Joker wins top Phoenix Film Critics Society awards
Updated: Dec 19, 2019
It's one of the year's most divisive, controversial movies, so it's rather a surprise it's taken two busy weeks of awards season for Todd Phillips' Joker to win a Best Picture prize. Here to remedy that is the Phoenix Film Critics Society, which bestows its top award upon the DC dramatic thriller, alongside a Best Actor prize for lead Joaquin Phoenix.
The PFCS also showed some serious love for Sam Mendes' WWI action thriller 1917, with it winning Best Director for Mendes and four technical prizes. Rian Johnson's Knives Out wins for its screenplay and its cast, while The Irishman and Parasite are shut out save for Best Picture top ten placements and an obligatory Foreign Language Film prize for the latter.
Best Picture
JOKER
1917
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Parasite
The Two Popes
Best Director
SAM MENDES (1917)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
RENEE ZELLWEGER (JUDY)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
JOAQUIN PHOENIX (JOKER)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
LAURA DERN (MARRIAGE STORY)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
BRAD PITT (ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD)
Best Original Screenplay
KNIVES OUT
Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material
JOJO RABBIT
Best Cinematography
1917
Best Film Editing
1917
Best Production Design
1917
Best Costume Design
ROCKETMAN
Best Visual Effects
AVENGERS: ENDGAME
Best Original Score
1917
Best Original Song
'INTO THE UNKNOWN' (FROZEN II)
Best Ensemble Acting
KNIVES OUT
Best Animated Film
TOY STORY 4
Best Documentary
ONE CHILD NATION
Best Foreign Language Film
PARASITE
Breakthrough Performance Award
ROMAN GRIFFIN DAVIS (JOJO RABBIT)
Best Performance by a Youth
ROMAN GRIFFIN DAVIS (JOJO RABBIT)
Overlooked Film of the Year
HOTEL MUMBAI
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