Paddy Mulholland

Dec 6, 20211 min

Licorice Pizza is Atlanta Film Critics Circle's film of 2021

Bradley Cooper, Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim in Licorice Pizza

The Atlanta Film Critics Circle felt the power of the licorice pizza this year when voting on their top achievements in film for 2021. Paul Thomas Anderson's new comedy Licorice Pizza takes five prizes from the AFCC including Best Film, while runner-up The Power of the Dog from Jane Campion wins her Best Director and a further three awards; of the five acting prizes dispersed (including a Best Lead Actress tie), four were to these two movies alone. Check it all out below.

Best Film

1. LICORICE PIZZA

2. THE POWER OF THE DOG

3. THE GREEN KNIGHT

4. BELFAST

5. TICK, TICK...BOOM!

6. DRIVE MY CAR

7. TITANE

8. WEST SIDE STORY

9. FLEE

10. DUNE

= THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Best Director

Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Best Lead Actress

Alana Haim (LICORICE PIZZA)

Kristen Stewart (SPENCER)

Best Lead Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Best Supporting Actress

Kirsten Dunst (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Best Supporting Actor

Bradley Cooper (LICORICE PIZZA)

Best Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson (LICORICE PIZZA)

Best Cinematography

Ari Wegner (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Best Original Score

Hans Zimmer (DUNE)

Best Ensemble Cast

LICORICE PIZZA

MASS

Best Animated Film

THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES

Best Documentary

FLEE

Best Foreign Language Film

DRIVE MY CAR (Japan)

Best First Film

Lin-Manuel Miranda (TICK, TICK...BOOM!)

Breakthrough Performer Award

Agathe Rousselle (TITANE)

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