{"id":198852,"date":"2025-12-18T19:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T19:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/198852\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T19:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T19:38:13","slug":"sinners-wins-near-unprecedented-number-of-categories-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/198852\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinners wins near unprecedented number of categories \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Coogler\u2019s<\/a> Sinners<\/a>, a busy historical epic that takes in vampirism, racial politics and the birth of the blues, has proved the big winner at the annual awards from Dublin Film Critics Circle<\/a> (DFCC). <\/p>\n

The film topped the poll in a near-unprecedented five categories: best film, best director, best actor, best screenplay and best cinematography. This is an impressive result for a genre piece that, though from a respected film-maker, did not, at the start of the year, look like the kind of project that wins awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were definitely hoping for it to do well,\u201d Coogler, who is also the director of Creed<\/a> and Black Panther<\/a>, told The Irish Times in November. \u201cThere were a lot of calculated risks that we took on this movie. We bet on ourselves.\u201d <\/p>\n

Michael B Jordan<\/a>, who took the best-actor prize from the Dublin critics, plays African-American twins who set up a speakeasy in 1930s Mississippi.<\/p>\n

Already the recipient of seven nominations at the Golden Globes, Sinners is expected to score similarly well at the upcoming Oscar nominations, but it will face fierce competition from Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s<\/a> One Battle After Another<\/a>. <\/p>\n

That huge political comedy has scored best-film wins from New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and Boston Society of Film Critics. In Dublin it had to settle for second place in best film, best screenplay, best director and, for Leonardo DiCaprio, best actor. Emma Stone<\/a> took best actress for her turn in Yorgos Lanthimos\u2019s<\/a> Bugonia<\/a>, produced by the Dublin-based Element Pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The big winners among Irish productions were Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Shea\u2019s Blue Road: The Edna O\u2019Brien Story<\/a> and Brendan Canty\u2019s Christy<\/a>. O\u2019Shea\u2019s film has, since a premiere at Toronto International Film Festival in late 2024, been picking up plaudits around the world. <\/p>\n

It won best overall documentary from the DFCC and was runner-up to Canty\u2019s lively social-realist picture in best Irish film. O\u2019Shea\u2019s study of a much-loved Irish writer was a sizeable hit on its Irish release in 2025.<\/p>\n

\"ChristyChristy by Brendan Canty <\/p>\n

Canty, a Cork film-maker previously best known for the music video for Hozier\u2019s Take Me to Church, took the award for best Irish breakthrough. Eva Victor, director of the singular serious comedy Sorry, Baby<\/a>, secured the gong for best international breakthrough.<\/p>\n

DFCC paid tribute to their former member Philip Molloy, who died in June. The Wexford-born critic and journalist was a regular voter in the group\u2019s polls. \u201cHe was truthful. You always felt he said exactly what he felt without any intention to harm or hurt,\u201d the director Jim Sheridan said at the time of Molloy\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

[\u00a0The 50 best films of 2025 \u2013 a full list in reverse orderOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

The circle, whose president is Tara Brady of The Irish Times, gathers votes from the capital\u2019s professional film critics once a year. Winners of best film in previous years have included An Cail\u00edn Ci\u00fain, The Power of the Dog, Brokeback Mountain and The Zone of Interest.<\/p>\n

The poll lands as the international awards season kicks into busy pre-Christmas gear. Earlier this week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists \u2013 perhaps better called longlists \u2013 in 12 categories, ahead of the Oscar nominations being announced on January 22nd. <\/p>\n

Two Irish films have been named among the 15 listed for best animated short. Giovanna Ferrari\u2019s \u00c9iru, from Kilkenny\u2019s unstoppable Cartoon Saloon, follows a child as he descends into a mysteriously emptied well. John Kelly\u2019s Retirement Plan features Domhnall Gleeson\u2019s voice in the tale of a man looking forward to a quiet life after work. Five titles will go on to the Oscar competition.<\/p>\n

Dublin Film Critics Circle awards 2025Best filmSinnersOne Battle After AnotherTrain DreamsThe BrutalistIt Was Just an AccidentSentimental ValueFlowI SwearWeaponsVermiglioBest directorRyan Coogler, SinnersPaul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After AnotherBrady Corbet, The BrutalistJafar Panahi, It Was Just an AccidentDea Kulumbegashvili, AprilBest actorMichael B Jordan, SinnersLeonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After AnotherJoel Edgerton, Train DreamsAdrien Brody, The BrutalistRobert Aramayo, I SwearBest actressEmma Stone, BugoniaRenate Reinsve, Sentimental ValueJennifer Lawrence, Die, My LoveMarianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard TruthsLeonie Benesch, Late ShiftBest screenplayRyan Coogler, SinnersPaul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After AnotherJesse Eisenberg, A Real PainJafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, The BrutalistBest Irish filmChristyBlue Road: The Edna O\u2019Brien StoryFrewakaBeat the LottoTestimonyBest documentaryBlue Road: The Edna O\u2019Brien StoryTestimonySanatoriumA Want in HerThe Perfect NeighbourBest cinematographyAutumn Durald Arkapaw, SinnersLol Crawley, The BrutalistAdolpho Veloso, Train DreamsMichael Bauman, One Battle After AnotherClaudio Miranda, F1 \u2013 Arseni Khachaturan, April (tie)International breakthroughIrish breakthrough<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Coogler\u2019s Sinners, a busy historical epic that takes in vampirism, racial politics and the birth of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[105572,93,61,60,71211],"class_list":{"0":"post-198852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-dublin-film-critics-circle","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-ryan-coogler"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}