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