One Battle After Another triumphs at Critics Choice Awards

Frankenstein and Sinners take four apiece

by Jennie Kermode

One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another took the top prizes at the Critics Circle Awards last night, winning Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, but it was outdone on the numbers by two fantasy films with powerful subtext. Frankenstein and Sinners won four awards each, including Best Supporting Actor for Jacob Elordi in the former and Best Young Performer for Miles Caton in the latter.

The top two acting awards went to Timothée Chalamet for Marty Supreme and Jessie Buckley for Hamnet, with both stars looking well placed to win more of the big ones this year.

Those film award winners in full:

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Original Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Young Performer

Best Casting and Ensemble

Best Comedy

Best Animated Feature

Best Production Design

Best Cinematography

Best Costume Design

Best Editing

Best Hair and Make-up

Best Sound

Best Visual Effects

Best Score

Best Song

Best Foreign Language Film

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