‘Beale Street,’ ‘The Favourite’ lead Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) nominations
If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna) 
The Favourite (Fox Searchlight)
If Beale Street Could Talk from Barry Jenkins and The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos lead the Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) nomination with 8 apiece, including Best Film and Best Director while Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA comes in with six.
Blindspotting and Suspiria rounded out the Best Film nominees. Both films only earned one other mention apiece – Best First Film and Best Original Score, respectively. Alternately, Best Director found room for two female directors – Debra Granik (Leave No Trace) and Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here) – each as one of only two noms for their films as well.
They are the first group to snub Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) but include Bradley Cooper in their acting lineup. Instead, they went for Toni Collette (Hereditary), Olivia Colman (The Favourite), Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Regina Hall (Support the Girls) and Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?). Overall, A Star Is Born only earned two nominations: Best Actor and Best First Film (both for Cooper).
Brian Tyree Henry was a double nominee, earning mentions in Supporting Actor (for If Beale Street Could Talk) as well as Breakthrough Artist for his 2018 body of work that also includes Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Widows. Supporting Actor also included Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther), Steven Yeun (Burning) and double Grants – Hugh (Paddington 2) and Richard (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), leaving high profile names like Mahershala Ali, Timothée Chalamet and Sam Elliott out.
The group also includes categories for Stunts and Motion Capture performances.
Here is the full list of nominations. Winners will be announced Monday, January 7, 2019.
BEST FILM
Blindspotting
The Favourite
If Beale Street Could Talk
ROMA
Suspiria
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón – ROMA
Debra Granik – Leave No Trace
Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here
BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here
BEST ACTRESS
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Regina Hall – Support the Girls
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk
Steven Yeun – Burning
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Vice
Claire Foy – First Man
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
The Death of Stalin
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
ROMA
Sorry to Bother You
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Annihilation
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mandy
Suspiria
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Burning
The Favourite
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
ROMA
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Free Solo
Minding the Gap
RBG
Shirkers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Burning
Cold War
The Guilty
ROMA
Shoplifters
BEST FIRST FILM
Blindspotting
Eighth Grade
Hereditary
Sorry to Bother You
A Star Is Born
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Yalitza Aparicio, ROMA
Jim Cummings – Thunder Road
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Widows
Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You
BEST ENSEMBLE
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Widows
BEST MOTION CAPTURE/SPECIAL EFFECTS PERFORMANCE
Josh Brolin, Avengers: Infinity War
Sonoya Mizuno, Annihilation
Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ben Whishaw, Paddington 2
BEST STUNTS
Black Panther
Mandy
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
The Night Comes for Us
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