La stagione dei premi 2024/2025 iniza ad ingranare con i primi, importantissimi premi della critica regionale statunitense. Dopo i risultati di New York e della National Board of Review, è stata la volta dei circoli di critica di Los Angeles, Boston e Washington DC.
A Los Angeles e Boston trionfa Anora di Sean Baker, mentre a Washington gli preferiscono (di poco) Wicked di John M. Chu. Tra le interpreti femminili premiate, Mikey Madison per Anora (che trionfa a LA, Boston e Washington) e Marianne Jean-Baptiste per Hard Truths di Mike Leigh, che vince a Los Angeles in ex-aequo con Madison. Timothée Chalamet si impone come attore protagonista a Boston, mentre a Washington DC gli preferiscono Colman Domingo per Sing Sing.
Danielle Deadwyler per The Piano Lesson la spunta a Boston e Washington come attrice non protagonista, mentre Kieran Culkin per A Real Pain fa piazza pulita come interprete maschile di supporto:
Washington DC Film Critics:
Best Feature
“Anora” (Neon)
“Conclave” (Focus Features)
“Sing Sing” (A24)
“The Brutalist” (A24)
“Wicked” (Universal Pictures) – WINNER
Best Director
Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist” – WINNER
Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two”
Edward Berger – “Conclave”
Jon M. Chu – “Wicked”
Sean Baker – “Anora”
Best Actor
Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing” – WINNER
Daniel Craig – “Queer”
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave”
Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”
Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked”
Demi Moore – “The Substance”
Karla Sofia Gascon – “Emilia Perez”
Marianne Jean–Baptiste – “Hard Truths”
Mikey Madison – “Anora” – WINNER
Best Supporting Actor
Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing”
Denzel Washington – “Gladiator II”
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist”
Keiran Culkin – “A Real Pain” – WINNER
Yura Borisov – “Anora”
Best Supporting Actress
Ariana Grande – “Wicked”
Aunjanue Ellis–Taylor – “Nickel Boys”
Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson” – WINNER
Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave”
Zoe Saldana – “Emilia Perez”
Best Acting Ensemble
“Anora”
“Conclave” – WINNER
“Dune: Part Two”
“Sing Sing”
“The Brutalist”
“Wicked”
Best Voice Performance
Amy Poehler – “Inside Out 2”
Auli’i Cravalho – “Moana 2”
Brian Tyree Henry – “Transformers One”
Lupita Nyong’o – “The Wild Robot” – WINNER
Maya Hawke – “Inside Out 2”
Best Youth Performance
Alisha Weir – “Abigail”
Alyla Browne – “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
Elliott Heffernan – “Blitz” – WINNER
Ian Foreman – “Exhibiting Forgiveness”
Isabel DeRoy–Olson – “Fancy Dance”
Izaac Wang – “Didi”
Zoe Ziegler – “Janet Planet”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Conclave” – written for the screen by Peter Straughan – WINNER
“Dune: Part Two” – written for the screen by Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts
“Nickel Boys” – written for the screen by RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes
“Sing Sing” – written for the screen by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
“Wicked” – written for the screen by Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox
Best Original Screenplay
“Anora” – Sean Baker
“A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg – WINNER
“Challengers” – Justin Kuritzkes
“The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
“The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat
Best International Film
“Dahomey”
“Emilia Pérez” – WINNER
“Flow”
“I’m Still Here”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
Best Documentary
“Dahomey”
“Daughters”
“Music by John Williams”
“No Other Land”
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” – WINNER
“Will & Harper”
Best Animated Feature
“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“The Wild Robot” – WINNER
“Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
Best Original Score (tie)
“Blitz” – Hans Zimmer
“Challengers” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – WINNER
“Conclave” – Volker Bertelmann
“Nosferatu” – Robin Carolan
“The Brutalist” – Daniel Blumberg – WINNER
“The Wild Robot” – Kris Bowers
Best Editing (tie)
“Anora” – WINNER
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two” – WINNER
“The Brutalist”
“Wicked”
Best Cinematography
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Nickel Boys”
“Nosferatu” – WINNER
“The Brutalist”
Best Production Design
“Dune: Part Two”
“Gladiator II”
“Nosferatu”
“The Brutalist”
“Wicked” – WINNER
The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC
“Civil War” – WINNER
“Daughters”
“Shirley”
“Stopping the Steal”
Best Motion Capture
Eka Darville – “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
Jonno Davies – “Better Man”
Kevin Durand – “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
Owen Teague – “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” – WINNER
Peter Macon – “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
Best Stunts
“Deadpool and Wolverine”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
“Gladiator II”
“The Fall Guy” – WINNER
Los Angeles Film Critics:
Best Picture: Anora
Runner-up: The Brutalist
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof —The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Runner-up: Sean Baker — Anora
Best Lead Performance: Marianne Jean-Baptiste — Hard Truths; Mikey Madison — Anora
Runners-up: Demi Moore — The Substance and Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here
Best Supporting Performance: Yura Borisov — Anora; Kieran Culkin, —A Real Pain
Runners-up: Clarence Maclin — Sing Sing and Adam Pearson — A Different Man
Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg — A Real Pain
Runner up: Sean Baker — Anora
Animation: Flow
Runner-up: Chicken for Linda
Music Score: Challengers — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Runner-up: Evil Does Not Exist — Eiko Ishibashi
Cinematography: Nickel Boys — Jomo Fray
Runner-up: The Brutalist — Lol Crawley
Editing: (TIE) Nickel Boys — Nicholas Monsour; September 5 — Hansjörg Weißbrich
Runner-up: None
Production Design: The Brutalist — Judy Becker
Runner-up: Blitz — Adam Stockhausen
Best Film Not in the English Language: All We Imagine as Light
Runner-up: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: No Other Land
Runner-up: Dahomey
New Generation Award: Vera Drew — The People’s Joker
Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Prize: The Human Surge 3 by Eduardo Williams
Career Achievement Award: John Carpenter
Boston Society Film Critics:
Best Picture: Anora
Best Director: Sean Baker, Anora
Best Actor: Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Best Actress: Mikey Madison, Anora
Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Best Supporting Actress: Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Best Ensemble: Sing Sing
Best Adapted Screenplay: Nickel Boys
Best Original Screenplay: Anora
Best Editing: Challengers
Best Cinematography: The Brutalist
Best Score: The Brutalist
Best Animated Film: Flow
Best Documentary: No Other Land
Best Non-English Language Film: Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
Best New Filmmaker: Annie Baker, Janet Planet
Fonte: AwardsWatch
