Unlike last year’s embarrassment of having every other winner a tie because there were only 4 members, that issue has been resolved with their expansion to 7 members. That said, they may have done something else to prevent ties because that’s still too few to avoid it. Other than that, this slate looks like it was chosen by an all-male group, which this one is. There’s a notable lack of diversity among the winners and no other diverse group put so much faith in Joker.

Award Tallies

(5) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
(4) Joker
(2) Parasite, Rocketman

The Awards

Best Picture

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Animated Film

Toy Story 4

Best Director

Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Actor

Joaquin Phoenix – Joker

Best Actress

Awkwafina – The Farewell

Best Supporting Actor

Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress

Laura Dern – Marriage Story

Best Original Screenplay

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Irishman

Best Song

“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” – Rocketman

Best Original Score

Joker

Best Editing

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Cinematography

1917

Best Art Direction

Parasite

Best Costume Design

Rocketman

Best Makeup

Joker

Best Sound

Ford v Ferrari

Best Visual Effects

Alita: Battle Angel

Best Foreign Language Film

Parasite

Best Documentary

Apollo 11

Best Stunt Work

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Best New Filmmaker

Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz – The Peanut Butter Falcon

Best First Film

Stephen Merchant – Fighting with My Family

Best Overlooked Film

Long Shot

Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance

Mark Hamill – Child’s Play

Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film

Us

Best Comic Book Movie

Joker

Best Sci-Fi Film

Avengers: Endgame

Best Hawaiian Film

Stoke

Worst Film of 2017

Cats

Hawaii Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 2016 (4)