Paul Thomas Anderson's counter-culture thriller 'One Battle After Another' has emerged as the frontrunner in the London Critics' Circle film awards nominations, securing nine nods. The film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, leads the pack ahead of 'Hamnet' with eight nominations and 'Sinners' with seven.
Based loosely on Thomas Pynchon's novel 'Vineland', 'One Battle After Another' is nominated for film of the year, director and screenwriter of the year for Anderson, and actor of the year for DiCaprio. Co-stars Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn received supporting actor nominations, while Chase Infiniti is up for breakthrough performer.
Chloé Zhao's Shakespearean drama 'Hamnet', featuring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, earned eight nominations including film of the year, director of the year for Zhao, and actress of the year for Buckley. Ryan Coogler's juke-joint horror-thriller 'Sinners' follows with seven nods, including director and writer nominations for Coogler.
The awards, voted on by over 200 members of the London Critics' Circle film section, will be announced on 1 February at a ceremony in London. Other notable nominees include 'Marty Supreme' with Timothée Chalamet for actor of the year, and 'Sorry, Baby' with Eva Victor for actress of the year.
