Continuing to be... very... late.... on... these...
But getting it done before anything for 2023. And combining both in one post, because why not?
Best films of 2021 here, Best films of 2022 here.
2021 JWD Awards
Best Film:
Power of the Dog
Tick Tick Boom
Worst Person in the World
Green Knight
Souvenir pt 2
Bergman Island
Spencer
Flee
Passing
Best Popcorn Flick:
Best Debut Film:
Passing
Best Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Luzzu
Best Popcorn Flick:
CODA
Licorice Pizza
Matrix Resurrections
I'm Your Man
Sparks Brothers
In the Heights
Zola
French Dispatch
Film I'm Most Looking Forward To That I Missed:
Oh god so many
Film I'm Most Looking Forward To That I Missed:
Oh god so many
Drive My Car
The Rescue
Petite Maman
Riders of Justice
Red Rocket
Pig
Moffie
Cow
Lost Daughter
Bitterbrush
Card Counter (especially since I just learned it uses William Tell's Overture)
Quiet Part pt 2
Passing
Shiva Baby (I have somehow included Shiva Baby on both my 2020 and 2021 lists??? What is time in the pandemic?? (I think it's because NBR, the Indie Spirits, and Sight & Sound have all listed it as a 2021 film, but I saw it in 2020. But I forgot to put it up for best debut and poster, so here I go in 2021. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
Censor
Wild Indian
Nine Days
Tick Tick Boom
Luzzu
Land
Best Actress:
Tessa Thompson - Passing
Tessa Thompson - Passing
Katherine Waterson - The World to Come
Kristen Stewart - Spencer
Honor Swinton Byrne - Souvenir pt 2
Renate Reinsve - Worst Person in the World
Taylour Paige - Zola
Vicky Krieps - Bergman Island
Maren Eggert - I'm Your Man
Michelle Pfeiffer - French Exit
Benedict Cumberbatch - Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield - Tick Tick Boom
Dev Patel - Green Knight
Michael Greyeyes - Wild Indian
Demián Bichir - Land
Peter Dinklage - Cyrano
Best Supporting Actress:
Mia Wasikowska - Bergman Island
Ruth Negga - Passing
Vanessa Kirby - the World to Come
Caitíona Balfe - Belfast
Kirsten Dunst - Power of the Dog
Marlee Matlin - CODA
Tilda - Souvenir pt 2
Riley Keough - Zola
Ariana DeBose - West Side Story
Valerie Mahaffey - French Exit
Best Supporting Actor:
Troy Kotsur - CODA
Troy Kotsur - CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee - Power of the Dog
Jesse Plemons - Power of the Dog
Anders Danielsen Lie - Worst Person in the World
Andre Holland - Passing
Casey Affleck - the World to Come
Colman Domingo - Zola
Mike Faist - West Side Story
Anders Danielsen Lie - Bergman Island
Tim Roth - Bergman Island
Richard Ayoade - Souvenir pt 2
Best Ensemble:
Power of the Dog
Power of the Dog
Passing
Bergman Island
Worst Person in the World
Souvenir pt 2
Licorice Pizza
Zola
In the Heights
World to Come
Hmmm... tricky to say Harder They Fall at this point, but for Idris, Zazie, Regina, Delroy & Lakeith (among others), let's still include it...
