The Academy has spoken: Review’s contributors tell us what moved them the most in 2023. And the winners are:
Music
For Best Album
SCARING THE HOES by JPEGMAFIA & Dannny Brown – Fay Qian
Good Riddance by Gracie Abrams – Miranda Piana Parra
Zig by Poppy – Kieran Hurwood
Tracey Denim by bar italia – Angus Timmons
Like…? By Ice Spice – Honour Astill
the record by boygenius – Zoé Bocquillon
So Much (For) Stardust by Fall Out Boy – Christina Jiang
Tides by Alice Markham – Liza Chernobay
Rat Saw God by Wednesday – William Goltz
Lahai by Sampha – Sheila Mutua
For Best Single
Blame Brett by The Beaches – Kieran Hurwood
dazies by yeule – Angus Timmons
Waters of March by John Roseboro – Honour Astill
Smoke Break-Dance by Mick Jenkins ft. JID – Fay Qian
Escapism by RAYE ft. 070 Shake – Zoé Bocquillon
Fast Forward by JEON SOMI – Christina Jiang
Stampede by Feeble Little Horse – William Goltz
Princess Going Digital by Amaarae – Sheila Mutua
For Best Concert
Billy Joel at Hyde Park – Miranda Piana Parra
Lowertown at Rough Trade East – Angus Timmons
Taylor Swift: the Eras Tour – Fay Qian
Aya Nakamura – Zoé Bocquillon
Fall Out Boy at The O2 – Christina Jiang
Summer Pearl at London Jazz Festival, The Lower Third – Liza Chernobay
Wednesday at Pitchfork Music Festival – William Goltz
Beyoncé: Renaissance World Tour at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – Sheila Mutua
Film
For Best Film
Barbie dir. Greta Gerwig – Miranda Piana Parra, Honour Astill
Oppenheimer dir. Christopher Nolan – Arjan Arenas, William Goltz
Past Lives dir. Celine Song – Vanessa Huang, Sheila Mutua
The Hunger Games: the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Kieran Hurwood
Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse dir. Joaquin dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers – Fay Qian
Saltburn dir. Emerald Fennell – Zoé Bocquillon
Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Amongst Thieves dir. John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein – Christina Jiang
Television
For Best Ongoing Series
Blindspotting S2 (Starz) – Vanessa Huang
Happy Valley (BBC) – Arjan Arenas
Doctor Who (BBC) – Kieran Hurwood
Succession S4 (HBO) – Honour Astill, Sheila Mutua
Only Murders in the Building S3 (Disney+) – Zoé Bocquillon
The Bear S2 (FX) – Christina Jiang
King The Land (Netflix) – Liza Chernobay
For Best Limited Series
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix) – Sebastian Ching, Angus Timmons
Daisy Jones and the Six (Amazon Prime) – Miranda Piana Parra, Arjan Arenas
Planet Earth III (BBC) – Kieran Hurwood
BEEF – Honour Astill
The Billionaire, the Butler and the Boyfriend (Netflix) – Zoé Bocquillon
Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee) – Christina Jiang
I’m A Virgo (Amazon Prime) – Sheila Mutua
Literature
For Best Fiction
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang – Liza Chernobay
Babel by R. F. Kuang – Ophélie Logé
The Fraud by Zadie Smith – Angus Timmons
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan – Zoé Bocquillon
For Best Non-Fiction
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin – Zoé Bocquillon
Know Your Place by Faiza Shaheen – Kieran Hurwood
How Music Works by David Byrne – Angus Timmons
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith – Honour Astill
The Glucose Revolution by Jessie Inchauspé – Liza Chernobay
For Best Poetry
Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong – Zoé Bocquillon
Theatre
For Best Play
Noises Off at Phoenix Theatre – Angus Timmons
As You Like It at sohoplace – Vanessa Huang
The Lehman Trilogy at Gillian Lyne Theatre – Miranda Piana Parra
The House of Bernarda Alba – Miranda Piana Parra
A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre – Zoé Bocquillon
Arcadia at The Venue (LSESU Drama Society) – Christina Jiang
For Best Musical
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at Kiln Theatre – Ophélie Logé
A Stange Loop at The Barbican – Vanessa Huang
Guys & Dolls at The Bridge Theatre – Miranda Piana Parra
Gaming
For Best Video Game
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo) – Kieran Hurwood
Signalis (Rose-engine) – Angus Timmons
Museums & Galleries
For Best Exhibition
Paul McCartney: Eyes of the Storm at the National Portrait Gallery – Arjan Arenas
Basquiat x Warhol, à quatre mains at Fondation Louis Vuitton – Ophélie Logé
Ai Weiwei: Making Sense at The Design Museum – Angus Timmons
Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney – Honour Astill
Women in Revolt at Tate Britain – Zoé Bocquillon
The Korean Wave at the V&A – Liza Chernobay
El Anatsui: Timespace at October Gallery – Sheila Mutua
Illustration by Angus Timmons, Anna Tarazevich, Christina Jiang
