Full winners and runners-up for Kansas City Film Critics Circle’s annual James Loutzenhiser Awards
Trippy science-fiction stunner Everything Everywhere All At Once was the big winner at this year’s Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC)’s 57th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards, gunning for “Everything” and winning a dominant seven awards (out of eleven category nominations); half of the total categories.
Other notable wins included a pair each for Indian Telugu-language megahit RRR and Jordan Peele’s ominous alien horror tale Nope, Kansas City native Janelle Monáe taking Best Supporting Actress for Glass Onion, and a dark horse upset for Best Documentary.
Full Winners and Runners-up for the 57th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards:
- BEST FILM
Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner-up: Top Gun: Maverick - ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (“Daniels”), Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner-up: Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
- BEST ACTOR
Winner: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Runner-up: Brendan Fraser, The Whale - BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, Tár
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner-up: Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion
Runner-up: Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once - BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Runner-up: The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh
- BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Women Talking by Sarah Polley, based on the book by Miriam Toews
Runner-up: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On by Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, and Nick Paley - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Nope (DoP: Hoyte van Hoytema)
Runner-up: Top Gun: Maverick (DoP: Claudio Miranda)
- BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Winner (Tie): RRR composed by M. M. Keeravani and Nope composed by Michael Abels - BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Runner-up: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: RRR, India
Runner-up: All Quiet on the Western Front, Germany - BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Jackass Forever
Runner-up: Good Night Oppy
- VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR FILM:
Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner-up: Prey
- TOM POE AWARD FOR THE BEST LGBTQ FILM
Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Runner-up: The Whale
About Kansas City film Critic’s Circle:
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.
