Critics Awards (Film)

Black Panther (Disney)If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures) Black Panther dominated the 19th Black Reel Awards with record-breaking 10 wins, including Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Actor (Chadwick Boseman), Outstanding Supporting Actor (Michael B. Jordan) and Outstanding Director (Ryan Coogler). The film had a record-setting 17 nominations. Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk was next with four major wins …

Lucrecia Martel’s Zama Better than a bandit’s ears. Zama, the brilliant satire of Spanish colonialism, captured four top prizes at this year’s ICS Awards, taking home best picture, best director for Argentinian maestro Lucrecia Martel, non-English language film, and lead actor for Daniel Giménez Cacho as the clueless corregidor. Formed in 2003, the International Cinephile Society is an online group made …

Lupita Nyong’o and Letitia Wright are ready to pounce in Black Panther The nominations for the 23rd Annual OFTA Film awards were announced on Sunday, January 20, 2019. Black Panther was the top nominee this year with 14. Fellow Best Picture nominee The Favourite came in second with 13 while A Star Is Born earned 12 nominations. According to the OFTA: “these tallies exclude the …

The Favourite The London Film Critics Circle have chosen Roma as the 2018 Film of the Year with Alfonso Cuarón as the Director of the Year. The Favourite, however, was the top winner with four awards including Actress of the Year (Olivia Colman) and Supporting Actress of the Year (Rachel Weisz). In the British-specific categories, Beast found wins in British/Irish …

The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) has announced the winners of their inaugural Latino Entertainment Film Awards. In its inaugural year, Netflix’s “Roma” won nine awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Alfonso Cuaron.  Cuaron won a total of five prizes as a producer, director, screenwriter, co-film editor, and foreign language feature.  Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” was the next big winner with …

BurningZama The 16th ICS Awards saw two international films dominate the nominations with 9 apiece. In Zama, Lucrecia Martel’s magnificent critique of Spanish colonialism, Crown official Don Diego de Zama (Daniel Giménez Cacho) is wasting his life in perpetual longing and cruel condescension while the Native rhythms of 18th-century Paraguay ebb and flow beneath his oblivious stare. His tale begins with …

We now have the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice winners with PGA, DGA, SAG and BAFTA to come. Here is where the Best Picture, Director and acting races look in terms of nominations and wins. A Star Is Born still leads in terms of nominations (with a perfect track record) but ROMA and Alfonso Cuarón are pulling out ahead …

Alfonso Cuarón accepts the Critics’ Choice win for ROMA (CREDIT: STEWART COOK/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK) ROMA has won the Critics’ Choice for the Best Picture of 2018 from the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The film won four awards, the most of any film, also taking Director and Cinematography (for for Alfonso Cuarón) and Foreign Language Film The Favourite went in with the most …

A Star Is Born (Warner Bros) The Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) has named Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, A Star Is Born, the best film of 2018. The film also picked up wins for Sam Elliott in Supporting Actor and “Shallow” for Best Song. The group announced their winners today and also named Alfonso Cuarón Best Director for ROMA, Ethan …

ROMA Alfonso Cuarón’s deeply personal story ROMA, has won five awards from the Alliance of Women Film Journalist, the group announced today. The Favourite and Can You Ever Forgive Me? were other multiple winners and the group’s female-specific categories like Bravest Performance (Olivia Colman in The Favourite) and Actress Defying Age and Ageism (Viola Davis in Widows) highlight the orgs …