Rustin star Colman Domingo to Receive Derek Malcolm Award – The Hollywood Reporter

Rustin star Colman Domingo will receive the inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for innovation from the London Film Critics’ Circle, the U.K. longest-standing film critics’ association.

The award, named in honor of the late British critic Derek Malcolm, who died in August at age 91, will be presented to Domingo at the 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards in London on Feb. 4, 2024.

Domingo, currently generating awards buzz for his performance as Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin, the chief architect of the historic 1963 March on Washington, in George C. Wolfe’s Netflix drama Rustin, is being honored for his work as an actor, producer, writer, director and musician across film, television and theater. Domingo has picked up Critics Choice and Golden Globe nominations for Rustin, has won an Emmy winner for a guest role in HBO’s Euphoria, and earned a Tony nomination as a producer of Fat Ham, a Broadway retelling of Hamlet. His many screen credits include Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Ava DuVernay’s Selma, George C Wolfe’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Janicza Bravo’s Zola, and Blitz Bazawule’s upcoming The Color Purple musical.

“In each of his roles, Colman Domingo adds layers of detail that are revolutionary on-screen,” says London Critics’ Chair Rich Cline, “drawing attention to important themes that need to be discussed and addressed. Even in a genre movie like Candyman, his character quietly connects the film’s horror to historical injustice. We are proud to name him as the very first winner of this new Innovation Award, which is named in honour of our good friend and well-loved disruptor Derek Malcolm.”

Malcolm was a long-standing member of the Critics’ Circle and served a term as its president. He was a towering figure in the U.K. film scene, as a critic for The Guardian and The Evening Standard, as a host on the BBC’s movie show The Film Club, and as a former director of the London Film Festival and governor of the British Film Institute.

“It’s an honour to receive the inaugural Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation and to be recognised in this way by the London Film Critics’ Circle, a group of journalists I deeply respect,” says Domingo. “This has been an incredible year for film, and having the opportunity to play Bayard Rustin, a man who embodied the word ‘trailblazer’, has been a great privilege.”

Andrew Haigh’s drama All of Us Strangers leads the 44th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with 9 nominations, followed by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer with 7. Both are nominated for best film alongside Celine Song’s Past Lives, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, Todd Haynes’ May December, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.

Jeffrey Wright will be honored at the 2024 ceremony with the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film.