Il film più premiato dalla stampa nordamericana dell'anno? Ora possiamo dire con certezza che sarà Roma, il film di produzione messicana scritto e diretto dal regista premio Oscar Alfonso Cuaròn, vincitore del Leone d'Oro quest'anno alla Mostra d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia.
Il capolavoro in bianco e nero dal regista di Gravity e Y Tu Mama También è stato incoronato miglior film dell'anno dai circoli della critica di Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto e quella online di New York. Tra le interpretazioni più amate dalla critica ci sono quelle di Ethan Hawke in First Reformed - La creazione a rischio e di Regina King in Se la strada potesse parlare, due performance che stanno praticamente facendo piazza pulita dei circoli di critica regionale statunitens; la rispettiva candidatura all'Oscar è sempre più vicina.
Toronto Film Critics:
Best Picture: “Roma”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Burning”
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”
Best Screenplay: “The Favourite,” “First Reformed” (Tie)
Best First Feature: “Sorry to Bother You”
Best Animated Feature: “Isle of Dogs”
Alan King Documentary Award: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor”
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Best Supporting Actor: Steven Yeun, “Burning”
Best Actress: Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, “First Reformed”
San Francisco Film Critics:
Best Picture: “Roma”
Best Director: Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Best Documentary: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Roma”
Best Animated Feature: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
Best Film Editing: Bob Murawski, Orson Welles, “The Other Side of the Wind”
Best Production Design: Hannah Beachler, “Black Panther”
Best Original Score: Terence Blanchard, “BlacKkKlansman”
Best Cinematography: Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”
Best Screenplay, Adapted: Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Best Screenplay, Original: Paul Schrader,” “First Reformed”
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Best Supporting Actor: Michael B. Jordan, “Black Panther”
Best Actress: Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me”
Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, “First Reformed”
Special Citation for under-appreciated independent film: “The Endless”
Marlin Riggs Award: Boots Riley
New York Online Film Critics:
Picture
Roma
Director
Alfonso Cuarón- Roma
Actor
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Actress
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Supporting Actor
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Supporting Actress
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Screenplay
Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara – The Favourite
Cinematography
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Documentary
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Foreign Language
Cold War
Ensemble Cast
The Favourite
Breakthrough Performer
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Debut as Director
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Use of Music
Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk
Animated Feature
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Los Angeles Film Critics:
Best Picture
Winner: “Roma”
Runner-up: “Burning”
Best Director
Winner: Debra Granik, “Leave No Trace”
Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”
Best Actor
Winner: Ethan Hawke, “First Reformed”
Runner-up: Ben Foster, “Leave No Trace”
Best Actress
Winner: Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
Runner-up: Toni Collette, “Hereditary”
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Steven Yeun, “Burning”
Runner-up: Hugh Grant, “Paddington 2”
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Runner-up: Elizabeth Debicki, “Widows”
Best Screenplay
Winner: Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Runner-up: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, “The Favourite”
Best Production Design
Winner: Hannah Beachler, “Black Panther”
Runner-up: Fionna Crumble, “The Favourite”
Best Editing
Winner: Joshua Altman and Bing Liu, “Minding the Gap”
Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough, “Roma”
Best Musical Score
Winner: Nicholas Britell, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Runner-up: Justin Hurwitz, “First Man”
Best Cinematography
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”
Runner-up: James Laxton, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Best Foreign-Language Film
Winner: “Burning, “Shoplifters” (tie)
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Winner: “Shirkers”
Runner-up: “Minding the Gap”
Best Animation
Winner: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
Runner-up: “Incredibles 2”
New Generation
Winner: Chloe Zhao
Special Citation
“The Other Side of the Wind”
Douglas Edwards Independent / Experimental Film / Video
Winner: Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddi, “THE GREEN FOG
Fonte: The Playlist
