'Moonlight' named best film by Los Angeles critics' group

Carly Mallenbaum

USA TODAY

Mahershala Ali (from left), Naomie Harris and Trevante Rhodes star in 'Moonlight,' which was named best film by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Ali was named best supporting actor.

Moonlight is enjoying another moment in the awards-season spotlight.

The coming-of-age art-house film about a gay African-American youth has been named best picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. The movie also earned LAFCA awards for best director (Barry Jenkins), supporting actor (Mahershala Ali) and cinematography (James Laxton). It bested runner-up La La Land after the Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling musical was named best film by New York Film Critics Circle and received 12 nominations for Critics' Choice Awards.

The full list of LAFCA winners:

Best picture:Moonlight

Director: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Actress: Isabelle Huppert, Elle and Things to Come

Actor: Adam Driver, Paterson

Animated film: Your Name

Screenplay: Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster

Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video winner:The Illinois Parables

Documentary/non-fiction: I Am Not Your Negro

Supporting actress: Lily Gladstone, Certain Women

Editing: Bret Granato, Maya Mumma and Ben Sozanski, OJ: Made In America

Production design: Ryu Seong-hee, The Handmaiden

Supporting actor: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Music/score: Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, La La Land

Cinematography: James Laxton, Moonlight

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