The Los Angeles Film Critics Organization is presumably the most crucial in terms of Academy Awards influence since they're the hometown critics of Hollywood and the industry actually hears what they think on a regular basis. This year, like virtually every organization, they threw their weight behind Alfonso Cuarón's Mexican memoir drama Roma. They got idiosyncratic (but smart) in only one category this year, Supporting actor, where they honored Steven Yeun who is remarkable in Burning. Otherwise they underlined actors who are already in the thick of the Oscar discussion. Sadly, two women who really needed their endorsement (Toni Collette and Elizabeth Debicki) were left in "runner up" position, a nice nod in their direction, but not helpful to their causes.
The full list of winners and lists from LAFCA and three other critics orgs who voted today are after the jump. It was a very good day for Olivia Colman, Steven Yeun and Burning, and Roma...
Film Roma (runner up: Burning)
Director Debra Granik, Leave No Trace (runner up: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma)
Actress Olivia Colman, The Favourite (runner up: Toni Collette, Hereditary)
Actor Ethan Hawke, First Reformed (runner up: Ben Foster, Leave No Trace)
Supporting Actress Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk (runner up: Elizabeth Debicki, Widows)
Supporting Actor Steven Yeun, Burning (runner up: Hugh Grant, Paddington 2)
Foreign-Language Film [TIE] Burning (South Korea) and Shoplifters (Japan)
Screenplay Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Cinematography Roma (runner up: If Beale Street Could Talk)
Production Design Black Panther (runner up: The Favourite)
Editing Minding the Gap (runner up: Roma)
Score If Beale Street Could Talk (runner up: First Man)
Animated Film Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse (runner up: Incredibles 2)
Documentary Shirkers (runner up: Minding the Gap)
Experimental Film The Green Fog
New Generation: Chloe Zhao, The Rider
Special Citation: The Other Side of the Wind
Some exciting conclusions and some missed opportunities to honor some runners up. But you can't have everything!
TORONTO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
Film Roma
Director Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Actress Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Actor Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Supporting Actor Steven Yeun, Burning
Supporting Actress Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Screenplay [TIE] The Favourite and First Reformed
First Feature Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You
Animated Film Isle of Dogs
Documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Foreign Film Burning (South Korea)
Burning was on nearly as much fire as Roma today during what proved to be a crazy intense "critics award" day.
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE
Film Roma
Director Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Actress Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Actor Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Supporting Actor Richard E Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Supporting Actress Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Screenplay The Favourite
Debut Director Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
Breakthrough Performance Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Cinematography Roma
Animated Film Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
Documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Ensemble Cast The Favourite
Foreign Film Cold War (Poland)
Use of Music If Beale Street Could Talk
NYFCO's top ten list: BlacKkKlansman, Eighth Grade, The Favourite, First Reformed, Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk, Leave No Trace, Roma, A Star is Born, and Vice
New York Online gave three prizes to Alfonso Cuarón but at least they showed some real love to Can You Ever Forgive Me as well with two acting wins.
SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
Film Roma
Director Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Actress Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Actor Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Supporting Actor Michael B Jordan, Black Panther
Supporting Actress Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Adapted Screenplay BlacKkKlansman
Original Screenplay First Reformed
Debut Director Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You
Cinematography Roma
Production Design Black Panther
Editing The Other Side of the Wind
Animated Film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse
Documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Foreign Film Roma
Original Score BlacKkKlansman
Special Citation Underappreciated Indie The Endless
For a second during their voting we thought they would be brave and buck critical groupthink by giving it to BlacKkKlansman since they'd already given Roma foreign film, but nope.