Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two has been declared Best Picture by the Music City Film Critics Association. The film picked up four awards in total; Best Director for Villeneuve, Best Sound, and Best Action Film.
“Over the years, Frank Herbert’s timeless novel has been deemed impossible to adapt,” said Sean Atkins, President of the MCFCA. “However, the spice overflows with awe in director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation, especially with Dune: Part Two turning into one of the best blockbusters in recent memory and one that will undoubtedly stand the test of time.”
Each year the MCFCA gives out The Jim Ridley Award, a special award named after one of Nashville’s most beloved film critics, who died at age 50 in 2016. It is given to the film or the person that best represents Nashville and Tennessee. This year’s recipient is Mike Cheslik’s Hundreds of Beavers.
“Among our nominees, all of which we felt Jim would have celebrated with gusto and glee, Beavers, a gut-crunching cavalcade of silent-era hijinks with the existential absurdity of a Wile E. Coyote reel, delivered one of the must-see communal moviegoing experiences of the year,” said Sam Smith, member of the MCFCA and part of The Jim Ridley Award Jury that selects the nominees. “With this award, we remember Jim and his supportive spirit, and hope to lift up the delightful films that he would have championed.”
Winners in bold below.
BEST PICTURE
Anora
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Sing Sing
The Brutalist
The Substance
Wicked
THE JIM RIDLEY AWARD
Close Your Eyes
Eno
Hundreds of Beavers
The People’s Joker
The Substance
BEST DIRECTOR
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Robert Eggers – Nosferatu
BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Demi Moore – The Substance
Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
Mikey Madison – Anora
Nicole Kidman – Babygirl
BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Colamn Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – A Different Man
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown
Zoe Saldana – Emilia Perez
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Denzel Washington – Gladiator 2
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Alyla Brown – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Ariel Donoghue – Trap
Beatrice Schneider – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
Ethan Herisse – Nickel Boys
Griffin Kramer – The People’s Joker
Ian Foreman – I Saw the TV Glow
Izaac Wang – Didi
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked
BEST MUSIC FILM
A Complete Unknown
Emilia Perez
Kneecap
Piece by Piece
Wicked
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Daughters
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Emilia Perez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Red Rooms
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
BEST SCREENPLAY
A Real Pain
Anora
Challengers
The Brutalist
The Substance
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Claw Machine” – I Saw the TV Glow
“Compress/Repress” – Challengers
“El Mal” – Emilia Perez
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot
“Like a Bird” – Sing Sing
BEST SCORE
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
The Brutalist
BEST SOUND
Civil War
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
The Brutalist
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dune: Part Two
Hundreds of Beavers
Nosferatu
The Brutalist
Wicked
BEST EDITING
Anora
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
The Brutalist
BEST STUNT WORK
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator 2
Hundreds of Beavers
The Fall Guy
BEST COMEDY
Deadpool & Wolverine
Hundreds of Beavers
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma
BEST HORROR FILM
Heretic
Late Night with the Devil
Nosferatu
Smile 2
The Substance
BEST ACTION FILM
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kill
The Fall Guy
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