Spotlight comes out on top of the Houston Film Critics awards losing another Best Director award, this time to Alejandro G. Inarritu for The Revenant. Revenant took three total awards, including prizes for Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography.

Hardy’s win notwithstanding, there’s nothing particularly revelatory about these selections. There was announced a Best Poster Design category, but in the three sources I saw referencing the winners, not a single one of them referenced a winner in the category.

Awards Tallies

(3) The Revenant
(2) Spotlight

The Awards

Best Picture

Spotlight

Best Animated Film

Inside Out

Best Director

Alejandro G Inarritu – The Revenant

Best Actor

Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs

Best Actress

Brie Larson – Room

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Hardy – The Revenant

Best Supporting Actress

Rooney Mara – Carol

Best Screenplay

Spotlight

Best Original Song

“One Kind of Love” – Love & Mercy

Best Original Score

The Hateful Eight

Best Cinematography

The Revenant

Best Foreign Film

Son of Saul

Best Documentary

Amy

Best Technical Achievement

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Poster Design

**NOTE: Unable to find any reference to a winner in this category.**
Carol (Theatrical Poster)
Ex Machina (Theatrical Poster)
It Follows (Rear Window Alternate)
Mad Max: Fury Road (“What a Lovely Day” Alternate)
Sicario (Theatrical Poster)
The Walk (IMAX Alternate)

Worst Picture

Pixels

Texas Independent Film Award

The Last Man on the Moon

Houston Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 2007 (9)