The Fourth tie in LAFCA history occurred this late afternoon. ‘TÁR’ leaves the night with Actress, Screenplay, Director and Picture. “TÁR” is the clear critical favorite this year — it’s won Best Film at both the LAFCA and NYFCC. An Oscar nomination is now very likely.
As mentioned, TÁR’s Todd Field won Best Director. ‘Everything Everywhere’ filmmakers The Daniels did not even get the runner-up spot, instead that went to RRR’s SS Rajamouli.
The LAFCA also went gender neutral this year and yet they managed to reward, in all the acting categories a male and a female performance. What was the point of going gender-neutral if you’re just going to chicken out?
There was also a nice little Oscar push for acting winners Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Dolly de Leon (Triangle of Sadness) Cate Blanchett (TÁR), and Bill Nighy (Living).
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Best Picture: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE and TAR (tie)
Best Director: Todd Field, TAR Best Runner-up: S.S. Rajamouli
Best Documentary/Nonfiction: ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
Best Foreign Language Film: EO
Best Lead Performance: Best Lead Performance, Winners: Cate Blanchett, TAR and Bill Nighy, LIVING Runners-up: Danielle Deadwyler, TILL and Michelle Yeoh, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
Best Screenplay: Todd Field for TAR
Runner-up: Martin McDonagh for THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Best Animation: GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO
Runner-up: MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
Best Screenplay: Todd Field for TAR
Runner-up: Martin McDonagh for THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Best Editing: Blair McClendon for AFTERSUN
Runner-up: Monika Willi for TAR
Best Music/Score: M.M. Keeravani, RRR
Best Supporting Performer: Dolly de Leon, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS and Ke Huy Quan, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE.
Best Cinematography: Michał Dymek, EO
Runner-up: Hoyte van Hoytema, NOPE
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EARLIER: Starting at 10am PST, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association will start revealing their year-end awards. I’m hearing there is already lots of love for “RRR” and “Decision to Leave” within this group.
The Boston Film Critics will also be revealing their winners a bit earlier than L.A — big day ahead.
More to come …