A fairly familiar story emerges in the winners of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle's 2022 awards for achievements in film this year. Daniels' Everything Everywhere All at Once is the biggest winner, taking five awards including Best Film and Best Director. The PFCC has also given a strong show of support for Todd Field's Tar - it may take only one prize, Best Actress for Cate Blanchett, but it ranks as runner-up in three more, including Best Film and Best Director again. All the winners' details below.
Best Film
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner-up: Tar
Best Director
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Runner-up: Todd Field (Tar)
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Tar)
Runner-up: Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Actor
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Runner-up: Bill Nighy (Living)
Best Supporting Actress
Janelle Monae (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
Runner-up: Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Supporting Actor
Quan Ke Huy (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Runner-up: Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Best Script
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)
Runner-up: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson)
Best Cinematography
RRR (K. K. Senthil Kumar)
Runner-up: Top Gun: Maverick
Best Soundtrack/Score
RRR
Runner-up: Tar
Best Ensemble
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Runner-up: Turning Red
Best Documentary Film
Good Night Oppy
Runner-up: Fire of Love
Best Foreign Language Film
RRR
Runner-up: Holy Spider
Best Directorial Debut
John Patton Ford (Emily the Criminal)
Runner-up: Goran Stolevski (You Won't Be Alone)
Best Breakthrough Performance
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Runner-up: Austin Butler (Elvis)
The Cheesesteak Award for a Blockbuster That's Hard to Ignore
Top Gun: Maverick
Runner-up: RRR
Elaine May Award for a Person or Film That Brings Awareness to a Story from Women's Perspectives
Women Talking