Precursor: 17th Central Ohio Critics Awards (2018)

Shaking up the race just a little bit, Central Ohio’s film critics have made a couple of atypical selections here, but have otherwise followed the consensus.

Award Tallies

(3) If Beale Street Could Talk
(2) The Favourite, Roma

The Awards

Best Film

If Beale Street Could Talk
BlacKkKlansman
The Favourite
Eighth Grade
Roma
Black Panther
Widows
A Quiet Place
First Man
Hereditary

Best Animated Film

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Runner-Up: Incredibles 2)

Best Director

Roma – Alfonso Cuaron (Runner-Up: BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee)

Best Actor

Ben Foster – Leave No Trace (Runner-Up: Ethan Hawke – First Reformed)

Best Actress

Olivia Colman – The Favourite (Runner-Up: TIE: Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade; Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Best Supporting Actor

Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Runner-Up: Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther)

Best Supporting Actress

Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk (Runner-Up: Emma Stone – The Favourite)

Best Original Screenplay

Eighth Grade (Runner-Up: The Favourite)

Best Adapted Screenplay

BlacKkKlansman (Runner-Up: TIE: Burning, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)

Best Score

If Beale Street Could Talk (Runner-Up: Eighth Grade)

Best Film Editing

Widows (Runner-Up: TIE: Roma, The Favourite)

Best Cinematography

Roma (Runner-Up: First Man)

Best Foreign Language Film

Shoplifters (Runner-Up: Burning)

Best Documentary

Shirkers (Runner-Up: Free Solo)

Best Ensemble

The Favourite (Runner-Up: Widows)

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

Bryan Tyree Henry – Hotel Artemis, If Beale Street Could Talk, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, White Boy Rick, Widows) (Runner-Up: Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns, A Quiet Place, Sherlock Gnomes)