Roma, Alfonso Cuaron’s personal journey that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970’s was a hit with the Las Vegas Film Critics, winning five awards including; Best Picture, Best Director and Best Foreign Film.
Other highlights included Best Animated Film for Isle of Dogs, and Best Documentary for Won’t You Be My Neighbor.
The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award was bestowed upon actor Sam Elliott.
The Las Vegas Film Critics Society is a non-profit, progressive organization dedicated to the advancement and preservation of film and is composed of selected print, television, radio and Internet film critics in the Las Vegas and Reno area. The LVFCS presents its “Sierra” awards each year for the best in film, including The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award, which is named for the brilliant Academy Award winning actor.
2018 Las Vegas Film Critic Society Award Winners
Best Picture
“Roma”
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke, “First Reformed”
Best Actress
Lady Gaga, “A Star is Born”
Best Supporting Actor
Sam Elliott, “A Star is Born”
Best Supporting Actress
Regina King – “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”
Best Original Screenplay
Bryan Woods, Scott Beck & John Krasinski, “A Quiet Place”
Best Adapted Screenplay
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, “Leave No Trace”
Best Cinematography
Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”
Best Film Editing
Alfonso Cuaron and Adam Gough, “Roma”
Best Score
Thom Yorke, “Suspiria”
Best Song
“Shallow,” by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”
Best Documentary
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor”
Best Animated Film
“Isle of Dogs”
Best Foreign Film
“Roma”
Best Costume Design
“The Favourite”
Best Art Direction
“Isle of Dogs”
Best Visual Effects
“Ready Player One”
Best Action Film
“Mission: Impossible – Fallout”
Best Comedy
“Sorry to Bother You”
Best Horror/ Sci-Fi
A Quiet Place”
Best Family Film
“Mary Poppins Returns”
Best Ensemble
“Widows”
Breakout Filmmaker (Director)
Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born”
Best Youth Male Performance
Ed Oxenbould, Wildlife”
Best You Female Performance
Elsie Fisher, “Eighth Grade”
The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Sam Elliott
LVFCS Top 10 Films of 2018
1. Roma
2. A Star is Born
3. Green Book
4. First Reformed
5. BlackkKlansman
6. The Favourite
7. Vice
8. Eighth Grade
9. Wildlife
10. The Rider