Maria Bakalova, Chadwick Boseman Win Awards

The New York Film Critics Circle has introduced its winners for the Best of 2020. Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow” gained Best Picture, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” actress Maria Bakalova gained for Best Supporting Actress, Delroy Lindo from “Da 5 Bloods” gained for Best Actor and Chadwick Boseman posthumously gained Best Supporting Actor for “Da 5 Bloods” (however not for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”).

Chloé Zhao gained Best Director on behalf of her movie “Nomadland.” “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” picked up two awards, one for Best Director Eliza Hittman and one other for Best Actress Sidney Flanigan. The Brazilian movie “Bacurau” gained the prize for Best Foreign Language Film. All 5 movies in Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology have been honored collectively for Best Cinematography. “Wolfwalkers” gained Best Animated Film. Radha Blank’s “The Forty Year Old Version” gained Best First Film. And the documentary “Time” gained Best Non-Fiction Film.

For its Special Awards, the New York Film Critics even took a veiled shot at streaming providers like HBO Max, awarding a prize to Kino Lorber for its rollout of the digital cinema platform Kino Marquee and calling it “a virtual distribution service that was designed to help support movie theaters, not destroy them.” The critics additionally awarded Spike Lee a particular award for “inspiring the New York neighborhood along with his quick movie ‘New York New York’ and for advocating for a greater society by way of cinema.”

Last yr, the New York Film Critics Circle awarded its Best Picture prize to Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” which went on to gather 10 Oscar nominations. At the identical time, the NYFCC has confirmed extra eclectic in its style than different awards our bodies within the lengthy highway for awards season, and the group has not agreed on the eventual Academy Award Best Picture winner since “The Artist” in 2011.

The NYFCC made some extent this yr to not delay the voting on its annual awards, as different awards our bodies have achieved in response to the coronavirus — particularly with many following the Oscars’ lead by delaying their ceremonies by two months. The NYFCC stated that solely motion pictures launched in theaters or on digital platforms between the 2020 calendar yr of Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 can be thought-about, so which will have knocked a handful of potential Oscar contenders out of competition as they watch for theatrical releases within the winter. Dec. 18, nevertheless, remains to be later than the group normally votes on its awards.

With COVID-19 additionally affecting many movie critics’ jobs, membership for 2020 was frozen this yr — with all present members nonetheless eligible to vote — and no new members have been voted on this yr.

The New York Film Critics Circle was based in 1935 and options Time journal critic Stephanie Zacharek as 2020 chairman, Jordan Hoffman as vice chair and Marshall Fine as NYFCC normal supervisor. It additionally consists of critics from TheWrap, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Vox, Indiewire, Entertainment Weekly and plenty of extra.

A full record of winners in all classes introduced Friday is under:

Best Film: “First Cow”
Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Best Actor: Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods”
Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Best Supporting Actor: Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods”
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
Best Screenplay: Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Best Nonfiction Film: “Time”
Best Animated Feature: “Wolfwalkers”
Best Foreign-Language Film: “Bacurau”
Best First Film: “The Forty Year Old Version”
Best Cinematography: “Small Axe” (All Films)
Special Award: Kino Lorber, for his or her artistic use of Kino Marquee, a digital distribution service that was designed to assist assist film theaters, not destroy them
Special Award: Spike Lee, for inspiring the New York neighborhood along with his quick movie “New York New York” and for advocating for a greater society…