Epic drama takes top prize, Ralph Fiennes and Marianne Jean-Baptiste win best actors and RaMell Ross best director
The Brutalist, Brady Corbet’s three-and-a-half-hour drama about the treatment of a brilliant Hungarian postmodern architect in the US after the second world war, has taken best picture at the London Critics’ Circle awards.
Another performer snubbed by the Oscars but honoured by the Critics’ Circle was Daniel Craig, who took the Dilys Powell award for excellence in film. He was presented with the prize by his The evening’s other honorary award, the Derek Malcolm award for innovation, went to Zoe Saldaña, who had already picked up the supporting actress prize for her role in Jacques Audiard’s cartel musicalThat film heads into the Academy Awards with by far the most nominations, 13, compared with the 10 each earned by Wicked and The Brutalist, followed by eight for Conclave and the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
Gascón, who is the first out trans actor nominated for an acting Oscar, has since apologised and deactivated her X account, while Saldaña was at pains to distance herself from the remarks.
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