Little Women wins first Best Picture award from Boston Society of Film Critics

Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan and Eliza Scanlen in Little Women

The Boston Society of Film Critics are on hand to offer a pleasant corrective to one of awards season's most egregious oversights! Two female-directed movies top their Best Picture poll, in a year (relatively) brimful of awards contenders from women directors yet light on recognition for them. Greta Gerwig's Little Women is a strong presence throughout the BSFC's 2019 awards slate, winning four prizes, while voters still found space for other excellent choices such as Parasite and Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

Best Picture

LITTLE WOMEN

Runner-up: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Director

BONG JOON HO (PARASITE)

Runner-up: Greta Gerwig (Little Women)

Best Actress

SAOIRSE RONAN (LITTLE WOMEN)

Runner-up: Elisabeth Moss (Her Smell)

Runner-up: Mary Kay Place (Diane)

Best Actor

ADAM SANDLER (UNCUT GEMS)

Runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)

Best Supporting Actress

LAURA DERN (MARRIAGE STORY)

Runner-up: Florence Pugh (Little Women)

Best Supporting Actor

BRAD PITT (ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD)

Runner-up: Joe Pesci (The Irishman)

Best Screenplay

QUENTIN TARANTINO (ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD)

Runner-up: Little Women

Runner-up: Marriage Story

Best Cinematography

CLAIRE MATHON (PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE)

Runner-up: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Best Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer)

THELMA SCHOONMAKER (THE IRISHMAN)

Runner-up: Uncut Gems

Best Original Score

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (LITTLE WOMEN)

Runner-up: The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Best Ensemble Cast

LITTLE WOMEN

Runner-up: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Runner-up: Parasite

Best Animated Film

I LOST MY BODY

Runner-up: Toy Story 4

Best Documentary

HONEYLAND

Runner-up: Apollo 11

Runner-up: Hail Satan?

Best Foreign Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr)

PARASITE

Runner-up: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy)

JOE TALBOT (THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO)

Runner-up: Mati Diop (Atlantics)

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