Sam Mendes and Bong Joon Ho tie for Best Director on the basis of "1917" and "Parasite," respectively
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood earned Best Picture distinction at the Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony held on Sunday night (1/12) in Los Angeles. Tying for the Best Director mantle were Sam Mendes for 1917 and Bong Joon Ho for Parasite.
Best Original and Adapted Screenplay honors went, respectively, to Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, and Greta Gerwig for Little Women.
Joaquin Phoenix won for Best Actor for his performance in Joker while Rene Zellweger took Best Actress for Judy.
The Irishman won for Best Acting Ensemble.
Supporting Actor and Actress were, respectively, Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, and Laura Dern for Marriage Story.
For their work on 1917, Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC earned the Best Cinematography award while Lee Smith won for Best Editing.
Toy Story 4 was named Best Animated Feature.
Avengers: Endgame won for Best Action Feature as well as Best Visual Effects.
Best Comedy went to Dolemite Is My Name. Us was designated the Best Sci-Fi or Horror Movie, and Parasite the Best Foreign Language Film.
Television
On the TV side of the competition, Succession was named Best Drama Series, with Fleabag taking the Best Comedy Series honor.
Best Limited Series was When They See Us.
Best Movie Made for Television was El Camino: A Breaking Bad Story.
Best Actor and Actress in a Drama Series were Jeremy Strong for Succession and Regina King for Watchmen, respectively.
Bill Hader for Barry and Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag were Best Actor and Actress, respectively in a Comedy Series.
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for TV was Jharrel Jerome for When They See Us. Best Actress in a Limited Series for TV Movie was Michelle Williams for Fosse/Verdon.
Here’s a full rundown of winners spanning film and television:
FILM WINNERS FOR THE 25TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS
BEST PICTURE
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
BEST ACTOR
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
BEST ACTRESS
Renée Zellweger – Judy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laura Dern – Marriage Story
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Irishman
BEST DIRECTOR
TIE BETWEEN:
Bong Joon Ho – Parasite
Sam Mendes – 1917
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Greta Gerwig – Little Women
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins – 1917
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
BEST EDITING
Lee Smith – 1917
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ruth E. Carter – 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 SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE
Us
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Parasite
BEST SONG
TIE BETWEEN:
Glasgow (No Place Like Home) – Wild Rose
(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again – Rocketman
BEST SCORE
Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker
TELEVISION WINNERS FOR THE 25TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Succession (HBO)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jeremy Strong – Succession (HBO)
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Regina King – Watchmen (HBO)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jean Smart – Watchmen (HBO)
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Fleabag (Amazon)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Bill Hader – Barry (HBO)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag (Amazon)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Andrew Scott – Fleabag (Amazon)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
BEST LIMITED SERIES
When They See Us (Netflix)
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Netflix)
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jharrel Jerome – When They See Us (Netflix)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michelle Williams – Fosse/Verdon (FX)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Stellan Skarsgård – Chernobyl (HBO)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Toni Collette – Unbelievable (Netflix)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
BoJack Horseman (Netflix)
BEST TALK SHOW
TIE BETWEEN:
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)
BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC)
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More