2022 St. Louis Film Critics Association winners: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once,’ ‘Women Talking, ‘Elvis’

The St. Louis Film Critics Association has announced its winners for the best in film for 2022 and The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once led with five wins including Best Film, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan) and Best Original Screenplay (in a tie with The Banshees of Inisherin).

Women Talking earned three awards: Best Director for Sarah Polley, Best Ensemble and Best Musical Score. Elvis also won three, for its production design, costume design and soundtrack. Star Austin Butler was the Best Actor runner-up.

Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.

Best Film: Everything Everywhere All at Once (Runner-up: Women Talking)

Best Director: Sarah Polley, Women Talking (Runner-up: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Actor: Brendan Fraser, The Whale (Runner-up: Austin Butler, Elvis)

Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once (Runner-up: Danielle Deadwyler, Till)

Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once (Runner-up: Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin)

Best Supporting Actress: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin (Runners-up: Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever & Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)

Best Original Screenplay (tie): Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin & Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (Runner-up: Will Tracy and Seth Reiss, The Menu)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Rebecca Lenkiewicz, She Said (Runner-up: Sarah Polley, Women Talking)

Best Ensemble: Women Talking (Runner-up: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)

Best Animated Film: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Runner-up: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)

Best Documentary Feature: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Runners-up: Good Night Oppy & Moonage Daydream)

Best International Feature: Decision to Leave (Runner-up: RRR)

Best Cinematography: Ben Davis, The Banshees of Inisherin (Runner-up: Greig Fraser, The Batman)

Best Editing: Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once (Runner-up: Matt Villa & Jonathan Redmond, Elvis)

Best Production Design: Catherine Martin & Karen Murphy, Elvis (Runner-up: Rick Heinrichs, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)

Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin, Elvis (Runner-up: Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Best Musical Score: Hilda Guðnadóttir, Women Talking (Runners-up: Carter Burwell, The Banshees of Inisherin; Michael Giacchino, The Batman, & John Williams, The Fabelmans)

Best Visual Effects: Avatar: The Way of Water (Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Soundtrack: Elvis (Runner-up: Moonage Daydream)

Best Action Film: Top Gun: Maverick (Runner-up: RRR)

Best Comedy Film: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Runner-up: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)

Best Horror Film: Nope (Runner-up: X)

Best Scene: Sam meets his idol, The Fabelmans (Runner-up: Ice Man/Maverick visit, Top Gun: Maverick)

Photo: Michael Gibson

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