Beautiful Boy (2018)

[caption id="attachment_29297" align="aligncenter" width="926"] BlacKkKlansman[/caption] The Favourite and Black Panther top the 2018 Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society (LAOFCS) nominations list with ten nominations each, followed by A Star is Born with nine and BlacKkKlansman with eight.  Indie films were well represented with Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade scoring six nominations. and Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk scoring a total of five nominations including Best Supporting Actress. The members of the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society have also voted on some of the more underrepresented films this award season including Fox’s The Hate U Give, Focus Features’ Tully, Sony Pictures’ Searching, and Roadside’s Ben is Back, among several others. “In a year where diversity and representation have been at the forefront of so many conversations, I believe that the LAOFCS nominations this year proves how much representation truly matters. There have been a lot of great films this year that have tackled important issues, so I am thrilled to see that reflected in our nominations,” added LAOFCS’ Scott Menzel. In addition to the film nominations, the LAOFCS will also announce a few other awards including the recipient of this Trailblazer Award which was previously awarded to Jessica Chastain. The Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society (LAOFCS) 2nd Annual Awards Ceremony will be held on January 9th, 2019, at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles.

2018 Los Angeles Online Film Critics SocietyAwards Nominations

Best Picture

A Star is Born Eighth Grade Black Panther The Favourite The Hate U Give BlackKklansman Green Book Roma A Quiet Place Searching

Best Actor

Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born Christian Bale – Vice Ethan Hawke – First Reformed Viggo Mortensen – Green Book

Best Actress

Toni Collette – Hereditary Charlize Theron – Tully Lady Gaga – A Star is Born Olivia Colman – The Favourite Nicole Kidman – Destroyer

Best Supporting Actor

Adam Driver – BlackKklansman Mahershala Ali – Green Book Russell Hornsby – The Hate U Give Sam Elliott – A Star is Born Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actress

Elizabeth Debicki – Widows Emma Stone – The Favourite Rachel Weisz – The Favourite Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk Amy Adams – Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay

Bradley Cooper and Eric Roth – A Star is Born Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Charlie Wachtel – BlacKkKlansman Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk Audrey Wells – The Hate U Give Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Original Screenplay

Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski – A Quiet Place Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade Tony McNamara and Deborah Davis – The Favourite Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You Adam McKay – Vice

Best Male Director

Alfonso Cuaron – Roma Spike Lee – BlackKklansman Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born Ryan Coogler – Black Panther

Best Female Director

Chloe Zhao – The Rider Debra Granik – Leave No Trace Tamara Jenkins – Private Life Marielle Heller – Can You Ever Forgive Me? Lynne Ramsey – You Were Never Really Here

Best Animated Film

Incredibles 2 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Isle of Dogs Ralph Breaks the Internet Mirai

Best Foreign Film

Burning Cold War Roma Shoplifters Girl

Best Documentary

Free Solo Minding the Gap RBG Three Identical Strangers Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best Visual Effects

Ready Player One Mission Impossible – Fallout First Man Black Panther Avengers: Infinity War

Best Cinematography

Linus Sandgren – First Man James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk Alfonso Cuarón – Roma Robbie Ryan – The Favourite Rachel Morrison – Black Panther

Best Blockbuster

Avengers: Infinity War Black Panther Deadpool 2 Mission: Impossible Fallout Ready Player One

Best Independent Film

Eighth Grade First Reformed Sorry to Bother You Ben Is Back If Beale Street Could Talk

Best First Feature

Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born Ari Aster – Hereditary Paul Dano – Wildlife Aneesh Chaganty – Searching

Best Comedy/Musical

Crazy Rich Asians Game Night Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! The Favourite Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Action Film

Mission: Impossible -Fallout Black Panther Avengers: Infinity War Deadpool 2 Widows

Best Sci-Fi/Horror

A Quiet Place Annihilation Halloween Hereditary Suspiria

Best Performance by an Actor 23 and Under

Alex Wolff – Hereditary Lucas Hedges – Boy Erased Lucas Hedges – Ben Is Back Noah Jupe – A Quiet Place Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy

Best Performance by an Actress 23 and Under

Amandla Stenberg – The Hate You Give Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place Milly Shapiro – Hereditary Thomasin McKenzie- Leave No Trace

Best Breakthrough Performance

Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade John David Washington – BlackKklansman Lady Gaga – A Star is Born Yalitza Aparicio – Roma Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give

Best Cast

Black Panther The Favourite Blackkklansman Crazy Rich Asians Widows

Best Stunt Work

Avengers: Infinity War Mission: Impossible – Fallout Black Panther Deadpool 2 Upgrade

Best Score

Justin Hurwitz – First Man Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk Alexandre Desplat – Isle of Dogs Ludwig Göransson- Black Panther Terence Blanchard – BlackKklansman

Best Original Song

All the Stars – Black Panther Shallow – A Star is Born Hollywood Ending – Anna and The Apocalypse Revelation – Boy Erased Hearts Beat Loud – Hearts Beat Loud

Best Editing

Adam Gough and Alfonso Cuarón – Roma Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick – Searching Yorgos Mavropsaridis – The Favourite Barry Alexander Brown – BlackKklansman Hank Corwin – Vice

Best Visual Effects or Animated Performance

Ben Whishaw – Paddington 2 Jason Liles – Rampage Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Solo: A Star Wars Story Tom Hardy – Venom

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