Last night the London Film Critics Circle, whose choices have often reflected where things are generally heading, didn’t tumble for Everything Everywhere All At Once…sometimes there’s God so quickly!
Todd Field‘s Tar won their Best Film and Best Director award. The Best Actor and Best Actress awards went to The Banshees of Inisherin‘s Colin Farrell and Tar‘s Cate Blanchett, and the Best Supporting and Actress trophies went to Banshees‘ Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon.
I’m not saying this means a whole lot but obviously it means something, given the London Critics Circle track record and the fact their choices have always been smart. Over the last ten years their Best Film awards have gone to Amour, 12 Years a Slave, Boyhood, Mad Max: Fury Road, La La Land, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Roma, Parasite, Nomadland and The Power of the Dog. They vote smarter than the Academy, but not too far afield.