Critics’ Choice Awards 2022: Live Updates

Campion also won Best Director – the third woman to win the award in the award’s history – adding to her momentum ahead of this year’s Oscars.

She was not present to receive her award in London. It was Saturday in Los Angeles at the Directors Guild of America Awards, where she also won the highest award. At this award ceremony, Campion grabbed attention when Variety asked her about being disparaged Comments made by actor Sam Elliott about her filmography, including questioning the film’s “hints of homosexuality.”

“He’s not a cowboy, he’s an actor,” Campion told Variety, adding, “The West is a mythical space and there’s a lot of room in the range. And I think it’s a bit sexist.”

The BAFTAs were the most popular this year for the group of winners, with not a single film sweeping the plate, even with “The Power of the Dog” winning the two main awards. Will Smith won Best Actor for his role as Richard Williams, father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, in “King Richardwhile Best Actress went to British actress Joanna Scanlan for her role in “”after loveA low-budget movie about a white Muslim woman who uncovers her husband’s secret past.

This movie wasn’t seen much in Britain, let alone anywhere else, but Scanlan beat out stars including Lady Gaga (“Gucci House’) and Alana Haim (“Licorice Pizza”), both of whom were in the audience. “Come in!” Receiving her award, Scanlan said, receiving her award, “Some stories have surprising endings.”

Hosted by Rebel Wilson – the British equivalent of the Oscars, this year’s BAFTA Awards – a return to glamorous gala in person at London’s Royal Albert Hall, After a mostly hypothetical event last year.

“How good are award shows to come back in person?” “Actors, you can stop doing these health podcasts,” Wilson said in his opening monologue.

The science fiction epic of Denis Villeneuve “DuneIt received 11 Leading nominations in February, but only finished with five awards, mainly in artistic categories including special visual effects, cinematography and sound.

Other winners include Ariana Debus, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Anita in “West side story,” surpassing the likes of Aunjanue Ellis (“King Richard”), Jessie Buckley (“The Lost Daughter”), Ruth Negga (“Passing”), Ann Dowd (“Mass”) and Caitriona Balfe (“Belfast”). Troy Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor Award for his role inkudaThe intimate film about a tumultuous family largely deaf in Massachusetts.

Kotsur, who beat out actors including Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”), used sign language to accept his award, and made an offer to the James Bond franchise producers, asking, “Have you thought James Bond is deaf?”

“driving my carThe famous Japanese drama about a theater director who struggles to come to terms with the death of his wife has been awarded the title of Best Film in a Language Other than English. Ryosuke Hamaguchi, the film director, seemed overwhelmed by his acceptance speech. He said through an interpreter: “Well, I got rid of from travel fatigue.

He added that his win was a sign that the films “transcend language, transcend borders”.

The BAFTAs are usually seen as leading the way at the Oscars, due to the overlap between the two events’ voting bodies. The Oscars have been scheduled for March 27.

The appearance of a lesser known winner in the Best Actress category at this year’s event may have something to do with Huge changes The process of voting for the awards that the BAFTA has introduced over the past two years to improve the diversity of candidates. This included asking voters to watch a wide variety of films before they could vote.

Some BAFTA voters fear that these changes could jeopardize the future of the award show. Scott Feinberg, Writing for The Hollywood Reporter In February, she called the changes “an over-correct, however well-intentioned”, and went on to say that “the organization is signaling to the world that it does not trust its members to make wise and fair decisions.”