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