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.
“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