The news you’ve all been waiting for, the first out of the box major awards announcement in this early Oscar season, the New York Film Critics’ Circle award winners, announced ‘over’ Twitter. While Hollywood Elsewhere’s Jeffrey Wells seems to be in the midst of an apoplectic meltdown over the NYFCC’s choice for Best Picture, the rest of the Oscar prediction crowd tweets a more sanguine reaction to this morning’s awards announcement.
Here, then, without further ado, the New York Film Critics awards …
Best Picture: The Artist
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)
Best Screenplay: Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Moneyball)
Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Best Foreign-Language Film: A Separation
Best Actor: Brad Pitt (Moneyball, The Tree of Life)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, The Help and Take Shelter)
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks (Drive)
Best Nonfiction Film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Best First Feature: Margin Call
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