In today’s roundup of five regional critics awards Jennifer Lopez and Willem Dafoe emerge as the big winners with 3 Supporting wins each for their arguably leading roles. But no film is dominant in Best Picture with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, Marriage Story, 1917, and The Irishman all being cited.
Check out the latest roundup after the jump...
SFBAFCC
(San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle)
Picture Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Director Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Screenplay Parasite
Adapted Screenplay Jojo Rabbit
Actress Lupita Nyongo Us
Actor Antonio Banderas, Pain & Glory
Supporting Actress Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe, The LIghthouse
Animated Feature I Lost My Body
Foreign Language Film Parasite
Documentary Apollo 11
Editing Ford V Ferrari
Cinematography: 1917
Production Design Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Score The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Special Citation for Independent Cinema One Cut of the Dead
SFCS
(Seattle Film Critics Society)
Picture: Parasite
Director: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Actor: Adam Driver, Marriage Story|
Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Ensemble Cast: Parasite
Screenplay: Parasite
Animated Feature: Toy Story 4
Foreign Language Film: Parasite
Documentary: Apollo 11
Cinematography: 1917
Costume Design: Dolemite Is My Name
Editing: Uncut Gems
Original Score: Uncut Gems
Production Design: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Visual Effects: Ad Astra
Action Choreography: John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum
Youth Performance: Thomasin McKenzie, Jojo Rabbit
Villain of the Year: The Red Dress, In Fabric
DFWFCA
(Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association)
Picture 1917
Director Sam Mendes, 1917
Actress Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Actor Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Supporting Actress, Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Supporting Actor, Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Foreign Film: Parasite
Animated Film: Toy Story 4
Documentary: Apollo 11
Screenplay Marriage Story
Cinematography 1917
Score 1917
Russell Smith Award (Independent Film) The Lighthouse
NTFCA
(North Texas Film Critics Association)
Picture The Irishman
Director Sam Mendes 1917
Actress Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Actor Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Supporting Actress Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
Supporting Actor Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Foreign Film Parasite
Documentary Apollo 11
Animated Film Toy Story 4
Cinematography 1917
Newcomer Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
Gary Murray Award (for Ensemble) Knives Out
IFJA
(Indiana Film Journalists Association)
Picture Marriage Story (Runner up: Parasite)
Director Bong Joon Ho Parasite (Celine Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady)
Actress Lupita Nyongo, Us (runner up: Scarlett Johannson)
Actor Adam Driver, Marriage Story (runner up: Adam Sandler)
Supporting Actress Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers (runner up: Taylor Russell, Waves)
Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse (runner up: Brad Pitt)
Vocal/Motion Capture Performance Jason Liles Alan Manson and Richard Dorton, Godzilla King of Monsters (runner up: Rosa Salazar: Alita Battle Angel)
Ensemble: Knives Out (runner up: Little Women)
Score Us (runner up: In Fabric)
Breakout of Year: Olivia Wilde, Booksmart (runner up: Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit)
Animated Film: How to Train Your Dragon 3 (runner up: I Lost My Body)
Foreign Language Film Parasite (runner up: Portrait of a Lady)
Documentary For Sama (runner up: Apollo 11)
Hoosier Award Jason Keller - Ford V Ferrari screenwriter
Original Vision Award: Robert Eggers - The Lighthouse (runner up: Bong Joon ho, Parasite)
Top Ten List (alpha order)
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
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Booksmart
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Ford V Ferrari
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Knives Out
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The Lighthouse
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Little Women
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Marriage Story
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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Parasite
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
INDIEWIRE CRITICS POLL
This isn’t an awards but we thought we’d share. I participated as usual and the lists are MUCH more interesting than the winners (as is usually the case) since the more people you poll, the more likely you are to reach the same consensus you’re seeing elsewhere... but for the record the #1 spots went like so
Picture Parasite (runner up: The Irishman)
Director Bong Joon Ho (runner up: Martin Scorsese)
Screenplay Parasite (runner up: Marriage Story)
Actress Lupita Nyongo, Us (runner up: Scarlett Johansson)
Actor Adam Driver, Marriage Story (runner up: Antonio Banderas)
Supporting Actress Laura Dern, Marriage Story (runner up: Jennifer Lopez)
Supporting Actor Joe Pesci, The Irishman (runner up: Brad Pitt)
Cinematography 1917 (runner up: Once Upon a Time)
Documentary Apollo 11 (runner up: American Factory)
First Feature Atlantics (runner up: Booksmart)
Foreign Film Parasite (runner up: Pain and Glory)
Still I think the lists themselves are interesting if maddening. Like Elisabeth Moss being in 3rd place for Best Actress for Her Smell even though no critics organization has honored despite the endless raves they gave her when they first saw her performance. Or Song Kang Ho showing up on both the Lead and Supporting Actor roster though he is hardly more of a lead than people who only show up in supporting polls (like Brad Pitt & Willem Dafoe) which just serves as an obvious reminder that it’s the Oscar campaign machine that perpetually skews critical thinking about what constitutes a lead character versus a supporting player. It’s always been strange to us that critics -- who like to think themselves superior to Oscar voters -- fall for it each year, unable to see they’re playing the Oscar game rather than genuinely sharing their own “bests”.