Licorice Pizza wins St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Film award

The St. Louis Film Critics Association has rung in on their picks for the best achievements in film for 2021, with a somewhat surprising choice for Best Film. It's not that Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza isn't highly critically acclaimed, nor that it wasn't one of the most-nominated movies for the SLFCA's awards. It's just that its haul, of Best Film, Best Comedy Film and Best Scene, doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It doesn't need to, though - this is their decision, and it's one I can't complain about! Check out all the winners and runners-up below.

Best Film

LICORICE PIZZA

Runners-up: BELFAST / THE POWER OF THE DOG

Best Director

Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Runner-up: Kenneth Branagh (BELFAST)

Best Actress

Kristen Stewart (SPENCER)

Runners-up: Jessica Chastain (THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE) / Olivia Colman (THE LOST DAUGHTER)

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage (PIG)

Runner-up: Andrew Garfield (TICK, TICK...BOOM!)

Best Supporting Actress

Ann Dowd (MASS)

Runner-up: Rita Moreno (WEST SIDE STORY)

Best Supporting Actor

Kodi Smit-McPhee (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Runner-up: Ciaran Hinds (BELFAST)

Best Original Screenplay

Fran Kranz (MASS)

Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson (LICORICE PIZZA)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Runners-up: Hamaguchi Ryusuke and Oe Takamasa (DRIVE MY CAR) / Sian Heder (CODA)

Best Cinematography

Ari Wegner (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Runners-up: Bruno Delbonnel (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH) / Janusz Kaminski (WEST SIDE STORY)

Best Editing

Paul Machliss (LAST NIGHT IN SOHO)

Runners-up: Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn (WEST SIDE STORY) / Una ni Dhonghaile (BELFAST)

Best Production Design

Adam Stockhausen (THE FRENCH DISPATCH)

Runner-up: Patrice Vermette (DUNE)

Best Costume Design

Jenny Beavan (CRUELLA)

Runner-up: Jacqueline Durran (SPENCER)

Best Visual Effects

DUNE

Runners-up: FINCH / THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

Best Score

Hans Zimmer (DUNE)

Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood (THE POWER OF THE DOG)

Best Soundtrack

CRUELLA

Runner-up: LICORICE PIZZA

Best Ensemble

MASS

Runner-up: THE FRENCH DISPATCH

Best Animated Film

THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES

Runner-up: ENCANTO

Best Documentary

FLEE

Runner-up: SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

Best International Film

DRIVE MY CAR (Japan)

Runner-up: THE HAND OF GOD (Italy)

Best Scene

"Truck driving in reverse" (LICORICE PIZZA)

"First dance at the nightclub" (LAST NIGHT IN SOHO)

Best Action Film

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS

Runner-up: NO TIME TO DIE

 Best Comedy Film

LICORICE PIZZA

Runner-up: DON'T LOOK UP

Best Horror Film

A QUIET PLACE PART II

Runner-up: TITANE