by Nathaniel R
Anne Hathaway presents Joaquin Phoenix with Best Actor
We didn't have a budget for a quick trip to Los Angeles this weekend for the Critics Choice Awards but if you watched from home, what did you think? As per usual the movie awards went to the status quo with all but one of the directly parallel categories going to the recent Globe winners. The only difference was Dolemite is My Name winning Best Comedy but the Globe winner, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood wasn't nominated in that category since the CCMAs strangely don't make a distinction between drama and comedy... but then also have a comedy category. It's all very confusing. Most of the other prizes, most of which they give out off-air, went to expected Oscar frontrunners. The strangest outcome, though, was surely a tie in Best Director (Parasite/1917) with neither of those films taking Best Picture (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)...
The TV awards were a teensy bit more volatile, possibly because they take place after both the Globes and the Emmys so there's actually nothing to "predict". Instead they took a little from one and a little from the other and then ventured out on their own a bit (Toni Collette for Unbelievable? YES PLEASE). And yes your host here (tis I, Nathaniel) is cynical about the voting despite being a member (of the movie side of things -- it's two different branches within one organization, though you can join both if you want. We know we don't watch enough TV to make a fair ballot on that side, so we haven't). It's been fairly clear over the years that for reasons we've never quite understood this organization (and sadly lots of smaller critics organizations as well) appear to be more interested in signing on or commenting on Oscar narratives rather than just doing their own thing. And there's really no point in anybody handing out awards if they're only reflections or predictions of another award. Develop your own voice or shut up, we say! But anyway the list of winners is after the jump in full...
Renee winsMOVIE AWARDS
Best Picture Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Director [TIE] Bong Joon Ho, Parasite and Sam Mendes, 1917
Best Actress Renée Zellweger, Judy
Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Best Supporting Actress Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Best Supporting Actor Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Young Actor Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
Best Acting Ensemble The Irishman
Best Original Screenplay Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Adapted Screenplay Little Women
Best Cinematography 1917
Best Production Design Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Editing 1917
Best Costume Design Dolemite is My Name
Best Hair and Makeup Bombshell
Best Visual Effects Avengers Endgame
Best Animated Feature Toy Story 4
Best Action Movie Avengers Endgame
Best Comedy Dolemite is My Name
Best SciFi or Horror Movie Us
Best Foreign Language Film Parasite
Best Song [TIE] "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman and "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" from Wild Rose
Best Score Joker
TV AWARDS
Fleabag reigns again
Best Drama Series Succession
Best Actor Drama Jeremy Strong, Succession
Best Actress Drama Regina King, Watchmen
Best Supporting Actor Drama Billy Crudup The Morning Show
Best Supporting Actress Drama Jean Smart Watchmen
Jeremy Strong wins for Succession. What an exceptional performance.Best Comedy Series Fleabag
Best Actor Comedy Bill Hader, Barry
Best Actress Comedy Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Best Supporting Actor Comedy Andrew Scott, Fleabag
Best Supporting Actress Comedy Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Best Limited Series When They See Us
Best TV Movie El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Best Actor Limited or TV Movie Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
Best Actress Limited or TV Movie Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
Best Supporting Actor, Limited or TV Movie Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl
Best Supporting Actress, Limited or TV Movie Toni Collette, Unbelievable
Best Animated Series Bojack Horseman
Best Talk Show [TIE] The Late Late Show with James Corden and Late Night with Seth Meyers
Best Comedy Special Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons