Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2018: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Selected as Best Film

The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC), one of the more established regional critics groups in the country, selected their winners for the best in film of 2018.

If Beale Street Could Talk picked up its first Best Film kudos of the season, scoring additional wins for Best Supporting Actress for Regina King and Best Original Score for Nicholas Britell.

Here’s the full list of 2018 Boston Society of Film Critics winners:

Best Film

If Beale Street Could Talk

Runner-Up: Shoplifters

Best Director

Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here

Runner-Up: Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite

Best Actor

John C. Reilly – Stan & Ollie

Runner-Up: Ethan Hawke – First Reformed

Best Actress

Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Runner-Up: Sakura Ando – Shoplifters

Best Supporting Actor

Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Runners-Up: Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk and Steve Yeun – Burning

Best Supporting Actress

Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk

Runner-Up: J. Smith-Cameron – Nancy

Best Ensemble Cast

Shoplifters

Runner-Up: The Favourite

Best Screenplay

Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty

Runner-Up: Private Life – Tamara Jenkins

Best Documentary

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Runner-Up: Three Identical Strangers

Best Animated Film

Isle of Dogs

Runner-Up: Ralph Breaks the Internet

Best Foreign Language Film

Shoplifters

Runner-Up: Cold War

Best Cinematography

Roma – Alfonso Cuarón

Runner-Up: Cold War – Lukasz Zal

Best Editing

First Man – Tom Cross

Runner-Up: The Other Side of the Wind – Orson Welles and Bob Murawski

Best Original Score

If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell

Runners-Up: First Man – Justin Hurwitz and You Were Never Really Here – Jonny Greenwood

Best New Filmmaker

Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade

Runner-Up: Ari Aster – Hereditary