The Power of the Dog Declared Best Picture by Phoenix Critics Circle

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog has been declared Best Picture by the Phoenix Critics Circle. The film also won Best Director for Campion, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Supporting Actress for Kirsten Dunst, and Best Score, for Jonny Greenwood.

Winners in bold below.

BEST PICTURE

  • DRIVE MY CAR
  • LICORICE PIZZA
  • THE POWER OF THE DOG
  • SPENCER
  • WEST SIDE STORY

BEST ACTOR

  • NICOLAS CAGE, PIG
  • BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, THE POWER OF THE DOG
  • ANDREW GARFIELD, TICK,TICK…BOOM!
  • JOAQUIN PHOENIX, C’MON C’MON,
  • DENZEL WASHINGTON, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

BEST ACTRESS

  • OLIVIA COLMAN, THE LOST DAUGHTER
  • LADY GAGA, HOUSE OF GUCCI
  • ALANA HAIM, LICORICE PIZZA
  • NICOLE KIDMAN, BEING THE RICARDOS
  • KRISTEN STEWART, SPENCER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • BRADLEY COOPER, LICORICE PIZZA
  • MIKE FAIST, WEST SIDE STORY
  • CIARIN HINDS, BELFAST
  • KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
  • JEFFREY WRIGHT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • CATRIONA BALFE, BELFAST
  • KIRSTEN DUNST, THE POWER OF THE DOG
  • ARIANA DEBOSE, WEST SIDE STORY
  • RITA MORENO, WEST SIDE STORY
  • RUTH NEGGA, PASSING

BEST DIRECTOR

  • PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
  • WES ANDERSON, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
  • JANE CAMPION, THE POWER OF THE DOG
  • RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI, DRIVE MY CAR
  • STEVEN SPIELBERG, WEST SIDE STORY

BEST SCREENPLAY

  • PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
  • JANE CAMPION AND THOMAS SAVAGE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
  • RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI, HARUKI MURAKAMI, AND TAKAMASA OE, DRIVE MY CAR
  • MIKE MILLS, C’MON, C’MON
  • AARON SORKIN, BEING THE RICARDOS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • BRUNO DELBONNEL, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
  • GREIG FRASER, DUNE
  • JANUSZ KAMINSKI, WEST SIDE STORY
  • DAN LAUSTSEN, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
  • ARI WEGNER, THE POWER OF THE DOG

BEST SCORE

  • ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
  • JONNY GREENWOOD, THE POWER OF THE DOG
  • JONNY GREENWOOD, SPENCER
  • JEYMES SAMUEL, THE HARDER THEY FALL
  • HANS ZIMMER, DUNE

BEST ANIMATED FILM

  • ENCANTO
  • LUCA
  • THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
  • RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
  • VIVO

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • DRIVE MY CAR
  • THE HAND OF GOD
  • PETITE MAMAN
  • TITANE
  • THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

BEST DOCUMENTARY

  • FLEE
  • THE SPARKS BROTHERS
  • SUMMER OF SOUL
  • VAL
  • THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

BEST COMEDY FILM

  • BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
  • THE FRENCH DISPATCH
  • LICORICE PIZZA
  • RED ROCKET
  • SHIVA BABY

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM

  • DUNE
  • THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
  • A QUIET PLACE PART II
  • SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
  • THE SUICIDE SQUAD

BEST HORROR FILM

  • CANDYMAN
  • LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
  • MALIGNANT
  • THE NIGHT HOUSE
  • TITANE

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Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.