St. Louis Film Critics winners: ‘Licorice Pizza’ is Best Film but ‘Mass’ wins three, including Supporting Actress for Ann Dowd

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story led the St. Louis Film Critics Association nominations with 8 apiece, but it was Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1970s nostalgia that topped with the win for Best Film. A runner-up for Original Screenplay, the only other wins for Licorice Pizza were in specialized categories; for Best Comedy Film and Best Scene.

Belfast and The Power of the Dog each came in with seven nominations and while Belfast went home empty-handed, Dog won four: Jane Campion in Director and Adapted Screenplay plus Kodi Smit-McPhee for Supporting Actor and Ari Wegner for Cinematography.

Mass was the other big winner of the day, also with three: Supporting Actress for Ann Dowd, Ensemble and Original Screenplay for director Fran Kranz.

Nicolas Cage (Pig) added another Best Actor win to his season and Kristen Stewart (Spencer) extended her critics’ lead as Best Actress.

The group had more than a few ties, not in their winners but in their runners-up. Best Film, Best Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography and Visual Effects all ended in 2nd place ties.

Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up from the 2021 St. Louis Film Critics Association.

Best Film

• Winner: Licorice Pizza
• Runners-up: Belfast and The Power of the Dog (tie)

Best Director

• Winner: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
• Runner-up: Kenneth Branagh – Belfast

Best Actor

• Winner: Nicolas Cage – Pig
• Runner-up: Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!

Best Actress

• Winner: Kristen Stewart – Spencer
• Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter (tie)

Best Supporting Actor

• Winner: Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
• Runner-up: Ciaran Hinds – Belfast

Best Supporting Actress

• Winner: Ann Dowd – Mass
• Runner-up: Rita Moreno – West Side Story

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Winner: The Power of the Dog
• Runners-up: CODA and Drive My Car (tie)

Best Original Screenplay

• Winner: Mass
• Runner-up: Licorice Pizza

Best Ensemble

• Winner: Mass
• Runner-up: The French Dispatch

Best Music Score

• Winner: Dune
• Runner-up: The Power of the Dog

Best Music Soundtrack

• Winner: Cruella
• Runner-up: Licorice Pizza

Best Editing

• Winner: Last Night in Soho
• Runners-up: Belfast and West Side Story (tie)

Best Cinematography

• Winner: The Power of the Dog
• Runners-up: The Tragedy of Macbeth and West Side Story (tie)

Best Production Design

• Winner: The French Dispatch
• Runner-up: Dune

Best Costume Design

• Winner: Cruella
• Runner-up: Spencer

Best Visual Effects

• Winner: Dune
• Runners-up: Finch and The Tragedy of Macbeth (tie)

Best Animated Film

• Winner: The Mitchells vs. the Machines
• Runner-up: Encanto

Best Documentary Feature

• Winner: Flee
• Runner-up: Summer of Soul

Best International Film

• Winner: Drive My Car (Japan)
• Runner-up: The Hand of God (Italy)

Best Scene

• Winner: Truck driving in reverse in Licorice Pizza
• Runner-up: First dance at the nightclub in Last Night in Soho

Best Action Film

• Winner: Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Runner-up: No Time to Die

Best Comedy Film

• Winner: Licorice Pizza
• Runner-up: Don’t Look Up

Best Horror Film

• Winner: A Quiet Place Part II
• Runner-up: Titane

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