Pioggia di premi della critica minore americana negli ultimi giorni prima della pausa natalizia. Ad annunciare le preferenze del 2019 sul grande schermo sono stati i gruppi di critica di Kansas City, dello stato dell'Indiana, di St.Louis, di Boston e dell'Oklahoma. Se in Kansas trionfa 1917, in Indiana scelgono Storia di un matrimonio. Ma non mancano menzioni anche per Parasite e C'era una volta a Hollywood.
Kansas City Film Critics:
BEST FILM: 1917
BEST DIRECTOR – Sam Mendes, 1917
BEST ACTOR – Adam Driver, Marriage Story
BEST ACTRESS – Lupita Nyong’o, Us
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Joe Pesci, The Irishman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dolemite Is My Name
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Little Women
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Knives Out
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – 1917
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE – Toy Story 4
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM – Parasite
BEST DOCUMENTARY (tie) – Amazing Grace & Apollo 11
THE TOM POE AWARD FOR BEST LGBT FILM – Portrait of a Lady on Fire
THE VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY or HORROR FILM – Us
Indiana Film Journalists:
BEST FILM
WINNER: Marriage Story
RUNNER-UP: Parasite
OTHER FINALISTS (listed alphabetically):
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Booksmart
Ford v Ferrari
Knives Out
The Lighthouse
Little Women
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WINNER: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
RUNNER-UP: I Lost My Body
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
WINNER: Parasite
RUNNER-UP: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BEST DOCUMENTARY
WINNER: For Sama
RUNNER-UP: Apollo 11
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
RUNNER-UP: Robert Eggers & Max Eggers, The Lighthouse
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Greta Gerwig, Little Women
RUNNER-UP: Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
RUNNER-UP: Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BEST ACTRESS
WINNER: Lupita Nyong’o, Us
RUNNER-UP: Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER: Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Runner-Up: Taylor Russell, Waves
BEST ACTOR
WINNER: Adam Driver, Marriage Story
RUNNER-UP: Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
RUNNER-UP: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
BEST VOCAL / MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
WINNER: Jason Liles, Alan Maxson, and Richard Dorton, Godzilla: King of the Monsters
RUNNER-UP: Rosa Salazar, Alita: Battle Angel
BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
WINNER: Knives Out
RUNNER-UP: Little Women
BEST MUSICAL SCORE
WINNER: Michael Abels, Us
Runner-Up: Cavern of Anti-Matter, In Fabric
BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Olivia Wilde, Booksmart (director)
RUNNER-UP: Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit (actor)
ORIGINAL VISION AWARD
WINNER: Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse
RUNNER-UP: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
HOOSIER AWARD
WINNER: Jason Keller, Ford v Ferrari (screenwriter)
Boston Society of Film Critics:
Best Picture: LITTLE WOMEN
Runner-up: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Best Director: Bong Joon Ho, PARASITE
Runner-up: Greta Gerwig, LITTLE WOMEN
Best Actor: Adam Sandler, UNCUT GEMS
Runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix, JOKER
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan (LITTLE WOMEN)
Runners up: TIE – Elisabeth Moss (HER SMELL) and Mary Kay Place (DIANE)
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt (ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD)
Runner up: Joe Pesci (THE IRISHMAN)
Best Supporting Actress LAURA DERN (MARRIAGE STORY)
Runner up: Florence Pugh for (LITTLE WOMEN)
Best Ensemble Cast: LITTLE WOMEN
Runners-up: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD and PARASITE
Best Screenplay: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
Runners-up: MARRIAGE STORY and LITTLE WOMEN
Best Cinematography: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Runner up: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
Best Editing: THE IRISHMAN
Runner-up: UNCUT GEMS
Best Original Score: LITTLE WOMEN
Runner-up: THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
Best Foreign Language Film: PARASITE
Runner-up: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Best Animated Film: I LOST MY BODY
Runner up: TOY STORY 4
Best Documentary: HONEYLAND
Runners-up: APOLLO 11 and HAIL, SATAN?
Best New Filmmaker: Joe Talbot for THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
Runner up: Mati Diop for ATLANTICS
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle:
Best Picture: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Runner-up: Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best First Feature: Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Runner-up: Olivia Wilde, Booksmart
Best Actor: Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
Runner-up: Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Best Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Runner-up: Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Runner-up: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Runner-up: Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
Best Ensemble: Knives Out
Runner-up: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Body of Work: Adam Driver, The Report and Marriage Story
Runners-up: Scarlett Johansson, Avengers: Endgame and Marriage Story; Brad Pitt, Ad Astra and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Original Screenplay: Knives Out
Runner-up: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Irishman
Runner-up: Jojo Rabbit
Best Cinematography: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Runner-up: 1917
Best Score: Uncut Gems
Runner-up: Joker
Best Animated Film: Toy Story 4
Runner-up: I Lost My Body
Best Documentary: American Factory
Runner-up: Apollo 11
Best Foreign Language Film: Parasite
Runner-up: The Farewell
Top 10 Films
1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2. Knives Out
3. The Irishman
4. Parasite
5. Uncut Gems
6. Jojo Rabbit
7. Marriage Story
8. Little Women
9. Avengers: Endgame
10. Midsommar
Fonte: Awards Watch