The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the Western drama The Power of the Dog as the Best Film of 2021, according to the results of its 28th annual critics’ poll. The film also won the award for Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee, along with Best Director and Best Screenplay for Jane Campion.
The Indiana Film Journalists Association named Mass as Best Film of the Year, along with Best Original Screenplay for Fran Kranz, the first-time writer/director who also was named Breakout of the Year, and Best Ensemble Acting for the cast of Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton.
The Power of the Dog took Best Picture honors along with three other awards, leading a wide-ranging list of winners for the 2021 Utah Film Critics Association awards. The film was also recognized for Best Achievement in Directing by Jane Campion, Best Male Supporting Performance for Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Best Score for Jonny Greenwood.
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.
Vanessa Kirby, Simon Brickner, Annika Wahlsten, Annabel Hoffman, and Maya Hawke star in Italian Studies, the indie drama film that premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. In the film, a writer loses her memory in New York City, attempting to find her way home, she connects with a group of strangers in conversations, real and imagined.
Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud, and Sara Klimoska star in You Won’t Be Alone, the horror film from visionary director Goran Stolevski premiering at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Following the premiere You Won’t Be Alone opens in theaters on April 1, 2021.
Christian Convery, Madalen Mills, Sam Trammell, Katharine McPhee, Dennis Quaid and Queen Latifah star in The Tiger Rising, the family adventure drama film based on the New York Times best-selling book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo. In the film, 12-year-old boy discovers a caged tiger in the woods near his home.
Rebecca Hall’s Passing was awarded the honor of Best Movie About Women at the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC), 2021 awards, along with Best Screen Couple for Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson. The film based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 book, Passing, stars Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson as two light-skinned Black women, one of whom passes for white.
The Canadian psychological thriller film Cinema Of Sleep directed by Jeffrey St. Jules won the Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature at the 21st edition of Whistler Film Festival (WFF). Dayo Ade, star of Cinema Of Sleep, received the Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film Award, with an honorable mention to his co-star Getenesh Berhe.
Pierce Brosnan, Kaya Scodelario, Benjamin Walker, Rachel Griffiths star in The King’s Daughter, the action-adventure fantasy film directed by Sean McNamara opening in theaters on January 21, 2022.
Andy Garcia, Emory Cohen, Megan Fox, Lucy Hale, and Oscar Isaac star in Big Gold Brick, the dark comedy film directed by Brian Petsos. The film opens in theaters and on digital on February 25, 2022.
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) named Drive My Car directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi as Best Picture of the Year, along with Best Screenplay. Other awards went to Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) for Best Documentary along with Best Editing; and Best Film Not in the English Language went to Petite Maman.