With only Kansas City and National Society of Film Critics left to announce, the majority of the elder statesmen of film critics groups have announced their winners with an even split between Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, which won here and at Los Angeles, and Martin Scorsese’s slowly fading The Irishman taking the National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle. While there aren’t any non-mainstream selections here, Chicago continues to confirm the existing narrative.

Award Tallies

(4) Little Women, Parasite
(2) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

The Awards

Best Picture

Parasite

Best Animated Film

Toy Story 4

Best Director

Bong Joon-ho – Parasite

Best Actor

Adam Driver – Marriage Story

Best Actress

Lupita Nyong’o – Us

Best Supporting Actor

Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress

Florence Pugh – Little Women

Best Original Screenplay

Parasite

Best Adapted Screenplay

Little Women

Best Original Score

Little Women

Best Editing

The Irishman

Best Cinematography

1917

Best Art Direction

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Costume Design

Little Women

Best Use of Visual Effects

Ad Astra

Best Foreign Film

Parasite

Best Documentary

Apollo 11

Most Promising Performer

Aisling Franciosi – The Nightingale

Breakthrough Filmmaker

The Farewell

Chicago Film Critics Data

Year Founded: 1990
First Awards: 1988 (32)