Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" Wins Big Honor From L.A. Film Critics

Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" Wins Big Honor From L.A. Film Critics

Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020

Letitia Wright as Altheia Jones-LeCointe in a scene from "Mangrove," part of the "Small Axe" anthology series (Des Willie/Amazon Prime Video)

Chloe Zhao named Best Director for "Nomadland"; Chadwick Boseman Best Actor for "Ma Rainey," Carey Mulligan Best Actress for "Promising Young Woman"

LOS ANGELES
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The virtual vote tally is in and Steve McQueen’s Amazon Prime anthology series Small Axe won the Best Picture honor from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association today (12/20).

Taking the Best Director honor was Chloe Zhao for Nomadland. Just a couple days earlier she earned the same distinction from the New York Film Critics Association Awards.

Time was named Best Documentary while Wolfwalkers was tabbed Best Animation picture.

Small Axe also earned Shabier Kirchner the Best Cinematography honor. Best Editing went to Yorgos Lamprinos for The Father. Taking the Best Music Score mantle were Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Soul. And Donald Graham Burt won for Best Production Design for Mank.

Chadwick Boseman was named Best Actor for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom while Carey Mulligan won Best Actress for Promising Young Woman, a film which additionally landed its director Emerald Fennell the Best Screenplay honor.

Best Supporting Actor and Actress honors went, respectively, to Glynn Turman for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Youn Yuh-Jung for Minari.

Radha Blank won the New Generation Award for The Forty-Year-Old Version.

Here’s a full rundown of winners and runners up:

46TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
2020

BEST PICTURE
“SMALL AXE”

RUNNER UP: “NOMADLAND”

BEST DIRECTOR
CHLOÉ ZHAO
“NOMADLAND”

RUNNER UP: STEVE MCQUEEN
“SMALL AXE”

BEST ACTOR
CHADWICK BOSEMAN
“MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM”

RUNNER UP: RIZ AHMED
“SOUND OF METAL”

BEST ACTRESS
CAREY MULLIGAN
“PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN”

RUNNER UP: VIOLA DAVIS
“MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM”