12/22/2025
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December 22, 2025
KCFCC holds 60 th Annual Loutzenhiser Awards.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” nominated in eight categories, received five awards at the 60th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards, voted on by the members of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle. These included Best Film, the Robert Altman Award for Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn. Director Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” received three awards, including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan. Two awards went to “Weapons,” including Best Supporting Actress for Amy
Madigan.
The KCFCC, the second oldest professional film critic organization in the United States, was founded in 1966 by the late Dr. James Loutzenhiser (1931-2001), who served as the group’s president for over 30 years. Other awards of note included “Sinners” winning the Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror and “Hedda” winning the Tom Poe Award for Best LGBTQ Film. Below is a complete list of the winners from the 60th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards:
BEST FILM: “One Battle After Another”
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
BEST ACTOR: Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
BEST ACTRESS: Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: “Weapons”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: “One Battle After Another”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: “One Battle After Another”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: “Sinners”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “KPop Demon Hunters”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: “It Was Just an Accident”
BEST DOCUMENTARY: “Secret Mall Apartment”
VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR FILM: “Sinners”
TOM POE AWARD FOR THE BEST LGBTQ FILM: “Hedda”
BUSTER KEATON AWARD FOR BEST STUNT FILM: “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning”
