Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist won the top prize, and the film’s only win, for Film of the Year at the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with Nickel Boys, Conclave, and A Real Pain dominating with multiple wins for other awards.
Bird (2024)
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‘The Brutalist’, ‘Nickel Boys’, Conclave, ‘A Real Pain’ Lead 45th London Critics Film Awards Winners
Joe Alwyn, Guy Pearce, Stacy Martin, Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Raffey Cassidy in The Brutalist (Lol Crawley, A24)
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Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist Lead Nominations for 2025 BAFTA Film Awards
Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist (Sony Picture Classics, Netflix, A24) Conclave leads the nominations for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards with 12 nominations including Best Film and Outstanding British Film. Emilia Pérez followed with 11 nominations, and The Brutalist with 9 nominations, both also competing for Best Film.
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Kneecap Tops Irish Film & Television Academy Awards Nominations with 17
Kneecap (Helen Sloan. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics) Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap leads the nominations for the 2025 Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Awards with 17, including Best Film. Also nominated for Best Film are Kathleen Is Here, King Frankie, Small Things Like These, Spilt Milk, and The Apprentice.
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2025 BAFTA Unveiled the Longlists for all 25 Categories – Best Film, Director and More
(dp) BAFTA unveiled the longlists for all 25 categories including Best Film, Director, Documentary, Film Not in the English Language, the performance categories, and a new Children’s & Family Film category, continuing through to Round Two of voting for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards.
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‘Nickel Boys’ and ‘The Piano Lesson’ Dominate Nominations for the 25th Black Reel Awards
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Hattie in RaMell Ross’s NICKEL BOYS Photo credit: Courtesy of Orion Pictures RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys dominated the nominations for the 25th Black Reel Awards with 13, followed closely by Malcolm Washington’ The Piano Lesson with 12 nominations.
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‘The Brutalist’ and Anora Lead Nominations for 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
Adrien Brody, Joe Alwyn in The Brutalist (Lol Crawley / A24) Sean Baker’s Anora and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist lead the nominations for the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, each with seven nominations.
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Conclave Leads Nominations for Alliance of Women Film Journalists Eda Awards
Conclave (Focus Features) Edward Berger’s Conclave lead the 9 nominations for the 2024 Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ), with 9, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress for Isabella Rossellini, Best Actor fot Ralph Fiennes, Best Supporting Actor for Stanley Tucci, and Best Ensemble Cast .
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Kneecap Wins Big with 7 Awards, Best British Independent Film at British Independent Film Awards
Kneecap (credit: Ryan Kernaghan. Sony Pictures Classics) Kneecap, Rich Peppiat’s comedy following the west Belfast hip-hop trio won the award for Best British Independent Film at the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). The film won seven BIFAs in total, including Best Debut Screenwriter for Peppiatt and Best Joint Lead for trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh along with the four craft awards.
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Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Kieran Culkin, Conclave Lead National Board of Review 2024 Winners
Daniel Craig, Queer; Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24) The National Board of Review (NBR) has named their 2024 honorees, with top awards going to Wicked for Best Film; Jon M. Chu for Best Director for Wicked; Daniel Craig for Best Actor for Queer; and Nicole Kidman for Best Actress for Babygirl. In addition to winning Best Film, the NBR will present the NBR Spotlight Award to Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande for their creative collaboration in Wicked.
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Movies Released on Friday November 8 – From Malcolm Washington’s Drama ‘The Piano Lesson’ to Hugh Grant-Starring Horror ‘Heretic’
Amid the buzz of U.S. presidential election, a diverse lineup of new films is hitting theaters. Making his feature directorial debut, Malcolm Washington—son of Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington—presents The Piano Lesson, an adaptation of August Wilson’s Pullitzer Prize-winning 1987 play. Anthony Mackie stars in George Nolfi’s post-apocalyptic thriller Elevation. For martial arts fans, the period-piece film 100 Yards offers hard-hitting action. After his recent Oscar win, Cillian Murphy returns in the mystery Small Things Like These, set in a quiet Irish town. Hugh Grant stars in the new A24 horror film, Heretic, and Cannes-premiering director Andrea Arnold presents Bird, a coming-of-age story.
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Kneecap, ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Lead Nominations for British Independent Film Awards 2024
Kneecap (Helen Sloan | Sony Pictures Classics) Kneecap, the comedy film following the west Belfast hip-hop trio leads the nominations for British Independent Film Awards 2024 with 14 nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) and and Best Debut Screenwriter for Rich Peppiatt. The Kneecap trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh are nominated for Best Joint Lead Performance. The film is also nominated for eight craft categories.
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Emilia Pérez, ‘The Room Next Door’ Lead Nominations for 37th European Film Awards
Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz in Emilia Pérez (Shanna Besson/Netflix) Emilia Pérez and The Room Next Door lead the nominations for the 37th European Film Awards with four nominations including the top honor of European Film. Emilia Pérez also received nominations for European Director and European Screenwriter for Jacques Audiard, and European Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón.