Los Angeles Film Critics Association Predictions

[Precious Doll]

Best Picture
Winner: Parasite
RU: The Lighthouse

Best Director
Winner: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
RU: Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

Best Actor
Winner: Antonio Banderas, Pain & Glory
RU: Robert De Niro, The Irishman

Best Actress
Winner: Tao Zhao, Ash is Purest White
RU: Alfre Woodward, Clemency

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
RU: Joe Pesci, The Irishman

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
RU: Jo Yeo-jeong, Parasite

Best Screenplay
Winner: Parasite
RU: Marriage Story

Best Cinematography
Winner: 1917
RU: The Lighthouse

Best Production Design
Winner: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
RU: 1917

Best Editing
Winner: 1917
RU: Parasite

Best Music Score
Winner: 1917
RU: Little Women

Best Foreign-Language Film
Winner: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
RU: Ash is Purest White

Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Winner: For Sama
RU: Apollo 11

Best Animation
Winner: I Lost My Body
RU: Bunuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

[anonymous1980]

Mine:

BEST PICTURE: Marriage Story
(Runner-Up: Parasite)

BEST DIRECTOR: Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood)
(Runner-Up: Martin Scorsese, The Irishman)

BEST ACTOR: Adam Driver, Marriage Story
(Runner-Up: Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems)

BEST ACTRESS: Adele Haenel, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(Runner-Up: Alfre Woodard, Clemency)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Al Pacino, The Irishman
(Runner-Up: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Laura Dern, Marriage Story and Little Women
(Runner-Up: Cho Yeo-jeong, Parasite)

BEST SCREENPLAY: Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
(Runner-Up: Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, Parasite)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
(Runner-Up: Roger Deakins, 1917)

BEST EDITING: Thelma Schoonmaker, The Irishman
(Runner-Up: Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Lee Ha-jun, Parasite
(Runner-Up: Barbara Ling, Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood)

BEST MUSIC SCORE: Thomas Newman, 1917
(Runner-Up: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker)

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Parasite, South Korea
(Runner-Up: Portrait of a Lady on Fire, France)

BEST NON-FICTION FILM: For Sama
(Runner-Up: Honeyland)

BEST ANIMATION: I Lost My Body
(Runner-Up: Toy Story 4)

NEW GENERATION AWARD: Mati Diop, Atlantics

[Mister Tee]

Mister Tee wrote
Actress: Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
[Adèle Haenel (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)]

I like your Haenel choice. I actually think she might be a good choice to win.

Have you seen Marriage Story? I'm not sure she's getting nominated for it.

I just posted about Marriage Story, and addressed your question there.

[Sabin]

Mister Tee wrote
Actress: Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
[Adèle Haenel (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)]

I like your Haenel choice. I actually think she might be a good choice to win.

Have you seen Marriage Story? I'm not sure she's getting nominated for it.

[Mister Tee]

I'm going on the premise that, after NBR & NY agreeing on The Irishman, LA will want to broaden the conversation. (Also, I'm not so sure it's as loved there.)

My animated feature pick is based on LA's long-standing tradition of always being more out-there than anyone else for this category.

Film: Parasite
[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]
Actor: Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory)
[Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)]
Actress: Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)]
[Adèle Haenel (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)]
Sup. Actor: Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
[Song Kang-Ho (Parasite)]
Sup. Actress: Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
[Margot Robbie (Bombshell)]
Director: Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)
[Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)]
Screenplay: Marriage Story
[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]
Cinematography: 1917
[A Hidden Life]
Editing: Uncut Gems
[The Irishman]
Production Design: Parasite
[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]
Music: 1917
[Marriage Story]
Foreign Language Film: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
[Pain and Glory]
Animation: Weathering with You

Non-Fiction: For Sama
[American Factory]
New Generation: Joe Talbot (The Last Black Man in San Francisco)

[Sabin]

LAFCA announces on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
Best Film: Parasite
(note: The Irishman train could continue but it just seems to me like this is where Parasite is going to pick up. LAFCA was the first group to honor Moonlight and Spotlight after all).

Best Actor: Antonio Banderas, Pain & Glory
(note: I was going to predict Adam Driver or Joaquin Phoenix, but increasingly it makes sense that Banderas might be the critical consensus choice of the year. He makes more sense as a LAFCA pick than a NYFCC pick, but if they went for him, LAFCA might co-sign.)

Best Actress: Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
(note: like I've said elsewhere, I see them looking outside the mainstream approved five. Lopez for Hustlers makes sense. They don't seem to pay much attention to supporting vs. leading designations, but I could also see them going for Elisabeth Moss for Her Smell, Mary Kay Place for Diane, or Nyong'o again)

Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci, The Irishman
(note: there is no real leader in this race yet. This is where someone out of left field might show up, like Wendell Pierce for Burning Cane, Shia LeBoeuf for Honey Boy, or Willem DaFoe for The Lighthouse. But increasingly, I could see a lot of love for The Irishman manifesting itself in Pesci's beautiful performance).


Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, Little Women & Marriage Story
(note: I could also see Taylor Russell winning for Waves).

Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Best Screenplay: Knives Out
Best Cinematography: A Hidden Life
Best Music: Joker
Best Editing: Uncut Gems
Best Production Design: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Documentary Film: Apollo 11
Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body