Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

[Big Magilla]

And I had Hüller and Stone for lead with Scott and on other guy (Murphy instead of Wright) for runners-up.

I also had Randolph as one of the supporting winners and Melton as one of the runners-up with Downey in place of McAdams and Pike in place of Gladstone whose placement in support is probably a one-off at this point.

[Mister Tee]

Two things to note re: the performance awards.

1) Gladstone does the Reverse Arquette.

2) I weirdly had the exacta in lead -- nailed all four winners/runners-up -- except I expected they'd break down male/female instead of breaking out two women/two men.

Also weird that, in a year we've been talking about how strong the male roster is, that females should take both win slots.

[Sabin]

LAFCA is an ordeal. It goes forever.

I'm already wondering if I did the right thing shifting from Poor Things to KotFM; after seeing it, it just strikes me as more of an audience crowd-pleasing. But it does look great.

[Mister Tee]

Thanks for grabbing this duty. I'm already going crazy following the two (along with doing Connections and my Sunday crossword), and appreciate not having to compile both lists

[Sabin]

Best Picture: THE ZONE OF INTEREST
(runner up: OPPENHEIMER)

Best Film Not in the English Language: ANATOMY OF A FALL
(runner up: TOTEM)

Best Director: Jonathan Glazer, THE ZONE OF INTEREST
(runner up: Yorgos Lanthimos, POOR THINGS)

Best Lead Performance: Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL and THE ZONE OF INTEREST, and Emma Stone, POOR THINGS
(runner up: Andrew Scott, ALL OF US STRANGERS, and Jeffrey Wright, AMERICAN FICTION)

Best Supporting Performance: Rachel McAdams, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET., and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
(runner up: Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, and Ryan Gosling, BARBIE)

Best Screenplay: Andrew Haigh, ALL OF US STRANGERS
(Runner up: Samy Burch, MAY DECEMBER)

Best Cinematography: Robbie Ryan, POOR THINGS
(runner up: Rodrigo Prieto, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON & BARBIE)

Best Editing: Laurent Sénéchal, ANATOMY OF A FALL
(Runner-up: Jonathan Alberts, ALL OF US STRANGERS )

Best Music/Score: Mica Levi, THE ZONE OF INTEREST, with special recognition of the contribution of sound designer Johnnie Burn)
(runner up: Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, BARBIE

Best Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, BARBIE
(runner up: Shona Heath and James Price, POOR THINGS)

Best Animation: THE BOY AND THE HERON
(runner up: ROBOT DREAMS)

Best Non-Fiction Film: MENUS-PLAISIRS — LES TROISGROS
(runner up: THE ETERNAL MEMORY)

New Generation: Celine Song, PAST LIVES