Hollywood Critics Association 2023 Midseason HCA Awards: ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,’ ‘Past Lives,’ ‘Air’ are Top Winners
Matt Damon, Greta Lee, Glenn Howerton, Viola Davis win acting awards
The Hollywood Critics Association has announced today the winners of the 2023 HCA Midseason Movie Awards, honoring the best in film from the first half of the year, where Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives and Air led wins in major categories.
Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the critically acclaimed box office hit sequel to 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, received a total of three nominations and scored two wins. The film took home the top prize of Best Picture while the trio of Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson won Best Director. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the first animated film to win Best Picture and Best Director from the Hollywood Critics Association.
A24’s Past Lives also took home three awards; Best Actress for Greta Lee, Best Screenplay for director Celine Song, and Best Indie Film, from its field best seven nominations. Also coming in with seven nominations, Amazon Studios’ Air won Best Actor for Matt Damon and Best Supporting Actress for Viola Davis. Glenn Howerton won Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Jim Balsillie in BlackBerry. Other winners of the HCA Midseason Movie Awards included John Wick: Chapter 4 for Best Stunts, M3GAN for Best Horror Film, and Barbie for Most Anticipated Film.
Last year, A24’s Everything Everywhere All Once dominated the HCA Midseason Awards, a feat it would repeat at the year end awards and at the Academy Awards.
Nominations for the 2023 HCA Midseason Movie Awards were announced on Tuesday, June 27. Here is the complete list of winners and runners up.
Best Picture
- Air (Amazon Studios)
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)
- Asteroid City (Focus Features)
- BlackBerry (IFC Films)
- Creed III (MGM)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Paramount Pictures)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Walt Disney Pictures)
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate)
- Past Lives (A24) – Runner up
- Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures) – WINNER
Best Actor
- Joaquin Phoenix – Beau Is Afraid (A24)
- Matt Damon – Air (Amazon Studios) – WINNER
- Michael B. Jordan – Creed III (MGM)
- Taron Egerton- Tetris (AppleTV+)
- Teo Yoo – Past Lives (A24) – Runner up
Best Actress
- Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate) – Runner up
- Greta Lee – Past Lives (A24) – WINNER
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – You Hurt My Feelings (A24)
- Mia Goth – Infinity Pool (NEON)
- Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One (Focus Features)
Best Supporting Actor
- Ben Affleck – Air (Amazon Studios)
- Chris Messina – Air (Amazon Studios)
- Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry (IFC Films) – WINNER
- Jason Momoa – Fast X (Universal Pictures) – Runner up
- John Magaro – Past Lives (A24)
Best Supporting Actress
- Kathy Bates – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)
- Patti LuPone – Beau Is Afraid (A24)
- Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate) – Runner up
- Scarlett Johansson – Asteroid City (Focus Features)
- Viola Davis – Air (Amazon Studios) – WINNER
Best Director
- Ben Affleck – Air (Amazon Studios)
- Celine Song – Past Lives (A24) – Runner up
- Chad Stahelski – John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate)
- Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson – Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures) – WINNER
- Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)
Best Stunts
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Paramount Pictures)
- Extraction 2 (Netflix)
- Fast X (Universal Pictures)
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) – WINNER
- Polite Society (Focus Features) – Runner up
Best Screenplay
- Alex Convery – Air (Amazon Studios) – Runner up
- Celine Song – Past Lives (A24) – WINNER
- Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)
- Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Dave Callaham – Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
- Wes Anderson – Asteroid City (Focus Features)
Best Horror Film
- Evil Dead Rise (Warner Bros) – Runner up
- Infinity Pool (NEON)
- Knock at the Cabin (Universal Pictures)
- M3GAN (Universal Pictures) – WINNER
- Scream VI (Paramount Pictures)
Best Indie Film
- A Thousand and One (Focus Features)
- BlackBerry (IFC Films) – Runner up
- Past Lives (A24) – WINNER
- Rye Lane (Searchlight)
- You Hurt My Feelings (A24)
Most Anticipated Film For The Second Half of 2023
- Barbie (Warner Bros) – WINNER
- Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros)
- Killers Of The Flower Moon (AppleTV+)
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures)
- Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures) – Runner up
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