The Chicago Film Critics announced their winners. The top prizes were split between The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At Once. Banshees also took Best Actor and Screenplay. As follows:
BEST PICTURE: The Banshees of Inisherin
BEST DIRECTOR: Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, TÁR
BEST ACTOR: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Women Talking by Sarah Polley
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Fire of Love
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Decision to Leave
BEST ART DIRECTION: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Jason Kisvarday & Amelia Brooke
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Decision to Leave, Kim Ji-Yong
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Shirley Kurata
BEST EDITING: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Paul Rogers
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Babylon, Justin Hurwitz
BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS: Everything Everywhere All at Once
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Austin Butler, Elvis
MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER: Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Colin Farrell and his brooding eyebrows are objectively no match for Austin Butler, an exemplary triple-threat (sing, dance and act) contender. Austin more than deserves the Oscar for lead actor in Elvis, a much better film than Banshees which despite stunning natural photography of the Irish coast should be considered a horror film. If I’d been better forewarned, I’d never have watched it. The Banshees, with a God-mocking theme of spitefully sicko self-severed fingers to devastate human and animal lives, carries Grandma’s “don’t cut your nose off to spite your face” to ridiculous extremes Irish civil-war allegory cannot save. Banshees: just wrong spiritually.
Congratulations — you have completely misunderstood and misread the meaning and intention of The Banshees of Inisherin, particularly the finger metaphor. None of this is worth explaining to you. You’re right — you should not have watched it.
actually can you elaborate it more i am curious. i am myself at borderline of good/great with banshees.
I like Austin Butler a lot and have rewatched parts of Elvis many times. I would be happy with his winning and enjoyed him as Tex in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, too. However, I don’t think “Elvis” is elevated by disparaging “Banshees.” I only watched the first half and am excited to watch the rest tonight, but I think you are misinterpreting it.
I don’t see Banshees winning the Oscar Best Picture. I’d love to see it. It’d be one of their coolest picks. It just feels too outside of their comfort zone. I mean, it’s a very dark and depressing film, even for me and I like those kinds of films. The depressing tone might be too much for the Academy.
The Banshees of Inisherin, though well acted, is a dull film with a weak script — it’s this year’s Belfast: Boring people (due to their scripts) in Ireland and North Ireland. Film should elevate the human condition — not embalm it.
it did take me some time to get into the movie (mainly because the accent!) but i did thoroughly enjoy the movie due to the acting (rightfully so).
Well, one of the characters is argued to be indeed – dull. There’s an argument that all the town’s people are dull. Still not a dull film.
“It’s this year’s Belfast.”
Yep, love “Belfast,” love “Banshees.”
And I don’t think the people in either film were ever ‘being boring.’ (smile—this is an inside comment to a friend who knows who he is)
HONEY let Banshee be the frontrunner, yes please. And we all know how that’ll play out towards the very end. The film was top notch in acting, but the story construct leaves little to be desired. I am for Barry before Brendon, when all is set and done.
I hope there is no hate for Banshees. Such a wonderfully written and acted film. A perfect counterpart to EEAAO.
I enjoy the comments here more than anywhere else because everyone clearly loves and knows cinema. But I’m curious. Have most of you seen Tár? It’s the queen of critical praise. Well I’m a critic and I hated it. Pretentious and just plain boring– for me. I read another critic’s very interesting analysis and was intrigued to give it another go, for a quick second. Then thought, naw, I’d rather poke my eyes out. EEAAO, BANSHEES, BABYLON, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, GdT’s PINOCCHIO, THE NORTHMAN, RRR are at the top of my 10 best. But if there was a category for pure joy, my money would be on THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT. Cheers to our favorite season!
The Banshees of Inisherin, though well acted, is a dull film with a weak script — it’s this year’s Belfast: Boring people (due to their scripts) in Ireland and North Ireland. Film should elevate the human condition — not embalm it. This film is like Nomadland — it will be entirely forgotten next year.
EEAAO is my prediction to win Picture, Supporting Actor, and Director.
No way in hell it wins Director
I think Director is Cameron’s to lose, but as of now (barring a big change with the guilds), I think it’s winning Picture, Supporting Actor, Production Design, Costumes, Makeup
Now that Banshees is on HBO, I have gotten to watch it a couple more times. It’s nearly a flawless film, in my opinion. The opening shot is gorgeous, Farrell nails his character in his opening sequence, the use of the Irish Civil War is perfect. I could go on and on.
What I love most is that this movie feels like a theatrical production given an unlimited budget. More than any other usual movie in memory, I feel like I am at the theater, the dialogue is crisp and exciting, the performances evolve, and the dramatic tension is immense.
I think this is the new frontrunner. No one else need apply.
it’s the frontrunner… at this point it looks like it’s taking Picture, Director, Actor and some techs.
EEAAO then is taking Screenplay, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress (probably, JLC) and maybe Film Editing and/or VFX
it’s the frontrunner… at this point it looks like it’s taking Picture, Director, Actor and some techs.
EEAAO then is taking Screenplay, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress (probably, JLC) and maybe Film Editing and/or VFX
So is Fabelmans suddenly forgotten? Why?
because it is a too safe choice and smells to ego-trip
its seeming looking to be between this and EEAAO. I feel the GG winners night will be very telling.
I’ve watched it twice and loved it even more the second time. I really hope Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon win for their supporting roles. Just sublime acting.
So they released the noms in the morning and then the winners at night on the same day? not that this matters but EEAAO with the most wins at 6 (including director and supporting actor, editing) but loses picture?
Some awards (like Screenplay) are worth four lesser awards.
i like how you skipped director / supporting actor / editing and said screenplay instead to make your case lol
because screenplay is crucial,
McDonough can get overlooked for director since he wrote the screenplay. It’s not a showy piece, the hard work was done with the screenplay and then finding the right cast.
As much as I didn’t like everything everywhere, there are a lot of moving parts and it’s a much harder film to direct (and edit)
director / editing are about 10 times more crucial than what you are stating.
If anything, you sort of stated what might happen. Banshee might get rewarded for screenplay & actor, if the Oscar wants to “spread” the love, with other films (not naming to jinx) winning everything else.
it’s interesting that the 3 locked directors will also get nominations as Producers and Writers (in Original) competing with each other… It’s not out of the possibility that they give McDonagh one as producer, Spielberg another one as Director and let the Daniels win in Original… however… If they giv McDonagh as writer, by giving the Daniels Best Picture, they also reward the Russo Brothers, who gave Hollywood several of the highest grossing films of all time (Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame) which were also perfect marriage between audiences, critics and b.o.
director / editing are about 10 times more crucial than what you are stating.
If anything, you sort of stated what might happen. Banshee might get rewarded for screenplay & actor, if the Oscar wants to “spread” the love, with other films (not naming to jinx) winning everything else.
Banshees plays out like a theatrical event (one with a large stage and budget!) more than your typical motion picture. There’s nothing fancy about it, it’s all setting, dialogue and performance. Doesn’t need anything else, no razzmatazz, no special effects. No tricks, no sleight of hand.
Maybe you require all that razzmatazz. I don’t. I think it’s much harder to do what McDonough does.
The Tony for Best Play is awarded to the playwright, not the director, for a reason.
then perhaps banshees should be in the runny for the Tony awards then? my how the critics got this all wrong. bless.
then perhaps banshees should be in the runny for the Tony awards then? my how the critics got this all wrong. bless.
but it was a film. Isn’t it great that there are many different types of films, not all of them have to be overedited crapfests.
probably will happen the same at the Oscars… EEAAO winning 2 or 3 acting awards, VFX (specially 5 person FX team vs the Avatar juggernaut) and maybe Editing, but Banshees taking Picture, Original and Actor, maybe Director as well
i fail to see a movie with director/editing/2 acting wins fail to win BP. but weirder things have happened.
EEAAO could win those and still fail because of its risk. Banshees seems right there on what AMPAS may think “will stand the test of time” as a Best Picture winner, for many members… however, this comes after the “CODA” fiasco… let’s remember, what happened the year after “Crash”? They swinged and gave finally Marty his due… something – supposedly – out of question (that’s why The Fabelmans isn’t still discarded yet)
It’s like they only saw two movies this year.
it looks like there’s 2 movies that are way over the rest.
Solid choices with the surprising (& well deserved) supporting actress win for Ms Condon but the one Banshee member I was rooting & hoping for is Mr Gleeson but Mr Quan is also very good.
Any other year, I would be rooting for Mr Gleeson, but this year I will be Mr Quan all the way.
They will be the four acting winners at the Oscars too.
Best Supporting Actress is wildly in the air and I wouldn’t count out Brendan Fraser quite yet (although I prefer Colin as well).
So they released the noms in the morning and then the winners at night on the same day? not that this matters but EEAAO with the most wins at 6 (including director and supporting actor, editing) but loses picture?
So they released the noms in the morning and then the winners at night on the same day? not that this matters but EEAAO with the most wins at 6 (including director and supporting actor, editing) but loses picture?