Full winners and runners-up for Kansas City Film Critics Circle’s annual James Loutzenhiser Awards
The Kansas City Film Critics Circle voted Saturday, January 27 on their 2023 Awards, identifying Christopher Nolan’s 65mm historical biopic Oppenheimer as the film to beat, winning in six categories including Best Director and Best Picture.
Killers of the Flower Moon competed fiercely with Oppenheimer across the board, and although it garnered a single win, it placed as the Runner-up in multiple categories.
Other notable wins included a pair each for the superbly acted boarding school drama The Holdovers and the mixed-language courtroom mystery Anatomy of a Fall, and an rather unexpected tie for Best Documentary.
Perhaps most notably, KC enthusiastically recognized the coming of age tale Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, which has been largely overlooked in this year’s awards season, as Best Adapted Screenplay for its sublime rendering of Judy Blume’s novel.
Full Winners and Runners-up for the 58th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards:
BEST FILM
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Killers of the Flower Moon
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Greta Gerwig, Barbie
BEST ACTOR
Winner (Tie): Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers; Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Runner-up: Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Robert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer
Runner-up: Ryan Gosling, Barbie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Runner-up: Rachel McAdams, Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner (Tie): Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari; Past Lives by Celine Song
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Kelly Fremon Craig, based on the novel by Judy Blume
Runner-up: Killers of the Flower Moon by Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese, based on the book by David Grann
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Oppenheimer (DoP: Hoyte van Hoytema)
Runner-up: Killers of the Flower Moon (DoP: Rodrigo Prieto)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Winner: Oppenheimer by Ludwig Göransson
Runner-Up: Killers of the Flower Moon by Robbie Robertson
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
Runner-up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: Anatomy of a Fall, France
Runner-up: The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner (Tie): 20 Days in Mariupol and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR FILM:
Winner: Godzilla Minus One
Runner-up: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
TOM POE AWARD FOR THE BEST LGBTQ FILM
Winner: All of Us Strangers
Runner-up: Maestro
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.
