North Carolina Film Critics Association Announces Award Nominees For 2018
42 professional North Carolinan film critics comprise the North Carolina Film Critics Association, and they've just recently voted on their choices for the best achievements in cinema for 2018. A very close field between several titles nevertheless sees two lead outright - If Beale Street Could Talk and Roma each collect six mentions, two fine films making for a fine reflection on the year. Interesting here is the cold shoulder shown to both The Favourite and A Star Is Born across many categories, though the pair makes room for nine nominations between them. Winners will be announed on the 2nd of January. Check it out:
Best Director
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Damien Chazelle (First Man)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
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)
John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)
Best Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Debicki (Widows)
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)
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
Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You)
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)
Best Cinematography
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Bruno Delbonnel (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
James Laxton (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Linus Sandgren (First Man)
Lukasz Zal (Cold War)
Best Special Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Ready Player One
Best Music
Annihilation
Black Panther
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born
Best Narrative Film
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
Best Animated Film
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Best Documentary Film
Free Solo
RBG
Shirkers
Three Identical Strangers
Won't You Be My Neighbour?
Best Foreign Language Film
Burning
Capernaum
Cold War
The Guilty
Roma
Shoplifters
Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award
Lucas Hedges (Ben Is Back / Boy Erased) - UNC School of the Arts
David Gordon Green and Danny McBride (Halloween) - UNC School of the Arts
Peyton Reed (Ant-Man and the Wasp) - North Carolina native
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