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THE FAVOURITE, ROMA, SHOPLIFTERS, SHIRKERS Win 2018 Florida Critics Awards
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite, the dark comedy set in early 18th century England, won the top honor of 2018 Best Picture from the Florida Film Critics Circle.
ROMA, QUINCY, BLACK PANTHER Win 2018 Black Film Critics Circle Honors
The Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC) named Black Panther as the Best Picture of 2018 with Best Foreign Film going to Roma, and Best Documentary to Quincy.
Film Society of Lincoln Center to Honor ROMA Director Alfonso Cuarón with Retrospective
The Film Society of Lincoln Center will spotlight the films of director Alfonso Cuarón with an eight-film retrospective titled Complete Cuarón from January 4 to 8.
GREEN BOOK, ROMA, AMERICAN ANIMALS Win 2018 Phoenix Film Critics Awards
Phoenix Film Critics Society announced its 2018 award winners with Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book,” capturing Best Picture honors.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ THE FAVOURITE Leads with 10 Nominations for 39th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
Yorgos Lanthimos’ black comedy The Favourite was out front with 10 nominations for the 39th annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards.
ROMA, WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR, THE FAVOURITE Win 2018 Southeastern Film Critics Awards
Alfonso Cuaron’s ROMA continues its winning streak with the Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards as the film was awarded the top prize of Best Film.
ROMA, FREE SOLO Among Winners of Seattle Film Critics 2018 Awards
The Seattle Film Critics Society awarded the top prize of Best Picture to Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, a semi-autobiographical film that follows the life of a live-in housekeeper during a politically turbulent time in Mexico City.
THE FAVOURITE Leads with 6 Nominations for 2018 Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite leads the nominations for the 2018 Houston Film Critics Society awards with six, including Best Picture, and Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos.
ROMA, WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR, ISLE OF DOGS Score with Las Vegas Film Critics
Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma was a hit with the Las Vegas Film Critics, winning five awards including; Best Picture, Best Director and Best Foreign Film.
FIRST REFORMED, ROMA and MINDING THE GAP Win with Vancouver Film Critics
Paul Schrader’s First Reformed leads the Vancouver Film Critic’s Circle international awards with three wins, including Best Director for Schrader.
ROMA and SPIDER-MAN Score with Award Honors from Utah Film Critics
Roma and Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse scored three awards with the Utah Film Critics Association, with Spider-man receiving the honors of being named Best Picture of 2018.
THE HATE U GIVE is Loved by Indiana Film Journalists, Named Best Film of 2018
“The Hate U Give,” a drama that examines contemporary race relations in America took top prizes at the 2018 Indiana Film Journalists Association awards, including Best Film.
ROMA and THE FAVOURITE in Record Tie for Best Film Honors from Kansas City Film Critics
Roma and The Favourite took home three Kansas City Film Critics Circle’s James Loutzenhiser Awards each, and tied for the top prize of Best Film.
9 Award Categories incl. Documentary, Foreign Language Film, Short Film Shortlists Revealed for 91st Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars in nine categories.
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Named Best Film of 2018 by Boston Society of Film Critics
If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel won three award honors, including Best Picture of 2018 from the Boston Society of Film Critics.
ROMA, THE RIDER, WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR Win 2018 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Honors
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the musical drama A STAR IS BORN as the best film of 2018, ROMA as the best foreign-language film and WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR won for Best Documentary.
THE FAVOURITE and ROADS IN FEBRUARY Lead Vancouver Film Critics’ Circles’ Awards Nominations
The Favourite leads in the Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s international section with six nominations and Katherine Jerkovic’s Roads in February leads all films in the Canadian section with six nominations.
2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival to Screen 223 Films, Opens with Kenneth Branagh’s ALL IS TRUE
The 30th Palm Springs International Film Festival will screen 223 films; opening with All is True directed by Kenneth Branagh, and closes with Ladies in Black, directed by Bruce Beresford.
ZAMA, BURNING, and FIRST REFORMED Top Film Comment 2018 Best Films
Lucrecia Martel’s Zama, Lee Chang-dong’s Burning, and Paul Schrader’s First Reformed took the top spots among films released in 2018 on Film Comment’s annual end-of-year survey.
Yalitza Aparicio, Elsie Fisher, Richard E. Grant, John David Washington and more to Receive Virtuosos Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has selected 8 talented actors for their breakthrough roles in 2018 to receive the 2019 Virtuosos Award.
QUINCY, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, BLACKKKLANSMAN Win 2018 African American Film Critics Honors
The African American Film Critics Association named Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” the Best Film of 2018, “If Beale Street Could Talk” was named Best Independent Film.
Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA Tops Sight & Sound’s Critics Poll of 2018 Best Films
Sight & Sound, the BFI’s international film magazine, today named Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma as the Best Film of 2018 in one of the most anticipated and respected critics’ opinion poll: Sight & Sound’s Films of the Year.
BLACKKKLANSMAN, ROMA, WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Win 2018 San Francisco Film Critics Awards
The San Francisco Film Critics Circle named Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma the Best Picture of 2018, but the film tied with Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman for the most awards.