December 9, 2018
by Carla Hay
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“Roma”—filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón’s Spanish-language, black-and-white drama inspired by his 1970s childhood in Mexico—won two prizes, including Best Picture, at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, which were announced on December 9. The Korean drama “Burning” and the African-American drama “If Beale Street Could Talk” also won two awards each, including in the categories for Best Supporting Actor (Steven Yeun in “Burning”) and Best Supporting Actress Regina King in “If Beale Street Could Talk”). “Burning” was tied with the Japanese drama “Shoplifters” for Best Foreign-Language Film, while “If Beale Street Could Talk” composer Nicholas Britell took the prize for Best Music/Score.
Debra Granik won the award for Best Director for “Leave No Trace.” Cuarón, who came in second place for the Best Director award, won the prize for Best Cinematography, for “Roma.” In the lead acting categories, Ethan Hawke of “First Reformed” was named Best Actor, while Olivia Colman of “The Favourite” received the prize for Best Actress.
Just like with the 2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the 2018 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards gave prizes to mostly independent art-house films, except in the categories of Best Animated Film (where Sony-owned Columbia Pictures’ “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” won the award) and Best Production Design, which went to Disney-owned Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther.” Live-action films from major studios that have been racking up awards elsewhere, such as Warner Bros. Pictures’ “A Star Is Born” and Universal Pictures’ “Green Book,” were completely shut out of winning at this year’s Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up for the 2018 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards:
Best Film: “Roma” (Runner-up: “Burning”)
Best Director: Debra Granik, “Leave No Trace”(Runner-up: Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”)
Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, “First Reformed” (Runner-up: Ben Foster, “Leave No Trace”)
Best Actress: Olivia Colman, “The Favourite” (Runner-up: Toni Collette, “Hereditary”)
Best Supporting Actor: Steven Yeun, “Burning” (Runner-up: Hugh Grant, “Paddington 2”)
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Runner-up: Elizabeth Debicki, “Widows”)
Best Screenplay: Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (Runner-up: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, “The Favourite”)
Best Animated Film: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (Runner-up: “Incredibles 2”)
Best Foreign-Language Film: “Burning” and “Shoplifters” (tie)
Best Documentary: “Shirkers” (Runner-up: “Minding the Gap”)
Best Cinematography: Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma” (Runner-up: “If Beale Street Could Talk”)
Best Editing: Joshua Altman and Bing Liu, “Minding the Gap” (Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough, “Roma”)
Best Music/Score: Nicholas Britell, “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Runner-up: Justin Hurwitz, “First Man”)
Best Production Design: Hannah Beachler, “Black Panther” (Runner-up: Fiona Crombie, “The Favourite”)
Career Achievement Award: Hayao Miyazaki
Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Award: “The Green Fog”
New Generation Prize: Chloé Zhao