A little odd to be declaring a critics group's award nominations post-Oscar nominations, but also a little satisfying after their various disappointing decisions. The Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle has announced nominees for its 2018 awards, making good on including Oscar-snubbed titles like If Beale Street Could Talk in Best Picture and Hereditary in Best Director and Actress. I do wish these critics groups would stop voting on tech categories in which they have limited knowledge - how anyone could consider Fernanda Perez more responsible for Suspiria's makeup than Mark Coulier would indicate that they're simply not paying attention. We'll hear our CIFCC award winners considerably before our Oscar winners, however, as they're expected this Saturday, the 2nd of February. All the details below.
Best Director
Ari Aster (Hereditary)
Ryan Coogler (Black Panther)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here)
Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
Toni Collette (Hereditary)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Best Actor
Christian Bale (Vice)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Ryan Gosling (First Man)
Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)
Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here)
Best Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Debicki (Widows)
Claire Foy (First Man)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
Hugh Grant (Paddington 2)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther)
Best Original Screenplay
Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
Adam McKay (Vice)
Paul Schrader (First Reformed)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Joe Robert Cole and Ryan Coogler (Black Panther)
Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters and Eric Roth (A Star Is Born)
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (Leave No Trace)
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott (BlacKkKlansman)
Best Cinematography
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
James Laxton (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Robbie Ryan (The Favourite)
Linus Sandgren (First Man)
Lukasz Zal (Cold War)
Best Editing
Jay Cassidy (A Star Is Born)
Tom Cross (First Man)
Alfonso Cuaron and Adam Gough (Roma)
Yorgos Mavropsaridis (The Favourite)
Joe Walker (Widows)
Best Production Design
Andrew Baseman and Nelson Coates (Crazy Rich Asians)
Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart (Black Panther)
Eugenio Caballero and Barbara Enriquez (Roma)
Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton (The Favourite)
Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas (First Man)
Michelle Day and Mark Digby (Annihilation)
Best Costume Design and Makeup
Kate Biscoe and Susan Matheson (Vice)
Ruth E. Carter, Ken Diaz, Camille Friend and Joel Harlow (Black Panther)
Samantha Denyer and Sandy Powell (The Favourite)
Fernanda Perez and Giulia Piersanti (Suspiria)
Sandy Powell and Peter Swords King (Mary Poppins Returns)
Best Visual Effects
Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack and Dan Sudick (Black Panther)
Sara Bennett, Richard Clarke, Simon Hughes and Andrew Whitehurst (Annihilation)
Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett and David Shirk (Ready Player One)
Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Kelly Port and Dan Sudick (Avengers: Infinity War)
Ian Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm (First Man)
Best Musical Score
Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury (Annihilation)
Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther)
Justin Hurwitz (First Man)
Johann Johannsson (Mandy)
Best Ensemble Cast
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
The Favourite
If Beale Street Could Talk
Widows
Best Animated Film
Big Fish & Begonia
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Documentary
Free Solo
Minding the Gap
RBG
Three Identical Strangers
Won't You be My Neighbour?
Best Foreign Film
Burning
Cold War
The Guilty
Roma
Shoplifters
Best Studio Film (Budgets Over $20 Million)
Annihilation
Black Panther
First Man
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
A Star Is Born
Vice
Best Independent Film (Budgets Under $20 Million)
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
Hereditary
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
Impact Award
Brian Andreotti (The Music Box Theatre)
Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade)
Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians)
Ryan Coogler (Black Panther)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Trailblazer Award
Ryan Coogler (Black Panther)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Liu Bing (Minding the Gap)
Adam McKay (Vice)
Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You)
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