The 42nd Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2021, were given on December 12, 2021. [1] [2] [3]
Ruth Negga is an Ethiopian-Irish actress known for the AMC television series Preacher and the film Loving. For her portrayal of Mildred Loving in the latter, Negga received several major nominations from the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, and won the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actress. In 2022, Negga made her Broadway debut in a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth as Lady Macbeth, and earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.
The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.
Hidetoshi Nishijima is a Japanese actor. He is widely regarded as one of Japan's leading actors, having appeared in a wide range of films from science fiction films such as Shin Ultraman (2022) to small-scale art films such as Dolls (2002). He is best known internationally for his leading role in the film Drive My Car (2021), for which he received the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor.
The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay is the award given for best screenwriting at the annual National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) Awards. The category was introduced in 1967, in the 2nd awards ceremony.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. An alumnus of the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he started getting attention in his home country with the graduate film Passion (2008).
Alana Mychal Haim is an American musician and actress. She is best known as a member of the pop rock band Haim, along with her two older sisters Este and Danielle, where she performs piano, guitar and vocals. In 2020, the band received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year nomination for their third album, Women in Music Pt. III.
The Lost Daughter is a 2021 psychological drama film adapted for the screen and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante. The film stars Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Dagmara Domińczyk, Jack Farthing, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, with Peter Sarsgaard, and Ed Harris. Colman also serves as an executive producer.
The 74th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 6 to 17 July 2021, after having been originally scheduled from 11 to 22 May 2021. American director Spike Lee was invited to be the head of the jury for the festival for a second time, after the COVID-19 pandemic in France scuttled plans to have him head the jury of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.
Drive My Car is a 2021 Japanese drama film directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and written by Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe. It follows a theatre director, who directs a multilingual production of Uncle Vanya while dealing with the death of his wife. It is based on Haruki Murakami's short story "Drive My Car" and other stories from his 2014 collection Men Without Women.
The 87th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2021, were announced on December 3, 2021.
The 47th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2021.
The 17th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2021, were announced on January 11, 2022. The nominations were announced on January 4, 2022.
The 56th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 8 January 2022, honored the best in film for 2021.