Columbus critics proved that they have the power of love for The Power of the Dog and less so for Licorice Pizza.

Nominations Tallies

(8) The Power of the Dog
(3) Licorice Pizza

The Nominations

Best Film

The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: Licorice Pizza)

Best Animated Film

The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Runner-Up: Flee)

Best Director

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: Steven Spielberg – West Side Story)

Best Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: Nicolas Cage – Pig)

Best Actress

Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza (Runner-Up: Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter)

Best Supporting Actor

Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: Troy Kotsur – CODA)

Best Supporting Actress

Ruth Negga – Passing (Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog)

Best Original Screenplay

Licorice Pizza (Runner-Up: Belfast)

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: West Side Story)

Best Score

The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: Spencer)

Best Film Editing

West Side Story (Runner-Up: The Power of the Dog)

Best Cinematography

The Tragedy of Macbeth (Runner-Up: The Power of the Dog)

Best Foreign Language Film

Drive My Car (Runner-Up: Flee)

Best Documentary

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Runner-Up: Flee)

Best Overlooked Film

Riders of Justice (Runner-Up: Nine Days)

Best Ensemble

The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: The Harder They Fall)

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, The Mauritanian, The Power of the Dog, Spider-Man: No Way Home) (Runner-Up: Andrew Garfield (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Spider-Man: No Way Home, tick, tick…BOOM!))

Breakthrough Film Artist

Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza (for acting) (Runner-Up: Jude Hill – Belfast (for acting))

Top Ten Films

1. The Power of the Dog
2. Licorice Pizza
3. West Side Story
4. Belfast
5. Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Couldn’t Be Televised)
6. Pig
7. C’mon C’mon
8. The Tragedy of Macbeth
9. tick, tick…BOOM!
10. Dune

Columbus Film Critics Association Data

Year Founded: 2002
First Awards: 2002 (19)