Di Simone Fabriziani
I circoli della critica di Philadelphia e Chicago hanno annunciato i propri vincitori annuali, ed entrambe le città hanno incoronato il Roma di Alfonso Cuaròn il miglior film dell’anno; me c’è stato spazio anche per delle sorprese, soprattutto sul versante attoriale.
La critica di Chicago ha regalato 4 premi a Roma (film, regia, film straniero, fotografia), premiando come attori dell’anno Ethan Hawke, la straordinaria Toni Collette nel’horror d’autore Hereditary – Le radici del male, ed in supporting Olivia Colman e Richard E. Grant.
Best Picture – Roma
Best Director – Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Best Actor – Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Best Actress – Toni Collette, Hereditary
Adapted Screenplay – If Beale Street Could Talk
Original Screenplay – First Reformed
Foreign Language Film – Roma
Animated – Spiderman into the Spiderverse
Best Documentary – Minding the Gap
Best Supporting Actress – Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor – Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me
Most Promising Performer – Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Most Promising Filmmaker – Ari Aster, Hereditary
Visual Effects – Annihilation
Production Design – The Favourite
Cinematography – Roma
Editing – Roma
Score – If Beale Street Could Talk
Il circolo della critica di Philadelphia ha invece scelto nella regia Barry Jenkins per Se la strada potesse parlare e tra i migliori attori protagonisti i poco premiati (fino ad ora) Chistian Bale nell’atteso Vice – L’uomo nell’ombra e Viola Davis in Widows – Eredità criminale:
Best Movie: Roma
Best Director: Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Actor: Christian Bale, Vice
Best Actress: Viola Davis, Widows
Best Supporting Actor: Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Foreign Film: Roma (Mexico)
Best Animated Film: The Incredibles 2
Best Documentary: Won’t You Be My Neighbor
Best Cinematography: Roma (Alfonso Cuaron)
Best Breakthrough Performance: Kiki Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Directorial Debut: Boots Riley, Sorry To Bother You
Best Script: Audrey Wells, The Hate U Give
Best Score/Soundtrack: Suspiria (Thom Yorke)
Elaine May Award: RBG
Steve Friedman Award: Black Panther
Fonte: MovieCityNews