Second-/Third-Tier Critics

[Mister Tee]

Per the tradition I began last year: I refuse to give all these regional critics' groups individual threads, but, for the sake of a complete record, I'll collect them all in this section.

First up: Atlanta, who immediately demonstrate that, even in a year with many candidates, the lemming-instinct is strong. Their top six films are pretty much the blogger consensus, though they take a stab at courage by slotting the foreign film first. And, aside from going with Dern over JLo, they also picked the most blogger-promoted acting choices. (Over at Awards Worthy, several people immediately chimed in "Substitute Phoenix for Driver and there's your Oscar winners". God, I hate those people.)

Atlanta Film Critics

Top 10 Films
1. PARASITE
2. THE IRISHMAN
3. MARRIAGE STORY
4. ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD
5. 1917
6. LITTLE WOMEN
7. UNCUT GEMS
8. KNIVES OUT
9. PAIN AND GLORY
10. APOLLO 11

Best Lead Actor
ADAM DRIVER - MARRIAGE STORY

Best Lead Actress
RENEE ZELLWEGER - JUDY

Best Supporting Actor
BRAD PITT - ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD

Best Supporting Actress
LAURA DERN - MARRIAGE STORY

Best Ensemble Cast
THE IRISHMAN

Best Director
BONG JOON-HO - PARASITE

Best Screenplay
BONG JOON-HO and HAN JIN-WON - PARASITE

Best Documentary
APOLLO 11

Best Foreign Language Film
PARASITE

Best Animated Film
TOY STORY 4

Best Cinematography
ROGER DEAKINS - 1917

Best Original Score
THOMAS NEWMAN - 1917

AFCC Special Award for BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
KELVIN HARRISON JR.

AFCC Special Award for BEST FIRST FILM
OLIVIA WILDE for BOOKSMART