The Chicago Film Critics Association presented its awards last night and Remmel Ross was the big winner, taking home Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and the Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award. His “Nickel Boys” also won Best Cinematography for Jomo Frey (former Ebert Fellow!). But Brady Corbett’s “The Brutalist” won best picture, as well as a best actor win for Adrien Brody. Best Picture only won two awards, showing just how much love Chicago spread last night, with major awards also given to “A Real Pain,” “His Three Daughters,” “Hard Truths,” “Challengers” and more . See the full list below.
Best Picture: “Brutalist”
Best Director: Remmel Ross, “Nickel Boys”
Best Actor: Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Best Actress: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths”
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Best Supporting Actress: Natasha Lyonne, “His Three Daughters”
Best Original Screenplay: “A Real Pain” by Jesse Eisenberg.
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Nickel Boys” by Remmel Ross and Jocelyn Barnes
Best Foreign Language Film: “All We Imagine as Light”
Best Documentary: “No Other Land”
Best Animated Feature: “Flow”
Best Cinematography: “Nickel Boys,” Jomo Frey
Best Editing: “Challengers,” Marco Costa
Best Art Direction/Production Design: “Nosferatu”
Best Costume Design: “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” Jenny Beavan
Best Original Score: “Challengers,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Use of Visual Effects: “Substance”
Most Promising Artist: Clarence Macklin, “Sing Sing”
Milos Stehlik Breakthrough Filmmaker Award: Ramel Ross, “Nickel Boys”