Garners Best Picture, Director, Actress, CinematographyĀ
Nomadland won Best Picture distinction at the 55th National Society of Film Critics Awards. Nomadland led the way by topping four categories, the others being Best Director for ChloƩ Zhao, Best Actress for Frances McDormand and Best Cinematography for Joshua James Richards.
Delroy Lindo won Best Actor for Da 5 Bloods. Best Supporting Actress and Actor laurels went to Maria Bakalova for Borat Subsequent Movie Film and Paul Raci for Sound of Metal, respectively.
Eliza Hittman penned the Best Screenplay for Never Rarely Sometimes Always.
Best Nonfiction Film was Time. The Best Foreign-Language Film honor went to Collective.
Winners were announced on the National Society of Film Critics Twitter account as each category was voted upon during a judging meeting on Saturday (1/9). Voters listed their first, second and third choices in each category with points assigned accordingly. Here’s a rundown of the results with final vote totals, including the runners-up in each category:
National Society of Film Critics Awards
Best Picture
NOMADLAND (52 points)
Runners-up: FIRST COW (50 points)
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS (41 points)
Best Director
ChloƩ Zhao, NOMADLAND (58 points)
Runners-up: Steve McQueen, SMALL AXE (41 points)
Kelly Reichardt, FIRST COW (30 points)
Best Foreign-Language Film
COLLECTIVE (38 points)
Runners-up: BACURAU and BEANPOLE (36 points)
VITALINA VARELA (32 points)
Best Nonfiction Film
TIME (46 points)
Runners-up: CITY HALL (28 points)
COLLECTIVE (22 points)
Best Actress
Frances McDormand, NOMADLAND (46 points)
Runners-up: Viola Davis, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (33 points)
Sidney Flanigan, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS (29 points)
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova, BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM (47 points)
Runners-up: Amanda Seyfried, MANK (40 points)
Youn Yuh-jung, MINARI (33 points)
Best Actor
Delroy Lindo, DA 5 BLOODS (52 points)
Runners-up: Chadwick Boseman, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (47 points)
Riz Ahmed, SOUND OF METAL (32 points)
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Raci, SOUND OF METAL (53 points)
Glynn Turman, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (36 points)
Chadwick Boseman, DA 5 BLOODS (35 points)
Best Cinematography
Joshua James Richards, NOMADLAND (47 points)
Runners-up: Shabier Kirchner, LOVERS ROCK (41 points)
Leonardo SimƵes, VITALINA VARELA (34 points)
Best Screenplay
Eliza Hittman, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS (38 points)
Runners-up: Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt, FIRST COW (35 points)
Charlie Kaufman, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (29 points)
“Heretic” and “Maria” Set As Red Carpet Premieres At AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that Heretic, the psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, and Maria, based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, will round out the Red Carpet Premieres section at this yearās AFI Fest. The Heretic Gala Screening will take place on Thursday, October 24, and the Maria Gala Screening will be held on Saturday, October 26. The complete Red Carpet Premieres section includes the world premieres of Music By John Williams, Robert Zemeckisā Here, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Clint Eastwoodās Juror #2. All Red Carpet Premieres will take place at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The full lineup for AFI Fest 2024 will be unveiled on October 1.
āAt the heart of AFI Fest is an unwavering dedication to celebrating the best in global cinema--together,ā said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. āWe look forward to uniting artists and audiences once again to be inspired by the art form in a powerful sense of community.ā
Heretic follows two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (portrayed by Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The film is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and produced by Stacey Sher, Beck, Woods, Julia Glausi and Jeanette Volturno. The film will be released nationwide by A24 on November 8.
Directed by Pablo LarraĆn, Maria presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the worldās most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as Callas (Jolie)... Read More