For anyone following along what the current awards season, the big news here is not necessarily how well Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman are doing, but rather that Greta Gerwig’s fantastic modern-day reimagining of classical literature Little Women has not been left out to dry in the nominations for the the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards. Adam Sandler and Elisabeth Moss also got acting nominations for their respective categories, making this the only awards ceremony you need to care about. Check out the official press release below:
Comprised of voting members who represent outlets including the Chicago Sun-Times, The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, RogerEbert.com, The A.V Club, Vulture, NPR and many more, the Chicago Film Critics Association annually presents traditional awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress, among others. With a particular focus on emerging talents, the CFCA also presents breakthrough awards to both an actor and filmmaker with the most promise for future career achievements. This year, the Breakthrough Filmmaker Award was renamed to the Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker, in honor of the longtime CFCA member and pillar of the Chicago film community who passed away in July.
A reliably diverse voting body, the 2019 Chicago Film Critics Awards again honor a broad list of films and creators, with a total of 41 films nominated across nineteen categories. With 19 nominations, Netflix is the most recognized studio; A24 and Neon share the second and third most nominations with a distant 13 and 12, respectively. Greta Gerwig is the most-nominated woman in 2019, garnering nods for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, among others. Female filmmakers Lulu Wang and Céline Sciamma are included in the Best Foreign Language Film category (for The Farewell and Portrait of a Lady on Fire, respectively), while Lorene Scafaria (for Hustlers) joins Gerwig in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.
The complete list of 2019 Chicago Film Critics Awards nominations is as follows:
MILOS STEHLIK BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER AWARD
Mati Diop, Atlantics
Alma Har’el, Honey Boy
Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Lulu Wang, The Farewell
Olivia Wilde, Booksmart
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Julia Butters, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
Julia Fox, Uncut Gems
Aisling Franciosi, The Nightingale
Taylor Russell, Waves
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, 1917
Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
Robert Richardson, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Hong Kyung Pyo, Parasite
Claire Mathon, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Thomas Newman, 1917
Alexandre Desplat, Little Women
Randy Newman, Marriage Story
Daniel Lopatin, Uncut Gems
Michael Abels, Us
BEST ART DIRECTION
1917
Knives Out
Little Women
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Parasite
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dolemite is My Name
Little Women
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Rocketman
BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
1917
Ad Astra
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
Midsommar
BEST EDITING
1917
The Irishman
Little Women
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Uncut Gems
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Frozen 2
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Factory
Apollo 11
For Sama
Hail Satan?
Honeyland
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Farewell
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Transit
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Farewell by Lulu Wang
Knives Out by Rian Johnson
Marriage Story by Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino
Parasite by Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood by Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster
Hustlers by Lorene Scafaria
The Irishman by Steven Zaillian
Jojo Rabbit by Taika Waititi
Little Women by Greta Gerwig
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Shia Labeouf, Honey Boy
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cho Yeo Jeong, Parasite
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
BEST ACTOR
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Robert De Niro, The Irishman
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
BEST ACTRESS
Awkwafina, The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Renée Zellweger, Judy
BEST DIRECTOR
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
BEST PICTURE
The Irishman
Little Women
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Parasite
I have already submitted my personal ballot but must be excused so I can go bribe the other members to vote for Adam Sandler. On a serious note, let us know below what you think of the nominations. You can check back here Sunday morning for a full list of winners.
Robert Kojder is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Flickering Myth Reviews Editor. Check here for new reviews, friend me on Facebook, follow my Twitter or Letterboxd, check out my personal non-Flickering Myth affiliated Patreon, or email me at MetalGearSolid719@gmail.com