St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) winners: ‘A Star Is Born,’ ‘BlacKkKlansman, ‘ROMA’
Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born is the choice by St. Louis Film Critics as the best film of 2018. The film didn’t manage any other wins but Lady Gaga did manage a runner-up mention for Best Actress where Toni Collette (Hereditary) won.
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman was the top winner with three wins, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay as well as two runner-up statuses including Best Film.
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) and Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) continued their dominance of the supporting categories and well as Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? have in Animated and Documentary, respectively.
Here is the full list of winners and runners-up from the St. Louis Film Critics Association
BEST FILM
A Star Is Born
Runner-up: BlacKkKlansman
BEST DIRECTOR
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
BEST ACTOR
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Runner-up: Christian Bale – Vice
BEST ACTRESS
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Runner-up: Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Runner-up: Mahershala Ali – Green Book
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Runner-up: Emma Stone – The Favourite
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Vice – Adam McKay
Runner-up: The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BlacKkKlansman – Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee (Screenplay); Ron Stallworth (Book)
Runner-up: Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (Screenplay); Lee Israel (Book)
BEST EDITING
Vice – Hank Corwin
Runner-up: First Man – Tom Cross
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
Runner-up: If Beale Street Could Talk – James Laxton
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Black Panther – Hannah Beachler
Runner-up: The Favourite – Fiona Crombie
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Avengers: Infinity War
Runner-up: Black Panther
BEST SCORE
BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard
Runner-up: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Carter Burwell
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Bohemian Rhapsody
Runner-up: BlacKkKlansman
BEST ACTION FILM
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Runner-up: Avengers: Infinity War
BEST COMEDY
The Favourite
Runner-up: Paddington 2
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
Runner-up: Isle of Dogs
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Won’t You Be Me Neighbor?
Runner-up: Three Identical Strangers
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE
Roma
Runner-up (tie): Capernaum, The Captain, The Guilty
BEST SCENE
Roma – Beach rescue
Runner-up: Bohemian Rhapsody – Live Aid
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