More critics, but happily, there are some surprises from the Nevada and Florida groups, which went against the grain in Best Picture.
NEVADA
Will Annette Bening get her fifth Oscar nomination?
- Best Film – Hell or High Water
- Best Actor – Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
- Best Actress – Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
- Best Supporting Actor – Ben Foster, Hell or High Water
- Best Supporting Actress – Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women
- Best Youth Performance – Alex Hibbert, Moonlight
- Best Director – David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water
- Best Original Screenplay – Hell or High Water
- Best Adapted Screenplay – Arrival
- Best Ensemble – Moonlight
- Best Documentary – O.J.: Made in America
- Best Animated Movie – Moana
- Best Production Design – La La Land
- Best Cinematography – La La Land
- Best Visual Effects – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Hell or High Water ruled the day here, with some love shown for 20th Century Women in two acting races, and Ben Foster in supporting actor, who gave a better performance than Jeff Bridges, even though I'm sure he'll be the Oscar nominee. Good on NV for standing out from the pack.
FLORIDA
The offbeat sci-fi comedy 'The Lobster' wins Best Picture from the FL film critics
- BEST PICTURE: The Lobster
- BEST DIRECTOR: Damien Chazelle – La La Land
- BEST ACTOR: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
- BEST ACTRESS: Isabelle Huppert – Elle
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
- BEST ENSEMBLE: American Honey
- BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Lobster
- BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Love & Friendship
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: La La Land
- BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Arrival
- BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION: La La Land
- BEST SCORE: La La Land
- BEST DOCUMENTARY: Cameraperson
- BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Elle
- BEST ANIMATED FILM: Kubo and the Two Strings
- BEST FIRST FILM: The Edge of Seventeen
- PAULINE KAEL BREAKOUT AWARD: Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
The Lobster wins a Best Picture award! That's awesome. Well, why not? It's certainly one of the most original movies I've seen in a long time, and it looks like FL wanted to spread the love around to several of the different frontrunners. Cool choice.
ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS
Ruth Negga is also on the cusp of a Best Actress nomination
- Best Film: Moonlight
- Best Director: Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
- Best Screenplay, Original: Manchester by the Sea
- Best Screenplay, Adapted: Moonlight
- Best Documentary: 13th
- Best Animated Film: Zootopia
- Best Actress: Ruth Negga – Loving
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Viola Davis – Fences
- Best Actor: Casey Affleck – Manchester By The Sea
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
- Best Ensemble Cast – Moonlight
- Best Cinematography: Moonlight
- Best Editing: Moonlight
- Best Non-English-Language Film: The Handmaiden
- Best Woman Director: Ava DuVernay – 13th
- Best Woman Screenwriter: Kelly Reichardt – Certain Women
- Best Animated Female (tie): Judy in Zootopia – Ginnifer Goodwin & Moana in Moana – Auli’i Cravalho
- Best Breakthrough Performance: Ruth Negga – Loving
- Outstanding Achievement by A Woman in The Film Industry: Ava DuVernay – For 13th and raising awareness about the need for diversity and gender equality in Hollywood
- Actress Defying Age and Ageism (tie): Annette Bening – 20th Century Women & Isabelle Huppert – Elle and Things to Come
- Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Lead and The Love Interest Award: Rules Don’t Apply – Warren Beatty (b. 1937) and Lily Collins (b. 1989)
- Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent: Jennifer Aniston – Mother’s Day and Office Christmas Party
- Bravest Performance: Isabelle Huppert – Elle
- Remake or Sequel That Shouldn’t have been Made: Ben Hur
- AWFJ Hall of Shame Award: Sharon Maguire and Renee Zellwegger for Bridget Jones’s Baby
The women film journalists loved Moonlight the most, but their best choices are the unconventional stuff, like actress in need of a new agent, which goes to Jennifer Aniston for what's either the second or third time. The age difference award is great too- god, did Warren Beatty really pair himself up with a 27 year old (who looks 16)?
