I have very little to say about the Critics Choice nominations this year, except that they're as disappointingly dull as they ever are, and as dully disappointing as they ever are. Truly, it's as though the BFCA meets up every year to decide how best to predict the Oscars and pass it off as actual opinion... actually, no, that genuinely is what they do, and tbf the joke's on us for paying a jot of attention. So you know, The Favourite leads the field this year with 14 nominations (not too hard to achieve here, when one considers the glut of superfluous categories at the so-called Critics Choice awards, nor the fact that certain top categories are bumped up to seven nominees in an attempt to match all the Oscar nominees), Black Panther fights its way up to 12, and First Man makes a triumphant arrival to the awards race with 10. This year's Critics Choice awards will be held on the 13th of January. All the nominees below.
Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
The Favourite
First Man
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
Best Director
Damien Chazelle (First Man)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Peter Farrelly (Green Book)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Adam McKay (Vice)
Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Toni Collette (Hereditary)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Best Actor
Christian Bale (Vice)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate)
Ryan Gosling (First Man)
Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (Vice)
Claire Foy (First Man)
Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther)
Best Original Screenplay
Scott Beck, John Krasinski and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place)
Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
Peter Farrelly, Brian Hayes Currie and Nick Vallelonga (Green Book)
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)
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)
Josh Singer (First Man)
Best Cinematography
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
James Laxton (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Matthew Libatique (A Star Is Born)
Rachel Morrison (Black Panther)
Robbie Ryan (The Favourite)
Linus Sandgren (First Man)
Best Editing
Jay Cassidy (A Star Is Born)
Hank Corwin (Vice)
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 Fenton (The Favourite)
Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas (First Man)
John Myhre and Gordon Sim (Mary Poppins Returns)
Best Costume Design
Alexandra Byrne (Mary Queen of Scots)
Ruth E. Carter (Black Panther)
Julian Day (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Sandy Powell (The Favourite)
Sandy Powell (Mary Poppins Returns)
Best Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Ready Player One
Best Hair and Makeup
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Mary Queen of Scots
Suspiria
Vice
Best Score
Kris Bowers (Green Book)
Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs)
Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther)
Justin Hurwitz (First Man)
Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns)
Best Song
'All The Stars' (Black Panther)
'Girl In The Movies' (Dumplin')
'I'll Fight' (RBG)
'Shallow' (A Star Is Born)
'The Place Where Lost Things Go' (Mary Poppins Returns)
'Trip A Little Light Fantastic' (Mary Poppins Returns)
Best Acting Ensemble
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Vice
Widows
Best Animated Feature
The Grinch
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Foreign Language Film
Burning
Capernaum
Cold War
Roma
Shoplifters
Best Action Movie
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Deadpool 2
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Ready Player One
Widows
Best Comedy
Crazy Rich Asians
Deadpool 2
The Death of Stalin
The Favourite
Game Night
Sorry to Bother You
Best Sci-Fi or Horror Movie
Annihilation
Halloween
Hereditary
A Quiet Place
Suspiria
Best Actress in a Comedy
Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)
Rachel McAdams (Game Night)
Charlize Theron (Tully)
Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)
Best Actor in a Comedy
Christian Bale (Vice)
Jason Bateman (Game Night)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
John C. Reilly (Stan & Ollie)
Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool 2)
Lakeith Stanfield (Sorry to Bother You)
Best Young Actor / Actress
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)
Thomasin McKenzie (Leave No Trace)
Ed Oxenbould (Wildlife)
Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place)
Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give)
Sunny Suljic (Mid90s)
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