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    “Roma” Earns Best Picture Distinction From NY Film Critics

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    This image released by Netflix shows a scene from the film “Roma,” by filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron. (Alfonso Cuarón/Netflix via AP)

    By Jake Coyle, Film Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    In what may be the just the first of many such sweeps, Alfonso Cuaron's masterful, memory-drenched drama "Roma" dominated the New York Film Critics Circle Awards on Thursday, winning best film, best director and best cinematography.

    The overwhelming show of support for "Roma" by the critics group wasn't a surprise. Cuaron's film has been hailed as a masterpiece since winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. It's widely expected to contend for best picture, among other categories, at the Academy Awards, and Netflix has put its full weight behind an awards campaign. Cuaron made the black-and-white 1970s-set film based on his own upbringing in Mexico City, serving as his own cinematographer.

    The critics voted Ethan Hawke best actor for Paul Schrader's "First Reformed," and named Schrader's script best screenplay. Those wins provided yet another boost to Schrader's anguished tale of a doubt-riddled pastor (Hawke), which took the same awards at Monday's Gotham Awards.

    While the selections of critics groups like the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association often deviate from awards-season favorites, their prestige and early timing can bring less heralded films and performers into the Oscar conversation. That may have happened with the group's pick for best actress: Regina Hall, star of Andrew Bujalski's indie comedy "Support the Girls," about the waitress staff of a Texas sports bar. Hall bested the likes of Lady Gaga ("A Star Is Born") and Olivia Colman ("The Favourite").

    Supporting acting prizes went to more widely acknowledged contenders: Regina King for her performance as the matriarch of Barry Jenkins' James Baldwin adaptation "If Beale Street Could Talk"; and Richard E. Grant as Melissa McCarthy's debauched conspirator in the literary forgery drama "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"

    Leaving the bigger categories to "Roma," the critics voted Pawel Pawlikowski's "Ida" follow-up "Cold War" best foreign language film. Best documentary went to "Minding the Gap," Bing Liu's directorial debut about a trio of skateboarding friends in Rockford, Illinois. Bo Burnham's tender coming-of-age tale "Eighth Grade" took best first film.

    And fresh off its glowing reviews, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" was chosen as best animated film over Pixar's "Incredibles 2."

    The critics also added special awards for the retiring chief curator of the Museum of the Moving Image, David Schwartz, and Kino Classics' DVD box set "Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers."
     

    Here’s a rundown of New York Film Critics 2018 Award winners:

    Best Picture
    “Roma”

    Best Director
    Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”

    Best Screenplay
    Paul Schrader, “First Reformed”

    Best Actress
    Regina Hall, “Support the Girls”

    Best Actor
    Ethan Hawke, “First Reformed”

    Best Supporting Actress
    Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”

    Best Supporting Actor
    Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

    Best Cinematography
    “Roma,” Alfonso Cuaron

    Best Non-fiction Film
    “Minding the Gap,” director Bing Liu

    Best Foreign Language Film
    “Cold War,” director Pawel Pawlikowski

    Best Animated Feature
    “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

    Best First Film
    “Eighth Grade,” director Bo Burnham

    Special Award For Career Achievement
    David Schwartz, Chief Film Curator at Museum of the Moving Image for 33 years

    Special Award
    Kino Classics Box Set “Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers”

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    Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta

    Friday, November 22, 2024

    The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

    The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.

    The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.

    Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.

    Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.

    Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.

    Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.

    Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.

    The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More

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