OSCAR WATCH: Critics Choice Awards

In what would be a rather favourable outcome at the Oscars, the Broadcast Film Critics Association anointed Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" as the best film of 2018 at the Critics Choice Awards last night. Cuaron and his film also won Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography. In other highlights, there was a tie between Glenn Close and Lady Gaga (neither of whom I predicted to win), further confirming that this Best Actress race will be a close one. Overall, I accurately predicted 17 out of 25 winners. Here is the full list of awardees:

BEST PICTURE
Roma

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale - Vice

BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close - The Wife and Lady Gaga - A Star is Born

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali – Green Book

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST COMEDY
Crazy Rich Asians

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Christian Bale – Vice

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Olivia Colman - The Favourite

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Elsie Fisher - Eighth Grade

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Favourite

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
First Reformed

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roma

BEST EDITING
First Man

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Black Panther

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Vice

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Black Panther

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Roma

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

BEST SCORE
First Man

BEST SONG
Shallow - A Star is Born

BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE
A Quiet Place

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Mission: Impossible – Fallout