“The Power of the Dog” has been collecting honor after honor since its world premiere at last year’s Venice Film Festival, where it took home the Silver Lion for Best Director. Jane Campion’s Western-inspired psychodrama’s latest wins come courtesy of the London Critics’ Circle, which recognized the Netflix pic with four awards: Film of the Year, Director of the Year (Campion), Actor of the Year (Benedict Cumberbatch), and Supporting Actor of the Year (Kodi Smit-McPhee).
Set in the 1920s on a ranch in Montana, “The Power of the Dog” centers on a Montana rancher and his relationship with his sister-in-law and her son. The Oscar favorite marks Campion’s first feature in over a decade, and scored eight BAFTA noms just last week.
Other winners from the London Critics’ Circle include Ruth Negga and Rebecca Hall, both of whom were honored for “Passing,” the latter’s feature directorial debut, the story of two light-skinned Black women living on opposite sides of the color line. Negga was named Supporting Actress of the Year and Hall received the award for Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker. Olivia Colman scored Actress of the Year for “The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Elena Ferrante adaptation, and Tilda Smith was recognized as British/Irish Actress of the Year for her body of work in 2021, including “Memoria,” “The Souvenir Part II,” and “The French Dispatch.”
Head over to The Hollywood Reporter to check out the rest of the winners.
