So, the San Diego Film Critics Society announced their 2018 film winners earlier. Some rather deft choices for sure. Here are the winners in full:
Best Picture
LEAVE NO TRACE
Runner Up: GREEN BOOK
Best Director
Debra Granik, LEAVE NO TRACE
Runner Up: Peter Farrelly, GREEN BOOK
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke, FIRST REFORMED
Runner Up: Viggo Mortensen, GREEN BOOK
Best Actress
Glenn Close, THE WIFE
Runner Up: Melissa McCarthy, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Best Supporting Actor
*TIE*
Richard E. Grant, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Timothée Chalamet, BEAUTIFUL BOY
Best Supporting Actress
Nicole Kidman, BOY ERASED
Running Up: Nina Arianda, STAN & OLLIE
Best Comedic Performance
Hugh Grant, PADDINGTON 2
Runner Up: Jesse Plemons, GAME NIGHT
Best Original Screenplay
Bo Burnham, EIGHTH GRADE
Runner Up: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, GREEN BOOK
Best Adapted Screenplay
Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows, Fabien Nury, THE DEATH OF STALIN
Runner Up: Joel Edgerton, BOY ERASED
Best Documentary
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
Runner Up: FREE SOLO
Best Animated Film
ISLE OF DOGS
Runner Up: SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
Best Foreign Language Film
SHOPLIFTERS
Runner Up: CAPERNAUM
Best Costume Design
*TIE*
Sandy Powell, THE FAVOURITE
Runner Up: Lindy Hemming, PADDINGTON 2
Best Editing
JamieGross, David Egan, GAME NIGHT
Runner Up: Christopher Tellefsen, A QUIET PLACE
Best Cinematography
Bruno Delbonnel, THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
Joshua James Richards, THE RIDER
Best Production Design
Fiona Crombie, THE FAVOURITE
Runner Up: John Paul Kelly, STAN & OLLIE
Best Visual Effects
READY PLAYER ONE
Runner Up: CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
Best Use of Music
BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
Runner Up: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Breakthrough Artist
Thomasin McKenzie, LEAVE NO TRACE
Runner Up: Charlie Plummer, LEAN ON PETE
Best Ensemble
GAME NIGHT
Runner Up: THE FAVOURITE
Body of Work
John C. Reilly, THE SISTERS BROTHERS, RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET, STAN & OLLIE
