Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) winners: ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Licorice Pizza,’ Mike Faist and more

Erik Anderson December 18, 2021

The Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) has named The Power of the Dog the Best Picture of 2021, also awarding the film Best Director for Jane Campion, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Supporting Actress for Kirsten Dunst and Best Score for Jonny Greenwood.

Kristen Stewart won Best Actress for Spencer and West Side Story breakout Mike Faist won his first Best Supporting Actor award this season. In the group’s specialized categories the winners included Licorice Pizza (Best Comedy Film), Dune (Best Science Fiction Film) and Titane (Best Horror Film).

A Special Recognition award was given to Sonny Chiba for Lifetime Achievement In Action Cinema.

Here is the full list of winners.

BEST PICTURE

DRIVE MY CAR
LICORICE PIZZA
THE POWER OF THE DOG – WINNER
SPENCER
WEST SIDE STORY

BEST ACTOR

NICOLAS CAGE, PIG
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, THE POWER OF THE DOG
ANDREW GARFIELD, TICK,TICK…BOOM!
JOAQUIN PHOENIX, C’MON C’MON,
DENZEL WASHINGTON, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

BEST ACTRESS

OLIVIA COLMAN, THE LOST DAUGHTER
LADY GAGA, HOUSE OF GUCCI
ALANA HAIM, LICORICE PIZZA
NICOLE KIDMAN, BEING THE RICARDOS
KRISTEN STEWART, SPENCER – WINNER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

BRADLEY COOPER, LICORICE PIZZA
MIKE FAIST, WEST SIDE STORY – WINNER
CIARIN HINDS, BELFAST
KODI SMIT-MCPHEE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
JEFFREY WRIGHT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

CATRIONA BALFE, BELFAST
KIRSTEN DUNST, THE POWER OF THE DOG – WINNER
ARIANA DEBOSE, WEST SIDE STORY
RITA MORENO, WEST SIDE STORY
RUTH NEGGA, PASSING

BEST DIRECTOR

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA
WES ANDERSON, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
JANE CAMPION, THE POWER OF THE DOG – WINNER
RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI, DRIVE MY CAR
STEVEN SPIELBERG, WEST SIDE STORY

BEST SCREENPLAY

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, LICORICE PIZZA – WINNER
JANE CAMPION AND THOMAS SAVAGE, THE POWER OF THE DOG
RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI, HARUKI MURAKAMI, AND TAKAMASA OE, DRIVE MY CAR
MIKE MILLS, C’MON, C’MON
AARON SORKIN, BEING THE RICARDOS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BRUNO DELBONNEL, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH – WINNER
GREIG FRASER, DUNE
JANUSZ KAMINSKI, WEST SIDE STORY
DAN LAUSTSEN, NIGHTMARE ALLEY
ARI WEGNER, THE POWER OF THE DOG

BEST SCORE

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
JONNY GREENWOOD, THE POWER OF THE DOG – WINNER
JONNY GREENWOOD, SPENCER
JEYMES SAMUEL, THE HARDER THEY FALL
HANS ZIMMER, DUNE

BEST ANIMATED FILM

ENCANTO
LUCA
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES – WINNER
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
VIVO

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

DRIVE MY CAR – WINNER
THE HAND OF GOD
PETITE MAMAN
TITANE
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

BEST DOCUMENTARY

FLEE
THE SPARKS BROTHERS
SUMMER OF SOUL – WINNER
VAL
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

BEST COMEDY FILM

BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
LICORICE PIZZA – WINNER
RED ROCKET
SHIVA BABY

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM

DUNE – WINNER
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
A QUIET PLACE PART II
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
THE SUICIDE SQUAD

BEST HORROR FILM

CANDYMAN
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
MALIGNANT
THE NIGHT HOUSE
TITANE – WINNER

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Lifetime Achievement In Action Cinema – Sonny Chiba

Photo by Niko Tavernise/20th Century Studios

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Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.