Alfonso Cuaron's 'Roma' takes top honors from Chicago Film Critics
Alfonso Cuarón's "Roma" was named Best Picture of 2018 by the Chicago Film Critics Association, which also honored the filmmaker with wins for directing, cinematography and editing.
The Spanish-language drama, a black-and-white film revolving around a family in 1970s Mexico City, was named Best Foreign Film as well, and its five awards made it the big winner at the awards ceremony this weekend.
Four other movies tied for second place with two prizes each: "The Favourite," "First Reformed," "Hereditary" and "If Beale Street Could Talk."
The Chicago Film Critics Association winners are:
Best Picture: "Roma"
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, "Roma"
Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, "First Reformed"
Best Actress: Toni Collette, "Hereditary"
Best Supporting Actor: Richard E. Grant, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Best Supporting Actress: Olivia Colman, "The Favourite"
Best Original Screenplay: Paul Schrader, "First Reformed"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Barry Jenkins, "If Beale Street Could Talk"
Best Foreign Film: "Roma"
Best Documentary: "Minding the Gap"
Best Animated Film: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"
Best Cinematography: "Roma," Alfonso Cuarón
Best Editing: "Roma," Alfonso Cuaron & Adam Gough
Best Art Direction/Production Design: "The Favourite"
Best Original Score: "If Beale Street Could Talk," Nicholas Britell
Best Use of Visual Effects: "Annihilation"
Most Promising Filmmaker: Ari Aster, "Hereditary"
Most Promising Performer: Elsie Fisher, "Eighth Grade."