Washington DC critics go for ‘ROMA,’ Cooper and Gaga are Best Actor and Actress

‘The Favourite’ and ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ also earn double wins

ROMA triumphed with four wins when The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) announced their top honorees for 2018 this morning. A poignantly observed, Mexico-set period drama dedicated to director Alfonso Cuarón’s real-life childhood nanny, ROMA won Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography for its sweeping black-and-white lensing.

WAFCA awarded Best Actor to Bradley Cooper and Best Actress to Lady Gaga for their transformative turns in star-crossed musical love story A Star Is Born. Cooper also made his directorial debut with this acclaimed modern remake. Best Supporting Actor was awarded to Mahershala Ali, starring as classical pianist Don Shirley in Peter Farrelly’s socially conscious comedy-drama Green Book. Best Supporting Actress went to Regina King, touching as a mother seeking justice for her pregnant daughter’s wrongfully incarcerated beau in Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk.

Best Acting Ensemble accolades were awarded to Yorgos Lanthimos’ 18th-century historical satire The Favourite, co-starring Olivia Colman as Queen Anne and Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone as cutthroat cousins vying for their royal highness’ affections. The Favourite additionally took home Best Original Screenplay honors for Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara’s sharp-tongued writing.

For their enthralling adaptation of author Lee Israel’s acclaimed 2008 memoir, Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty earned the Best Adapted Screenplay award for Can You Ever Forgive Me? Melissa McCarthy stars in the film as Israel, a hard-drinking, down-on-her-luck writer who discovers a potentially lucrative—and criminal—way to make money: forging and selling letters from deceased authors and playwrights.

Here is the full list of winners.

Best Film
ROMA

Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón (ROMA)

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)

Best Actress
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)

Best Supporting Actress
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Best Acting Ensemble
The Favourite

Best Youth Performance
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)

Best Voice Performance
Bryan Cranston (Isle of Dogs)

Best Motion Capture Performance
Josh Brolin (Avengers: Infinity War)

Best Original Screenplay
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Best Animated Feature
Isle of Dogs

Best Documentary
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best Foreign Language Film
ROMA

Best Production Design
Production Designer: Hannah Beachler; Set Decorator: Jay Hart (Black Panther)

Best Cinematography
Alfonso Cuarón (ROMA)

Best Editing
Tom Cross, ACE (First Man)

Best Original Score
Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk)

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC
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