Greater Western New York Critics go for ‘Pig,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’ and ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) announced their winners today and Michael Sarnoski’s debut feature Pig took the top prize, Best Picture, along with a win for Sarnoski for Breakthrough Director and for star Nicolas Cage as Best Actor.

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog also won three awards: Best Director and Adapted Screenplay for Campion and Best Editing. The group opted for a calendar year eligibility this season and in doing so awarded Judas and the Black Messiah two: Best Supporting Actor for Daniel Kaluuya and Best Original Screenplay. Kaluuya won the Oscar for the role earlier this year at the last Oscars. Spencer was also a double winner: for Kristen Stewart as Best Actress and Best Score for Jonny Greenwood.

Here is the full list of winners from the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association.

BEST PICTURE:
C’mon C’mon
CODA
Dune
The Green Knight
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Last Duel
Licorice Pizza
Pig – WINNER
The Power of the Dog
Spencer

BEST DIRECTOR:
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog – WINNER
Pablo Larraín, Spencer
Ridley Scott, The Last Duel
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Denis Villeneuve, Dune

LEAD ACTOR:
Nicolas Cage, Pig – WINNER
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick … BOOM!
Joaquin Phoenix, C’mon C’mon
Will Smith, King Richard

LEAD ACTRESS:
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Jodie Comer, The Last Duel
Emilia Jones, CODA
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Kristen Stewart, Spencer – WINNER

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Robin de Jesús, tick, tick … BOOM!
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Jason Isaacs, Mass
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
Troy Kotsur, CODA

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana Debose, West Side Story
Ann Dowd, Mass
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing – WINNER

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Will Berson & Shaka King (story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenneth Lucas & Keith Lucas), Judas and the Black Messiah – WINNER
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Fran Kranz, Mass
Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon & Nicole Holofcener, The Last Duel
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog – WINNER
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Tony Kushner, West Side Story

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Andrew Droz Palermo, The Green Knight – WINNER
Greig Fraser, Dune
Claire Mathon, Spencer
Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog

BEST EDITING:
Peter Sciberras, The Power of the Dog – WINNER
Sebastián Sepúlveda, Spencer
Claire Simpson, The Last Duel
Joe Walker, Dune
Andrew Weisblum, The French Dispatch

BEST SCORE:
Carter Burwell, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
Jonny Greenwood, Spencer – WINNER
Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers
Hans Zimmer, Dune

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE:
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Agathe Rousselle, Titane
Rachel Sennott, Shiva Baby – WINNER

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR:
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall, Passing
Fran Kranz, Mass
Michael Sarnoski, Pig – WINNER
Emma Seligman, Shiva Baby

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Drive My Car (Japan) – WINNER
Flee (Denmark)
Parallel Mothers (Spain)
Titane (France)
The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

BEST ANIMATED FILM:
Belle
The Boss Baby: Family Business
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines – WINNER

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Flee
No Ordinary Man
Procession
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER

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