Great Movies
On a night full of controversy about awards presentation and an assault on a presenter by an eventual winner, the Academy handed out their 94th Oscars tonight and the big winners were Warner Brothers and Apple TV+, who made history by being the first streaming service to go home with a Best Picture trophy, accompanied by prizes for Best Supporting Actor (Troy Kotsur) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Sian Heder) for their beloved “CODA.” “Dune” was the biggest winner of the night, taking home six prizes in the technical categories, including Best Score, Best Sound, and Best Visual Effects. Other major prizes went to “King Richard,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “West Side Story,” and “The Power of the Dog,” which went in with 12 nominations but became the first film since “The Graduate” to only win Best Director. The full list of winners can be found below:
BEST PICTURE: “CODA”
BEST DIRECTOR: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
BEST ACTOR: Will Smith, “King Richard”
BEST ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: “CODA” by Sian Heder
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: “Belfast” by Kenneth Branagh
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: “Encanto”
BEST DOCUMENTARY: “Summer of Soul”
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM: “Drive My Car”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Greig Fraser, “Dune”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Jenny Beavan, “Cruella”
BEST EDITING: Joe Walker, “Dune”
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Hans Zimmer, “Dune”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “No Time to Die,” “No Time to Die”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: “Dune”
BEST SOUND: “Dune”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: “Dune”
BEST ANIMATED SHORT: “The Windshield Wiper”
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: “The Queen of Basketball”
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT: “The Long Goodbye”
Brian Tallerico is the Editor of RogerEbert.com, and also covers television, film, Blu-ray, and video games. He is also a writer for Vulture, The Playlist, The New York Times, and Rolling Stone, and the President of the Chicago Film Critics Association.
