‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ wins Best Picture at Chicago Film Critics awards
The Chicago Film Critics Association named Martin Scorsese’s historical drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” Best Picture of 2023 at its annual awards dinner Tuesday night.
Scorsese, however, lost Best Director to former Barrington resident Christopher Nolan for his own celebrated historical drama “Oppenheimer.”
Emma Stone received Best Actress for her courageous and committed performance as a human science experiment in the surrealistic fantasy “Poor Things,” opening in local theaters Friday.
Critics named Paul Giamatti Best Actor for his role as a curmudgeonly college professor in Alexander Payne’s comic drama “The Holdovers.” His co-star Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress as a college employee.
Charles Melton, best known as Reggie Mantle in the CW series “Riverdale,” won Best Supporting Actor for his role as an emotionally arrested young father in “May December.” Critics also named him Most Promising Performer.
The awards, voted on by 59 CFCA members, were announced at the Brickhouse Tavern next to Wigley Field.
Best Picture: “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”
Best Actress: Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
Best Supporting Actor: Charles Melton, “May December”
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Best Original Screenplay: “May December” by Samy Burch
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Killers of the Flower Moon” by Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese
Best Animated Feature: “The Boy and The Heron”
Best Documentary: “Kokomo City”
Best Foreign Language Film: “The Zone of Interest”
Best Cinematography: “Oppenheimer,” Hoyte Van Hoytema
Best Editing: “Oppenheimer,” Jennifer Lame
Best Art Direction/Production Design: “Barbie”
Best Costume Design: “Poor Things”
Best Original Score: “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Robbie Robertson
Best Use of Visual Effects: “Godzilla Minus One”
Most Promising Performer: Charles Melton, “May December”
Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker: Celine Song, “Past Lives”