Apparently, it's never a bad time to drop your critics' group awards, regardless of how many others have had the same idea, regardless of how many Oscar shortlists are about to drop. Anyway, the North Texas Film Critics Association must have figured someone was looking for them today, as here are their 2019 awards results, and they're actually not that bad! The Irishman wins yet another Best Picture prize, while all four acting categories go to prolific, yet somehow also relatively overlooked, performers this season. And everything's ranked, so you get a good chance to gawp at how good/bad the NTFCA's tastes are. Great stuff.
Best Picture
1. THE IRISHMAN
2. 1917
3. Parasite
4. The Farewell
5. Marriage Story
6. Jojo Rabbit
7. The Peanut Butter Falcon
8. A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
9. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
10. Ford v. Ferrari
11. Joker
Best Director
1. SAM MENDES (1917)
2. Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
3. Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
4. Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
5. Lulu Wang (The Farewell)
Best Actress
1. CHARLIZE THERON (BOMBSHELL)
2. Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
3. Renee Zellweger (Judy)
4. Awkwafina (The Farewell)
5. Lupita Nyong'o (Us)
Best Actor
1. JOAQUIN PHOENIX (JOKER)
2. Robert de Niro (The Irishman)
3. Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
4. Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
5. Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Best Supporting Actress
1. ZHAO SHU ZHEN (THE FAREWELL)
2. Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
3. Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit)
4. Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell)
5. Annette Bening (The Report)
Best Supporting Actor
1. TOM HANKS (A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD)
2. Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
3. Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
4. Al Pacino (The Irishman)
5. Song Kang Ho (Parasite)
Best Cinematography
1. ROGER DEAKINS (1917)
2. Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse)
3. Rodrigo Prieto (The Irishman)
4. Hoyte van Hoytema (Ad Astra)
5. Robert Richardson (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood)
6. Phedon Papamichael (Ford v. Ferrari)
Gary Murray Award for Best Ensemble
KNIVES OUT
Best Animated Film
1. TOY STORY 4
2. Abominable
3. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Best Documentary
1. APOLLO 11
2. American Factory
3. One Child Nation
4. David Crosby: Remember My Name
5. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Best Foreign Language Film
1. PARASITE
2. Pain & Glory
3. Les Miserables
Best Newcomer
ROMAN GRIFFIN DAVIS (JOJO RABBIT)
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