Another victory celebration

A week after NY, LA film critics chose their best of 2018, and with the same best of 2018: Alfonso Cuaron's “Roma.” 

I think LA is unique in giving out both gold and silver. No bronze. Here's the films they tapped:

• Best Film: “Roma”
• Runner-up: “Burning”
• Best Director: Debra Granik, “Leave No Trace”
• Runner-up: Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”
• Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, “First Reformed”
• Runner-up: Ben Foster, “Leave No Trace”
• Best Actress: Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”
• Runner-up: Toni Collette, “Hereditary”
• Best Supporting Actor: Steven Yeun, “Burning”
• Runner-up: Hugh Grant, “Paddington 2”
• Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
• Runner-up: Elizabeth Debicki, “Widows”
• Best Foreign-Language Film: ??
• Runner-up: ??
• Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film: “Shirkers”
• Runner-up: “Minding the Gap”
• Best Animated Film: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
• Runner-up: “Incredibles 2”
• Best Screenplay: “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
• Runner-up: “The Favourite,” Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
• Best Cinematography: Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”
• Runner-up: James Laxton, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
• Best Editing: Joshua Altman and Bing Liu, “Minding the Gap”
• Runner-up: Alfonso Cuaron and Adam Gough, “Roma”
• Best Music/Score: Nicholas Britell, “If Beale Street Could Talk”
• Runner-up: Justin Hurwitz, “First Man”
• Best Production Design: Hannah Beachler, “Black Panther”
• Runner-up: Fiona Crombie, “The Favourite”

I saw “Roma” Friday and can't disagree. Looking forward to “The Favourite.” Seeing “Burning” in a few hours.