La National Society of Film Critics, una delle più antiche e prestigiose associazioni di critica cinematografica statunitensem ha annunciato i suoi vincitori annuali. A dominare nella categoria del miglior film è Nickel Boys di RaMell Ross.
Nella regia, la spunta la regista indiana Payal Kapadia per Amore a Mumbai (All We Imagine As Light); tra gli interpreti, vengono incoronati Marianne Jean-Baptiste e Michele Austin per Hard Truths di Mike Leigh, Colman Domingo per Sing Sing, e Kieran Culkin per A Real Pain.
Di seguito la lista dei vincitori in ogni categoria assieme ai secondi e terzi classificati:
Best Picture: NICKEL BOYS (47 points) Runners-up: ANORA and ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (34 points)
Best Director: Payal Kapadia, ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (49 points) Runners-up: RaMell Ross, NICKEL BOYS (42 points) Sean Baker, ANORA (33 points)
Best Actor: Colman Domingo, SING SING (60 points) Runners-up: Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST (51 points) Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE (45 points)
Best Actress: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, HARD TRUTHS (79 points)
Runners-up: Mikey Madison, ANORA (35 points) and Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (32 points)
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN (52 points) Runners-up: Guy Pearce, THE BRUTALIST (50 points) Edward Norton, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, and Adam Pearson, A DIFFERENT MAN (41 points)
Best Supporting Actress: Michele Austin, HARD TRUTHS (55 points) Runners-up: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, NICKEL BOYS, and Natasha Lyonne, HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (39 points)
Best Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg, A REAL PAIN (47 points) Runners-up: Radu Jude, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (46 points) Sean Baker, ANORA (45 points)
Best Cinematography: Jomo Fray, NICKEL BOYS (80 points) Runners-up: Lol Crawley, THE BRUTALIST (38 points) Jarin Blaschke, NOSFERATU (21 points)
Best Film Not in the English Language: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (44 points) Runners-up: DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (41 points) THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (28 points)
Best Nonfiction Film: NO OTHER LAND (70 points) Runners-up: DAHOMEY (50 points) SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT (24 points)
Special Citation for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution: NO OTHER LAND
Best Experimental Film: THE BALLAD OF SUZANNE CÉSAIREù
Fonte: AwardsWatch
