Phoenix Critics Circle 2021 Award Winners

Best Picture Winner – THE POWER OF THE DOG

Other Nominees:

• DRIVE MY CAR

• LICORICE PIZZA

• SPENCER

• WEST SIDE STORY

Best Director Winner – JANE CAMPION, THE POWER OF THE DOG

Other Nominees:

• PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA

• WES ANDERSON, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

• RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI, DRIVE MY CAR

• STEVEN SPIELBERG, WEST SIDE STORY

Best Actor Winner – BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, THE POWER OF THE DOG

Other Nominees:

• NICOLAS CAGE, PIG

• ANDREW GARFIELD, TICK, TICK…BOOM!

• JOAQUIN PHOENIX, C’MON C’MON,

• DENZEL WASHINGTON, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

Best Actress Winner – KRISTEN STEWART, SPENCER

Other Nominees:

• OLIVIA COLMAN, THE LOST DAUGHTER

• LADY GAGA, HOUSE OF GUCCI

• ALANA HAIM, LICORICE PIZZA

• NICOLE KIDMAN, BEING THE RICARDOS

Best Supporting Actor Winner – MIKE FAIST, WEST SIDE STORY

Other Nominees:

• BRADLEY COOPER, LICORICE PIZZA

• CIARIN HINDS, BELFAST

• KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, THE POWER OF THE DOG

• JEFFREY WRIGHT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

Best Supporting Actress Winner – KIRSTEN DUNST, THE POWER OF THE DOG

Other Nominees:

• CATRIONA BALFE, BELFAST

• ARIANA DEBOSE, WEST SIDE STORY

• RITA MORENO, WEST SIDE STORY

• RUTH NEGGA, PASSING

 Best Screenplay Winner – PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA

Other Nominees:

• 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 Score Winner – JONNY GREENWOOD, THE POWER OF THE DOG

Other Nominees:

• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

• JONNY GREENWOOD, SPENCER

• JEYMES SAMUEL, THE HARDER THEY FALL

• HANS ZIMMER, DUNE

Best Comedy Film Winner – LICORICE PIZZA

Other Nominees:

• BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR

• THE FRENCH DISPATCH

• RED ROCKET

• SHIVA BABY

Best Science Fiction Film Winner – DUNE

Other Nominees:

• 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 Winner – TITANE

Other Nominees:

• CANDYMAN

• LAST NIGHT IN SOHO

• MALIGNANT

• THE NIGHT HOUSE

Best Animated Film Winner – THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES

Other Nominees:

• ENCANTO

• LUCA

• RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
• VIVO

Best Foreign Language Film Winner – DRIVE MY CAR

Other Nominees:

• THE HAND OF GOD

• PETITE MAMAN

• TITANE

• THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Best Documentary Winner – SUMMER OF SOUL

Other Nominees:

• FLEE

• THE SPARKS BROTHERS

• VAL

• THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

Best Cinematography Winner – BRUNO DELBONNEL, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

Other Nominees:

• GREIG FRASER, DUNE

• JANUSZ KAMINSKI, WEST SIDE STORY

• DAN LAUSTSEN, NIGHTMARE ALLEY

• ARI WEGNER, THE POWER OF THE DOG

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN ACTION CINEMA – SONNY CHIBA