Boston Society (and Other Film Critics Awards)
Monday, December 17, 2018 at 6:35PM
NATHANIEL R in Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Roma, The Favourite, The Hate U Give, film critics

After the jump, let's catch up on "The ROMA Show" AKA "what's been going down in regional critics awards" for those who are interested in the infinite amount of groups that do this sort of thing. Winners lists after the jump from Utah, Boston, Dallas, Kansas City, Indiana, Atlanta, and Las Vegas.

Utah Film Critics Association
A refreshingly original take on the best of the year with Roma only winning 3 prizes and not even Best Film. Into the Spider-Verse and Eighth Grade slightly dominated and some cool curveballs like Annihilation for Best Score. Okay then. I'll give it a listen.

Film: Into the Spider-Verse
Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Actress: Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Actor: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed...
Supporting Actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Supporting Actor: Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give
Original Screenplay: Eighth Grade
Adapted Screenplay: Into the Spider-Verse
Animated Feature: Into the Spider-Verse
Foreign Language Film: Roma
Documentary: Won't You be My Neighbor?
Score: Barrow & Salisbury, Annihilation
Cinematography: Cuarón, Roma

 

Boston Society of Film Critics
The Boston Society of Film Critics has named If Beale Street Could Talk the best film of the year but they were also big fans of Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Actress, Supporting Actor, Screenplay) and Shoplifters (Foreign Film and Ensemble). The BSFC is one of the nation's coolest critics organizations often having interesting choices that don't mirror exactly what all the other awards bodies think each year. This year that iconoclasticism took the form of only one prize for Roma (Cinematography) which at this point is something of a shocker.

Film: If Beale Street Could Talk
Director: Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
Actress: Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Actor: John C Reilly, Stan & Ollie
Supporting Actress: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Supporting Actor: Richard E Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Screenplay: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Animated Feature: Isle of Dogs
Foreign Language Film: Shoplifters
Documentary: Won't You be My Neighbor?
First Film: Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
Score: Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk
Cinematography: Cuarón, Roma
Editing  Cross, First Man
Ensemble Cast Shoplifters

Dallas Ft Worth Film Critics Association
They've been in operation since 2009

Film: A Star is Born
Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Actor: Christian Bale, Vice
Supporting Actress: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Screenplay: The Favourite
Animated Feature: Isle of Dogs
Foreign Language Film: Roma
Documentary: Won't You be My Neighbor?
Score: Desplat, Isle of Dogs
Cinematography: Cuarón, Roma
Independent Film The Rider

 

Kansas City Film Critics Circle
One of the longest running critics organizations (formed over 50 years ago!) had a tie for only the fourth time in their history with Roma and The Favourite sharing top honors. They also really liked the Vice actors.

Film: [TIE] The Favourite AND Roma
Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Actor: [TIE] Christian Bale, Vice AND Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Vice
Supporting Actor: Richard E Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Original Screenplay: The Favourite
Adapted Screenplay: BlacKkKlansman
Animated Feature: Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
Foreign Language Film: Roma
Documentary: Won't You be My Neighbor
SciFi Fantasy Film: A Quiet Place
LGBT Film: Can You Ever Forgive Me?

 

Indiana Film Journalists Association
The big winner in the Hoosier state was The Hate U Give

Film: The Hate U Give
Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Actress: Amandla Stenberg, The Hate U Give
Actor: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Supporting Actress: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Supporting Actor: Sam Elliott, A Star is Born
Original Screenplay: First Reformed
Adapted Screenplay: The Hate U Give
Animated Feature: Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
Foreign Language Film: Roma
Documentary: Won't You be My Neighbor
Vocal/Mo-Cap Performance: Josh Brolin, Avengers: Infinity War
Ensemble: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Score: Thom Yorke, Suspiria
Breakout of the Year: Chloe Zhao for directing The Rider
Original Vision Award: Sorry to Bother You
The Hoosier Award (Indiana-related films/film artists): Dead Man's Line: The True Story of Tony Kiritsis

Atlanta Film Critics Circle
They were huge fans of The Favourite and A Star is Born so we approve... although we can't approve of the category fraud award for Emma Stone considering they're also handing The Favourite Ensemble. Why not just give it Best Ensemble and leave Supporting Actress to an actual, you know, supporting player?

Film: The Favourite
Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Actor: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Supporting Actress: Emma Stone, The Favourite
Supporting Actor: Sam Elliott, A Star is Born
Ensemble Cast: The Favourite
Screenplay: The Favourite
Animated Feature: Isle of Dogs
Foreign Language Film: Roma
Documentary: Won't You be My Neighbor
Cinematography: Roma
Original Score: Justin Hurwitz, First Man
Breakthrough Performer: [TIE] Elsie Fisher, Eight Grade AND Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
First Film: Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born

Las Vegas Film Critics Society
They were big fans of A Star is Born giving it four prizes plus an extra for Sam Elliott (Lifetime Achievement), but still went with Roma for the usuals (Film, Director, Cinematography)

Film: Roma
Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Actress: Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
Actor: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Supporting Actress: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Supporting Actor: Sam Elliott, A Star is Born
Original Screenplay: A Quiet Place
Adapted Screenplay: Leave No Trace
Animated Feature: Isle of Dogs
Foreign Language Film: Roma
Documentary: Won't You be My Neighbor?
Score: Yorke, Suspiria
Song: "Shallow," A Star is Born
Cinematography: Cuarón, Roma
Costume Design: The Favourite
Art Direction: Isle of Dogs
Visual FX Ready Player One
Action Film: Mission Impossible
Comedy Film: Sorry to Bother You
Horror SciFi: A Quiet Place
Family Film: Mary Poppins Returns
Ensemble: Widows
Breakout Filmmaker: Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Breakout Performance, Male: Ed Oxenbould, Wildlife
Breakout Performance, Female: Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Lifetime Achievement: Sam Elliott

Seattle Film Critics Society
One of the newest of the ever proliferating critics organizations across the country. They've been around since 2016 and have so far awarded Moonlight, Get Out, and Roma with their best picture prizes

Film: Roma
Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Actress: Toni Collette, Hereditary
Actor: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Supporting Actress: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Supporting Actor: Richard E Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Screenplay: The Favourite
Animated Feature: Into the Spider-Verse
Foreign Language Film: Roma
Documentary: Free Solo
Score: Johannsson, Mandy
Cinematography: Cuarón, Roma
Costume Design: Carter, Black Panther
Production Design: Crombie, The Favourite
Visual FX Mission Impossible - Fallout
Youth Performance Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Villain of the Year Kilmonger (Michael B Jordan), Black Panther

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