Emma Stone in Bad Things Credits: Alamy Oppenheimer
Best Picture, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Actor ( Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Original Score
Christopher Nolan's portrait of the father of the nuclear bomb is a triumph, as if he were witnessing history itself unraveling. Starring J. Robert Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy's distant gaze not only convinces you that he can actually see the invisible force that cracks between subatomic particles, but also the gravest, most unforgivable consequences of him unleashing it on the world. Read Robbie Collin's full review
Where to watch:Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV, Google Play
Poor Things
Best Actress (Emma Stone)
Based on Alastair Gray's novel of the same name, Bad Things is a gleefully raunchy and creepy gothic comedy in which an eccentric young Englishwoman, Emma Stone's Bella, leaves the rambunctious home of her Scottish guardian Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) to cause a sex frenzy across Western Europe. Europe. This is incredibly smart, deeply thought out work, unlike anything you've seen in years. Read Robbie Collin's full review
Where to watch:Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus
Zone of Interest
Best International Film
Shattering and vital, Jonathan Glaser's disturbing drama follows the daily domestic life of suburban housewife Hedwig Höss (Sandra Hüller) as her husband Rudolf (Christian Friedel) goes to work next door at the Auschwitz concentration camp. As we watch Hedwig tend to her garden as screams and gunshots are clearly heard from behind her garden wall, the Under the Skin director convincingly shows how evil can thrive in the most mundane of circumstances. Read Robbie Collin's full review
Where to watch: Curzon Home, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV, Google Play
Anatomy of a Fall
Best Original Screenplay (Justine Triet)
Justine Trieu's gripping, cerebral thriller explores the aftermath of a fatal accident in the Alps. Unbeknownst to us, and perhaps to no one else, Samuel (Samuel Theis) falls from the balcony of his chalet in the French Alps. A freak accident is the least likely theory. If he jumped, why? If he was pushed, did his wife (Sandra Hüller) do it? This event focuses the attention of the legal, judicial and psychoanalytic minds of dozens of people, captivates some and determines the future of at least two. Read Tim Robie's full review
Where to watch:Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube, Curzon, Google Play
The Holdovers
Best Supporting Actress (Da'Vine Joy Randolph)
Paul Giamatti shines as a curmudgeonly classics teacher forced to supervise his students during the Christmas break in Alexander Payne's best film since Sideways. Hilarious and impeccably acted, it's made in a period style that resonates so well with its early 1970s setting that you almost believe it was actually made back then. A deeply and touchingly funny film. Read Robbie Collin's full review
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube, Curzon, Google Play
American science fiction
Best Adapted Screenplay (Cord Jefferson)
Jeffrey Wright is superb in director Cord Jefferson's brilliant literary satire about the publishing industry's obsession with stories of black trauma. Wright plays writer Thelonious Ellison, known as «The Monk,» whose erudite, classically inspired fiction is far behind the times: the only works by black writers getting attention these days are gritty memoirs. To relieve his frustration, Monk composes a nonsensical pastiche, which he initially calls «My Pathology.» To his horror — and his agent's delight — he realizes that his own urban spring for Hitler will be a hit. Read Robbie Collin's full review
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
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