Houston Film Critics Society Announces 2018 Award Nominees

The Houston Film Critics Society's 2018 award nominations are up, and there's perhaps not a lot to be said about them. Not that they're bad or anything, just that there's not a lot here that we haven't seen before. Is awards season beginning to settle into its leading contenders? It might well have by the time the HFCS declares its winners on the 3rd of January. All the details right here:
Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book
Hereditary
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
Best Director
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Adam McKay (Vice)
Best Actress
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)
Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (Vice)
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)
Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther)
Best Screenplay
Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Adam McKay (Vice)
Paul Schrader (First Reformed)
Best Cinematography
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
James Laxton (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Rachel Morrison (Black Panther)
Robbie Ryan (The Favourite)
Linus Sandgren (First Man)
Best Visual Effects
Black Panther
First Man Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Best Original Score
Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs)
Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther)
Justin Hurwitz (First Man)
Thom Yorke (Suspiria)
Best Original Song
'All The Stars' (Black Panther)
'Ashes' (Deadpool 2)
'Hearts Beat Loud' (Hearts Beat Loud)
'Revelation' (Boy Erased)
'Shallow' (A Star Is Born)
Best Animated Film
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo
Minding the Gap
RBG
Three Identical Strangers
Won't You Be My Neighbour?
Best Foreign Language Film
Burning
Border
Cold War
Roma
Shoplifters
Texas Independent Film Award
1985
An American in Texas
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
Support the Girls
Tejano
Best Poster
BlacKkKlansman
Mandy
Suspiria
Worst Film of the Year
The 15:17 to Paris
The Happytime Murders
Life Itself
Peppermint
Venom
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