Ahead of the Oscars, ‘Roma’ and ‘The Favourite’ win at London Critics Circle Awards

Roma is captivating audiences both at the theater and on the television screen.
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With the Oscars nominations announcement coming this Tuesday, the London Critics Circle Awards held its event last night in London. “Roma” took home best film, again, after receiving a Critics Choice Award, though it lost to “Cold War” for foreign language film. 

"The Favourite" was the most nominated film with 10 nominations. The women received a lot of love. Rachel Weisz won best supporting actress while Olivia Colman took home best actress for “The Favourite.” This is Colman’s first win as best actress. She has previously won two best actress in comedy awards at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards. "The Favourite” also won for for best screenplay, beating out "Roma," and took home the award for best British film.  

"First Reformed," which was notably missing from the Golden Globes, also received another win after receiving a Critics Choice Award for best screenplay. Ethan Hawke, who was nominated for best actor at the Critics Choice Awards, won best actor for his performance in "First Reformed," beating out Christian Bale for “Vice." Richard E. Grant won best supporting actor for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” starring Melissa McCarthy.

Alfonso Cuaron won again for best director for “Roma.” "Face Places," a documentary directed by the legendary 90-year-old French director Agnès Varda won best documentary. 

With the Oscar nominations upon us, we have a few predictions for the nominations and even potential wins:

“The Favourite” is bound to receive a healthy dose of Oscar nominations judging by its nominating performance this season. Olivia Coleman may even win for best actress. Christian Bale should receive a best actor nomination, and may even win, for “Vice.” It seems likely that “First Reformed,” though missed by the Golden Globes, will receive an Oscar nomination for best screenplay and best actor for Ethan Hawke as well. 

“Roma” will most definitely be nominated for best film, best director and best screenplay, and it seems likely that it will win for best picture. “BlacKkKlansman” should receive best film nomination as well as "First Man," "A Star is Born," "If Beale Street Could Talk," "Green Book," and "Vice." 

See below for a full list of the nominations and winners at this years London Critics Circle Awards.

FILM OF THE YEAR

BlacKkKlansman

Cold War

The Favourite

First Man

First Reformed

The Happy Prince

Leave No Trace

Roma

Shoplifters

You Were Never Really Here

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

120 Beats per Minute

Cold War

A Fantastic Woman

Roma

Shoplifters

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

Faces Places

McQueen

They Shall Not Grow Old

Three Identical Strangers

Whitney

BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR: The Attenborough Award

Apostasy

Beast

The Favourite

The Happy Prince

You Were Never Really Here

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Alfonso Cuaron – Roma

Debra Granik – Leave No Trace

Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite

Pawel Pawlikowski – Cold War

Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Alfonso Cuaron – Roma

Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara – The Favourite

Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk

Steve McQueen & Gillian Flynn – Widows

Paul Schrader – First Reformed

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Yalitza Aparicio – Roma

Glenn Close – The Wife

Toni Collette – Hereditary

Olivia Colman – The Favourite

Joanna Kulig – Cold War

ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Christian Bale – Vice

Rupert Everett – The Happy Prince

Ben Foster – Leave No Trace

Ethan Hawke – First Reformed

Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Elizabeth Debicki – Widows

Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times at the El Royale

Claire Foy – First Man

Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk

Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman

Richard E Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Michael B Jordan – Black Panther

Daniel Kaluuya – Widows

Alessandro Nivola – Disobedience

BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns, A Quiet Place, Sherlock Gnomes

Jessie Buckley – Beast

Olivia Colman – The Favourite

Claire Foy – First Man, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Unsane

Rachel Weisz – Disobedience, The Favourite

BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Christian Bale – Mowgli, Vice

Steve Coogan – Holmes & Watson, Ideal Home, Stan & Ollie

Rupert Everett – The Happy Prince

Richard E Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Daniel Kaluuya – Black Panther, Widows

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Liv Hill – Jellyfish, The Little Stranger

Noah Jupe – Holmes & Watson, A Quiet Place, That Good Night, The Titan

Anya Taylor-Joy – Glass, The Secret of Marrowbone, Thoroughbreds

Fionn Whitehead – The Children Act

Molly Wright – Apostasy

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER: The Philip French Award

Deborah Davis – The Favourite

Rupert Everett – The Happy Prince

Deborah Haywood – Pin Cushion

Daniel Kokotajlo – Apostasy

Michael Pearce – Beast

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM

Little Shit – Richard Gorodecky

Night Out – Amelia Hashemi

Salt & Sauce – Alia Ghafar

Three Centimetres – Lara Zeidan

Under Growth – Evin O’Neill

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

American Animals – film editing, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill & Julian Hart

BlacKkKlansman – costume design, Marci Rodgers

Cold War – cinematography, Lukasz Zal

The Favourite – production design, Fiona Crombie

First Man – visual effects, Paul Lambert

If Beale Street Could Talk – music, Nicholas Britell

Mission: Impossible Fallout – stunts, Wade Eastwood

A Quiet Place – sound design, Ethan Van der Ryn & Erik Aadahl

Suspiria – music, Thom Yorke

You Were Never Really Here – film editing, Joe Bini