The Houston Film Critics Society has chosen POOR THINGS as the Best Picture of 2023. Here is the full list of winners chosen by the 39 members (myself included) of the HFCS.

Best Picture: Poor Things

Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Best Actor – Leading Role: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Best Actress – Leading Role: Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Actor – Supporting Role: Ryan Gosling, Barbie

Best Actress – Supporting Role: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Cinematography: Hoyte Van Hoytema, Oppenheimer

Best Documentary Feature: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Foreign Language Feature: The Zone of Interest

Best Original Score: Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Original Song: “I’m Just Ken,” Barbie

Best Visual Effects: Poor Things

Best Stunt Coordination Team: John Wick: Chapter 4

Best Ensemble Cast: Killers of the Flower Moon

Texas Independent Film Award: Chocolate Lizards

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