On the afternoon of Dec. 8, while the Los Angeles Film Critics Association was voting for its 2024 winners and announcing the results category-by-category on social media, TheWrap received an email from a movie producer saying that we should write a story about how nongendered acting categories are hurting actresses.
It gave me pause, and the writer’s point seemed to make sense a few minutes later when LAFCA revealed that its honorees for the best supporting performance were four men: Yura Borisov for “Anora” and Kieran Culkin for “A Real Pain” were the two winners, while the runners-up spots went to Clarence Maclin for “Sing Sing” and Adam Pearson for “A Different Man.”