"One Battle After Another" Dominates at the Chicago Film Critics Association

"One Battle After Another", directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, made history on Thursday night by setting the record for the most wins by any film at the Chicago Film Critics Association. The film didn't just take the Best Picture award; it also won Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Most Promising Performer, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Original Score.

Other notable winners included “Frankenstein” and “It Was Just an Accident,” both clinching two awards each. The honours were distributed as follows:

• BEST PICTURE: “One Battle After Another”
• BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
• BEST ACTOR: Timothee Chalamet, “Marty Supreme“
• BEST ACTRESS: Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You“
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
• BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: “It Was Just an Accident” by Jafar Panahi
• BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: “One Battle After Another” by Paul Thomas Anderson
• BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: “It Was Just an Accident”

• BEST DOCUMENTARY: “The Perfect Neighbor“
• BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “KPop Demon Hunters“
• BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Michael Bauman, “One Battle After Another”
• BEST EDITING: Andy Jurgensen, “One Battle After Another”
• BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN: “Frankenstein”
• BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Kate Hawley, “Frankenstein”
• BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Jonny Greenwood, “One Battle After Another”
• BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS: “Sinners“
• MOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
• MILOS STEHLIK BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER: Eva Victor, “Sorry, Baby“