Power of the Dog Named Best Film of 2021 by London Critics’ Circle

Different huge winners embrace ‘Drive My Automobile,’ ‘Passing,’ and Andrew Garfield

The Critics’ Circle, the longest-standing critics affiliation within the UK, has introduced the London Critics’ Circle Movie Awards for 2021. Taking residence the highest prize of Movie of the Yr is The Energy of the Canine, by the New Zealand director Jane Campion. The Energy of the Canine additionally took residence Director of the Yr, Actor of the Yr, and Supporting Actor of the Yr for Campion, Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee, respectively. The Western drama, primarily based on a novel by the identical identify, additionally stars Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons. It has been an awards darling this previous 12 months, garnering accolades on the Venice Movie Pageant, the Golden Globes, and nominations on the BAFTAs.

Campion was the second girl ever nominated for Finest Director on the Academy Awards for 1993’s The Piano. Now, with The Energy of the Canine, Campion has an opportunity to grow to be the third girl to win Finest Director, following final 12 months’s Chloe Zhao for Nomadland. Cumberbatch, Smit-McPhee, and Dunst are all thought-about to be locked for Oscar nominations, that are set to be introduced Tuesday, February eighth by Leslie Jordan and Traci Ellis Ross. The movie’s accolades from Critics’ Circle additional place it to win huge on the Oscars.

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Different huge winners on the Critics’ Circle had been the Japanese drama Drive My Automobile and Andrew Garfield. Drive My Automobile not solely received International Language Movie of the Yr but additionally received Screenwriter of the Yr for Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe. After being snubbed by the BAFTAs for his Golden Globe profitable efficiency in Tick, Tick… Growth!, Andrew Garfield received British/Irish Actor of the Yr for his physique of labor in 2021. Garfield actually had a landmark 12 months, with Tick, Tick… Growth!, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and naturally reprising his position as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Spider-Man: No Means House. Tilda Swinton received British/Irish Actress of the Yr, and Olivia Coleman and Ruth Negga took residence Actress and Supporting Actress, respectively.

The London Critics’ Circle Movie Awards additional show that The Energy of the Canine is one to observe this awards season. Nonetheless, it additionally demonstrates that Drive My Automobile shouldn’t be counted out of main classes. You may see the listing of full winners beneath:

FILM OF THE YEAR

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR

The Memento Half II

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

• Jane Campion – The Energy of the Canine

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

• Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe – Drive My Automobile

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

• Olivia Colman – The Misplaced Daughter

ACTOR OF THE YEAR

• Benedict Cumberbatch – The Energy of the Canine

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR

• Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Energy of the Canine

BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

• Tilda Swinton – for her physique of labor in 2021, together with Memoria, The Memento Half II and The French Dispatch

BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR

• Andrew Garfield – for his physique of labor in 2021, together with Tick, Tick… Growth!, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Spider-Man: No Means House and Mainstream

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

• Summer time of Soul …or, When the Revolution May Not Be Televised

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER

• Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Dune – Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer, visible results (Warners)

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