2022 London Film Critics Circle Awards

[Big Magilla]

1932 makes sense since he graduated high school in June 1950 when he would have been 17.

Chakiris and I share a birthday. At 90, he is the second oldest living celebrity born on September 16. Janis Paige is the oldest at 100.

Others include Henry V, Lauren Bacall, B.B. King, Peter Falk, Anne Francis, and the still living Mickey Rourke, Jennifer Tilly, and Nick Jonas.

[Uri]

Btw, it seems that nowadays Chakiris is older than he used to be - his year of birth is now stated as 1932 and not 1934 anymore, making him, in retrospect, 29 at the time he won and not 27.

[Big Magilla]

OK, but the point is young male actors and Oscars are a rare combination.

[Uri]

Keoghan, at 30, I believe would be the youngest next to Hutton,

Cuba Gooding Jr., anybody?

#memorysowhite?

and George Chakiris, of course.

[Uri]

Keoghan, at 30, I believe would be the youngest next to Hutton,

Cuba Gooding Jr., anybody?

#memorysowhite?

[Big Magilla]

Besides, Van Heflin and Timothy Hutton aside, young guys don't win supporting actor Oscars.

Van Heflin was 34 when he won. Daniel Kaluuya was 32 when he won.

Interesting.

Heflin was 33, not 34. His birthday was in December, but I get your point.

Hutton is the only really young winner in the category. Heflin was playing a "young character" and although he had been in films since 1936, he was not an established film star when he won. Previous winners Walter Brennan (3 times), Joseph Schildkraut, Thomas Mitchell, and Donald Crisp were all much older and much more established. Kaluuya may have been two years younger than Heflin, but he had already been a Best Actor nominee and was very much established when he won. Heflin was followed by Charles Coburn, Barry Fitzgerald, James Dunn, Harold Russell (a special circumstance), Edmund Gween, Walter Huston, and Dean Jagger, all of them except Russell, who were pretty long in the tooth for the remainder of the 1940s.

Keoghan, at 30, I believe would be the youngest next to Hutton, but it's not happening. Smit-McPhee, last year at 25, would/could/should have been.

[Okri]

What is it with the sponsors? Do those awards carry prize money?

I'm pretty sure that's how the London Film Critics and British Independent Film Awards sustain themselves. Heck, even the Laurence Olivier awards foreground their sponsors

Speaking as someone who really would love to see Keoghan win this award and would have voted Blanchett more times than not of her eight nominations, I do think the outrage would be more or less legit if these four were the winners, gotta say. Shrieking OscarSoWhite if Bassett loses but it's a night where Asian/Asian American films get more recognition than ever before - obvious BS. But, those shrieks become a little more potent and a little less deniable in the below context.

[Greg]

Besides, Van Heflin and Timothy Hutton aside, young guys don't win supporting actor Oscars.

Van Heflin was 34 when he won. Daniel Kaluuya was 32 when he won.

[mlrg]

These would make very respectable Oscar winners.

I'm very much in agreement, but I also know it would bring shrieks of OscarsSoWhite. (As it did over on AwardsWorthy yesterday.)

That is why Michelle Yeoh will win over a performance for the ages by Cate Blanchett.

[Greg]

What is it with the sponsors? Do those awards carry prize money?

[Big Magilla]

I, too, thought that these would be great Oscar winners when I first saw the results yesterday.

Tár is probably too much of a long shot for Best Picture and Director but would be an excellent choice. As I've said, The Fablesmans, The Banshees of Inisherin, and Tár were my favorite films of the year and a win for either in Picture or director would be just perfect with me.

The acting winners match mine perfectly, though I have no expectations that Barry Koeghan will win an Oscar. The Ke Huy Quan comeback story is too irresistible for them to ignore. Besides, Van Heflin and Timothy Hutton aside, young guys don't win supporting actor Oscars. You only have to go back to last year and Kodi Smit-McPhee for proof of that. Farrell, Blanchett, and Condon, though, I will be rooting for until the last moment.

[Mister Tee]

These would make very respectable Oscar winners.

I'm very much in agreement, but I also know it would bring shrieks of OscarsSoWhite. (As it did over on AwardsWorthy yesterday.)

[danfrank]

These would make very respectable Oscar winners.

[Reza]

The Winners:

FILM OF THE YEAR
Tár

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR (tie)
Decision to Leave
The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin)

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

The Attenborough Award:
BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
The Banshees of Inisherin

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR sponsored by The House of Koko
Todd Field - Tár

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR sponsored by Nyman Libson Paul
Cate Blanchett - Tár


ACTOR OF THE YEAR sponsored by The House of Koko
Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin

BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR for body of work
Florence Pugh - Don't Worry Darling, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Wonder

BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR for body of work
Bill Nighy - Living

The Philip French Award:
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER sponsored by MetFilm
Charlotte Wells - Aftersun

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER
Frankie Corio - Aftersun

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
A Fox in the Night - dir Keeran Anwar Blessie

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - Guillermo del Toro and Brian Leif Hansen, animation

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Michelle Yeoh

[Reza]

Here is the full list of nominees.

Film Of The Year
Aftersun
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
The Banshees of Inisherin
Decision to Leave
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Living
Saint Omer
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Foreign-Language Film Of The Year
Decision to Leave
EO
The Quiet Girl
RRR
Saint Omer

Documentary of the Year
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Moonage Daydream

The Attenborough Award:
British/Irish Film Of The Year
Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin
Living
The Quiet Girl
The Wonder

Director Of The Year
Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Screenwriter Of The Year
Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Actress Of The Year
Cate Blanchett – Tár
Ana de Armas – Blonde
Vicky Krieps – Corsage
Florence Pugh – The Wonder
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Actor Of The Year
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Bill Nighy – Living

Supporting Actress Of The Year
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Dolly De Leon – Triangle of Sadness
Nina Hoss – Tár
Guslagie Malanda – Saint Omer

Supporting Actor Of The Year
Tom Burke – The Wonder
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

British/Irish Actress Of The Year (for body of work)
Jessie Buckley – Men, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, Women Talking
Olivia Colman – Empire of Light, Joyride, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Florence Pugh – Don’t Worry Darling, The Wonder
Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You Leo Grande, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
Letitia Wright – Aisha, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Silent Twins

British/Irish Actor Of The Year (for body of work)
Harris Dickinson – See How They Run, Triangle of Sadness, Where the Crawdads Sing
Colin Farrell – After Yang, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, Thirteen Lives
Ralph Fiennes – The Forgiven, The Menu
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Bill Nighy – Living

The Philip French Award:
Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker
Katy Brand – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Colm Bairéad – The Quiet Girl
Frances O’Connor – Emily
Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Young British/Irish Performer
Kila Lord Cassidy – The Wonder
Catherine Clinch – The Quiet Girl
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy
Alisha Weir – Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical

British/Irish Short Film Of The Year
A Fox in the Night – dir Keeran Anwar Blessie
Groom – dir Leyla Coll-O’Reilly
Honesty – dir Roxy Rezvany
A Letter to Black Men – dir Kiosa Sukami
Scale – dir Joseph Pierce

Technical Achievement Award
Athena – Matias Boucard, cinematography
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E Carter, costumes
Blonde – Leslie Shatz, sound design
Decision to Leave – Kim Ji-yong, cinematography
Elvis – Catherine Martin, costumes
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers, film editing
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Brian Leif Hansen, animation
RRR – Nick Powell, stunts
Tár – Stephen Griffiths, sound design
The Wonder – Nina Gold, casting