Garfield wins Best Actor, The Power of Dog wins Best Film

This year’s Golden Globes were unlike the other years in the most unremarkable fashion. With no known faces at attendance or any media to cover them, the event took place quietly at its famed aboard, Los Angeles Beverly Hill Hotel, this Sunday.

The award show was untelevised and chaos laden from the very beginning. NBC announced in May that it is pulling out from airing it. NBC’s decision came along after Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA’s) repulsed following a report in Los Angeles Times, that the voting body at Globes had no black members.

Back in February, the Los Angeles Times ran an expose on HFPA’s lack of representation and diversity in its internal and external functioning. In 2021, the awards were once again in bad light for its questionable nominations, which didn’t include notable Black-led projects from that year. In April of that year, former HFPA President, Philip Berk, was ousted from the organisation over hate filled emails he sent to his associates concerning Black Lives Matter.

Amid all the controversy and empty seats, the organisation decided to announce the winners on twitter. Here is the list of nominations and winners.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Belfast

CODA

Dune

King Richard

The Power of the Dog—WINNER

Best Director – Motion Picture

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog--WINNER

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Denis Villeneuve, Dune

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Licorice Pizza

Belfast--WINNER

The Power of the Dog

Don't Look Up

Being the Ricardos

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter

Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos--WINNER

Lady Gaga, House of Gucci

Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Mahershala Ali, Swan Song

Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

The Power of the Dog, which seemed to cast its spell on most voters, is a psychological drama film written and directed by James Campion.It stars  Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee in its leads. It is based on the novel by Thomas Savage by the same name. The film was well received by audiences and critics alike upon its release and is a must watch. Belfast, which won best motion picture, is a semi-autobiographical film which chronicles the life of a working class family. 

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