Phoenix Critics Circle winners: ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ is Best Picture, Keke Palmer named Best Supporting Actress for ‘Nope’

Martin McDonaugh’s The Banshees of Inisherin was named Best Picture by the Phoenix Critics Circle where the director also took the group’s screenplay prize.

Everything Everywhere All At Once led the win total with 3: Best Director, Supporting Actor and Science Fiction Film. Brendan Fraser won Best Actor for The Whale, Cate Blanchett Best Actress for TÁR and Keke Palmer Best Supporting Actress for Nope.

Here is the complete list of winners.

BEST PICTURE

• AFTERSUN
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – WINNER
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
• THE FABELMANS
• TÁR

BEST ACTOR

• AUSTIN BUTLER, ELVIS
• ADAM DRIVER, WHITE NOISE
• COLIN FARRELL, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• BRENDAN FRASER, THE WHALE – WINNER
• GABRIEL LABELLE, THE FABELMANS

BEST ACTRESS

• CATE BLANCHETT, TÁR – WINNER
• VIOLA DAVIS, THE WOMAN KING
• ANA DE ARMAS, BLONDE
• DANIELL DEADWYLER, TILL
• MICHELLE WILLIAMS, THE FABELMANS
• MICHELLE YEOH, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• PAUL DANO, THE FABELMANS
• BRENDAN GLEESON, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• BARRY KEOGHAN, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• KE HUY QUAN, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – WINNER
• MARK RYLANCE, BONES AND ALL

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• HONG CHAU, THE WHALE
• KERRY CONDON, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• JAMIE LEE CURTIS, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
• JANELLE MONAE, GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
• KEKE PALMER, NOPE – WINNER

BEST DIRECTOR

• TODD FIELD, TAR
• DANIEL KWAN AND DANIEL SCHEINERT, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – WINNER
• MARTIN MCDONAGH, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• SS RAJAMOULI, RRR
• STEVEN SPIELBERG, THE FABELMANS

BEST SCREENPLAY

• TODD FIELD, TÁR
• DANIEL KWAN AND DANIEL SCHEINERT, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
• MARTIN MCDONAGH, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – WINNER
• RUBEN OSTLUND, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
• JORDAN PEELE, NOPE
• CHARLOTTE WELLS, AFTERSUN

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• JANUSZ KAMINSKI, THE FABELMANS
• KK SENTHIL KUMAR, RRR
• CLAUDIO MIRANDA, TOP GUN: MAVERICK – WINNER
• LINUS SANDGREN, BABYLON
• HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA, NOPE

BEST SCORE

• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
• MICHAEL GIACCHINO, THE BATMAN
• JUSTIN HURWITZ, BABYLON – WINNER
• JOHN WILLIAMS, THE FABELMANS

BEST COMEDY FILM

• BROS
• GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – WINNER
• JACKASS FOREVER
• TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
• THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM

• BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
• CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – WINNER
• NOPE
• PREY

BEST HORROR FILM

• BARBARIAN – WINNER
• BONES AND ALL
• PEARL
• SMILE 
• X

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – WINNER
• LIGHTYEAR
• MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
• TURNING RED
• WENDELL & WILD

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
• CLOSE
• DECISION TO LEAVE
• EO
• RRR – WINNER

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• FIRE OF LOVE – WINNER
• GOODNIGHT OPPY
• LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK AND BLUES
• MOONAGE DAYDREAM
• WILDCAT

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