By George Bate & Josh Bate
We had the pleasure of being in attendance for the eighth annual Chicago Indie Critics Awards, now termed the Windie Awards, which honored the year’s achievements in film. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer dominated the award show, taking away the awards for Best Studio Film and Best Director, amongst others.
Chicago Indie Critics also present The Impact Award, which honors a group of persons who have had a positive impact on the Chicagoland film community. The Impact Award winner this year was Dennis Scott, the organist at Chicago’s noted Music Box Theatre.
Check out a full list of nominees and winners below.
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
All of Us Strangers
Anatomy of a Fall
The Iron Claw
WINNER – Past Lives
The Zone of Interest
BEST STUDIO FILM
Barbie
The Holdovers
WINNER – Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One
When Evil Lurks
WINNER – The Zone of Interest
BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Symphony
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Silver Dollar Road
20 Days in Mariupol
WINNER – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
WINNER – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
WINNER – Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Celine Song, Past Lives
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
WINNER – Past Lives
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret.
Killers of the Flower Moon
WINNER – Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST ACTOR
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
WINNER – Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Teo Yoo, Past Lives
BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Greta Lee, Past Lives
WINNER – Emma Stone, Poor Things
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Charles Melton, May December
WINNER – Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. America Ferrera, Barbie
WINNER – Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Julianne Moore, May December
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
BEST ENSEMBLE
American Fiction
Asteroid City
The Holdovers
WINNER – Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
WINNER – Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
WINNER – Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST COSTUMES
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
WINNER – Poor Things
Priscilla
Wonka
BEST MAKEUP
Barbie
The Iron Claw
Maestro
WINNER – Poor Things
Priscilla
BEST EDITING
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
WINNER – Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Barbie
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
WINNER – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
WINNER – “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie
“What Was I Made For?” – Barbie
“Keep It Movin’” – The Color Purple
“Peaches” – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
“A World of Your Own” – Wonka
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator
WINNER – Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
BEST STUNTS
The Iron Claw
WINNER – John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Polite Society
Sisu
BREAKOUT ARTIST
Charles Melton
Dominic Sessa
Cailee Spaeny
Sophie Wilde
WINNER – Celine Song
SIGHT UNSEEN PERFORMANCE
Helen Mirren, Barbie
Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
WINNER – Oscar Isaac, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Hailee Steinfeld – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Jack Black – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
IMPACT AWARD
Rebecca Fons – Gene Siskel Film Center
Dann Gire and Raymond Benson – “Dan and Raymond Movie Club”
Morgan Harris – Acacia Media Group
Katie Rife, Will Morris, and Ryan Oestreich – Music Box Theatre programming
WINNER – Dennis Scott – Music Box Theatre organist