It has been a great few days for Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite. The film has been collecting numerous Best Picture of the Year wins from various critics circles and it also earned a Best Ensemble nomination from SAG this morning. The film can now odd another critics award to its mantle because The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has also named the film the Best Picture of the year.
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association went a little out of the box for its choice for Best Actor. While Antonio Banderas has been a part of the conversation, Adam Driver has been taking many of the critic’s awards for his role in Marriage Story. LAFCA went with Antonio Banderas for the honor for his critically acclaimed turn in Pedro Almodovar’s Pain And Glory. In a bit of a surprise turn, that film was also given Best Foreign Language film honors while Parasite, which has been sweeping this category, wasn’t even a runner-up.
Jennifer Lopez has been pulling nominations for her supporting turn in Hustlers this awards season but LAFCA gave her win for Best Supporting Actress. The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association also gave her a win in this category while the comeback performance has also earned her nominations from the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice Awards and Spirit Independent Awards. In terms of Oscar, it’s coming down to Lopez, Laura Dern or Kathy Bates but Lopez inclusion in the race has certainly made this category more exciting than it would’ve been without her.
LAFAC also made offbeat choices in Lead Actress and Supporting Actor. Mary Kay Place won Best Actress for Diane while Song Kang-ho took Best Supporting Actor for Parasite. You likely won’t see these two vying for the Oscar in their respective categories.
Check out below for the full list of winners:
Best Picture: Parasite (Runner Up: The Irishman)
Best Director: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite (Runner Up: Martin Scorsese, The Irishman)
Best Actor: Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory (Runner Up: Adam Driver, Marriage Story)
Best Actress: Mary Kay Place, Diane (Runner Up: Lupita Nyong’o, Us)
Best Supporting Actor: Song Kang-ho, Parasite (Runner Up: Joe Pesci, The Irishman)
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers (Runner Up: Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell)
Best Screenplay: Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story (Runner Up: Bong Joon-ho & Jin Won-han, Parasite)
Best Cinematography: Claire Mathon, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Atlantics (Runner Up: Roger Deakins, 1917)
Best Production Design: Barbara Ling, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Runner Up: Lee Ha-jun, Parasite)
Best Editing: Todd Douglas Miller, Apollo 18 (Runner Up: Ronald Bronstein & Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems)
Best Music Score: Dan Levy, I Lost My Body (Runner Up: Thomas Newman, 1917)
Best Foreign-Language Film: Pain and Glory (Runner Up: Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: American Factory (Runner Up: Apollo 18)
Best Animation: I Lost My Body (Runner Up: Toy Story 4)
New Generation Award: Joe Talbot, Jimmie Falls & Jonathan Majors, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Career Achievement: Elaine May
The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: Ja’Tovia Gary’s The Giverny Document
