The first group to put If Beale Stree Could Talk on even footing with The Favourite and ahead of Roma otherwise went in expected directions.

Nominations Tallies

(9) The Favourite, If Beale Street Could Talk
(7) Roma
(4) Eighth Grade, First Man
(3) Black Panther, Burning, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Sorry to Bother You, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Widows

The Nominations

Best Film

Blindspotting
The Favourite
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
Suspiria

Best Animated Film

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

Best Director

The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos
If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
Leave No Trace – Debra Granik
Roma – Alfonso Cuaron
You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay

Best Actor

Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here

Best Actress

Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Regina Hall – Support the Girls
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor

Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
Steven Yeun – Burning

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – Vice
Claire Foy – First Man
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Best Original Screenplay

Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
Roma
Sorry to Bother You

Best Adapted Screenplay

Blackkklansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
The Death of Stalin
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace

Best Original Score

Annihilation
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mandy
Suspiria

Best Editing

The Favourite
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
Widows

Best Cinematography

Burning
The Favourite
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma

Best Foreign Language Film

Burning
Cold War
The Guilty
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Documentary

Free Solo
Minding the Gap
RBG
Shirkers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best Ensemble

Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Widows

Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance

Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War
Sonoya Mizuno – Annihilation
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ben Whishaw – Paddington 2

Best Stunts

Black Panther
Mandy
Mission Impossible: Fallout
The Night Comes for Us
Upgrade

Best First Film

Blindspotting – Carlos López Estrada
Eighth Grade – Bo Burnham
Hereditary – Ari Aster
Sorry To Bother You – Boots Riley
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper

Breakthrough Artist

Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Jim Cummings – Thunder Road
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk, Widows, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You

Best Austin Film

1985
Call Her Ganda
Damsel
Run Like the Devil
Support the Girls

Austin Film Critics Data

First Awards: 2005 (14)