Choices were certainly made as the New York Film Critics Circle determined their year-end awards bestowing Best Film to Netflix’s “The Irishman.” The Martin Scorsese drama took the same honor from the National Board of Review just one day earlier. In a slight surprise, Best Director went to brothers Benny and Josh Safdie for A24’s “Uncut Gems.”
Antonio Banderas and Lupita Nyong’o landed much needed Oscar assists taking Best Actor for Sony Picture Classics’ “Pain & Glory” and Best Actress for Universal Pictures’ “Us,” respectively.
Supporting Actress went to Laura Dern for both Netflix’s “Marriage Story” and Sony Pictures’ “Little Women” (perhaps a wee bit for the second season of “Big Little Lies” as well?) while Joe Pesci landed a Best Supporting Actor honor for his work in “The Irishman.”
Quentin Tarantino earned some recognition for “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” as the Sony release earned a Best Screenplay nomination.
“I Lost My Body” took Best Animated Feature while “Honeyland,” the lone Sundance Film Festival title among this year’s NYFCC winners, won Best Non-Fiction Film.
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association will announce their awards on Sunday, Dec. 8.
The complete list of this year’s NYFCC winners are as follows:
Best Picture: “The Irishman”
Best Director: Benny and Josh Safdie, “Uncut Gems”
Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”
Best Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, “Us”
Best Actor: Antonio Banderas, “Pain & Gory”
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, “Marriage Story” and “Little Women”
Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
Best Cinematography: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
Best Animated Feature: “I Lost My Body”
Best Non-Fiction Film: “Honeyland”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Parasite”
Best First Film: “Atlantics”
Special Award: Randy Newman
Special Award: Indie Collect