Detroit Film Critics Society: Best Films of 2021 Winners

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The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the BEST OF 2021 nominees and winners thirteen categories. The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in Spring 2007 and currently consists of a group of 12 film critics from Michigan who write or broadcast in the metro-Detroit area. 

 

Each critic submitted their top 5 picks in the following 13 categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Breakthrough in any category, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay, Best Documentary, Best Animated Feature, and Best Use of Music. From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top 5 in each category have been placed on the final ballot. 

 

CYRANO had a total of 4 nominations and two wins in the categories of Best Picture and Best Actor for Peter Dinklage. KING RICHARD also received 4 nominations and finished with one win for Jon Bernthal as Best Supporting Actor. TICK, TICK…BOOM! received 4 nominations as well with one win for director Lin-Manuel Miranda.  Jessica Chastain took the Best Actress award for her transforming performance in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE.  Two categories ended in a tie. FLEE and SUMMER OF SOUL tied for Best Documentary while Best Breakthrough went to Woody Norman, for his performance in C’MON C’MON and Emma Seligman, the writer and director of SHIVA BABY. See the full results below.

 

 

 

1.  BEST PICTURE


• CYRANO


 

2.  BEST DIRECTOR


• LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA – TICK, TICK…BOOM!

 

 

 

3.  BEST ACTOR


• PETER DINKLAGE – CYRANO

 

 

4.  BEST ACTRESS


• JESSICA CHASTAIN – THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

 


5.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR


• JON BERNTHAL – KING RICHARD

 

 


6.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS


• ARIANA DEBOSE – WEST SIDE STORY
 



7.  BEST ENSEMBLE


• THE FRENCH DISPATCH

 


8.  BEST BREAKTHROUGH


• WOODY NORMAN – ACTOR – C’MON, C’MON

• EMMA SELIGMAN – WRITER/DIRECTOR – SHIVA BABY

 



9.  BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY


• JANE CAMPION – THE POWER OF THE DOG

 



10.  BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY


• ADAM MCKAY – DON’T LOOK UP

 


11.  BEST DOCUMENTARY


• FLEE
• SUMMER OF SOUL

 



12.  BEST ANIMATED FEATURE


• THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES

 



13.  BEST USE OF MUSIC


• LAST NIGHT IN SOHO

 

 

The Detroit Film Critics Society members for the 2021-2022 season in alphabetical order are Nate Adams – The Clinton Local, George Elkind – Metro Times, Between the Lines; Becky Fixel –Week99er;  Michelle Kisner – spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com;  Greg Russell – WDIV-TV Detroit & Movie Show; Tom Santilli – WXYZ and Movie Show Plus; Perry Seibert – WLBY-The Lucy Ann Lance show;  John Serba – Decider; MontiLee Stormer – moviereelist.com;  Lee Thomas – Critic Lee Speaking, WJBK Fox 2; Mike Tyrkus – Cinemanerdz.com and Carl Wheeler – thereelgodfather.com.