‘Eighth Grade,’ ‘A Star Is Born’ lead Detroit Film Critics Society (DFCS) nominations
Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade led the 2018 Detroit Film Critics Society nominations with eight mentions this morning, including Best Film, Director and Actress, with A Star Is Born following closely with six.
The Favourite and Vice came in with five nominations apiece. Although neither got into Best Film, Vice‘s Adam McKay made the Best Director list.
Single nomination oddities included A Quiet Place only in Best Film and If Beale Street Could Talk‘s Regina King in Supporting Actress.
The Detroit Film Critics Society will reveal their winners on Monday, December 3rd. Last year they gave their The Florida Project wins in Best Film, Director and Supporting Actor.
Here are their nominees for 2018.
BEST FILM
A Quiet Place
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma
BEST DIRECTOR
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Adam McKay – Vice
Paul Schrader – First Reformed
BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman
BEST ACTRESS
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Lady Gaga – A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Sam Elliott – A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Josh Hamilton – Eighth Grade
Jesse Plemons – Game Night
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Vice
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
BREAKTHROUGH
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Rafael Casal & Daveed Diggs – Blindspotting
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Lady Gaga – A Star is Born
Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You
BEST SCREENPLAY
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
Paul Schrader – First Reformed
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie and Peter Farrelly – Green Book
Adam McKay – Vice
BEST USE OF MUSIC
A Star is Born
Bohemian Rhapsody
Green Book
Mandy
Mary Poppins Returns
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Smallfoot
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Free Solo
RBG
Three Identical Strangers
Whitney
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
BEST ENSEMBLE
Crazy Rich Asians
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
Roma
Vice
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