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