The awards race is moving full speed ahead now, and it's time to prepare for the onslaught of upcoming shows and nominations. After Steven Spielberg's The Post was named the Best Film of 2017 by the National Board of Review, the prestigious New York Film Critics Circle got their chance to pick the year's best earlier today. Read the list of winners below!
Best Picture- LADY BIRD
Best Director- Sean Baker, The Florida Project
Best Screenplay- Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Best Actress- Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Best Actor- Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Best Supporting Actress- Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Best Supporting Actor- Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Best Cinematographer- Rachel Morrison, Mudbound
Best Animated Film- COCO
Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary)- FACES PLACES
Best Foreign Language Film- BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Best First Film- Jordan Peele, Get Out
Special Award- Molly Haskell, Career Achievement
It is worth re-emphasizing that there is very little overlap between the winners of various critical group awards and the eventual victors at the Oscars. However, it's equally noteworthy that five of last year's NYFCC winners ultimately won at the Academy Awards, and this isn't an awards show that doles out a lot of trophies. This is a huge win for Lady Bird, which is continuing to pick up steam in the race. It's the one film that virtually everyone can agree on- to this exact moment, there still isn't a single negative review on Rotten Tomatoes. I can easily see this becoming the consensus pick, charting a path towards another A24 indie triumph come next March. While Sean Baker has faded a little in the Best Director rankings, he gets a crucial win here, re-affirming The Florida Project's position in an increasingly competitive race. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe has won his second Best Supporting Actor title, and with the limited love for Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, one has to wonder if Dafoe has the edge over Sam Rockwell.
The embargo is still in place for Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, but the win here and the love from NBR indicates that it's something special, making it a film to watch as the month moves on. Coco is going to steamroll through this season, Faces Places feels like the documentary favorite, and BPM is still one of the only recognizable foreign language titles. I was glad to see Mudbound receive some love in the Best Cinematography category, but I was a tad surprised to see that Jordan Peele and Get Out received only limited acclaim with a Best First Film win. Everyone has been talking about Tiffany Haddish since Girls Trip was released back in July, and she's definitely a formidable contender for a nomination. Whether she beats Laurie Metcalf or Allison Janney in the larger pool of the Oscar race is a different story, but she has a chance. Unless Timothee Chalamet keeps winning, I doubt this really dents Gary Oldman's prospects at all, and I'm still not certain that Saoirse Ronan is the favorite in Best Actress.
In terms of films that missed the cut, Best Picture heavyweights like The Post and Dunkirk were completely absent from the winners' list. Fox Searchlight got shut out again with no love for the aforementioned Three Billboards and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, making their Oscar chances seem a little dicier.
More on the awards race in the coming weeks.
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Best Picture- LADY BIRD
Best Director- Sean Baker, The Florida Project
Best Screenplay- Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Best Actress- Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Best Actor- Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Best Supporting Actress- Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Best Supporting Actor- Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Best Cinematographer- Rachel Morrison, Mudbound
Best Animated Film- COCO
Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary)- FACES PLACES
Best Foreign Language Film- BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Best First Film- Jordan Peele, Get Out
Special Award- Molly Haskell, Career Achievement
It is worth re-emphasizing that there is very little overlap between the winners of various critical group awards and the eventual victors at the Oscars. However, it's equally noteworthy that five of last year's NYFCC winners ultimately won at the Academy Awards, and this isn't an awards show that doles out a lot of trophies. This is a huge win for Lady Bird, which is continuing to pick up steam in the race. It's the one film that virtually everyone can agree on- to this exact moment, there still isn't a single negative review on Rotten Tomatoes. I can easily see this becoming the consensus pick, charting a path towards another A24 indie triumph come next March. While Sean Baker has faded a little in the Best Director rankings, he gets a crucial win here, re-affirming The Florida Project's position in an increasingly competitive race. Meanwhile, Willem Dafoe has won his second Best Supporting Actor title, and with the limited love for Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, one has to wonder if Dafoe has the edge over Sam Rockwell.
The embargo is still in place for Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, but the win here and the love from NBR indicates that it's something special, making it a film to watch as the month moves on. Coco is going to steamroll through this season, Faces Places feels like the documentary favorite, and BPM is still one of the only recognizable foreign language titles. I was glad to see Mudbound receive some love in the Best Cinematography category, but I was a tad surprised to see that Jordan Peele and Get Out received only limited acclaim with a Best First Film win. Everyone has been talking about Tiffany Haddish since Girls Trip was released back in July, and she's definitely a formidable contender for a nomination. Whether she beats Laurie Metcalf or Allison Janney in the larger pool of the Oscar race is a different story, but she has a chance. Unless Timothee Chalamet keeps winning, I doubt this really dents Gary Oldman's prospects at all, and I'm still not certain that Saoirse Ronan is the favorite in Best Actress.
In terms of films that missed the cut, Best Picture heavyweights like The Post and Dunkirk were completely absent from the winners' list. Fox Searchlight got shut out again with no love for the aforementioned Three Billboards and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, making their Oscar chances seem a little dicier.
More on the awards race in the coming weeks.
Poster courtesy of A24
Image: IMDB/A24
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