Florida Film Critics Circle — My ballot

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Florida Film Critics Circle, of which I’m a member, released its nominations for 2018’s best films of 2018 are out this afternoon. The Favourite leads with nine nominations. I contributed the following list. We announce winners on Friday.

BEST PICTURE (list three choices in no particular order)

Claire’s Camera
Shoplifters
You Were Never Really Here

BEST ACTOR (list three choices in no particular order)

Ben Foster – Leave No Trace
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here

BEST ACTRESS (list three choices in no particular order)

Juliette Binoche – Let the Sunshine In
Regina Hall – Support the Girls
Charlize Theron – Tully

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (list three choices in no particular order)

Colman Domingo – If Beale Street Could Talk
Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
Steven Yeun – Burning

Best Supporting Actress (list three choices in no particular order)

Sakura Endo – Shoplifters
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Letitia Wright – Black Panther

BEST ENSEMBLE (list three choices in no particular order)
The Favorite
If Beale Street Could Talk
Sorry to Bother You

BEST DIRECTOR

Lucrecia Martel – Zama
Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here
Hoo Sang-Soo – Claire’s Camera

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Paul Schrader – First Reformed
Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty — Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Lee Chang-dong — Burning
Lynne Ramsay — You Were Never Really Here

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Joshua James Richards — The Rider
Lukasz Zal — Cold War
Rui Poças – Zama

VISUAL EFFECTS

Annihilation
First Man
Isle of Dogs

ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Paddington 2
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Favourite

BEST SCORE
Nicolas Brittel – If Beale Street Could Talk
Terrence Howard – Blackkklansman
Johnny Greenwood – You Were Never Really Here

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Monrovia, Indiana
Shirkers
Free Solo

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM (list three choices in no particular order)
Shoplifters
Zama
Burning

ANIMATED FEATURE
Mirai
Night is Short, Walk on Girl
Lu Over the Wall

BEST FIRST FILM AWARD

Sorry to Bother You
Eighth Grade
Hereditary

BREAKOUT AWARD

Raffey Cassidy – Vox Lux
Brady Jandreau – The Rider
Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace

5 thoughts on “Florida Film Critics Circle — My ballot”

      1. No doubt!! Zama is last year for me.This year, LAZZARO FELICE. All the wayyy to the top. (Casey kasem’s voice) I wish you’d seen it.

  2. Lotsa movies I haven’t seen. Hence. a top 5 and 3 BIG dissapointments. Plus one stinker.

    1- HAPPY AS LAZZARO (AliceRohrwacher)
    2- CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (Luca Guadagnino)
    3- PHANTOM THREAD (PTA)
    4. TRANSIT (Christian Petzold)
    5- BLAKKKLANSMAN (Spike Lee)
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    In orden of dissapointment:
    1. ROMA (Alfonso Cuaron)
    2- EL ÁNGEL (Luis Ortega)
    2- PRIVATE LIFE (Tamara Jenkins)
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    Dud
    THREE BILLBOARDS, WHATEVER (Martin McDonut)

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    1. Can you believe, at the Cannes week celebrated here, Thierry Fremaux HIMSELF didn’t show up with either SHOPLIFTERS or BURNING?
      I’m starting to think he’s a bastard.

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