Denver Film Critics: ‘The Power of the Dog’ leads winner list, J.K. Simmons earns first award of the season
Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog topped the Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS) winners with five awards including Best Movie, Director and Actor. The film had led the nominations with seven.
Dune was next with two wins from its six nominations (Visual Effects and Sci-Fi/Horror Film) while J.K. Simmons won his first Best Supporting Actor award of the season for his turn as William Frawley in Being the Ricardos. Kristen Stewart won Best Actress for Spencer and Ariana DeBose won Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story.
Here is the complete list of winners.
Best Movie
- Belfast
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- The Power of the Dog – WINNER
- Spider–Man: No Way Home
Best Director
- Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
- Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog – WINNER
- Joel Coen – The Tragedy of Macbeth
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Best Actress
- Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
- Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
- Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
- Kristen Stewart – Spencer – WINNER
Best Actor
- Nicolas Cage – Pig
- Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog – WINNER
- Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
- Will Smith – King Richard
- Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Supporting Actress
- Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley
- Ariana DeBose – West Side Story – WINNER
- Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
- Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
- Ruth Negga – Passing
Best Supporting Actor
- Ben Affleck – The Tender Bar
- Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
- Troy Kotsur – CODA
- J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos – WINNER
- Kodi Smit–McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Adapted Screenplay
- CODA
- Drive My Car
- Dune
- The Power of the Dog – WINNER
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
Original Screenplay
- Belfast
- C’mon C’mon
- King Richard
- Licorice Pizza
- Pig – WINNER
Animated Film
- Encanto
- Flee – WINNER
- Luca
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines
- Raya and the Last Dragon
Documentary Film
- The First Wave
- Flee
- Procession
- Summer of Soul – WINNER
- The Velvet Underground
Foreign Language Film
- Drive My Car – WINNER
- Flee
- A Hero
- Petite Maman
- The Worst Person in the World
Original Score
- Dune
- Encanto
- The Harder They Fall
- The Power of the Dog – WINNER
- Spencer
Original Song
- “Be Alive” from King Richard
- “Dos Orugitas” from Encanto
- “Guns Go Bang” from The Harder They Fall
- “Just Look Up” from Don’t Look Up
- “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die – WINNER
Sci–Fi/Horror Film
- Dune – WINNER
- The Green Knight
- Last Night in Soho
- A Quiet Place Part II
- Spider–Man: No Way Home
Comedy Film
- Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar
- Don’t Look Up
- Free Guy
- The French Dispatch – WINNER
- The Suicide Squad
Visual Effects
- Dune – WINNER
- The Green Knight
- Godzilla vs. Kong
- Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Spider–Man: No Way Home
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