball,” to 2013’s Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave” and the Oscar-winning documentary “20 Feet from Stardom.”