PHOENIX CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS: MOONLIGHT WINS BEST PICTURE

Whether or not you ever asked for two critics groups based in Phoenix, Arizona, you've got them! Here are the results of final voting for the Phoenix Critics Circle's 2016 awards, with Moonlight triumphing to win yet another Best Picture prize. Check out the PCC's nominations at this link, and their award winners below:

Best Picture

Moonlight

Best Director

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Best Actress

Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Best Actor

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis (Fences)

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Best Screenplay

Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster)

Best Score

Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)

Best Animated Film

Kubo and the Two Strings

Best Documentary

O.J.: Made in America

Best Foreign Language Film

The Handmaiden

Best Comedy Film

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Best Horror Film

The Witch

Best Mystery or Thriller Film

Hell or High Water

Best Science Fiction Film

Arrival

PHOENIX CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS

There are two film critics groups in Phoenix, Arizona, for some reason. One of them, the Phoenix Film Critics Society, has been around for a while, and is fairly prestigious, among critics groups. Fairly. The other is the Phoenix Critics Circle, and there you go. Here are their 2016 award nominations, with winners due to be announced on the 17th of December.

Best Picture

Arrival

Hell or High Water

La La Land

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Best Director

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)

Best Actress

Amy Adams (Arrival)

Annette Bening (20th Century Women)

Jessica Chastain (Miss Sloane)

Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Emma Stone (La La Land)

Best Actor

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)

Ryan Gosling (La La Land)

Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis (Fences)

Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)

Naomie Harris (Moonlight)

Helen Mirren (Eye in the Sky)

Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)

Ben Foster (Hell or High Water)

John Goodman (10 Cloverfield Lane)

Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)

Best Screenplay

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster)

Eric Heisserer (Arrival)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)

Best Score

Nicholas Britell (Moonlight)

Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)

Johann Johannsson (Arrival)

Mica Levi (Jackie)

Best Animated Film

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

Zootopia

Best Documentary

13th

Gleason

O.J.: Made in America

Tickled

Weiner

Best Foreign Language Film

The Handmaiden

Neruda

Things to Come

The Wailing

Best Comedy Film

Deadpool

The Edge of Seventeen

Hail, Caesar!

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

The Nice Guys

Best Horror Film

The Conjuring 2

Don't Breathe

The Witch

Best Mystery or Thriller Film

Green Room

Hell or High Water

Nocturnal Animals

Best Science Fiction Film

10 Cloverfield Lane

Arrival

Midnight Special

PHOENIX CRITICS CIRCLE TOES THE LINE, AWARDS SPOTLIGHT / GEORGE MILLER

Surely to no-one's surprise, the Phoenix Critics Circle announces that Spotlight is the Best Picture of 2015, and Mad Max: Fury Road's George Miller the Best Director. And what? You can check out the group's nominees at this link, and their award winners below:

Best Picture

Spotlight

Best Director

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Best Actress

Brie Larson (Room)

Best Supporting Actor

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Best Screenplay

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Best Score

Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Animated Film

Inside Out

Best Documentary

Amy

Best International Film

Youth

Best Comedy Film

The Big Short

Best Horror Film

It Follows

Best Musical

Straight Outta Compton

Best Mystery or Thriller Film

Sicario

Best Science Fiction Film

Ex Machina

PHOENIX CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED!

Just to clarify: there are two Phoenix critics societies, and this is the... lesser one, lbr. A bizarre jumble of nominations these, with the occasional bright spot and just one nomination for Carol. Following in the San Diego Film Critics Society's ignominious footsteps there. Who knows when the PCC announces its winners. Who cares either.

Best Picture

Ex Machina

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

Room

Spotlight

Best Director

Alex Garland (Ex Machina)

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)

Best Actor

Michael Caine (Youth)

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

Matt Damon (The Martian)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Marion Cotillard (Macbeth)

Brie Larson (Room)

Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Hardy (The Revenant)

Richard Jenkins (Bone Tomahawk)

Michael Keaton (Spotlight)

Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Michael Shannon (99 Homes)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Jacob Tremblay (Room)

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Screenplay

Matt Charman, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (Bridge of Spies)

Alex Garland (Ex Machina)

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (The Big Short)

Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)

Best Score

Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Johann Johannsson (Sicario)

Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

Thomas Newman (Bridge of Spies)

Best Animated Film

Anomalisa

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Documentary

Amy

Best of Enemies

Cartel Land

He Named Me Malala

Listen to Me Marlon

Best International Film

The Assassin

White God

Youth

Best Comedy Film

The Big Short

Dope

Joy

Spy

Trainwreck

Best Horror Film

Bone Tomahawk

Crimson Peak

It Follows

Unfriended

Best Musical

Amy

Pitch Perfect 2

Straight Outta Compton

Best Mystery or Thriller Film

Bridge of Spies

Sicario

Spotlight

Best Science Fiction Film

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Ex Machina

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian