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Maureen Lee Lenker
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Critic/Journalist, Novelist, Musical Theater nerd, Hopeful romantic, Classic movie lover, and Bruce Springsteen super-fan
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Thank you so much for following along as we selected our winners and runners-up for this year. You can see our complete results here: www.lafca.net/Years/2025.php
December 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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We will be giving a Special Citation to Judy Kim of Gardena Cinema, a historic 800-seat, single-screen movie palace that has operated as an independent cinema and beacon of community since the Kim family took ownership in 1976. #LAFCA
December 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Best Picture, Winner: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Best Film Not in the English Language, Winner: THE SECRET AGENT #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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New Generation: Eva Victor, SORRY, BABY #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Best Director, Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Best Director, Runner-up: Ryan Coogler, SINNERS #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Best Screenplay, Runner-up: Eva Victor, SORRY, BABY #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Best Screenplay, Winner: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Best Lead Performance, Winners: Rose Byrne, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU, and Ethan Hawke, BLUE MOON #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Best Lead Performance, Runners-up: Timothée Chalamet, MARTY SUPREME, and Wagner Moura, THE SECRET AGENT
#LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Best Supporting Performance, Winners: Stellan Skarsgård, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, and Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Best Supporting Performance, Runners-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, and Andrew Scott, BLUE MOON #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Best Film Editing, Runner-up: Andy Jurgensen, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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We are also awarding a Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Special Award to Thom Andersen for his body of work. #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Best Film Editing, Winner: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, MARTY SUPREME #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Best Production Design, Winner: Hannah Beachler, SINNERS #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Best Production Design, Runner-up: Tamara Deverell, FRANKENSTEIN #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Best Music Score, Winner: Kangding Ray, SIRĀT
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Best Music Score: Runner-up: Ludwig Göransson, SINNERS
December 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Best Cinematography, Winner: Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
LAFCA is choosing our award winners for best of 2025 this year!!!
Best Cinematography, Runner-up: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, SINNERS #LAFCA
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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We ugly-cried through SONG SUNG BLUE — Neil Diamond is only the doorway in. The film is a scrappy, Demme-like tale of American dreamers at their highest and lowest. @themaureenlee.bsky.social chatted with stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, both revelatory. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson chase a dream in 'Song Sung Blue,' the year's stealth Oscar contender
Based on the ups and downs of a real-life Neil Diamond tribute act, the movie, directed by Craig Brewer, required charm, realness and vocal firepower to spare.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"Fantastic Four: First Steps" is a lot of fun, if also messy -- and it particularly delivers for any fans of the 1960s. ew.com/the-fantasti...
'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' review: Pedro Pascal leads the team back to the retro-future
In 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps,' Marvel Studios tries to reboot the notoriously difficult-to-adapt comic book series. Read Entertainment Weekly's review.
ew.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A very Old Hollywood evening 💖🎞️🎬
Sarah James with @themaureenlee.bsky.social discussing and signing books tonight at the Store! Get signed copies of Sarah’s LAST STOP UNION STATION, Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen, and The Woman with Two Shadows as well as Maureen Lee Lenker’s His Girl Hollywood, while supplies last.
July 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM