Los Angeles Film Critics Awards: ‘Drive My Car’ Named 2021’s Best Film

Clayton Davis The Black Film Critics Circle has named Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard” the best film of 2021.The drama that focuses on the rise of Venus and Serena Williams picked up three additional awards, including best actor (Will Smith), supporting actress (Aunjanue Ellis) and original screenplay (Zach Baylin).Denis Villeneuve, who helmed “Dune,” walked away with best director, his first precursor prize of the awards season, while the film also nabbed best cinematography for Greig

LOS ANGELES -- It was a showdown between Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” and Jane Campion’s “ The Power of the Dog ” for members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, but the group managed to give top honors to both on Saturday.The Japanese film “Drive My Car” was named best picture and “The Power of the Dog,” a Western drama set in 1925, got runner up.

The New York Film Critics Circle anointed “Drive My Car” as the Best Film of 2021 and now the West Coast critics have had their say. After almost six hours of overall deliberations, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association also selected “Drive My Car” as their Best Film of the year with “The Power of the Dog” as runner-up.

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association is voting Saturday on the best films and performances of 2021. The group, made up of L.A. area print and digital journalists, is deliberating winners and runners-up throughout the morning in 14 categories including Best Picture.

Best Film:Runner-up:Best Director:Runner-up:Best Actor:Runner-up:Best Actress:Runner-up:Best Supporting Actor:Runner-up:Best Supporting Actress:Runner-up:Best Foreign-Language Film:Runner-up:Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film:Runner-up:Best Animated Film:Runner-up:Best Screenplay:Runner-up:Best Cinematography: Ari Wegner, “The Power of the Dog”Runner-up: Greig Fraser, “Dune”Best Editing:Runner-up:Best Music/Score:Runner-up:Best Production Design:Runner-up:New Generation Award:Douglas E. Edward

Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) voted on the best achievements in film in 2021 on Saturday, announcing its award winners through its Twitter account.As previously announced, Mel Brooks received the association’s 2021 career achievement award. This year’s winners will be honored alongside Brooks during a ceremony in 2022.“Mel Brooks is a national treasure and a comedy filmmaking legend,” LAFCA president Claudia Puig said in a Nov.

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