The Favourite (2018)

  • ROMA, WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?, BURNING Win 2018 Toronto Film Critics Awards

    Roma
    Roma

    Roma was given the two top awards from the Toronto Film Critics Association, the award for Best Picture and Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. 

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  • THE FAVOURITE Leads Nominations for 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

    The Favourite
    The Favourite

    “The Favourite” leads the nominations for the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards this year with 14 nominations including Best Picture, Olivia Colman for Best Actress and Best Actress in a Comedy, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz both for Best Supporting Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, and Yorgos Lanthimos for Best Director.

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  • ROMA, SHIRKERS Among Winners of 2018 LA Film Critics Association Awards

    Shirkers
    Shirkers

    Roma continues to be the darling of the critics, winning Best Film at the 44th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (LAFCA).  Roma also won Best Director and Best Cinematography for Alfonso Cuaron.  The award for Best Foreign Language Film was tie and went to Burning and Shoplifters; and the award for Best Documentary went to Shirkers.

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  • THE HATE U GIVE is Big Winner of 2019 Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards

    THE HATE U GIVE
    THE HATE U GIVE

    The Hate U Give leads this year’s winners of the 2nd Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards with a total of four awards including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade followed closely with three awards including Best Independent Film, Best First Feature, and Best Performance by an Actress 23 and Under for Elsie Fisher. 

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  • ROMA Leads 2018 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Nominations

    Roma
    Roma

    Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,”  is the clear favorite with the Chicago Film Critics Association, earning the most nominations of all for their 2018 film awards with nine. In addition to being one of the finalists for Best Picture, Cuaron himself was personally nominated in four additional categories for Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography and Editing, the latter alongside Adam Gough. Yalitza Aparicio, the non-professional chosen by Cuaron to star in the film received two nominations herself for Best Actress and Most Promising Performer and it also received nods for Art Direction/Production Design and Foreign Film.

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  • 76th Golden Globe Awards Nominations List, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, ROMA, EIGHTH GRADE

    [caption id="attachment_31277" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]If Beale Street Could Talk If Beale Street Could Talk[/caption] The nominations were announced this morning for the 76th Golden Globe Awards, and films nominated for the top prize – Best Motion Picture Drama include BlacKkKlansman, If Beale Street Could Talk along with Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star Is Born.   In the Best Foreign Language Film category, Capernaum (Lebanon), Girl (Belgium), Never Look Away (Germany), Roma (Mexico) and Shoplifters (Japan) will compete for the Golden Glob The 76th Golden Globes will take place at International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton on January 6th, 2019.

    76th Golden Globe Awards Nominations

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

    BLACK PANTHER Marvel Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures BLACKKKLANSMAN QC Entertainment / Blumhouse / Monkeypaw / 40 Acres and a Mule; Focus Features BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Twentieth Century Fox / Regency Enterprises; Twentieth Century Fox IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Annapurna Pictures / Plan B Entertainment / We Pastel; Annapurna Pictures A STAR IS BORN Warner Bros. Pictures / Live Nation Productions / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures / Jon Peters Production / Bill Gerber Production / Joint Effort Production; Warner Bros. Pictures

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

    GLENN CLOSE – THE WIFE LADY GAGA – A STAR IS BORN NICOLE KIDMAN – DESTROYER MELISSA MCCARTHY – CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? ROSAMUND PIKE – A PRIVATE WAR

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

    BRADLEY COOPER – A STAR IS BORN WILLEM DAFOE – AT ETERNITY’S GATE LUCAS HEDGES – BOY ERASED RAMI MALEK – BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON – BLACKKKLANSMAN

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    CRAZY RICH ASIANS Warner Bros. Pictures / SK Global / Starlight Culture / Color Force / Ivanhoe Pictures / Electric Somewhere; Warner Bros. Pictures THE FAVOURITE Element Pictures / Scarlet Films / Film4 / Waypoint Entertainment; Fox Searchlight Pictures GREEN BOOK Participant Media / DreamWorks Pictures; Universal Pictures MARY POPPINS RETURNS Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures VICE Annapurna Pictures / Gary Sanchez Productions / Plan B Entertainment; Annapurna Pictures

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    EMILY BLUNT – MARY POPPINS RETURNS OLIVIA COLMAN – THE FAVOURITE ELSIE FISHER – EIGHTH GRADE CHARLIZE THERON – TULLY CONSTANCE WU – CRAZY RICH ASIANS

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    CHRISTIAN BALE – VICE LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA – MARY POPPINS RETURNS VIGGO MORTENSEN – GREEN BOOK ROBERT REDFORD – THE OLD MAN & THE GUN JOHN REILLY – STAN & OLLIE

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED

    INCREDIBLES 2 Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ISLE OF DOGS Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures; Fox Searchlight Pictures MIRAI Studio Chizu; GKIDS RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE

    CAPERNAUM (LEBANON) Mooz Films; Sony Pictures Classics GIRL (BELGIUM) Menuet / Topkapi Films / Frakas Productions; Netflix NEVER LOOK AWAY (GERMANY) Pergamon Film / Wiedemann & Berg Film / in coproduction with Beta Cinema / ARD Degeto / Bayrischer Rundfunk; Sony Pictures Classics ROMA (MEXICO) Netflix / Participant Media / EsperantoFilmoj; Netflix SHOPLIFTERS (JAPAN) Gaga / AOI Promotion / Fuji Television Network; Magnolia Pictures

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE

    AMY ADAMS – VICE CLAIRE FOY – FIRST MAN REGINA KING – IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK EMMA STONE – THE FAVOURITE RACHEL WEISZ – THE FAVOURITE

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE

    MAHERSHALA ALI – GREEN BOOK TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET – BEAUTIFUL BOY ADAM DRIVER – BLACKKKLANSMAN RICHARD GRANT – CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? SAM ROCKWELL – VICE

    BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

    BRADLEY COOPER – A STAR IS BORN ALFONSO CUARÓN – ROMA PETER FARRELLY – GREEN BOOK SPIKE LEE – BLACKKKLANSMAN ADAM MCKAY – VICE

    BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

    ALFONSO CUARÓN – ROMA DEBORAH DAVIS, TONYMCNAMARA – THE FAVOURITE BARRY JENKINS – IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK ADAM MCKAY – VICE NICK VALLELONGA, BRIAN CURRIE, PETER FARRELLY – GREEN BOOK

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

    MARCO BELTRAMI – A QUIET PLACE ALEXANDRE DESPLAT – ISLE OF DOGS LUDWIG GÖRANSSON – BLACK PANTHER JUSTIN HURWITZ – FIRST MAN MARC SHAIMAN – MARY POPPINS RETURNS

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

    “ALL THE STARS” — BLACK PANTHER Music by: Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh Lyrics by: Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh “GIRL IN THE MOVIES” — DUMPLIN’ Music by: Dolly Parton, Linda Perry Lyrics by: Dolly Parton, Linda Perry “REQUIEM FOR A PRIVATE WAR” — A PRIVATE WAR Music by: Annie Lennox Lyrics by: Annie Lennox “REVELATION” — BOY ERASED Music by: Troye Sivan, Jónsi Lyrics by: Jon Thor Birgisson, Troye Sivan, Brett McLaughlin “SHALLOW” — A STAR IS BORN Music by: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt Lyrics by: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

    THE AMERICANS FX NETWORKS Fox 21 Television Studios / FX Productions BODYGUARD NETFLIX World Productions / an ITV Studios company HOMECOMING PRIME VIDEO Universal Cable Productions LLA / Amazon Studios KILLING EVE BBC AMERICA BBC AMERICA / Sid Gentle Films Ltd POSE FX NETWORKS Fox 21 Television Studios / FX Productions

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

    CAITRIONA BALFE – OUTLANDER ELISABETH MOSS – THE HANDMAID’S TALE SANDRA OH – KILLING EVE JULIA ROBERTS – HOMECOMING KERI RUSSELL – THE AMERICANS

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

    JASON BATEMAN – OZARK STEPHAN JAMES – HOMECOMING RICHARD MADDEN – BODYGUARD BILLY PORTER – POSE MATTHEW RHYS – THE AMERICANS

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    BARRY HBO HBO Entertainment / Alec Berg / Hanarply THE GOOD PLACE NBC Universal Television / Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment KIDDING SHOWTIME SHOWTIME / SOME KIND OF GARDEN / Aggregate Films / Broadlawn Films THE KOMINSKY METHOD NETFLIX Warner Bros. Television THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL PRIME VIDEO Amazon Studios

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    KRISTEN BELL – THE GOOD PLACE CANDICE BERGEN – MURPHY BROWN ALISON BRIE – GLOW RACHEL BROSNAHAN – THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL DEBRA MESSING – WILL & GRACE

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

    SACHA BARON COHEN – WHO IS AMERICA JIM CARREY – KIDDING MICHAEL DOUGLAS – THE KOMINSKY METHOD DONALD GLOVER – ATLANTA BILL HADER – BARRY

    BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    THE ALIENIST – TNT The Alienist / Paramount Television / Turner’s Studio T THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY – FX NETWORKS Fox 21 Television Studios / FX Productions ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA – SHOWTIME SHOWTIME / Red Hour Productions / Michael De Luca Productions / The White Mountain Company / BZ Entertainment / Busyhands SHARP OBJECTS – HBO HBO Entertainment / eOne / Tiny Pyro Productions / Blumhouse Television / Fourth Born / crazyrose Productions A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL – PRIME VIDEO Blueprint / Amazon Studios

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    AMY ADAMS – SHARP OBJECTS PATRICIA ARQUETTE – ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA CONNIE BRITTON – DIRTY JOHN LAURA DERN – THE TALE REGINA KING – SEVEN SECONDS

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    ANTONIO BANDERAS – GENIUS: PICASSO DANIEL BRÜHL – ALIENIST, THE DARREN CRISS – THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH – PATRICK MELROSE HUGH GRANT – A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    ALEX BORSTEIN – THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL PATRICIA CLARKSON – SHARP OBJECTS PENÉLOPE CRUZ – THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY THANDIE NEWTON – WESTWORLD YVONNE STRAHOVSKI – THE HANDMAID’S TALE

    BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    ALAN ARKIN – THE KOMINSKY METHOD KIERAN CULKIN – SUCCESSION EDGAR RAMÍREZ – THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY BEN WHISHAW – A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL HENRY WINKLER – BARRY

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  • American Film Institute Names Top 10 Films + 10 Top TV Shows of 2018

    [caption id="attachment_31935" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]ROMA ROMA[/caption] The American Film Institute has named the honorees of AFI AWARDS 2018, celebrating the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image — with 10 films and 10 television programs deemed culturally and artistically significant. In addition to the 20 honorees, AFI also recognizes ROMA with an AFI Special Award, designated for a work of excellence outside the Institute’s criteria for American film.

    AFI MOVIES OF 2018

    BLACKKKLANSMAN BLACK PANTHER EIGHTH GRADE THE FAVOURITE FIRST REFORMED GREEN BOOK IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK MARY POPPINS RETURNS A QUIET PLACE A STAR IS BORN

    AFI TV PROGRAMS OF 2018

    THE AMERICANS THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY ATLANTA BARRY BETTER CALL SAUL THE KOMINSKY METHOD THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL POSE SUCCESSION THIS IS US

    AFI SPECIAL AWARD

    ROMA

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  • THE FAVOURITE, BLACKkKLANSMAN, EIGHTH GRADE Among Nominees for 2018 Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Honors

    [caption id="attachment_29297" align="aligncenter" width="926"]BlacKkKlansman 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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  • Detroit Film Critics Loves EIGHTH GRADE, Named Best Film of 2018. No Love for THE FAVOURITE

    [caption id="attachment_27753" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]EIGHTH GRADE EIGHTH GRADE[/caption] Eighth Grade is the big winner at 2018 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards with eight nominations and three wins for Best Picture; Best Supporting Actor; and Breakthrough for Bo Burnham, the film’s writer and director.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lFgF_IjPw Vice received five nominations and three wins for Adam McKay, Best Director; Best Ensemble; and tied for Best Screenplay with Green Book, which had four nominations. Other top nominees include A Star Is Born with six nominations and one win for Best Use of Music and The Favourite with five nominations, but no wins. The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in the Spring of 2007 and consists of a group of 21 film critics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; and New York, New York.

    2018 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards Winners

    (nominees are listed in alphabetical order)

    BEST PICTURE

    Winner: Eighth Grade A Quiet Place First Reformed Green Book Roma

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Winner: Adam McKay, Vice Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Alfonso Cuarón, Roma Paul Schrader, First Reformed

    BEST ACTOR

    Winner: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed Christian Bale, Vice Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody John David Washington, BlackKklansman

    BEST ACTRESS

    Winner: Toni Collette, Hereditary Olivia Colman, The Favourite Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Winner: Josh Hamilton, Eighth Grade Mahershala Ali, Green Book Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? Jesse Plemons, Game Night

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Winner: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk Amy Adams, Vice Thomasin McKenzie, Leave No Trace Emma Stone, The Favourite Rachel Weiss, The Favourite

    BEST ENSEMBLE

    Winner: Vice Crazy Rich Asians Eighth Grade The Favourite Roma

    BREAKTHROUGH

    Winner: Bo Burnham, Writer/Director (Eighth Grade) Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs, Writers/Actors (Blindspotting) Elsie Fisher, Actress (Eighth Grade) Lady Gaga, Actress (A Star Is Born) Boots Riley, Writer/Director (Sorry to Bother You)

    BEST SCREENPLAY

    Winner: Adam McKay, Vice Winner: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Green Book Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, The Favourite Paul Schrader, First Reformed

    BEST DOCUMENTARY

    Winner: Three Identical Strangers Free Solo RBG Whitney Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    Winner: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The Incredibles 2 Isle of Dogs Ralph Breaks the Internet Smallfoot

    BEST USE OF MUSIC

    Winner: A Star Is Born Bohemian Rhapsody Green Book Mandy Mary Poppins Returns

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  • THE FAVOURITE, FIRST REFORMED, ROMA Win 2018 Atlanta Film Critics Awards

    [caption id="attachment_30988" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]The Favourite The Favourite[/caption] Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite continues to be the star of the award season winning multiple accolades from the Atlanta Film Critics Circle (AFCC) 2018 film awards including Best Lead Actress for Olivia Colman, Best Supporting Actress for Emma Stone, Best Ensemble Cast and Best Screenplay. In addition the film emerged as number one on the list of the Top 10 Films of 2018. Other winning films include Best Documentary for Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and Roma for Best Foreign Language Film. “Our list includes period dramas, inventive horror, commentary on religion, race relations and the environment, minimalist art-house fare, stark social media observations, sci-fi fantasy and a fresh take on the traditional Hollywood epic,” says AFCC co-founder Michael Clark. “It covers the gamut and I’m very pleased with the members’ collective enthusiasm.”

    Top 10 Films

    1. The Favourite 2. A Star Is Born 3. Roma 4. A Quiet Place 5. First Reformed 6. Eighth Grade 7. BlacKkKlansman 8. First Man & Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (TIE) 10. Black Panther

    Best Lead Actor

    Ethan Hawke – First Reformed

    Best Lead Actress

    Olivia Colman – The Favourite

    Best Supporting Actor

    Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born

    Best Supporting Actress

    Emma Stone – The Favourite

    Best Ensemble Cast

    The Favourite

    Best Director

    Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

    Best Screenplay

    The Favourite

    Best Documentary

    Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

    Best Foreign Language Film

    Roma

    Best Animated Film

    Isle Of Dogs

    Best Cinematography

    Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

    Best Original Score

    Justin Hurwitz – First Man

    AFCC Special Award for BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER

    Elsie Fisher and Lady Gaga (TIE)

    AFCC Special Award for BEST FIRST FILM

    Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born

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  • Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Names ROMA Best Film of 2018

    [caption id="attachment_33001" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Roma Roma[/caption] “Roma” the Mexico-set period drama dedicated to director Alfonso Cuarón’s real-life childhood nanny, triumphed with four wins when the Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) announced their 2018 honorees.    “Roma” won Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography for its sweeping black-and-white lensing. Best Documentary kudos went to the lovely, feel-good “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” The film centers on the life and philosophy of the late Fred Rogers, host of long-running, often groundbreaking children’s program “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.” The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC, given each year in honor of one of WAFCA’s cherished late members, went to Adam McKay’s offbeat Dick Cheney biopic “Vice.” The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association comprises 60 DC-VA-MD-based film critics from television, radio, print and the Internet.

    2018 Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award Winners

    Best Film: Roma Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) Best Actor: Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) Best Actress: Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali (Green Book) Best Supporting Actress: Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) Best Acting Ensemble: The Favourite Best Youth Performance: Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) Best Voice Performance: Bryan Cranston (Isle of Dogs) Best Motion Capture Performance: Josh Brolin (Avengers: Infinity War) Best Original Screenplay: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite) Best Adapted Screenplay: Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) Best Animated Feature: Isle of Dogs Best Documentary: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Best Foreign Language Film: Roma Best Production Design: Production Designer: Hannah Beachler; Set Decorator: Jay Hart (Black Panther) Best Cinematography: Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) Best Editing: Tom Cross, ACE (First Man) Best Original Score: Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk) The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC: Vice

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  • Yorgos Lanthimos’ THE FAVOURITE Wins a Record 10 Awards at 2018 British Independent Film Awards

    [caption id="attachment_32995" align="aligncenter" width="1199"]THE FAVOURITE Emma Stone and Olivia Colman in the film THE FAVOURITE. Photo by Yorgos Lanthimos.ʩ 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation[/caption] The Favourite was clearly that at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) in London winning a record ten awards including Best British Independent Film and Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos.  Other major awards include Evelyn won for Best Documentary, Ray & Liz‘s Richard Billingham won The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director, and Roma won for Best International Independent Film.

    2018 British Independent Film Awards Winners

    Best British Independent Film

    THE FAVOURITE Yorgos Lanthimos, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday

    Best Director

    YORGOS LANTHIMOS The Favourite

    Best Screenplay

    DEBORAH DAVIS, TONY McNAMARA The Favourite

    Best Actress

    OLIVIA COLMAN The Favourite

    Best Supporting Actress

    RACHEL WEISZ The Favourite

    Best Actor

    JOE COLE A Prayer Before Dawn

    Best Supporting Actor

    ALESSANDRO NIVOLA Disobedience

    Most Promising Newcomer

    JESSIE BUCKLEY Beast

    The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)

    RICHARD BILLINGHAM Ray & Liz

    Debut Screenwriter

    BART LAYTON American Animals

    Breakthrough Producer

    JACQUI DAVIES Ray & Liz

    The Discovery Award

    VOYAGEUSE May Miles Thomas

    Best Documentary

    EVELYN Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

    Best British Short Film

    THE BIG DAY Dawn Shadforth, Kellie Smith, Michelle Stein

    Best International Independent Film

    ROMA Alfonso Cuarón, Nicolás Celis, Gabriela Rodriguez

    Best Casting

    DIXIE CHASSAY The Favourite

    Best Cinematography supported by Blackmagic Design

    ROBBIE RYAN The Favourite

    Best Costume Design

    SANDY POWELL The Favourite

    Best Editing

    NICK FENTON, JULIAN HART, CHRIS GILL American Animals

    Best Effects

    HOWARD JONES Early Man

    Best Make Up & Hair Design

    NADIA STACEY The Favourite

    Best Music

    JONNY GREENWOOD You Were Never Really Here

    Best Production Design

    FIONA CROMBIE The Favourite

    Best Sound

    PAUL DAVIES You Were Never Really Here

    The Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Actor to British Film

    Judi Dench

    The Special Jury Prize

    Horace Ové CBE

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