The Chicago Film Critics Association announced their nominees for the best of 2018 this morning, and Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” led the contenders with nine nominations, including picks for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Not far behind were Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” and Bradley Cooper’s “A Star is Born,” both of which landed seven nods, including ones for Picture and Director. Both films also earned a pair of acting nominations for Olivia Colman & Rachel Weisz and Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga, respectively. Some of the usual contenders who have popped up during awards season reappeared for Chicago—Ethan Hawke, Melissa McCarthy, Regina King—but the group made a few unexpected choices too, including Steven Yeun for “Burning,” Zoe Kazan for “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” and Joaquin Phoenix for “You Were Never Really Here,” which also landed nominations for Best Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Director for Lynne Ramsay. All in all, 42 films were nominated across 18 categories, indicating a variety of great movies to choose from in 2018. The winners will be announced tomorrow night, December 8th, live from the CFCA Awards Dinner. BEST PICTUREThe FavouriteFirst ReformedHereditaryRomaA Star is Born BEST DIRECTORBradley Cooper, A Star is BornAlfonso Cuaron, RomaYorgos Lanthimos, The FavouriteLynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really HerePaul Schrader, First Reformed BEST ACTORChristian Bale, Vice Bradley Cooper, A Star is BornEthan Hawke, First Reformed Rami Malek, Bohemian RhapsodyJoaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here BEST ACTRESSYalitza Aparicio, RomaToni Collette, Hereditary Lady Gaga, A Star is BornRegina Hall, Support the GirlsMelissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me? BEST SUPPORTING ACTORMahershala Ali, Green Book Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?Michael B. Jordan, Black PantherSteven Yeun, Burning BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSOlivia Colman, The FavouriteElizabeth Debicki, WidowsZoe Kazan, The Ballad of Buster ScruggsRegina King, If Beale Street Could TalkRachel Weisz, The Favourite BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAYBlacKkKlansman by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott & Spike LeeCan You Ever Forgive Me? by Nicole Holofcener & Jeff WhittyThe Death of Stalin by Armando Iannucci, David Schneider & Ian MartinIf Beale Street Could Talk by Barry JenkinsA Star is Born by Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYEighth Grade by Bo BurnhamThe Favourite by Deborah Davis & Tony McNamaraFirst Reformed by Paul SchraderRoma by Alfonso CuaronVice by Adam McKay BEST ANIMATED FEATUREIncredibles 2Isle of DogsRalph Breaks the InternetRuben Brandt: CollectorSpider-Man: Into the Spider-verse BEST DOCUMENTARYFree SoloMinding the GapRBGThree Identical StrangersWon’t You Be My Neighbor? BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMBurningCapernaumCold WarRomaShoplifters BEST ART DIRECTIONAnnihilationBlack PantherThe Favourite Paddington 2Roma BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYCold War – Lukasz ZalThe Favourite – Robbie Ryan First Man – Linus SandgrenIf Beale Street Could Talk – James LaxtonRoma – Alfonso Cuaron BEST EDITINGFirst ManThe Other Side of the WindRoma WidowsYou Were Never Really Here BEST ORIGINAL SCOREFirst Man – Justin HurwitzIf Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas BritellMandy – Johan JohannsonSuspiria – Thom YorkeYou Were Never Really Here – Jonny Greenwood BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTSAnnihilation Black PantherFirst ManMission: Impossible – Fallout Paddington 2 MOST PROMISING FILMMAKERAri Aster, HereditaryBo Burnham, Eighth GradeBradley Cooper, A Star is BornBing Liu, Minding the GapBoots Riley, Sorry to Bother You MOST PROMISING PERFORMERYalitza Aparicio, RomaElsie Fisher, Eighth GradeLady Gaga, A Star is BornThomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Leave No TraceJohn David Washington, BlacKkKlansman & Monsters and Men Note: Brian Tallerico is the President of the CFCA, and Chaz Ebert, Nick Allen, Matt Fagerholm, Peter Sobczynski, Collin Souter and Mark Dujsik are members.
