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‘One Battle’ and ‘Sinners’ dominate; MBJ shocks ’em at KCFCC awards

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The Kansas City Film Critics Circle has announced the winners of the 60th annual James Loutzenhiser Awards, with One Battle After Another leading this year’s selections. The film earned Best Film, while Paul Thomas Anderson received the Robert Altman Award for Best Director. The film also collected honors for Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Cinematography.

The acting awards were spread across several of the year’s most acclaimed performances. Michael B. Jordan was named Best Actor for Sinners, while Rose Byrne earned Best Actress for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. Amy Madigan received Best Supporting Actress for Weapons, which also won Best Original Screenplay. Sinners added victories for Best Original Score and the Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Film.

KPop Demon Hunters was named Best Animated Feature, It Was Just an Accident received Best Foreign Language Film, and Secret Mall Apartment won Best Documentary. Hedda received the Tom Poe Award for Best LGBTQ Film, while Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning earned the Buster Keaton Award for Best Stunt Ensemble Film.

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS

BEST FILM: One Battle After Another

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

BEST ACTOR: Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

BEST ACTRESS: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Madigan, Weapons

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Weapons

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: One Battle After Another

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Sinners

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: KPop Demon Hunters

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: It Was Just an Accident

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Secret Mall Apartment

VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR: Sinners

TOM POE AWARD FOR BEST LGBTQ FILM: Hedda

BUSTER KEATON AWARD FOR BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE FILM: Mission: Impossible, The Final Reckoning

Kansas City Film Critics Circle awards ‘Oppenheimer’

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Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, nominated in seven categories, received six awards at the 58th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards voted on by the 26 members of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC). These included Best Film, the Robert Altman Award for Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey, Jr. While Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon was runner-up in multiple categories, it’s lone win was for Best Actress in recognition of Lily Gladstone’s breakout performance.

The KCFCC, the second oldest professional film critic organization in the United States, was founded in 1966 by the late Dr. James Loutzenhiser (1931-2001) who served as the group’s president for over 30 years. Other winners of note included a tie between Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) & Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) for Best Actor. Marvel was recognized again this year with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse winning for Best Animated Feature.
 
Below is a complete list of the winners and runners-up from the 58th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards:
 
BEST FILM: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Killers of the Flower Moon
 
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Greta Gerwig, Barbie
 
BEST ACTOR: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers and Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (Tie)
 
BEST ACTRESS: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Runner-up: Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Robert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Ryan Gosling, Barbie
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Runner-up: Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
 
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Anatomy of a Fall and Past Lives (Tie)
 
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Runner-up: Killers of the Flower Moon
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Killers of the Flower Moon
 
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Killers of the Flower Moon
 
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Runner-up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
 
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Anatomy of a Fall (France)
Runner-ups: The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY: 20 Days in Mariupol and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Tie)
 
VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR FILM: Godzilla Minus One
Runner-up: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
 
TOM POE AWARD FOR THE BEST LGBTQ FILM: All of Us Strangers
Runner-up: Maestro