Santa Barbara Film Festival 2024 Film Critics

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 09: (L-R) Rob Lowe, honoree Robert Downey Jr., and Cillian Murphy attend the Maltin Modern Master Award ceremony during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 09, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 09: (L-R) SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling, Cillian Murphy, Leonard Maltin, honoree Robert Downey Jr., and Rob Lowe attend the Maltin Modern Master Award ceremony during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 09, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 09: Robert Downey Jr. speaks onstage at the Maltin Modern Master Award during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 09, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 09: (L-R) Cillian Murphy, honoree Robert Downey Jr., and Rob Lowe pose with the Maltin Modern Master Award during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 09, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 11: Honoree Mark Ruffalo attends the American Riviera Award ceremony during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 11, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 11: Emma Stone attends the American Riviera Award ceremony during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 11, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 11: (L-R) Honoree Mark Ruffalo and Anne Thompson speak onstage at the American Riviera Award ceremony during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 11, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 11: Emma Stone presents Mark Ruffalo with the American Riviera Award during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 11, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 11: (L-R) Emma Stone and honoree Mark Ruffalo pose with the American Riviera Award during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 11, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 12: (L-R) Justine Triet, Fred Cassidy, and Scott Feinberg speak onstage at the Outstanding Directors of the Year Award ceremony during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 12, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 12: (L-R) Honorees Justine Triet and Martin Scorsese pose with their Outstanding Directors of the Year Awards during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 12, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 12: Honoree Martin Scorsese poses with his Outstanding Directors of the Year Award during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 12, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 14: Honoree Paul Giamatti attends the Cinema Vanguard Award ceremony during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 14, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 14: Honoree Paul Giamatti attends the Cinema Vanguard Award ceremony during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 14, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 14: Paul Giamatti and Scott Feinbergspeak onstage at the Cinema Vanguard Award ceremony during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 14, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 15: Jeffrey Wright attends the Montecito Award Ceremony at the 38th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 15, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 15: Jeffrey Wright receives the Montecito Award Ceremony at the 38th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 15, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 17: (L-R) Madelyn Hammond, Diane Warren, Karen Hartley-Thomas, Maite Alberdi, Laura Karpman and Julie Zachary speak at the women’s panel during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 17, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for SBIFF)