Roma is on its way to a critics sweep across the country
So I was right that Roma would sweep the critics this year. The LA critics agreed with the NY ones (they don’t usually) and anointed Roma as the year’s best, although they went their own way in other categories, with love for the South Korean film Burning and especially in their choice for Best Director with Debra Granik for Leave No Trace (given how much they loved Roma though, and with Cauron set to sweep most director’s races, this seems like a choice made to purposely elevate a woman filmmaker in the awards race overall, given the recent outrage by the Golden Globes once again nominating all men in the category). The last of the four major critics groups is the National Society of Film Critics, which doesn’t weigh in until January 5th, so until then the regional critics from all around the country make their choices- many of them spoke today and already Roma is going for the big sweep with them too. Just today it won Best Picture awards from the Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco and New York online critics, as well as LA. It can’t be denied.
Best Picture: Roma; Runner-up: Burning
Best Director: Debra Granik, Leave No Trace; Runner-up: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Best Actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite; Runner-up: Toni Collette, Hereditary
Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed; Runner-up: Ben Foster, Leave No Trace
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk; Runner-up: Elizabeth Debicki, Widows
Best Foreign-Language Film: (tie) Burning & Shoplifters
Best Animation: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; Runner-up: Incredibles 2
Best Screenplay: Can You Ever Forgive Me?; Runner-up: The Favourite
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: Shirkers; Runner-up: Minding the Gap
Best Editing: Minding the Gap; Runner-up: Roma
Best Production Design: Black Panther; Runner-up: The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor: Steven Yeun, Burning; Runner-up: Hugh Grant, Paddington 2
Best Music/Score: If Beale Street Could Talk; Runner-up: First Man
Best Cinematography: Roma; Runner-up: If Beale Street Could Talk
