The Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Announces Its 2nd Year Nominations


(Los Angeles, CA – December 3rd, 2018) – The Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society (LAOFCS) is pleased to announce that their 2nd Annual Awards Ceremony will be held on January 9th, 2019, at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles.

Fox Searchlight’s The Favourite and Marvel/Disney’s Black Panther top the nominations list with ten nominations each, while WB’s A Star is Born earns nine, and Focus Features’ BlacKkKlansman earns eight. Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade is quickly becoming the little indie that could this award season as it scores six nominations. Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk was also well-received by the members of the LAOFCS as the film scored a total of five nominations including Best Supporting Actress.

The members of the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society have also voted on some of the more underrepresented films this award season including Fox’s The Hate U Give, Focus Features’ Tully, Sony Pictures' Searching, and Roadside’s Ben is Back, among several others.

"In a year where diversity and representation have been at the forefront of so many conversations, I believe that the LAOFCS nominations this year proves how much representation truly matters. There have been a lot of great films this year that have tackled important issues, so I am thrilled to see that reflected in our nominations," added LAOFCS' Scott Menzel.

In total, the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society members have nominated over fifty different films ranging from smaller art-house releases to major blockbusters.

In addition to the nominations list below, the LAOFCS will also announce a few other awards closing to their show including the recipient of this Trailblazer Award which was previously awarded to Jessica Chastain.

Chadwick Boseman

A detailed list of the nominations can be found below:

Best Picture:

A Star is Born

Eighth Grade

Black Panther

The Favourite

The Hate U Give

BlackKklansman

Green Book

Roma

A Quiet Place

Searching


Best Actor:

Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody

Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born

Christian Bale - Vice

Ethan Hawke - First Reformed

Viggo Mortensen - Green Book


Best Actress:

Toni Collette - Hereditary

Charlize Theron - Tully

Lady Gaga - A Star is Born

Olivia Colman - The Favourite

Nicole Kidman - Destroyer


Best Supporting Actor:

Adam Driver - BlackKklansman

Mahershala Ali - Green Book

Russell Hornsby - The Hate U Give

Sam Elliott - A Star is Born

Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?


Best Supporting Actress:

Elizabeth Debicki - Widows

Emma Stone - The Favourite

Rachel Weisz - The Favourite

Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk

Amy Adams - Vice


Best Adapted Screenplay:

Bradley Cooper and Eric Roth - A Star is Born

Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Charlie Wachtel - BlacKkKlansman

Barry Jenkins - If Beale Street Could Talk

Audrey Wells - The Hate U Give

Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty - Can You Ever Forgive Me?


Best Original Screenplay:

Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski - A Quiet Place

Bo Burnham - Eighth Grade

Tony McNamara and Deborah Davis - The Favourite

Boots Riley - Sorry to Bother You

Adam McKay - Vice


Best Male Director:

Alfonso Cuaron - Roma

Spike Lee - BlackKklansman

Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite

Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born

Ryan Coogler - Black Panther


Best Female Director:

Chloe Zhao - The Rider

Debra Granik - Leave No Trace

Tamara Jenkins - Private Life

Marielle Heller - Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Lynne Ramsey - You Were Never Really Here


Best Animated Film:

Incredibles 2

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Isle of Dogs

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Mirai


Best Foreign Film:

Burning

Cold War

Roma

Shoplifters

Girl


Best Documentary:

Free Solo

Minding the Gap

RBG

Three Identical Strangers

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?


Best Visual Effects:

Ready Player One

Mission Impossible - Fallout

First Man

Black Panther

Avengers: Infinity War  


Best Cinematography:

Linus Sandgren - First Man

James Laxton - If Beale Street Could Talk

Alfonso Cuarón - Roma

Robbie Ryan - The Favourite

Rachel Morrison - Black Panther


Best Blockbuster:

Avengers: Infinity War

Black Panther

Deadpool 2

Mission: Impossible Fallout

Ready Player One


Best Independent Film:

Eighth Grade

First Reformed

Sorry to Bother You

Ben Is Back

If Beale Street Could Talk


Best First Feature:

Bo Burnham - Eighth Grade

Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born

Ari Aster - Hereditary

Paul Dano - Wildlife

Aneesh Chaganty - Searching


Best Comedy/Musical:

Crazy Rich Asians

Game Night

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!

The Favourite

Bohemian Rhapsody


Best Action Film:

Mission: Impossible  -Fallout

Black Panther

Avengers: Infinity War

Deadpool 2

Widows


Best Sci-Fi/Horror:

A Quiet Place

Annihilation

Halloween

Hereditary

Suspiria


Best Performance by an Actor 23 and Under:

Alex Wolff - Hereditary

Lucas Hedges - Boy Erased

Lucas Hedges - Ben Is Back

Noah Jupe - A Quiet Place

Timothée Chalamet - Beautiful Boy


Best Performance by an Actress 23 and Under:

Amandla Stenberg - The Hate You Give

Elsie Fisher - Eighth Grade

Millicent Simmonds - A Quiet Place

Milly Shapiro - Hereditary

Thomasin McKenzie- Leave No Trace


Best Breakthrough Performance:

Elsie Fisher - Eighth Grade

John David Washington - BlackKklansman

Lady Gaga - A Star is Born

Yalitza Aparicio - Roma

Amandla Stenberg - The Hate U Give


Best Cast:

Black Panther

The Favourite

Blackkklansman

Crazy Rich Asians

Widows


Best Stunt Work:

Avengers: Infinity War

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Black Panther

Deadpool

Upgrade


Best Score:

Justin Hurwitz - First Man

Nicholas Britell - If Beale Street Could Talk

Alexandre Desplat - Isle of Dogs

Ludwig Göransson- Black Panther

Terence Blanchard - BlackKklansman


Best Original Song:

All the Stars - Black Panther

Shallow - A Star is Born

Hollywood Ending - Anna and The Apocalypse

Revelation - Boy Erased

Hearts Beat Loud - Hearts Beat Loud


Best Editing:

Adam Gough and Alfonso Cuarón - Roma

Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick - Searching

Yorgos Mavropsaridis - The Favourite

Barry Alexander Brown - BlackKklansman

Hank Corwin - Vice


Best Visual Effects or Animated Performance:

Ben Whishaw - Paddington 2

Jason Liles -  Rampage

Josh Brolin - Avengers: Infinity War

Phoebe Waller-Bridge - Solo: A Star Wars Story

Tom Hardy - Venom

About LAOFCS:

The goal of the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society is to be a critics group that appropriately reflects a varied history and perspective of people from various races and genders.

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