'Roma' Wins Best Picture and Director At Critics Choice Awards

Roma was the big winner with the BFCA tonight, unsurprisingly, since it’s been the overwhelming favorite for the critics all season. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s ahead with the Oscars though. This is the end of the critics season, and now the industry starts to weigh in, beginning next Saturday with the PGA. That’s when we’ll really find out what could be the winner in the Oscar race. In other areas, Christian Bale won Best Actor twice with the critics tonight, and Glenn Close and Lady Gaga tied for Best Actress, while Olivia Colman won in the comedy category. That race is definitely coming down to SAG. The screenplay awards might be open, as the BFCA chose the non-frontrunner in both categories, with First Reformed and If Beale Street Could Talk over BlacKkKlansman and The Favourite or Green Book. We’ll have to see what the WGA and BAFTA do for those.

• BEST PICTURE: “Roma”

• BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón – “Roma”

• BEST ACTOR: Christian Bale – “Vice”

• BEST ACTRESS – TIE: Glenn Close – “The Wife” & Lady Gaga – “A Star Is Born”

• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mahershala Ali – “Green Book”

• BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Regina King – “If Beale Street Could Talk”

• BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS: Elsie Fisher – “Eighth Grade”

• BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE: “The Favourite”

• BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: “First Reformed”

• BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: “If Beale Street Could Talk”

• BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: “Roma”

• BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: “Black Panther”

• BEST EDITING: “First Man”

• BEST COSTUME DESIGN: “Black Panther”

• BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP: “Vice”

• BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: “Black Panther”

• BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

• BEST ACTION MOVIE: “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”

• BEST COMEDY: “Crazy Rich Asians”

• BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY: Christian Bale – “Vice”

• BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY: Olivia Colman – “The Favourite”

• BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE: “A Quiet Place”

• BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: “Roma”

• BEST SONG: Shallow – “A Star Is Born”

• BEST SCORE: “First Man”

Crazy Rich Asians won Best Comedy Movie- would not have been my choice