2021 National Society of Film Critics Awards explained

56th NSFC Awards
Date:8 January 2022
Award1 Type:Best Picture
Award1 Winner:Drive My Car
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The 56th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 8 January 2022, honored the best in film for 2021.[1] [2] [3]

Japanese film Drive My Car won the most awards with four, including Best Film and Best Director (Ryusuke Hamaguchi).

Winners

Winners are listed in boldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:

Best Picture

  1. Drive My Car (48)
  2. Petite Maman (25)
  3. The Power of the Dog (23)

Best Director

  1. Ryusuke HamaguchiDrive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (46)
  2. Jane CampionThe Power of the Dog (36)
  3. Céline SciammaPetite Maman (28)

Best Actor

  1. Hidetoshi NishijimaDrive My Car (63)
  2. Benedict CumberbatchThe Power of the Dog (44)
  3. Simon Rex – Red Rocket (30)

Best Actress

  1. Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers (55)
  2. Renate ReinsveThe Worst Person in the World (42)
  3. Alana HaimLicorice Pizza (32)

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Anders Danielsen LieThe Worst Person in the World (54)
  2. Vincent LindonTitane (33)
  3. Mike FaistWest Side Story / Kodi Smit-McPheeThe Power of the Dog (26) (TIE)

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Ruth NeggaPassing (46)
  2. Ariana DeBoseWest Side Story (22)
  3. Jessie BuckleyThe Lost Daughter (21)

Best Screenplay

  1. Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa OeDrive My Car (46)
  2. Pedro AlmodóvarParallel Mothers (22)
  3. Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza (20)

Best Cinematography

  1. Andrew Droz PalermoThe Green Knight (52)
  2. Ari WegnerThe Power of the Dog (40)
  3. Sayombhu MukdeepromMemoria (35)

Best Foreign Language Film

Not awarded because the year's Best Picture was a foreign language film: Drive My Car (Japan)

Best Non-Fiction Film

  1. Flee (41)
  2. Procession / The Velvet Underground (28) (TIE)

Film Heritage Award

Special Citation for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution

Dedication

This year's awards were dedicated to the memory of two longtime members who died: Morris Dickstein and Michael Wilmington.[4] [5] Dickstein brought warmth, enthusiasm and prodigious analytic skills as a literary critic and cultural historian to writing about movies in journals like Dissent and Partisan Review, and in books like "Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression". Wilmington wrote beautifully and passionately about cinema as a critic for many publications, including the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, and co-authored the critical study "John Ford". The awards were also dedicated to Liz Weis, who stepped down after serving 47 years as executive director of the National Society of Film Critics.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Awards for year 2021 . . January 9, 2022 . January 9, 2022.
  2. Web site: 'Drive My Car' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics . Abbey . White . . January 8, 2022 . January 8, 2022.
  3. Web site: 'Drive My Car' Takes Best Picture Prize at National Society of Film Critics Awards – Winners List . Bruce . Haring . . January 8, 2022 . January 8, 2022.
  4. Web site: Morris Dickstein, Critic and Cultural Historian, Dies at 81 . Sam . Roberts . . March 26, 2021 . March 26, 2021 . subscription.
  5. Web site: Longtime Tribune film critic Michael Wilmington dies at 75 . Michael . Phillips . . January 7, 2022 . January 7, 2022 . subscription.