The Los Angeles Film Critics Association is announcing winners for the best films and performances of 2023.
After Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” won the National Board of Review and New York Film Critics Awards for best film, all eyes are on the California journalists to see if they will opt for something else or continue the lovefest for one of cinema’s most adored auteurs.
Last year, the West Coast organization had two films tied for its top prize. Todd Field’s psychological drama “Tár” and the eventual best picture-winning dramedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” from the Daniels.
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Since 2000, only four of LAFCA’s selections for best picture failed to garner an Oscar nod for best picture — “About Schmidt” (2002), “American Splendor” (2003), “WALL-E” (2008) and “Small Axe” (2020). In the same timeframe, five films have gone on to win the Oscar for best picture: “The Hurt Locker” (2009), “Spotlight” (2015), “Moonlight” (2016), “Parasite” (2019) and last year’s “Everything Everywhere.”
This marks the second year for gender-neutral acting categories by the critics’ group. Three out of the four acting winners last year received Oscar noms — Bill Nighy (“Living”), Cate Blanchett (“Tár”) and Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere”) — with Dolly DeLeon’s work in “Triangle of Sadness” failing to make the cut.
The honorees will be celebrated at the annual banquet on Jan. 13, 2024.
The full list of winners (as they’re announced) is below.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Winners
Best Picture:
Runner-up:
Best Director: Jonathan Glazer — “The Zone of Interest” (A24)
Runner-up: Yorgos Lanthimos — “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
Leading Performances: Sandra Hüller, “Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon)/”The Zone of Interest” (A24) and Emma Stone, “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
Runners-up: Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures) and Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction” (MGM)
Supporting Performances: Rachel McAdams, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
Runners-up: Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) and Ryan Gosling, “Barbie” (Warner Bros.)
Best Screenplay: “All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures) — Andrew Haigh
Runner-up: “May December” (Netflix) — Samy Burch
Best Cinematography: “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) — Robbie Ryan
Runner-up: “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) and “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) — Rodrigo Prieto
Best Editing: “Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon) — Laurent Sénéchal
Runner-up: “All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures) — Jonathan Alberts
Best Production Design: “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) — Sarah Greenwood
Runner-up: “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) — Shona Heath, James Price
Best Music Score: “The Zone of Interest” (A24) — Mica Levi (with special recognition of the contribution of sound designer Johnnie Burn)
Runner-up: “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) — Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
Best Foreign Language:
Runner-up:
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: “Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros” (Zipporah Films) — dir. Frederick Wiseman
Runner-up: “The Eternal Memory” (MTV Documentary Films)
Best Animation: “The Boy and the Heron” (GKids)
Runner-up: “Robot Dreams” (Neon)
New Generation Award:
Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Prize: “Youth (Spring)” — Wang Bing
Career Achievement Award: Agnieszka Holland