La La Land got even more love this weekend when the St. Louis Film Critics announced their picks for the best of 2016!
BEST FILM: “La La Land” (Runner-up: Manchester By The Sea and Hell or High Water)
BEST DIRECTOR: Damien Chazelle, “La La Land” (Runner-up: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea and Denis Villeneuve, Arrival)
BEST ACTOR: Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea” (Runner-up: Joe Edgerton, Loving)
BEST ACTRESS: Isabelle Huppert, “Elle” (Runner-up: Natalie Portman, Jackie)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight” (Runner-up: Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Viola Davis, “Fences” (Runner-up: Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Whit Stillman, “Love and Friendship” (Runner-up: Eric Heisserer, Arrival)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Taylor Sheridan, “Hell or High Water” (Runner-up: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Linus Sandgren, “La La Land” (Runner-up: James Laxton, Moonlight)
BEST EDITING: Sebastian Sepulveda, “Jackie” (Runner-up: Hacksaw Ridge and La La Land)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: “The Handmaiden” (Runner-up: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, Jackie, La La Land)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: “The Jungle Book” (Runner-up: Doctor Strange)
BEST MUSIC SCORE: Justin Hurwitz, “La La Land” (Runner-up: Mica Levi, Jackie)
BEST MUSIC SOUNDTRACK: “Sing Street” (Runner-up: La La Land)
BEST SONG: “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land” (Runner-up: City of Stars, La La Land)
BEST ACTION: “Captain America: Civil War” (Runner-up: Doctor Strange)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “Zootopia” (Runner-up: Kubo and the Two Strings)
BEST COMEDY: “Hail, Caesar!” (Runner-up: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping)
BEST DOCUMENTARY: “I Am Not Your Negro” (Runner-up: Weiner)
BEST HORROR/SCI-FI: “The Witch” (Runner-up: Arrival)
BEST FOREIGN FILM: “Elle” (Runner-up: The Handmaiden)
BEST SCENE: Opening Traffic Jam, “Another Day of Sun!” in “La La Land” (Runner-up: “If only it where that simple” from Hail Caesar!)
WORST: “Warcraft” (Runner-up: The Angry Birds Movie)