'Roma' takes top prizes at 24th Critics' Choice Awards
The monochromatic drama film Roma took home the top film prizes with four awards at the 24th Critics' Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Los Angeles on Sunday night, winning best picture, best director, best foreign language film and best cinematography.
Written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, the critically lauded autobiographical drama follows the life of a live-in housekeeper to an upper middle-class family.
The title refers to Colonia Roma, a neighborhood in the City of Mexico. The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival last year and took home two wins last week at 76th Golden Globe Awards, including best foreign language film and best director.
It was a big win for the streaming platform Netflix, earning its first Golden Globe for a movie.
The film is also widely considered one of the front-runners in the foreign language film category in this year's Oscar race.
Superhero film Black Panther and biographical comedy Vice followed with three wins each.
Black Panther took home best production design, best costume design and best visual effects while "Vice" nagged best actor, best actor in a comedy and best hair and makeup.
Christian Bale won the top film acting awards for his portrayal of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney.
Historical period comedy The Favourite, which led nominations with 14 nods, took home only two awards -- best acting ensemble and best actress in a comedy. Olivia Colman won the best actress in a comedy for the film.
Both Lady Gaga and Glenn Close won best actress for A Star Is Born and The Wife respectively. Lady Gaga also won the award for best song for her collaboration Shallow from A Star Is Born.
"It was one of the hardest things I've ever done," said Gaga in tears.
The main character in A Star Is Born, Jackson Maine, suffered from alcoholism. "I would like to dedicate this award tonight to all people who have suffered from alcoholism and addiction or whoever watched their love ones suffer," Gaga said.
"I wanted nothing more than to show the truth and the power of this very heartbreaking dynamic. This is the true star of the film, the true star of the film is not me. It's bravery and perseverance," she said.
Mahershala Ali of Green Book and Regina King of If Beale Street Could Talk were awarded best supporting actor and actress, respectively.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was winner of best animated feature.
Best action movie went to Mission: Impossible -- Fallout. Starring Tom Cruise and directed by Christopher McQuarrie,"Mission: Impossible -- Fallout" is the sixth installment of the Mission: Impossible film series.
The film saw Cruise's Ethan Hunt and the IMF team join up with CIA assassin August Walker to track down missing plutonium and prevent a nuclear disaster all while under the watchful eye of the CIA.
Crazy Rich Asians won best comedy.
Critics' Choice Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) to honor the finest in cinematic and television achievement.
