Critics Awards (Film)

The FavouriteVice The Favourite and Vice lead the Phoenix Critics Circle nominations with seven apiece. ROMA, First Reformed and BlacKkKlansman followed with four. Here is the full list of nominations. Winners will be announced on Saturday, December 15th, 2018. BEST PICTUREThe FavouriteFirst ReformedRomaA Star is BornVice BEST COMEDY FILMEighth GradeThe FavouriteGame NightSorry to Bother YouVice BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILMAnnihilationA Quiet …

Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me?Nicole Kidman in Destroyer The Women Film Critics Circle, an association of 80 women film critics and scholars from around the country and internationally, have revealed their 2018 nominations in film for movies for, by and about women.  While the group has categories for men, like Best Actor, the group primarily shines a …

Black Panther Black Panther, the highest grossing film of the year and Marvel’s top-grossing domestic film, is the African-American Film Critics Association’s Best Film of 2018.  The comic book juggernaut also earned Best Director kudos for Ryan Coogler and Best Song for “All the Stars.’ John David Washington was named Best Actor for BlacKkKlansman and the film’s writers – Charlie Wachtel …

Leave No Trace (Bleecker Street) The San Diego Film Critics Society has chosen Leave No Trace as its Best Picture for 2018, its director Debra Granik as Best Director and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie for Breakout Artist. This was Granik’s second win after earning accolades from Los Angeles this weekend and McKenzie’s second as well after the National Board of Review. …

The Favourite (Fox Searchlight) The Seattle Film Critics Society has announced nominations for the 2018 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2018. Leading the field with 11 nominations is Yorgos Lanthimos’ spellbinding comedy, The Favourite, earning nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Olivia Colman), and two Best Actress in a Supporting …

The Favourite (Fox Searchlight) No female-directed films in Best Picture, no women in Best Director The political period comedy The Favourite was definitely the favourite of the Broadcast Film Critics Association as the film earned a field-best 14 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards nominations this morning including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Ensemble and three individual acting noms for Olivia Colman, …

Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira in Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA (image courtesy of Netflix) The San Francisco Film Critics Circle have chosen ROMA as the best film of 2018, Spike Lee as Best Director for BlacKkKlansman, Melissa McCarthy as Best Actress for Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Michael B. Jordan as Best Supporting Actor for Black Panther.  The Favourite …

The FavouriteA Star Is BornVice The St. Louis Film Critics Associations nominations for 2018 were led by The Favourite, A Star Is Born and Vice with eight apiece although The Favourite missed out on a Best Film nomination that would have put it ahead of the pack. Here is the full list of nominations. Winners will be announced on December …

ROMA ROMA locked in another Best Picture win, this time with the Toronto Film Critics Association. The film also earned Alfonso Cuarón another Best Director win.  Lead acting wins went to Ethan Hawke (First Reformed) and Olivia Colman (The Favourite). Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) continued her domination of supporting actress and Steven Yeun (Burning) earned his first …

Debra Granik (Leave No Trace) After a heated battle, Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA is the best film of 2018, according to the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). Lee-Chang Dong’s Burning was the group’s runner-up and in fact, three of the top five contender for Best Picture were foreign language films. Burning then tied with Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters as Best Foreign …