Parasite wins big at 2019 Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards
Often one of awards season's most reliably bright spots, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association has joined the deafening chorus of critics groups announcing their year-end awards today. Bong Joon Ho's Parasite takes top honours, and bags a Supporting Actor win for Song Kang Ho too. Alas, in so doing, it beats Martin Scorsese's The Irishman across all three of its successes. This is a pleasantly eclectic bunch of honorees, if nothing too revolutionary, with a surprise Best Actress pick in the form of Mary Kay Place for Kent Jones' Diane. All in all, Film Twitter ought to love this lot!
Best Picture
PARASITE
Runner-up: The Irishman
Best Director
BONG JOON HO (PARASITE)
Runner-up: Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
Best Actress
MARY KAY PLACE (DIANE)
Runner-up: Lupita Nyong'o (Us)
Best Actor
ANTONIO BANDERAS (PAIN & GLORY)
Runner-up: Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Best Supporting Actress
JENNIFER LOPEZ (HUSTLERS)
Runner-up: Zhao Shu Zhen (The Farewell)
Best Supporting Actor
SONG KANG HO (PARASITE)
Runner-up: Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
Best Screenplay
NOAH BAUMBACH (MARRIAGE STORY)
Runner-up: Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won (Parasite)
Best Cinematography
CLAIRE MATHON (ATLANTICS / PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE)
Runner-up: Roger Deakins (1917)
Best Editing
TODD DOUGLAS MILLER (APOLLO 11)
Runner-up: Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems)
Best Production Design
BARBARA LING (ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD)
Runner-up: Lee Ha Jun (Parasite)
Best Music / Score
DAN LEVY (I LOST MY BODY)
Runner-up: Thomas Newman (1917)
Best Animation
I LOST MY BODY
Runner-up: Toy Story 4
Best Documentary / Non-Fiction Film
AMERICAN FACTORY
Runner-up: Apollo 11
Best Foreign-Language Film
PAIN & GLORY
Runner-up: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
New Generation Award
JIMMIE FAILS, JONATHAN MAJORS AND JOE TALBOT (THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO)
The Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Prize
THE GIVERNY DOCUMENT (JA'TOVIA GARY)
Career Achievement Award
ELAINE MAY
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