Precursor: 31st Chicago Critics Nominations (2018)

The first organization to put Olivia Colman in support, where some think she belongs, is also the first not to nominate Emma Stone as well. I guess there’s only room in the category for two actresses from The Favourite. Roma‘s leading 9 nominations is the top story in these nominations because it’s the best the film has performed so far this season while The Favourite and A Star Is Born also did quite well. Hereditary performed above expectations while Sam Elliott misses for a second time in two days, which has to be worrying to the long-time actor. There are a handful of interesting selections here and a few that have been commonplace so far this season. It’s also interesting that the once-thought-lost film The Other Side of the Wind managed to get an editing nomination.

Nominations Tallies

(9) Roma
(7) The Favourite, A Star Is Born
(4) First Man, First Reformed, If Beale Street Could Talk, You Were Never Really Here
(3) Black Panther, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Eighth Grade, Hereditary

The Nominations

Best Picture

The Favourite
First Reformed
Hereditary
Roma
A Star is Born

Best Animated Film

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Ruben Brandt: Collector
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Director

The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos
First Reformed – Paul Schrader
Roma – Alfonso Cuaron
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper
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

Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Regina Hall – Support the Girls
Lady Gaga – A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Timothee Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
Steven Yeun – Burning

Best Supporting Actress

Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Elizabeth Debicki – Widows
Zoe Kazan – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Best Original Screenplay

Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
Roma
Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay

BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
The Death of Stalin
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star is Born

Best Original Score

First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mandy
Suspiria
You Were Never Really Here

Best Editing

First Man
The Other Side of the Wind
Roma
Widows
You Were Never Really Here

Best Cinematography

Cold War
The Favourite
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma

Best Art Direction

Annihilation
Black Panther
The Favourite
Paddington 2
Roma

Best Use of Visual Effects

Annihilation
Black Panther
First Man
Mission: Impossible — Fallout
Paddington 2

Best Foreign Film

Burning
Capernaum
Cold War
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Documentary

Free Solo
Minding the Gap
RBG
Three Identical Strangers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Most Promising Performer

Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Lady Gaga – A Star is Born
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace
John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman