By Matt Neglia
The St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) have announced their nominees representing the best in film for 2018. The winners will be announced next Sunday.
Click below to see the nominations.
BEST FILM
BlacKkKlansman
First Reformed
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
BEST DIRECTOR
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay – Vice
BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
BEST ACTRESS
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Coleman – The Favourite
Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
Charlize Theron – Tully
Glenn Close – The Wife
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Steve Carell – Vice
Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Vice
Emily Blunt – A Quiet Place
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eighth Grade – Bo Burnham
The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
First Reformed – Paul Schrader
A Quiet Place – Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski
Vice – Adam McKay
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BlacKkKlansman – Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee (Screenplay); Ron Stallworth (Book)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (Screenplay); Lee Israel (Book)
If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins (Screenplay); James Baldwin (Novel)
A Star Is Born – Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters (Screenplay); Moss Hart (1954 Screenplay); John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion, and Frank Pierson (1976 Screenplay); William A. Wellman and Robert Carson (Story).
Widows – Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen (Screenplay); Linda La Plante (1983 – 85 Screenplay)
BEST EDITING
First Man – Tom Cross
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough
A Star Is Born – Jay Cassidy
Vice – Hank Corwin
Widows – Joe Walker
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Favourite – Robbie Ryan
First Man – Linus Sandgren
Green Book – Sean Porter
If Beale Street Could Talk – James Paxton
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
A Star Is Born – Matthew Libatique
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Black Panther – Sarah Greenwood
The Favourite – Dennis Gassner
First Man – Nathan Crowley
If Beale Street Could Talk – Mark Tildesley
Roma – Paul D. Austerberry
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Annihilation
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
BEST SCORE
Annihilation – Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Carter Burwell
BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard
First Man – Justin Hurwitz
If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
BEST SOUNDTRACK
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Hate U Give
Ready Player One
A Star Is Born
BEST ACTION FILM
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ready Player One
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Ralph Breaks the Internet
BEST COMEDY FILM
Game Night
Deadpool 2
The Favourite
Paddington 2
Sorry to Bother You
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Free Solo
RBG
Science Fair
Three Identical Strangers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Capernaum – Lebanon
The Captain – Germany
The Guilty – Denmark
Roma – Mexico
Shoplifters – Japan
BEST SCENE
BlacKkKlansman – Final montage
Bohemian Rhapsody – Live Aid
Roma – Ocean Rescue
Vice – The “Ending” of Vice
Avengers: Inifinty War – Thor’s Arrival In Wakanda
WORST FILM
The Happytime Murders
Life of the Party
Life Itself
A Wrinkle In Time
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