‘Roma’ named best picture by LA film critics
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced its 2018 winners for the best in film Sunday with top honours going to Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma.
The black-and-white film, about a middleclass Mexican family and its live-in nanny, took the awards for best picture and cinematography. Cuaron, who served as cinematographer as well as director, was also awarded runner-up for directing the film and for editing with Adam Gough.
Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk was also shown love at the annual deliberations, taking awards for supporting actress (Regina King) and score as well as recognition as runner-up for cinematography. (Elizabeth Debicki was runner-up as supporting actress for Widows.)
The lead actor award went to Ethan Hawke for his performance as a pastor who spirals out of control in First Reformed. Hawke also won a New York Film Critics Circle Award for the role. Ben Foster was runnerup for Leave No Trace.
After some debate on whether to include her in the lead or supporting actress categories, Olivia Colman took lead actress for The Favourite. Toni Collette was runner-up for Hereditary. —Los Angeles Times