Precursor: 17th DC Critics Nominations (2018)

Yorgos Lanthimos’ period comedy is shaping up to be the year’s Favourite film with the mentions here combined with the massive support it has received across the early nominations voting. Everything here is largely following a pattern that is developing, though is taking time to fully materialize, but the same films are racking up a lot of the same nominations across the board, so by the middle of the week or early next week, a fairly easy revision of predictions would be in order. Shout out to Cynthia Erivo for her surprise nomination for a strong performance in Bad Times at the El Royale and a deserved nomination for original score to Suspiria.

Nominations Tallies

(10) The Favourite
(8) A Star Is Born
(7) If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma
(6) Black Panther
(4) First Man, Green Book
(3) Can You Ever Forgive Me?,Vice, Widows

The Nominations

Best Film

The Favourite
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
A Star Is Born

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Director

Black Panther – Ryan Coogler
The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos
If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper

Best Actor

Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book

Best Actress

Glenn Close – The Wife
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther

Best Supporting Actress

Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times at the El Royale
Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Best Original Screenplay

Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma

Best Adapted Screenplay

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Black Panther
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born

Best Original Score

Black Panther
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Suspiria
Widows

Best Editing

The Favourite
First Man
Roma
A Star Is Born
Widows

Best Cinematography

The Favourite
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
A Star Is Born

Best Production Design

Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

Best Foreign Language Film

Burning
Cupernaum
Cold War
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Documentary

Free Solo
RBG
Science Fair
Three Identical Strangers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best Ensemble

Black Panther
The Favourite
If Beale Street Could Talk
Vice
Widows

Best Youth Performance

Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie – Leave No Trace
Milly Shapiro – Hereditary
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place
Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give

Best Voice Performance

Bryan Cranston – Isle of Dogs
Holly Hunter – Incredibles 2
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sarah Silverman – Ralph Breaks the Internet
Ben Whishaw – Paddington 2