A consensus is building around “The Power of the Dog,” this time winning the Best Picture award from the Chicago Film Critics Association. Jane Campion wins another Best Director and Adapted Screenplay award while Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee both won acting awards. Other consensuses building are Best International film going to “Drive My Car,” Best Documetary going to “Summer of Soul,” and Best Animated Feature going to either “Flee,” like here with Chicago, or “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” as it has with recent critics 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
NOMINEES
| “The Green Knight” (A24) |
| “Passing” (Netflix) |
| “Pig” (Neon) |
| “Test Pattern” (Kino Lorber) |
BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion
“The Power of the Dog”
Produced by Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Jane Campion, and Tanya Seghatchian
Netflix
NOMINEES
| Paul Thomas Anderson — “Licorice Pizza” (A24) |
| Ryûsuke Hamaguchi — “Drive My Car” (Netflix) |
| David Lowery — “The Green Knight” (Neon) |
| Steven Spielberg — “West Side Story” (Kino Lorber) |
BEST ACTor
Benedict Cumberbatch
“The Power of the Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
Netflix
NOMINEES
| Nicolas Cage — “Pig” (Neon) |
| Andrew Garfield — “tick, tick…BOOM!” (Netflix) |
| Hidetoshi Nishijima — “Drive My Car” (Neon) |
| Simon Rex — “Red Rocket” (A24) |
BEST ACTRESS
Kristen Stewart
“Spencer”
Directed by Pablo Larraín
Neon
NOMINEES
| Jessica Chastain — “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (Searchlight Pictures) |
| Olivia Colman — “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix) |
| Alana Haim — “Licorice Pizza” (MGM) |
| Agathe Rousselle — “Titane” (Neon) |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTor
Kodi Smit-McPhee
“The Power of the Dog”
Directed by Jane Campion
Netflix
NOMINEES
| Bradley Cooper — “Licorice Pizza” (MGM) |
| Colman Domingo — “Zola” (A24) |
| Mike Faist — “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
| Jeffrey Wright — “The French Dispatch” (Searchlight Pictures) |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ruth Negga
“Passing”
Directed by Rebecca Hall
Netflix
NOMINEES
| Catriona Balfe — “Belfast” (Focus Features) |
| Jessie Buckley — “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix) |
| Ariana DeBose — “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
| Riley Keough — “Zola” (A24) |
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Power of the Dog”
Written by Jane Campion
Based On “The Power of the Dog” by Thomas Savage
Netflix
NOMINEES
| “Drive My Car” — Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Haruki Murakami & Takamasa Oe (Janus Films) |
| “The Green Knight” — David Lowery (A24) |
| “The Lost Daughter” — Maggie Gyllenhaal (Netflix) |
| “West Side Story” — Tony Kushner (20th Century Studios) |
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Licorice Pizza”
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
NOMINEES
| “The Card Counter” — Paul Schrader (Focus Features) |
| “The French Dispatch” — Wes Anderson (Searchlight Pictures) |
| “Pig” — Michael Sarnoski (Neon) |
| “Red Rocket” — Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch (A24) |
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Flee”
Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Neon
NOMINEES
| “Belle” (GKIDS) |
| “Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures) |
| “Luca” (Walt Disney Pictures) |
| “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” (Netflix) |
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Searchlight Pictures
NOMINEES
| “Flee” (Neon) |
| “Procession” (Netflix) |
| “The Sparks Brothers” (Focus Features) |
| “The Velvet Underground” (Apple Original Films) |
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Drive My Car”
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Janus Films
NOMINEES
| “A Hero” (Amazon Studios) |
| “Petite Maman” (Canal+) |
| “Titane” (Neon) |
| “The Worst Person in the World” (Neon) |
BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
“The French Dispatch”
Produced by Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo
Searchlight Pictures
NOMINEES
| “Dune” (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| “The Green Knight” (A24) |
| “Nightmare Alley” (Searchlight Pictures) |
| “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Power of the Dog”
Cinematography by Ari Wegner
Netflix
NOMINEES
| “Dune” — Greig Fraser (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| “The Green Knight” — Andrew Droz Palermo (A24) |
| “The Tragedy of Macbeth” — Bruno Delbonnel (A24) |
| “West Side Story” — Janusz Kaminski (20th Century Studios) |
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Spencer”
Costume Design by Jacqueline Durran
Neon
NOMINEES
| “Cruella” — Jenny Beavan (Walt Disney Pictures) |
| “Dune” — Robert Morgan & Jacqueline West (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| “The Green Knight” — Malgosia Turzanska (A24) |
| “West Side Story” — Paul Tazewell (20th Century Studios) |
BEST EDITING
“The French Dispatch”
Edited by Andrew Weisblum
Searchlight Pictures
NOMINEES
| “Drive My Car” — Azusa Yamazaki (Janus Films) |
| “Dune” — Joe Walker (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| “The Power of the Dog” — Peter Sciberras (Netflix) |
| “West Side Story” — Michael Kahn & Sarah Broshar (20th Century Studios) |
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“The Power of the Dog”
Composed by Jonny Greenwood
Netflix
NOMINEES
| “Annette” — Ron Mael & Russell Mael (Amazon Studios) |
| “Dune” — Hans Zimmer (Warner Bros. Pictures) |
| “The French Dispatch” — Alexandre Desplat (Searchlight Pictures) |
| “Spencer” — Jonny Greenwood (Neon) |
BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
“Dune”
Visual Effects by Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
Warner Bros. Pictures
NOMINEES
| “Annette” (Amazon Studios) |
| “The Green Knight” (A24) |
| “Nightmare Alley” (Searchlight Pictures) |
| “Titane” (Neon) |
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Alana Haim
“Licorice Pizza”
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
NOMINEES
| Ariana DeBose — “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
| Emilia Jones — “CODA” (Apple Original Films) |
| Rachel Sennott — “Shiva Baby” (Utopia) |
| Rachel Zegler — “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) |
MILOS STEHLIK BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER AWARD
Michael Sarnoski
“Pig”
Produced by Vanessa Block, Dimitra Tsingou, Joseph Restaino, Nicolas Cage, Steve Tisch, David Carrico, Adam Paulsen, Thomas Benski, Ben Giladi, and Dori Rath
Neon
NOMINEES
| Maggie Gyllenhaal — “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix) |
| Rebecca Hall — “Passing” (Netflix) |
| Sian Heder — “CODA” (Apple Original Films) |
| Emma Seligman — “Shiva Baby” (Utopia) |
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: Ruth Negga — “Passing”
Best Original Screenplay: “Licorice Pizza” — Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Adapted Screenplay: “The Power of the Dog” — Jane Campion
Best Animated Feature: “Flee”
Best Documentary: “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Drive My Car”
Best Art Direction/Production Design: “The French Dispatch”
Best Cinematography: The Power of the Dog” — Ari Wegner
Best Costume Design: “Spencer” — Jacqueline Durran
Best Editing: “The French Dispatch” — Andrew Weisblum
Best Original Score: “The Power of the Dog” — Jonny Greenwood
Best Use of Visual Effects: “Dune”
Most Promising Performer: Alana Haim — “Licorice Pizza”
Milos StehlikBreakthrough Filmmaker: Michael Sarnoski — “Pig”
Chicago Film Critics Association
The Chicago Film Critics Association supports and celebrates quality filmmaking that has something to say about our world, our lives, and our society. In the past, while the CFCA’s priority was to support and fight for the continued role of film critics in the media, the CFCA’s public interaction was limited to the announcement of its annual film awards. In recent years, the CFCA has expanded its presence on the Chicago arts scene, promoting critical thinking about cinema to a wider base through several initiatives, including the re-launch of a late-winter film awards ceremony; CFCA-hosted film screenings throughout Chicagoland; and a Young People’s Film Criticism Workshop at Facets Multimedia. The annual Chicago Critics Film Festival further builds on the organization’s goal to be an active part of the Chicago film landscape.
