Philadelphia Film Critics Circle turns out for Knives Out
Rian Johnson's Knives Out is currently in the process of slaying the general moviegoing public, having already laid waste to critics when it premiered earlier this year at TIFF. Today, it deals its deadliest blow to date: a Best Film prize from the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle. Granted, this is only the third year of the Philly critics' existence as a group, but Knives Out's success here is an indication that voters are willing and ready to place the murder-mystery comedy atop their ballots. It's not all Bong Joon Ho and Martin Scorsese! Elsewhere here, there's a lot of support for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, while Little Women continues to rally.
Best Film
KNIVES OUT
Runner-up: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Best Director
MARTIN SCORSESE (THE IRISHMAN)
Runner-up: Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Best Actress
LUPITA NYONG'O (US)
Runner-up: Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)
Best Actor
ADAM DRIVER (MARRIAGE STORY)
Runner-up: Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name)
Best Supporting Actress
FLORENCE PUGH (LITTLE WOMEN)
Runner-up: Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
Best Supporting Actor
JOE PESCI (THE IRISHMAN)
BRAD PITT (ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD)
Best Script
RIAN JOHNSON (KNIVES OUT)
Runner-up: Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Best Cinematography
JARIN BLASCHKE (THE LIGHTHOUSE)
Runner-up: Roger Deakins (1917)
Best Soundtrack
ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD
Runner-up: Us
Best Animated Film
TOY STORY 4
Runner-up: Frozen II
Best Documentary
APOLLO 11
Runner-up: The Kingmaker
Best Foreign Film
PARASITE
Runner-up: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Directorial Debut
JOE TALBOT (THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO)
OLIVIA WILDE (BOOKSMART)
Best Breakthrough Performance
FLORENCE PUGH (LITTLE WOMEN)
Runner-up: Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit)
Elaine May Award (for a deserving person or film that brings awareness to women's issues)
HARRIET
Steve Friedman Award (for a person or film that drives major public discourse on a topic or issue)
JOKER