The 2018 Online Film Critics Society awards are out. A few weird films garnered nominations this year—Annihilation and Suspiria for Best Picture, Sorry to Bother You for Best Original Screenplay and Best Debut Feature—but we had no winners from our genre (unless you count the marginally weird Hereditary).
The Online Film Critics society has predicted the Academy Awards Best Picture winner three out of the last seven years.
Normally I add comments on my choices, but due to a time crunch this year, I am merely listing the winners, along with my votes for posterity.
BEST PICTURE
Winner: Roma
My Vote: The Death of Stalin (not nominated); Hereditary (official vote)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
My Vote: Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (not nominated); Incredibles 2 (official vote)
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
My vote: Wes Anderson, Isle of Dogs (not nominated); Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
BEST LEAD ACTOR
Winner: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
My vote: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Winner: Toni Collette, Hereditary
My vote: Helena Howard, Madeline’s Madeline (not nominated); Olivia Colman, The Favourite (official vote)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
My vote: Daniel Kaluuya, Widows (not nominated); Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
My vote: Tilda Swinton, Suspiria (not nominated); Rachel Weisz, The Favourite (official vote)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Paul Schrader, First Reformed
My vote: Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
My vote: The Death of Stalin (not nominated); Can You Ever Forgive Me? (official vote)
BEST EDITING
Winner: Eddie Hamilton, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
My vote: Mission: Impossible – Fallout
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
My vote: Mandy (not nominated); Roma (official vote)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Winner: Nicholas Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk
My vote: Mandy (not nominated), First Man (official vote)
BEST DEBUT FEATURE
Winner: Ari Aster, Hereditary
My vote: Hereditary
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Winner: Roma
My Vote: Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (not nominated); Roma (official vote)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
My vote: Free Solo
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Winners:
Annihilation, Best Visual Effects
Black Panther, Best Costume Design
Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Best Stunt Coordination
A Quiet Place, Best Sound Design
A Star Is Born, Best Original Songs
My votes:
Border, Hair and Makeup
Mandy, Production Design
November, Production Design
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Visual Effects
Suspiria, Hair and Makeup