The London Film Critics didn’t like “Wicked.” They didn’t nominate it for Best Picture and ignored actresses Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
“Wicked” has made $55 million in the UK.
They also didn’t care for the Bob Dylan movie, “A Complete Unknown,” although they did throw a bone to Timothee Chalamet.
There wasn’t much love for “Gladiator II” except for Denzel Washington.
Not in the mix at all: Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in “Maria.” That’s a surprise!
The London critics gave boosts to “Anora” and “The Brutalist,” as well as “Conclave.”
Most of their other nominations mimicked US critics and awards groups this season. I am glad they included Saoirse Ronan for Best Actress in “The Outrun,” but they otherwise didn’t do anything for her movie.
A harbinger of things to come? These noms get thrown into the mix.
London Critics’ Circle Film nominations 2025
Film Of The Year
- All We Imagine As Light
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- La Chimera
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Kneecap
- Nickel Boys
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
Foreign-language film of the year
- All We Imagine As Light
- La Chimera
- Emilia Pérez
- I’m Still Here
- Kneecap
Documentary film of the year
- Dahomey
- Grand Theft Hamlet
- Made in England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger
- No Other Land
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Animated feature of the year
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir Of A Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
British/Irish film of the year
- Bird
- Conclave
- Hard Truths
- Kneecap
- Love Lies Bleeding
Director of the year
- Sean Baker – Anora
- Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
- RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Screenwriter of the year
- Sean Baker – Anora
- Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
- Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
- Peter Straughan – Conclave
Actress of the year
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
- Nicole Kidman – Babygirl
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Demi Moore – The Substance
- Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun
Actor of the year
- Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
- Daniel Craig – Queer
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Supporting actress of the year
- Michele Austin – Hard Truths
- Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
- Margaret Qualley – The Substance
- Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
- Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Supporting actor of the year
- Yura Borisov – Anora
- Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
- Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
- Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice
- Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
Breakthrough performer of the year
- Marisa Abela – Back To Black
- Nykiya Adams – Bird
- Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
- Mikey Madison – Anora
- Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Breakthrough British/Irish filmmaker
- Luna Carmoon – Hoard
- Naqqash Khalid – In Camera
- Amy Liptrot – The Outrun
- Dev Patel – Monkey Man
- Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap
British/Irish performer of the year
- Cynthia Erivo – Drift/Wicked: Part I
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste – The Book Of Clarence/Hard Truths
- Nicholas Hoult – Juror #2/Nosferatu/The Order
- Josh O’Connor – La Chimera/Challengers/Lee
- Saoirse Ronan – Blitz/The Outrun
Young British/Irish performer of the year
- Nykiya Adams – Bird
- Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
- Raffey Cassidy – The Brutalist/Kensuke’s Kingdom
- Dan Hough – Speak No Evil
- Alisha Weir – Abigail/Buffalo Kids/Wicked Little Letters
British/Irish short film of the year
- Iranian Yellow Pages – directed by Anna Snowball
- Karavidhe – directed by Eoin Doran
- Push – directed by Elly Condron
- Wander To Wonder – directed by Nina Gantz
- We Beg To Differ – directed by Ruairi Bradley
Technical achievement of the year
- Anora – stunts, Manny Siverio, Christopher Colombo & Roberto Lopez
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – visual effects, Angus Bickerton
- The Brutalist – production design, Judy Becker
- A Complete Unknown – costumes, Arianne Phillips
- Conclave – film editing, Nick Emerson
- Dune: Part Two – visual effects, Paul Lambert
- Emilia Pérez – music, Clément Ducol & Camille
- Nickel Boys – cinematography, Jomo Fray
- Nosferatu – cinematography, Jarin Blaschke
- The Substance – makeup, Stéphanie Guillon & Pierre-Olivier Persin
