Seattle Film Critics Society Announce Nominations

Forget the smell of coffee and the sound of Microsoft updates, the Seattle Film Critics Society have announced their film awards nominations for 2018. Gia sou, once again Yorgos Lanthimos, as his The Favourite tops the tally chart. Not far behind, though, the likes of Roma, Black Panther, and If Beale Street Could Talk. Nominations are below, and winners announced a week today.

BEST PICTURE
Black Panther
Blindspotting
The Favourite
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Paddington 2
Roma
A Star is Born
Suspiria
BEST DIRECTOR
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Paul Schrader – First Reformed
BEST ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
Daveed Diggs – Blindspotting
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here
BEST ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Regina Hall – Support the Girls
Lady Gaga – A Star is Born
BEST ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Russell Hornsby – The Hate U Give
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
Steven Yeun – Burning
BEST ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Elizabeth Debicki – Widows
Claire Foy – First Man
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Black Panther
The Favourite
If Beale Street Could Talk
Vice
Widows
BEST SCREENPLAY
Blindspotting – Rafael Casal & Daveed Diggs
The Favourite – Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara
First Reformed – Paul Schrader
If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Incredibles 2 – Brad Bird
Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson
Mirai – Mamoru Hosoda
Ralph Breaks the Internet – Rich Moore & Phil Johnston
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Burning – Lee Chang-dong
Cold War – Paweł Pawlikowski
Revenge – Coralie Fargeat
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
Shoplifters – Hirokazu Kore-eda
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Free Solo – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, directors
Minding the Gap – Bing Liu, director
Shirkers – Sandi Tan, director
Three Identical Strangers – Tim Wardle, director
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – Morgan Neville, director
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Favourite – Robbie Ryan
If Beale Street Could Talk – James Laxton
Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Rob Hardy
The Rider – Joshua James Richards
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther – Ruth E. Carter
Colette – Andrea Flesch
The Favourite – Sandy Powell
Mary Poppins Returns – Sandy Powell
Suspiria – Giulia Piersanti
BEST FILM EDITING
BlacKkKlansman – Barry Alexander Brown
The Favourite – Yorgos Mavropsaridis
First Man – Tom Cross
Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Eddie Hamilton
Roma – Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Gough
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
First Man – Justin Hurwitz
If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
Mandy – Jóhann Jóhannsson
Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Lorne Balfe
You Were Never Really Here – Jonny Greenwood
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Black Panther – Hannah Beachler (Production Designer); Jay Hart (Set Decorator)
The Favourite – Fiona Crombie (Production Designer); Alice Felton (Set Decorator)
First Man – Nathan Crowley (Production Designer); Kathy Lucas (Set Decorator) 
Mary Poppins Returns – John Myhre (Production Designer); Gordon Sim (Set Decorator)
Roma – Eugenio Caballero (Production Designer); Bárbara Enríquez (Set Decorator)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Annihilation
Avengers Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Kairi Jyo – Shoplifters
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie – Leave No Trace
Milly Shapiro – Hereditary
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
Erik Killmonger – Black Panther – Michael B. Jordan
Jatemme Manning – Widows – Daniel Kaluuya
Phoenix Buchanan – Paddington 2 – Hugh Grant
STEM – Upgrade – Simon Maiden
Thanos – Avengers: Infinity War – Josh Brolin