LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Todd Field's and tied for top honors with in awards announced Sunday.
The critics group opted to split its best film award between the two acclaimed films. 鈥淭谩r," which was also , cleaned up in other categories as well. Field won for both directing and screenplay, and Cate Blanchett, who stars as an internationally renowned conductor, won best lead performance. The critics, who don't separate award by gender, also gave best lead performance to Bill Nighy for the 鈥淚kiru鈥� remake 鈥淟iving.鈥�
鈥淓verything Everywhere All at Once,鈥� the madcap metaverse movie from Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, also picked up an award for Ke Huy Quan, for supporting performer. The former child star added to his rapidly increasingly awards haul for . The other supporting performer winner was Dolly de Leon from
Other winners from LAFCA included Guillermo del Toro's 鈥淧inocchio鈥� for best animation; Jerzy Skolimowski's 鈥淓O鈥� for best non-English language film; and Laura Poitras' 鈥淎ll the Beauty and the Bloodshed鈥� for best documentary.
The critics will hand out their awards at a gala on Jan. 14. The French filmmaker Claire Denis was previously announced as the recipient of the group's career achievement award. Last year, the LAFCA .
The Associated Press
