"The Shape of Water" Leads 21st Annual OFCS Nominations

The Online Film Critics Society, of which I am a voting member, released their annual award nominations announcements. The nominees are as follows:

Best Picture

A Ghost Story

Call Me By Your Name

Dunkirk

Get Out

Lady Bird

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Phantom Thread

The Florida Project

The Shape Of Water

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Director of a Motion Picture

Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”

Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”

Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”

Jordan Peele, “Get Out”

Paul Thomas Anderson, “Phantom Thread”

Best Actor in a Motion Picture

Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”

Gary Oldman, “The Darkest Hour”

James Franco, “The Disaster Artist”

Robert Pattinson, “Good Time”

Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name”

Best Actress in a Motion Picture

Cynthia Nixon, “A Quiet Passion”

Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya

Sally Hawkins, “The Shape Of Water”

Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Armie Hammer, “Call Me By Your Name”

Michael Stuhlbarg, “Call Me By Your Name”

Patrick Stewart, “Logan”

Richard Jenkins, “The Shape Of Water”

Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”

Holly Hunter, “The Big Sick”

Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”

Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”

Tiffany Haddish, “Girls Trip”

Best Original Screenplay

Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”

Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, “The Shape of Water”

Jordan Peele, “Get Out”

Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Paul Thomas Anderson, “Phantom Thread”

Best Adapted Screenplay

Aaron Sorkin, “Molly’s Game”

James Gray, “The Lost City of Z”

James Ivory, “Call Me By Your Name”

Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, “The Disaster Artist”

Sofia Coppola, “The Beguiled”

Best Documentary

Dawson City: Frozen Time

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Faces Places

Jane

The Work

Best Foregin Language Film

BPM (Beats Per Minute)
First They Killed My Father

Nocturama

Raw

Thelma

The Square

Best Animated Feature

Coco

In This Corner Of The World

Lego Batman Movie

Loving Vincent

The Breadwinner

Best Editing in a Motion Picture

Ben Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, “Good Time”

Lee Smith, “Dunkirk”

Paul Machliss, “Baby Driver”

Sidney Wolinsky, “The Shape Of Water”

Tatiana S. Riegel, “I, Tonya”

Best Cinematography in a Motion Picture

Dan Laustsen, “The Shape Of Water”

Darius Khondji, “Lost City Of Z”

Hoyte van Hoytema, “Dunkirk”

Rachel Morrison, “Mudbound”

Roger Deakins, “Blade Runner 2049”

Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Get Out

Lady Bird

Mudbound

The Post

The Shape Of Water

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Breakout Star of the Year

Brooklynn Prince, “The Florida Project”

Dafne Keen, “Logan”

Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”

Tiffany Haddish, “Girls Trip”

Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name”

Winners will be announced on Dec. 28.