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    “Tár” Tops New York Film Critics Circle, Nabbing Best Director & Actress Honors

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    Cate Blanchett in a scene from "Tár" (photo courtesy of Focus Features)
    NEW YORK --

    Writer-director Todd Field’s Tár topped two marquee categories at the New York Film Critics Circle competition today (12/2)–Best Film, with Cate Blanchett also earning Best Actress distinction in the title role..

    Also coming away with two wins was The Banshees of Inisherin with Best Screenplay for its director, Martin McDonagh, and Best Actor for Colin Farrell. Actually Farrell garnered his award for two performances, the other being for his role in After Yang. 

    The big surprise was S.S. Rajamouli winning Best Director for RRR.

    Best First Film went to director Charlotte Wells for Aftersun.

    Claudio Miranda, ASC garnered the Best Cinematography honor for Top Gun: Maverick.

    Marcel the Shell with Shoes On–directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp won for Best Animated Film.

    Topping the Best Nonfiction Film category was director Laura Poitras’ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed. Named Best International Film was EO, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski.

    Ke Huy Quan won for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once. Meanwhile Keke Palmer surprised with a Best Supporting Actress win for Nope.

    The New York Film Critics Circle, founded in 1935, is the oldest critics group in the country, with members from newspapers, magazines and online publications. This year's winners were voted on and announced today. The group will hand out its awards at a dinner in early January.

    Here’s a full rundown of winners as well as Special Award recipients.

    Best Film:
    Tár

    Best Director:
    S. S. Rajamouli, RRR

    Best Actor:
    Colin Farrell, After Yang and The Banshees of Inisherin

    Best Actress:
    Cate Blanchett, Tár

    Best Supporting Actor:
    Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Best Supporting Actress:
    Keke Palmer, Nope

    Best Screenplay:
    Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

    Best Animated Film:
    Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

    Best Cinematography:
    Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

    Best Non-Fiction Film:
    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    Best International Film:
    EO

    Best First Film:
    Aftersun

    Special Awards:
    Jake Perlin, curator, distributor, publisher, in recognition of his indispensable contributions to film culture; dGenerate Films, for their invaluable work bringing independent films from China to a wider audience; and Jafar Panahi, for his dogged bravery as an artist, and for the humanity and beauty of a body of work created under the most oppressive circumstances.

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    Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe Reunite For “Nosferatu”

    Tuesday, December 24, 2024

    When Willem Dafoe enjoys working with a filmmaker, he'll often jump at the chance to do it again.

    The list of directors with whom the 69-year-old has worked with more than once is extensive, including Wes Anderson,Yorgos Lanthimos,Paul Schrader,Lars von Trier and, now for a third time, Robert Eggers. "If it's good, you come back," Dafoe said plainly.

    The pair spoke about Eggers' adaptation of "Nosferatu" that hits theaters Wednesday, some of the challenges they faced making "The Lighthouse" — their first project together released in 2019 — and the unique relationship that exists between actors and directors.

    The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.

    Q: Willem, I read that you called Robert after you saw "The Witch." What did you say?

    DAFOE: I want to meet you and I want to know who this filmmaker is.

    Q: What is it about him that keeps bringing you back?

    DAFOE: Well, if it's good, you come back. When I saw "The Witch," I thought, "Wow, this is a film about a period that I'm not particularly knowledgeable about, but I enter it so easily. This is relevant. It's rooted. It's my story. I'm with these people."

    That's quite an incredible trick because a lot of period films, they're always pointing to themselves. They're always sending messages. They're always showing. This had a kind of energy and the kind of physicality and sensuality that I thought, "Who does this? I gotta see this guy." And then I had a wonderful experience in "The Lighthouse" and I played a part that was really fun in "The Northman." So, when he wants to do this passion project and offers me this beautiful role of Professor Von Franz, I say,... Read More

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