Precursor: 3rd Hawaii Critics Nominations (2018)

Three films topped this year’s nominations for the Hawaii Film Critics Society, a small four-person group. This generates some rather eclectic selections, though most of the films we’ve been talking about all year are here as well.

Award Tallies

(9) Black Panther, The Favourite, A Star Is Born
(7) First Man
Roma
(4) BlacKkKlansman, Green Book, Hereditary, Isle of Dogs, A Quiet Place, Widows
(3) Bohemian Rhapsody, Eighth Grade, Mary Poppins Returns, Sorry to Bother You, Vice

The Awards

Best Picture

Black Panther
First Man
Green Book
Roma
A Star Is Born

Best Animated Film

Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Director

BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee
The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos
A Quiet Place – John Krazinski
Roma – Alfonso Cuaron
A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper

Best Actor

Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman

Best Actress

Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Claire Foy – First Man
Charlize Theron – Tully

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Daniel Kaluuya – Widows

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – Vice
Emily Blunt – A Quiet Place
Elizabeth Debicki – Widows
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Best Original Screenplay

The Favourite
Green Book
Isle of Dogs
Roma
Sorry to Bother You

Best Adapted Screenplay

Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
First Man
Love, Simon
A Star Is Born

Best Song

“All the Stars” – Black Panther
“Ashes” – Deadpool 2
“Flower of the Unvierse” – A Wrinkle in Time
“Shallow” – A Star Is Born
“Trip a Little Light Fantastic” – Mary Poppins Returns

Best Original Score

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
First Man
Crazy Rich Asians
Isle of Dogs
A Quiet Place

Best Editing

The Favourite
First Man
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Roma
Widows

Best Cinematography

Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Roma
A Star Is Born

Best Art Direction

Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

Best Costume Design

Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns

Best Makeup

Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Overlord
Vice

Best Visual Effects

Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Ready Player One

Best Foreign Language Film

Burning – South Korea
Cold War – Poland
I Am Not a Witch – United Kingdom
Roma – Mexico
Shoplifters – Japan

Best Documentary

Shirkers
They Shall Not Grow Old
Three Identical Strangers
Whitney
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best Stunt Work

Aquaman
Black Panther
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Tomb Raider
Widows

Best New Filmmaker

Ari Aster – Hereditary
The Baker Brothers – Kin
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You

Best First Film

Eighth Grade
Hereditary
Kin
Sorry to Bother You
A Star Is Born

Best Overlooked Film

Chappaquiddick
First Reformed
Mandy
A Simple Favor
You Were Never Really Here

Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance

Josh Brolin – Avengers: Inifinty War
Bryan Cranston – Isle of Dogs
Benedict Cumberbatch – Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch
Taraji P. Henson – Ralph Breaks the Internet
Ben Whishaw – Paddington 2