Cinema and Popcorn

The 2nd edition of Cinema & Popcorn Awards is here and I'll be recognizing (well, virtually) those I consider the best works in movies this year. It was a great year for foreign productions: Shoplifters , Roma , Cold War , Burning or The Cakemaker ... all made part of my lists in one way or another. But it is what movies are about: breaking walls! Always feel free to comment. Have a look: BEST FILM WINNER: Shoplifters A Quiet Place A Star Is Born BlacKkKlansman Cold War First Man If Beale Street Could Talk Isle of Dogs The Cakemaker The Rider You Were Never Really Here BEST DIRECTOR WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón , Roma Wes Anderson , Isle of Dogs Hirokazu Koreeda , Shoplifters Spike Lee , BlacKkKlansman Chloé Zhao , The Rider BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR WINNER: Chloé Zhao , The Rider Ari Aster , Hereditary Bo Burnham , Eight Grade Bradley Cooper , A Star Is Born Boots Riley , Sorry to Bother You BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE WINNER: Shoplifters

"A Christmas toast!"

New York Film Critics Circle Awards BEST FILM: Roma BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma BEST ACTRESS: Regina Hall, Support the Girls BEST ACTOR: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? BEST SCREENPLAY: Paul Schrader, First Reformed BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roma BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse BEST DOCUMENTARY: Minding the Gap BEST FOREIGN FILM: Cold War BEST FIRST FILM: Eight Grade , Bo Burnham Detroit Film Critics Society Awards BEST FILM: Eighth Grade BEST DIRECTOR: Adam McKay, Vice BEST ACTRESS: Toni Collette, Hereditary BEST ACTOR: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Josh Hamilton, Eighth Grade BEST ENSEMBLE: Vice BEST SCREENPLAY: Green Book and Vice [TIE] BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM: Three Identical Strangers BEST ANIMATED FILM