It was a great night in England for “Roma” Sunday, as the film from director Alfonso Cuaron picked up several awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Those awards were some of the most prestigious, too. During the ceremony, “Roma” picked up both Best Film and Best Director, two major categories during award season.
Also having a great night was “The Favourite,” picking up seven awards total, including Best Original Screenplay and Outstanding British Film.
The full list of winners is below:
BEST FILM
- ROMA, Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez
LEADING ACTRESS
- OLIVIA COLMAN, The Favourite
LEADING ACTOR
- RAMI MALEK, Bohemian Rhapsody
DIRECTOR
- ROMA, Alfonso Cuarón
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
- THE FAVOURITE, Yorgos Lanthimos
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
- BEAST, Michael Pearce (Writer/Director), Lauren Dark (Producer)
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- ROMA, Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez
DOCUMENTARY
- FREE SOLO, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
ANIMATED FILM
- SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- THE FAVOURITE, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- BLACKkKLANSMAN, Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- RACHEL WEISZ, The Favourite
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- MAHERSHALA ALI, Green Book
ORIGINAL MUSIC
- A STAR IS BORN, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- ROMA, Alfonso Cuarón
EDITING
- VICE
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- THE FAVOURITE
COSTUME DESIGN
- THE FAVOURITE, Sandy Powell
MAKE UP & HAIR
- THE FAVOURITE
SOUND
- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
- BLACK PANTHER
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
- ROUGHHOUSE, Jonathan Hodgson, Richard Van Den Boom
BRITISH SHORT FILM
- 73 COWS, Alex Lockwood
BAFTAS RISING STAR
- Letitia Wright
OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
- Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen
BAFTA FELLOWSHIP
- Thelma Schoonmaker
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At the weekend box office, new releases shoved out some January releases to take the top spots, with the “LEGO Movie” sequel leading the pack. The animated family picture earned $34.4 million in its first weekend, a respectable opening in February. However, it lags far behind the weekend the first movie had, which grossed more than $60 million.
The full top five this weekend was:
1. The LEGO Movie 2 – $34,400,000
2. What Men Want – $19,000,000
3. Cold Pursuit – $10,800,000
4. The Upside – $7,220,000
5. Glass – $6,422,000
For the upcoming weekend, new releases include the thriller “Happy Death Day 2U,” the sci-fi action film “Alita: Battle Angel,” the dramedy “Fighting with my Family” and the anti-romcom “Isn’t it Romantic.”
On the small screen, meanwhile, new releases are:
- At Eternity’s Gate, my rating: 3.75 out of 5 (2018 Honorable Mention), Rotten Tomatoes rating: 80%
- Bohemian Rhapsody, my rating: 2.5 out of 5, Large Association of Movie Blogs rating: 3.17 out of 5, Rotten Tomatoes rating: 62%
- The Front Runner, Rotten Tomatoes rating: 59%
- Nobody’s Fool, Rotten Tomatoes rating: 24%
- Shoplifters, Rotten Tomatoes rating: 99%
Matthew Liedke on Film 