Jane Campion's 'The Power Of The Dog' Sweeps The Houston Film Critics Society Awards While Plano, Texas Company Well GO USA Entertainmen ...

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20 January, 2022

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By Joe Friar, Fort Worth Report January 19, 2022 The Houston Film Critics Society just announced their choices for 2021's best achievements in film. "The Power of the Dog" came out on top winning the top prize Best Picture as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay (Jane Campion), Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Best Supporting Actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee), while Jonny Greenwood tied with Hans Zimmer ("Dune") for Best Original Score. The sweeping Western based on the 1967 novel by Thomas Savage marked Campion's return to feature films in over a decade. Jessica Chastain was named Best Actress for her transformative performance as PTL Club televangelist Tammy Faye Baker in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" with the Best Supporting Actress award going to Ann Dowd for her unforgettable performance as a grief-stricken mother in Fran Kranz' devastating film "Mass" which also took home the Society's first-ever Best Ensemble award thanks to the riveting performances by Dowd and costars Reed Birney, Jason Isaacs, and Martha Plimpton. "As a year of uncertainty in movies concludes, one sure thing is how quality and creativity create screen magic at any time," said Douglas Harris, President of the organization. "No matter how we savor film, creative movies that portray people confronting challenge and change will continue to find an audience that appreciates them." Each year the HFCS honors an independent film shot in Texas and financed outside the major studio system with its Texas Independent Film Award (TIFA). Last year's award went to the American-Filipino musical drama "Yellow Rose" which was filmed around Austin. This year's TIFA recipient "Red Rocket" from director Sean Baker was filmed in Texas City, Kemah, and Galveston. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.