Sunday night’s Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles wrapped up the busiest awards weekend we’ve seen in a couple of years. On the heels of the AFI Awards, the DGA Awards, and the BAFTA Awards, which all took place over the 48-hour sprint, the 27th Critics Choice Awards featured A-list presenters, a handful of powerful speeches, and the season’s first wild, dance-filled after-party.
The event also brought ample attention back on to The Power of the Dog, Netflix’s best-picture hopeful, helmed by Jane Campion. While Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons were the only cast members in attendance, Campion was the center of attention, high off her DGA win and her now viral response to Sam Elliott’s criticism of her cowboy drama. And even as her zany, heartfelt acceptance speech for best director comes in for criticism, Campion is all but guaranteed to become the third woman ever to win the best-director Oscar. (By midday Monday, she had apologized for the moment in her speech in which she compared herself to Venus and Serena Williams.)
The ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel felt slightly thinner on A-list talent compared to previous years, given that a lot of people were in London to attend the BAFTA Awards, also happening Sunday. (The Critics Choice Awards postponed their original January 9 date during the omicron wave.) To handle this transatlantic issue, the Critics Choice Awards threw a satellite viewing party to include those who were abroad, either for the BAFTA Awards or, like the cast of Ted Lasso, in London for filming.
In the Los Angeles ballroom, there was plenty of talk about how uncomfortably close the tables were. It was the most packed event of the season so far, which made it challenging for winners to get up to the stage in a timely manner. During commercial breaks, many of the nominees hurried around to network (Vanity Fair spotted Guillermo del Toro and Andrew Garfield chatting at one table, Jared Leto and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos at another, and power couple Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith crouching down to speak with Aunjanue Ellis). But because of the cramped quarters, no one seemed able to make it back to their seats before the commercial breaks wrapped. At one point late into the show, a fire alarm went off during a break and a handful of frantic publicists were seen running around the room trying to figure out if there was going to be an evacuation. But it was all resolved before the show returned to air.
The show did solidify some very likely Oscar winners in addition to Campion. For lead actor, King Richard’s Will Smith shared another emotional speech, giving credit to Venus and Serena Williams, who were in the audience and also presented at the end of the night. CODA supporting actor Troy Kotsur won once again (accepting his award in London, just a few hours after he won the BAFTA) and seems unstoppable for the Oscar, as does West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose, who also accepted her supporting-actress award from the satellite party. It was also another good night for lead-actress winner Jessica Chastain, who is in production in North Carolina and couldn’t attend the show. The best-actress category has remained competitive all season, but is now clearly tipped in Chastain’s favor given her win tonight and at the SAG Awards.
The three-hour Critics Choice Awards broadcast has for several years announced some categories during the break, which this year included visual effects (Dune), best comedy (Licorice Pizza), animated feature (The Mitchells vs. the Machines), foreign-language film (Drive My Car) and adapted (The Power of the Dog) and original screenplay (Belfast). That decision is more noticeable this year because of the current controversy with the Oscars, where eight categories will not be announced during the live telecast. While it would be impossible to fit every category into the Critics Choice broadcast, it did feel like a missed opportunity to give a moment to certain filmmakers who haven’t been able to take the stage this season yet—like Paul Thomas Anderson, who was in the room but never got the chance to make a speech.
It was also a night where some likely Emmy contenders got to take the stage and test out their speeches and campaigns for the first time. The most exciting and unexpected win went to Melanie Lynskey, who won for best actress in a drama for her work in Yellowjackets. But the biggest Emmy-season momentum still goes to Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae, who won for best actor in a drama series on the heels of his SAG Awards win. The Korean star was the only winner all night who received another round of applause when he reentered the ballroom after his win. While the Ted Lasso and Hacks wins were more expected, the room seemed especially excited when Succession’s Kieran Culkin won for supporting actor in a drama, as he’s so often losing out to others in his cast. Still, the self-deprecating actor remained humble and was overheard exclaiming, “What a horrible speech!” to another partygoer later in the night.
As for best picture, there seemed to be some momentum for Belfast, which won the best-ensemble prize, best young actor for Jude Hill, and original screenplay. But after the top film prize went to Campion’s The Power of the Dog—not long after she’d been awarded the directing prize—all eyes remained on Campion. “The movie existed only the moment I met the great writer and director Jane Campion,” said producer Roger Frappier in his acceptance speech. But the New Zealand director kept it real in her part of the speech, thanking the critics while adding, “I’ve still got some PTSD from critics going back to earlier in my career—ouch.”
And on that note, Netflix had plenty to celebrate at its private after-party at the Lumière restaurant within the hotel. The event quickly became the only place to be that night, with most of the stars and presenters making their way inside, whether they were from a Netflix film or not. Lynskey and husband Jason Ritter posted up by the bar while Hacks winner Jean Smart and presenter Kristen Wiig chatted in another section of the room. Taika Waititi went to smoke a cigarette with Squid Game’s HoYeon Jung, and Ava DuVernay cozied up in a booth, while nearby, Belfast’s Jamie Dornan found a quiet corner to sit with his wife.
But the center of the Netflix-party universe was Campion, who received a rousing round of applause when she entered the garden area. As the night wore on, a dance circle broke out with Venus Williams, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Sarandos all swaying along to the music. At the center of this dance circle? Campion, taking it all in, with a noticeable skip in her (dance)step.
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