Critically-acclaimed favorites Everything Everywhere All At Once and Tar continue to pick up momentum as awards season heats up, with both films tying for Best Picture at The Film Critics Association Awards.
The LAFCA have only voted for a tie for Best Picture four times in its 47-year history, the first coming in its inaugural year in 1975 when they voted for Dog Day Afternoon and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest as Best Picture.
They also tied in 1976 (Network and Rocky) and 2013 (Her and Gravity), and the picks could offer a sneak peek at what the Oscar nominations look like when they’re announced on January 24.
Tie: Critically-acclaimed favorites Everything Everywhere All At Once (above) and Tar continue to pick up momentum as awards season heats up, with both films tying for Best Picture at The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
Four times: The LAFCA have only voted for a tie for Best Picture four times in its 47-year history, the first coming in its inaugural year in 1975 when they voted for Dog Day Afternoon and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest as Best Picture
Oscar peek: They also tied in 1976 (Network and Rocky) and 2013 (Her and Gravity), and the picks could offer a sneak peek at what the Oscar nominations look like when they’re announced on January 24
Everything Everywhere All At Once also took home Best Supporting Performer for Ke Huy Quan, while Michelle Yeoh took Runner-Up for Best Lead Performer and Jason Kisvarday took Runner-Up for Best Production Design.
Tar also won Best Director for Todd Field, Best Lead Performer for Cate Blanchett and Best Screenplay for Todd Field.
Bill Nighy also won Best Lead Performer for Transportation Schedule During Ramadan Living, while Dolly de Leon also took home Best Supporting Performer for The Triangle of Sadness.
Supporting: Everything Everywhere All At Once also took home Best Supporting Performer for Ke Huy Quan, while Michelle Yeoh took Runner-Up for Best Lead Performer and Jason Kisvarday took Runner-Up for Best Production Design
Tar wins: Tar also won Best Director for Todd Field, Best Lead Performer for Cate Blanchett and Best Screenplay for Todd Field
This year was the first year that the acting awards were fully gender-neutral, with the organization handing out two awards for Lead and Supporting Performers that could be won by any gender.
Other winners include All the Beauty and Bloodshed for Best Documentary, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio for Best Animation and Aftersun’s Bill McLendon for Best Editing.
Avatar: The Way of Water’s Dylan Cole and Ben Procter won for Best Production Design, while RRR’s M.M.Keeravani won for Best Music/Score.
Avatar wins: Avatar: The Way of Water’s Dylan Cole and Ben Procter won for Best Production Design, while RRR’s M.M.Keeravani won for Best Music/Score
EO’s Michael Dymek won for Best Cinematography, De Humani Corporis Fabria won the Douglas Edwards Experimental Film prize.
The final awards went to EO for Best Film Not In The English Language and Return to Seoul’s Davy Chou and Park Ji-Min for New Generation.
LAFCA has a rather impressive track record when it comes to Best Picture, with their picks lining up with the Oscar Best Picture winners quite frequently over the past few years.
