Another day, another critics' group gives Nomadland their Best Film prize. By now, it's almost to be expected, though we may some day look back with nostalgic fondness at a time when we took it for granted that a brilliant movie by a brilliant female director of colour was bulldozing through awards season (and that day could come any time soon...). Chloe Zhao wins Best Director from the St. Louis Film Critics Association, though lead Frances McDormand places runner-up to Promising Young Woman's Carey Mulligan - another female-directed title very popular with the St. Louis critics. You can check out their nominations here.
Best Film
Nomadland
Runner-up: First Cow / Promising Young Woman
Best Director
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Runner-up: Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Runner-up: Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Best Actor
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Runner-up: Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)
Best Supporting Actress
Youn Yuh Jung (Minari)
Runner-up: Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
Runner-up: Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Best Original Screenplay
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Runner-up: Kemp Powers (One Night in Miami)
Best Cinematography
Joshua James Richards (Nomadland)
Runner-up: Erik Messerschmidt (Mank)
Best Editing
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Runner-up: Robert Frazen (I'm Thinking of Ending Things)
Best Production Design
Donald Graham Burt (Mank)
Runner-up: Kave Quinn (Emma.)
Best Visual Effects
Tenet
Runner-up: The Invisible Man
Best Score
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Soul)
Runner-up: Ludovico Einaudi (Nomadland)
Best Soundtrack
Promising Young Woman
Runner-up: Hamilton
Best Animated Film
Soul
Runner-up: Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary
Collective
Best Foreign Film
Another Round
Runner-up: Beanpole
Best Action Film
Tenet
Runner-up: Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Best Comedy Film
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Runner-up: Palm Springs
Best Horror Film
The Invisible Man
Best Scene
"Sisters dine" (The Invisible Man)
Runner-up: "Rudy Giuliani" (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Worst Film
Downhill