"Promising Young Woman" also scores 3 honors--best actress, debut director and screenplay
Topping the New York Film Critics Online Awards with three wins apiece were Minari and Promising Young Woman.
Minari took the marquee best picture honor, supporting actress (Young Yuh-jung who tied with Ellen Burstyn for Pieces of a Woman) and best foreign language film.
Emerald Fennell topped the debut director and screenplay categories for Promising Young Woman, with Carey Mulligan winning for best actress.
Best director and cinematography went, respectively, to Chloé Zhao and Joshua James Richards for Nomadland.
Riz Ahmed won best actor for Sound of Metal. Earning best supporting actor distinction was Leslie Odom Jr. for One Night in Miami.
Another tie came in the breakthrough performer category–Maria Bakalova for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Kingsley Ben-Adir for One Night in Miami.
The best ensemble honor went to the cast of The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Branford Marsalis won for best use of music based on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
The Way I See It was named best documentary while Soul took the best animated feature mantle.
Here’s a full rundown of the winners along with the New York Film Critics Top Ten movies of the year list:
PICTURE
Minari
DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao for Nomadland
ACTOR
Riz Ahmed for Sound of Metal
ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan for Promising Young Woman
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Leslie Odom, Jr. for One Night in Miami
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
(Tie) Ellen Burstyn for Pieces of a Woman and Youn Yuh-jung for Minari
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
(Tie) Maria Bakalova for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Kingsley Ben-Adir for One Night in Miami
ENSEMBLE
The Trial of the Chicago 7
DEBUT DIRECTOR
Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman
SCREENPLAY
Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Minari
DOCUMENTARY
The Way I See It
ANIMATED FEATURE
Soul
USE OF MUSIC
Branford Marsalis for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Joshua James Richards for Nomadland
TOP TEN FILMS OF 2020 (Alphabetical)
- The Assistant (Bleecker Street)
- First Cow (A24)
- I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Netflix)
- Minari (A24)
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus)
- Nomadland (Searchlight)
- One Night in Miami (Amazon)
- Promising Young Woman (Focus)
- Tommaso (Kino Lorber)
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
“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 year’s 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 Zemeckis’ Here, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Clint Eastwood’s 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.
“At the heart of AFI Fest is an unwavering dedication to celebrating the best in global cinema--together,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. “We look forward to uniting artists and audiences once again to be inspired by the art form in a powerful sense of community.”
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 Larraín, Maria presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the world’s most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as Callas (Jolie)... Read More