“The Power of the Dog” was once again picked as the big winner, this time by the Southeastern Film Critics Association. The film took Best Picture and Best Director, three of the four acting awards, and Adapted Screenplay. “The French Dispatch” took the Ensemble Award, “Licorice Pizza” took Best Original Screenplay, and “Dune” took a pair of technical awards.
BEST PICTURE
“The Power of the Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
Produced by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Jane Campion, and Tanya Seghatchian
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| “Licorice Pizza” (MGM) |
BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion
“The Power of the Dog”
Produced by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Jane Campion, and Tanya Seghatchian
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| Steven Spielberg — “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
BEST ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch
“The Power of the Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| Will Smith — “King Richard” (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
BEST ACTRESS
Kristen Stewart
“Spencer”
Directed by Pablo Larraín
Neon
RUNNER-UP
| “The Green Knight” (A24) |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kodi Smit-McPhee
“The Power of the Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| Jeffrey Wright — “The French Dispatch” (Searchlight Pictures) |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kirsten Dunst
“The Power of the Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| Aunjanue Ellis — “King Richard” (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
BEST ENSEMBLE
“The French Dispatch”
Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Henry Winkler, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Schwartzman, Fisher Stevens, and Stephen Park
Searchlight Pictures
RUNNER-UP
| “Mass” (Bleeker Street) |
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Licorice Pizza”
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
RUNNER-UP
| “The French Dispatch” — Wes Anderson (Searchlight Pictures) |
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Power of the Dog”
Written by Jane Campion
Based on “The Power of the Dog” by Thomas Savage
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| “West Side Story” — Tony Kushner (20th Century Studios) |
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Searchlight Pictures
RUNNER-UP
| “Flee” (Neon) |
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“Drive My Car”
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Janus Films
RUNNER-UP
| “The Worst Person in the World” (Neon) |
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“The Mitchells vs. The Machines”
Directed by Mike Rianda
Netflix
RUNNER-UP
| “Flee” (Neon) |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Dune”
Cinematography by Greig Fraser
Warner Bros. Pictures
RUNNER-UP
| “The Power of the Dog” — Ari Wegner (Netflix) |
BEST SCORE
“Dune”
Composed by Hans Zimmer
Warner Bros. Pictures
RUNNER-UP
| “The Power of the Dog” — Jonny Greenwood (Netflix) |
TOP TEN FILMS
1. “The Power of the Dog”
(Netflix)
2. “Licorice Pizza”
(MGM)
3. “Belfast”
(Focus Features)
4. “The Green Knight”
(A24)
5. “West Side Story”
(20th Century Studios)
6. “The French Dispatch”
(Searchlight Pictures)
7. “Tick, Tick…BOOM!”
(Netflix)
8. “Drive My Car”
(Janus Films)
9. “Dune”
(Warner Bros Pictures)
10. “Summer of Soul“
(Searchlight Pictures)
QUICK LIST
Best Picture: “The Power of the Dog”
Best Director: Jane Campion — “The Power of the Dog”
Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch — “The Power of the Dog”
Best Actress: Kristen Stewart — “Spencer”
Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee — “The Power of the Dog”
Best Supporting Actress: Kirsten Dunst — “The Power of the Dog”
Best Ensemble: “The French Dispatch”
Best Original Screenplay: “Licorice Pizza” — Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Adapted Screenplay: “The Power of the Dog” — Jane Campion
Best Documentary: “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
Best Foreign-Language Film: “Drive My Car”
Best Animated Feature: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”
Best Cinematography: “Dune” — Greig Fraser
Best Score: “Dune” — Hans Zimmer
Southeastern Film Critics Association
The Southeastern Film Critics Association is to represent–as an impartial, organized working unit–the profession of film criticism, and to recognize the highest creative achievements in the field of motion pictures, and thereby to uphold the integrity and significance of film criticism.
